Aliens vs. Ghosts similar games & best alternatives

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Aliens vs. Ghosts

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Use Nukes, Electricity, Heat Rays and powerful Minions in this wave-based first person shooter providing endless hours of Ghost-slaying entertainment, solo or Co-Op. Only Ghosts stand in the way of your invasion of Earth.

What works

  • Fun and satisfying core gameplay
  • Unique alien vs ghost theme
  • Multiple classes and upgrade paths
  • Good value for price
  • Potential for future updates and multiplayer

Things to keep in mind

  • Early game grind and repetition
  • Limited maps and content
  • Bugs and glitches reported
  • Some balance issues and fast progression
  • Multiplayer rarely populated

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Never Return

  • Deadlink

  • The Brookhaven Experiment

  • Harbinger

  • Morbid Metal

  • GTTOD

Less social

Games that feels like Aliens vs. Ghosts but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Impaler Gold

  • REAVER

  • Dread Templar

  • Beyond Sunset

  • Project Warlock II

  • Project Warlock

More exploratory

Games that feels like Aliens vs. Ghosts but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Hands of Necromancy

  • Ion Fury

  • Wizordum

  • Hedon Bloodrite

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • DUSK

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Aliens vs. Ghosts. These titles are not in What to play next.

Aliens vs. Ghosts: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026