Games like Descent
Looking for games like Descent? Here are top shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Descent 2, Overload or Wolfenstein 3D.
1 92%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, stability93% User Score 120 reviewsCritic Score 92%1 reviewsYou're going down... again. If you thought Descent went to the edge of 360° 3D power-blasting sensory insanity, then prepare yourself. You're about to plunge over the edge, and into the depths of Descent II. Suddenly warped into the outer reaches of the Zeta Aquilae System, your new mission sends you into the black depths of treacherous alien mines. You blast through enemy robots with powerful ne…
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89%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storygrinding, monetization94% User Score 1,796 reviewsCritic Score 74%3 reviewsA new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics, and the best zero-G robot-blasting combat ever devised.
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85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability93% User Score 4,163 reviewsCritic Score 56%2 reviewsWolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter presented with rudimentary 3D graphics and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game is broken up into levels, each of which is a flat plane divided into areas and rooms by a grid-based pattern of walls and doors, all of equal height. Each level is themed after Nazi bunkers and buildings. To finish a level, the player must t…
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87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability93% User Score 4,163 reviewsCritic Score 56%1 reviewsThe current version of Wolfenstein 3D for digital platforms include Wolfenstein 3D (a port of the expanded DOS version, with all of the six episodes) and the standalone expansion Spear of Destiny (without its extra missions).
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, replayability88% User Score 2,204 reviewsCritic Score 66%3 reviewsBehind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire, then battle every man and machine the Imperial Forces can muster. Search a vast galaxy for clues, attack enemy bases-all in a desperate att…
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93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding94% User Score 4,097 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviewsLet the Obsession begin. Again. This time, the entire forces of the netherworld have overrun Earth. To save her, you must descend into the stygian depths of Hell itself! Battle mightier, nastier, deadlier demons and monsters. Use more powerful weapons. Survive more mind-blowing explosions and more of the bloodiest, fiercest, most awesome blastfest ever!
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96%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstability, grinding96% User Score 7,492 reviewsCritic Score 93%1 reviewsQuake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons.
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding92% User Score 3,191 reviewsCritic Score 68%2 reviewsReturn to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter and a reboot of Wolfenstein 3D. The player's arsenal includes among others a Luger, MP 40 submachine gun, Mauser rifle with sniper scope, flamethrower, dynamite and grenades. The game also features a multiplayer component in which players are split into Axis and Allies sides with each a set of objectives to complete.
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93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding95% User Score 10,634 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviewsCelebrated sequel to the groundbreaking FPS: DOOM.
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92%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsgrinding, stability92% User Score 811 reviewsYour prison ship has crash-landed on the fastest, sleekest, most dangerous 3D world ever created. Look around, crystal clear water shimmers, shadows dance and shift, alien architecture fades into the horizon. Discover the secret of this mysterious planet and find out what caused a peaceful race to be enslaved by vicious merciless aggressors.
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