Let Them Come similar games & best alternatives

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Let Them Come

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.

What works

  • Addictive and satisfying gameplay loop
  • Great pixel art and detailed animations
  • Excellent synthwave soundtrack
  • Variety of upgrades and ammo types
  • Challenging and unique boss fights

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Some balance issues with ammo and upgrades
  • Limited story and exploration
  • Repetitive wave-based gameplay
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Grind Survivors

  • Shooting Stars!

  • Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX

  • Vital Shell

  • Seraph

  • Earthion

More exploratory

Games that feels like Let Them Come but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Voidwrought

  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

  • Keeper's Toll

  • Star of Providence

  • The Great Rebellion

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

Less competitive

Games that feels like Let Them Come but with less competition against others

  • Soda Girls

  • Cally's Caves 3

  • BLADECHIMERA

  • DRAINUS

  • Sodaman

  • Soulstone Survivors

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Let Them Come. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • 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).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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 Let Them Come. These titles are not in What to play next.

Let Them Come: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026