10 Games with a sci-fi setting like Sword of the Stars: The Pit that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Sword of the Stars: The Pit does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

With Sword of the Stars: The Pit it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.

Same family as Sword of the Stars: The Pit: dark, oppressive atmosphere, procedural generation and tactical combat. Both also lean on 2D presentation and a sci-fi setting. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a space setting.

Shelved next to Sword of the Stars: The Pit for good reason: procedural generation, tactical combat and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and an isometric view. The distance is in tone and progression — its own ground is strong narrative focus and fantasy world.

On paper it is what Sword of the Stars: The Pit is — procedural generation, tactical combat and a sci-fi setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on 2D presentation and single-player focus. The distance is in progression and setting — its own ground is a sandbox world and historical setting.

Genre puts it alongside Sword of the Stars: The Pit, and so does procedural generation, tactical combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds an isometric view and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings pixel art.

The genre is the same as Sword of the Stars: The Pit’s, and with it tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings strong narrative focus and fantasy world.

It comes from the same genre as Sword of the Stars: The Pit and shares tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is strong narrative focus and fantasy world.

On paper it is what Sword of the Stars: The Pit is — tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings strong narrative focus and fantasy world.

Genre puts it alongside Sword of the Stars: The Pit, and so does tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus and fantasy world.