Let Them Come similar games & best alternatives

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 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).
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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).

Let Them Come: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026