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Planet in the Shadows $3.99
Inspired by the dungeon crawler genre, this short game blends traditional spelunking with base building mechanics. The player is stranded on a hostile planet, urged to build a base and defend it against the awfully aggressive forces of the hostile environment.
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GRAV$19.99
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.

Alienautics$14.99
Play as a bionic supersoldier to destroy the underground colony of the Octylian regime on an alien planet. Alienautics is a cinematic third person sci fi action shooter.

QANGA$19.99
QANGA: Dive into a sci-fi adventure of exploration and resilience across the cosmos. Merge your mind with a state-of-the-art cyborg crafted by ICLab's Industry labs, and journey through this expansive universe!

GearStorm - Armored Survival$11.99
GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven, open-world sci-fi survival adventure. Discover what led to the Phage, a deadly virus apocalypse and our escape to a alien world. Explore a vast alien planet, build your base, create your colony, acquire vehicles, weapons, and supplies to defend it.

Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG$17.99
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

FAR: Changing Tides$19.99
An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.

SYMMETRY$11.99
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?

Outpost Zero$19.99
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.

The Indie Game Legend 3D$9.99
Blast vicious aliens, explore their mysterious labyrinth, and rescue indie game makers in this lighthearted NES inspired first-person action adventure!

Once Alive$11.99
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Landless$14.99
Explore and conquer the high seas in this post-apocalyptic sandbox water world survival game where you must fight, build, and craft to survive.

Rogue Frontiers$8.99
A challenging game of adventure and survival for you and your friends, set in a beautifully hand-crafted world with a variety of locations, challenges, and creatures. Fight, craft, build, and survive through an adventure destined to be one of your favorites!

Dig or Die$11.99
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

SurvivalZ$1.99
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!

THE Z LAND : FPS SURVIVAL$2.99
The Z virus infected the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!

Chernobylite Complete Edition$29.99
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

Void Frontiers$12.99
Void Frontiers is a survival roguelike set on randomly generated floating islands. Gather resources, craft tools, build your base, and defend against nightly enemy waves. Play solo or team up with up to 4 other players, customizing your playstyle with over 40 unique enhancements.

The Riftbreaker: PrologueFREE
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

Insane Robots$19.99
Fight to the DEATH in this unique card battler. Compete in intense one-on-one duels. Lead a riotous robot rebellion through randomly generated survival arenas. Overthrow a malevolent robot despot in the epic 15+ hour single-player campaign. Insane Robots is card battling... HACKED!

Civilio$0.99
The Civiliuses dropped into unknown, but familiar planet have to rebuild infrastructure from the ground up. Build, fight, craft and explore your area, in a race against your foes or other Civiliuses to become powerfull. Do you have what it takes?

War Birds: WW2 Air strike 1942$3.99
War Birds is a 2.5D World War 2 air combat game, with impressive 3D warplanes and beautiful 2D environments.

Lies Under Ice$5.99
Lead the first settlement on Jupiter's frozen moon, Europa! What alien life lurks beneath the ice? Who is sabotaging your mission? Who can you trust?

Perseverance: Part 3$9.99
Perseverance: Part 3 is the much-awaited conclusion to the drama/horror visual novel series full of intrigue, guts, and gossip. Swap between Jack, a father trying to protect his family, and Karen, an ex-agent on the run from her troubled past, and help them form an unlikely alliance. 🧟♂️🧟♀️

Dead Matter$19.99
After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

Seeking Dawn$29.99
Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.

SOS Survival$9.99
You have been abducted and you must learn to survive on this unknown planet. You will need to explore the planet, feed yourself, find supplies and build a base.

Planetbase$14.99
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

Mosa Lina$4.99
a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works

Spacebase DF-9$9.99
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

Corpse of Discovery$1.99
A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi homage mixed in) – set on beautiful and lonely alien worlds.

Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes$4.99
NEXORIA — is a hardcore roguelike about dungeons with hybrid battles, combining classical turn based combat system and a collectible card game. Collect the best spells and conquer the dungeons!

CelestialFREE
Celestial is an Open world Space survival game playing on a Spherical world of roughly 700km2. Survive in a hostile environment with a variety of roaming creatures. explore ancient ruins of an alien civilization, learn their technologies and use them to find a way back home.

