Enemy Mind similar games & best alternatives

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Enemy Mind

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

Should you play it?

A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

What works

  • Unique ship possession mechanic
  • Challenging but fair gameplay
  • Engaging retro pixel art and music
  • Local co-op for up to 4 players
  • Interesting narrative integration

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and occasional crashes reported
  • Limited resolution support and technical issues
  • Difficulty spikes in later levels
  • Lack of online multiplayer
  • Short overall campaign length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Freespace 2

  • Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

  • STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™

  • Stellar Warfare

  • Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

  • Avorion

Less social

Games that feels like Enemy Mind but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Syder Arcade

  • DRAINUS

  • Starr Mazer: DSP

  • Pinball Storm: Lokanta

  • DRACOMATON

  • Captain Forever Remix

More intimate

Games that feels like Enemy Mind but with more focus on close relationships

  • Ship of Fools

  • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

  • Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator

  • PULSAR: Lost Colony

  • Ember Knights

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

Less competitive

Games that feels like Enemy Mind but with less competition against others

  • Between the Stars

  • CRYPTARK

  • Risk of Rain (2013)

  • ΔV: Rings of Saturn

  • Risk of Rain Returns

  • Drox Operative

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

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.
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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).

Enemy Mind: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026