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Games like Desert Racer

Looking for games like Desert Racer? Here are top open world racing recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Breakneck, BallisticNG or Rifter.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    Master your speeder and defeat your pursuers in high speed action across a world ravaged by an alien occupation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breakneck.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 3,144 reviews

    Glide through futuristic courses at breakneck speeds and eliminate those who stand in your way. BallisticNG is an action packed anti-gravity racer and the ultimate AG modding sandbox, developed as a love letter to the original Wipeout trilogy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BallisticNG.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    95% User Score Based on 156 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Lightning fast and action packed, Rifter is the love child of Dust Force, Bionic Commando and Hotline Miami, mixed with acrobatics and parcour. Run and gun and swing and dash in this glorious neon-colored platformer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rifter.

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  4. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 627 reviews

    Little Racers Street fuses the fun-oriented simplicity of top-down racing games with the excitement of street racing, and the results couldn't be better! Experience thrilling high speed races, and drift like never before along more than 200 different events. With varied weather conditions affecting handling, you'll need precise driving to reach the first places, and success! Two cities featuring… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Racers STREET.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    76% User Score Based on 760 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 7 reviews

    Gravel is the only title in the market that includes the most extreme mix of off-road competitions ever seen in a game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravel.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    50% User Score Based on 147 reviews

    Flashout 2 offers a fresh and addicting racing experience featuring a redesigned and enhanced Career Mode with story elements, massive improvements in matter of steering, physics, opponent’s AI, and other gameplay elements, an Online Multiplayer Mode and introduces completely new and exciting game modes, such as Destruction, Elimination and Versus! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FLASHOUT 2.

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  8. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 183 reviews

    Phantom Spark is an exhilarating high-speed racing game that will test your limits. Push for your best time in precision time-trial races across three domains full of otherworldly architecture. Take on challenges, hone your skills, and master the pathways to surpass the champions. Light The Spark Pushing you forward in the single-player campaign, you have the domain champions. Giving you the driv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phantom Spark.

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  9. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 882 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 16 reviews

    Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xeodrifter.

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  10. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 748 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 15 reviews

    Sublevel Zero - Redux is a first-person roguelike six-degree-of-freedom shooter set in a universe where reality is falling apart. Take control of a lone gunship pilot whose mission is to loot and craft ancient technology. Descend into a vast underground facility, fighting through procedurally generated zero gravity environments to recover the technology you and your clan need to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sublevel Zero Redux.

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  12. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 3,472 reviews

    Starcom: Unknown Space is an action adventure RPG of space exploration, ship building and fast-paced tactical combat. Enter a vast open-world universe filled with alien factions vying for power, strange worlds to explore, mysteries to investigate, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an ancient power.Explore Explore a fully-open world universe with over a hundred star systems filled… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starcom: Unknown Space.

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  13. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    67% User Score Based on 184 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 6 reviews

    Set in a futuristic Odyssey, The Next Penelope is a fast paced action racing game with loud colors, an original story and a challenging risk-reward system. 
Weapons can be mixed and used at any time, but all these abilities cost vital energy, so the player is very powerful and close to death at the same time! As Penelope is looking for Ulysses through the galaxy, the player is free to explore the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Next Penelope.

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  14. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    64% User Score Based on 152 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 17 reviews

    Antigraviator Demo Version Now Available on Gamejolt Full version will release on Steam on 06/06/2018 In the year 2210, racing has evolved far beyond its expected limits. New terraforming... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antigraviator.

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  15. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    83% User Score Based on 6,650 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 3 reviews

    Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is an open‑world arcade racer set in Paradise, emphasizing high‑speed racing, takedowns, and crash‑focused challenges. This Ultimate Box edition bundles the full base game with all released DLC: new cars, additional events, the Big Surf Island expansion and more, plus various gameplay and visual refinements, delivering the definitive Paradise experience for solo … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    71% User Score Based on 129 reviews

    InMomentum is a minimalistic sci-fi platform racing game that challenges the players to think in both horizontal and vertical perspectives while racing against each other or against the clock in a puzzle-like environment. InMomentum gives the players the possibility to explore a visually unique world by having minimized object detail and a special focus on visual stimulation by the use of colors … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to inMomentum.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    72% User Score Based on 594 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 15 reviews

    Pacer (formely known as Formula Fusion) is an anti-gravity racing game which pits your racing pedigree up against the rest of the world. Tackle the single player campaign and become the best pilot against the AI over leagues and championships, or play against the world in multiplayer and compete in a sports league where you can take either yourself or your team to the top step. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pacer.

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  18. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 482 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    A roguelite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Dodge gorgeous waves of bullets, claim weapons and upgrades, defeat The Warden, and rescue... Rodney? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starward Rogue.

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  19. RoadmapAre you a kid of the 80s? Enjoyed playing Kick Off, NHL or Speedball? Then help Quecksilber to happen by wishlisting! About the GameWelcome to Quecksilber, the ultimate future-sports game where ruthless aggression and brutal tactics are just as important as speed and skill! In this blend of soccer, football and hockey, you'll lead your team of high-tech gladiators into the arena and batt… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quecksilber.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    98% User Score Based on 830 reviews

    Aero GPX is an anti-gravity racer that is focused on high velocity, flight, machine-to-machine combat, and responsive controls that are simple to pick up but difficult to master. There are 30 machines on the circuit for each race in Aero GPX; and the race ends with significantly less than that. Pilots fight for the best position possible with high speeds, risky maneuvers, and visceral attacks. Whi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aero GPX.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Fold & Fly is a relaxing yet fast-paced flying game where you guide a paper plane through whimsical worlds. Collect stars to raise your score, catch origami dragonflies to open portals, explore infinite, procedurally generated dreamscapes and use seeds to create new maps and save your favorites. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fold & Fly.