RTS Commander: Smash the Rebels$5.99
Welcome to the Earth Republic army! The year is 2257. Fight against Rebels, explore territories, build a new bases, develop new vehicles, discover what lies ahead and restore peace. The hope lies on your shoulders...

Survived$4.99
First Person Shooter tower defensive strategy game, gather materials, build, and see how long you can survive!

StashFREE
Stash is an MMO with turn based grid combat, custom housing, a tabletop art style, and more loot than you can fit in a portable hole. Stash has the charm of a pen-and-paper gaming group with the gameplay of a deep, interesting, unique RPG. Join our friendly community!

Space Robinson: Hardcore Roguelike Action$9.99
You think you are a die-hard? Here you will die quick! A proper hardcore RPG-action where you will die a million times across a myriad of procedurally-generated levels. Extremely difficult, but highly addictive Indie Gem in your Steam game collection!

Jeklynn HeightsFREE
A corrupt and bizarre town is the quirky setting to Jeklynn Heights, a fantastical and competitive online game. Run by a Mayor with a split personality and enigmatic past, a spell haunts the town he rules. Players must complete objectives, directed by the Mayor, to win and escape the town.

Dudelings: Arcade Sportsball$4.99
Dudelings: Arcade Sportsball is a fast-paced sportslike. A cross between Pong and Foosball, Dudelings delivers high-energy multiplayer fun!!

FUBG: FIGHT UNKNOWN BATTLEGROUND$4.99
FUBG is a Multiplayer Shooter Game by GameX with Seven Different Game modes. 1. Team Death Match 2. Capture the Flag 3. Conquest 4. RUSH 5. Kill Confirmed 6. Free For All And 7. Search & Destroy. Player can Play strategic battles across diverse maps and various combat styles to claim victory.

The Castle Of Xanxillia$20.0
The Castle of Xanxillia is an immersive side-scroller action RPG that captures the Metroidvania genre. Play as Leonel, searching for his brother, Lenoel, in the treacherous Castle , ruled by a Dark Lord and corrupt Bishop. Navigate dangerous areas and battle enemies to save Lenoel from evil.

湛蓝星球-迷失·赛博之城$3.99
This is a world abandoned by the gods! In the polluted wasteland, there is only one technological city controlled by the super company. In the city, the high-level people are drunk. Outside the exiled jobless wanderers struggle to survive in the fierce environment and the mouth of wild animals.

Easy Magic$1.99
Not an easy game. At Easy Magic you will be challenged to do your best. Use your agility, strategy and sense of adventure to uncover the secrets that will make you unlock new powers to go further.

Myth of Future Dimension$11.99
A real-time strategy game that abandons complicated operations and pursues lightheartedness.Tells a story that............ is not easy to summarize or describe......Experience the cultivation of armaments with a "high degree of freedom".

RECONNECT - The Heart of Darkness$14.99
Prove yourself against a real machine learning AI that learns as you play! Build your base grid-free and defend it against a swarm of AI-controlled drones that get smarter with each attack. Reconnect the enemy base to get your own drones, train and command them in the final battle AI vs AI.

Road to Eden$19.99
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.

AI Olympius$12.99
Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.

Gravity Spin$6.99
Gravity Spin is a tough as nails 8 bit retro metroidvania (retroidvania) with a literal spin - on gravity. Spin the world on its head and be careful not to get too confused.

Alien AI$9.99
An Alien AI came to Earth 20 years ago. We believed it was the greatest event in human history. The Alien AI offered us all the knowledge and technology it had. All we had to do was to help it recover and give it resources. We did.. It took over the world and enslaved us. Help us shut it down.

Loot Express Delivery Service$9.99
Embark on an adventure with Loot Express Delivery Service, a 2D pixel art game. As the commander, your goal is to retrieve valuable items from a distant planet. Utilize your skills and strategy to complete missions and guide your company to prosperity.

Ashen Arrows$17.99
Ashen Arrows is a Nordic mythology-themed VR archery game featuring roguelike gameplay, tower defense elements, and puzzles.

Bit Odyssey$4.99
Encounter alien races and exotic locations as you travel in an endlessly procedurally generated galaxy. No two game are the same. As you explore, randomly generated “Episodes” will have you fighting hostile ships, helping aliens and exploring the surface of new planets.