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Starship Troopers: Extermination

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2024

Should you play it?

Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

What works

  • Faithful starship troopers atmosphere and setting
  • Intense 16-player cooperative gameplay
  • Engaging base building and class roles
  • Strong community and teamwork emphasis
  • Frequent updates and developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Performance issues and bugs reported
  • Limited content and map variety
  • Some toxic or uncooperative players
  • Clunky base building interface
  • Grindy progression for some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sker Ritual

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • HELLDIVERS™ 2

  • ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

  • Risk of Rain 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Extermination but with more competition against others

  • Battlefield™ V

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Battlefield™ 1

  • Hunt: Showdown 1896

  • Shatterline

  • Battlefield 4™

Less intimate

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Extermination but with less focus on close relationships

  • Serious Sam 4

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Generation Zero®

More relaxing

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Extermination but with a more relaxing feel

  • Deep Rock Galactic

  • Borderlands 2

  • EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

  • Enshrouded

  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

  • C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)

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Starship Troopers: Extermination: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 04/08/2026