This Means Warp similar games & best alternatives

This Means Warp

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S • 2023

Should you play it?

It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy.

What works

  • Engaging cooperative multiplayer gameplay
  • Challenging and strategic combat and repair mechanics
  • Good replayability with roguelite elements and unlocks
  • Active and responsive developer community
  • Accessible and fun with friends locally or online

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and ship variety at launch
  • Ai teammates are often ineffective or problematic
  • Some repetitiveness in events and enemy designs
  • Controls can feel clunky, especially for solo play
  • Balance issues and difficulty spikes reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pebble Knights

  • Cluckmech Oasis

  • Demeo

  • Gatewalkers (Alpha)

  • Ship of Fools

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

More competitive

Games that feels like This Means Warp but with more competition against others

  • Invisigun Reloaded

  • Omega Strikers

  • SUPERVIVE

  • Enemy On Board

  • I am not a Monster: First Contact

  • Inkbound

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like This Means Warp but with less leadership over others

  • Metaverse Keeper / 元能失控

  • Rogue Glitch Ultra

  • The Crackpet Show

  • SWORN

  • Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane

  • Cave Crawlers

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.
  • 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).

This Means Warp: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Survival, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026