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  23. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 7,301 reviews

    Buy Asphalt Legends at PlayStation Store. Dive into the thrilling world of high-speed racing, where detailed vehicles, stunning effects and vibrant dynamic lighting await. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asphalt Legends.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    94% User Score Based on 1,796 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 3 reviews

    A 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overload.

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  25. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 11,908 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 20 reviews

    EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player space shooter with deep exploration, tons of loot and classic RPG elements. Experience a thrilling story set in a vivid, handcrafted open-world full of secrets and perils on your journey to become human after all. EVERSPACE 2 successfully achieved Kickstarter funding on November 4th 2019. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everspace 2.

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  26. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 3,634 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gato Roboto.

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  27. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 1,954 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 12 reviews

    Experience the thrills of a fast-paced single and multiplayer Parkour game. Join the Rebellion and deride the security forces of an anti-leisure tyranny. Rise up to the many challenges of a futuristic Open World. Assemble your team, enhance your gear and perform incredible tricks and combos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hover.

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  28. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    86% User Score Based on 131 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 5 reviews

    SUPER IMPOSSIBLE ROAD is a futuristic racing game about shortcuts. The only way to get ahead is by taking huge leaps across the roller coaster-like speedway. These risky overtaking manoeuvres can take you straight into the lead, or drop you mercilessly into the void. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Impossible Road.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    61% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey is the ultimate space thriller in the best tradition of the genre. You're the pilot of a space fighter, accidentally catapulted into a parallel universe populated by hostile alien creatures; and they're not happy to see you! To get out of this hell, do your best, to destroy hordes of enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Eclipse.

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  30. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    88% User Score Based on 4,102 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 29 reviews

    GRIP is a high octane, hardcore combat racer, packing ferocious speed and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons. Harnessing gravity defying physics alongside a bristling arsenal of outlandish weapons, GRIP delivers the fastest, most competitive racing experience ever. Scale walls, ceilings and anything else you can get your tyres on to... as you master tantalising tracks, tricks and perform mind-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GRIP: Combat Racing.

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  31. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 763 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 2 reviews

    As the last surviving tank commander on Earth, single-handedly turn back the evil invading alien army, drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld... Titan Attacks has the same easy-to-learn and addictive gameplay of the classic arcade shoot 'em up If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Titan Attacks!.

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  32. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 2,260 reviews

    Euro Truck Simulator is a European first - a truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haulage trucks! Drive cargos from Rome to Berlin to Madrid to Prague - and many more cities - in realistic vehicles. Euro Truck Simulator is a faithful reproduction of driving trucks on the European road. Drive across a realistic depiction of Europe, visit its beautiful cities, pick up a v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Euro Truck Simulator.

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  33. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 9,546 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 1 reviews

    EVERSPACE is an action-focused single-player space shooter with rock solid 6DOF controls combining roguelike elements with top-notch visuals and a captivating non-linear story as well as VR support in the final version. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EVERSPACE.

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  34. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization
    82% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    We are the Entity Investigation & Research Institute.You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, unknown entities that have invaded our world. A dark sci-fi dungeon crawling RPG with themes of exploration and survival. Play to Level 10 in the Entity Researchers: Prologue; continue with the full game. Explore: Investigate procedurally generated maps for entities and i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entity Researchers: Prologue.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    89% User Score Based on 124 reviews

    Super Pilot is a F-Zero inspired arcade futuristic racer that lets you create, edit and share your tracks in the blink of an eye.Race at ridiculous speeds! Races here are all about skill and speed. No physics simulation, no weapons - just master the boost, the drift, and the extreme speed of your ship through impossible loops and turns. Compete with your friends in split-screen, or against up to 4… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Pilot.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 408 reviews

    Marble Skies is a back-to-basics platformer where you control your marble through various levels and try to get the best time for each one. Complete all the levels at your own pace, or challenge your friends to get on top of the leaderboards! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marble Skies.

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  37. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    44% User Score Based on 57 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 3 reviews

    Switch Galaxy Ultra is an insanely addictive, fast-paced arcade challenge. Weave your way past obstacles and enemies as you travel across the galaxy collecting Tantalum for Dakur Technology. It’s loaded with content and features that will have you blazing across the galaxy at breakneck speeds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Switch Galaxy Ultra.

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  38. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    89% User Score Based on 92,702 reviews
    Critic Score 93%Based on 2 reviews

    Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world. Collect, modify and drive over 450 cars. Race, stunt, create and explore – choose your own path to become a Horizon Superstar. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forza Horizon 4.

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  39. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 878 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 4 reviews

    A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost 1.0.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    54% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    A.I.M. Racing welcomes you to the planet Polygon-4, where deadly vehicles of the distant future compete, swishing planet’s dusty atmosphere at a tremendous pace. Years ago humans along with the Arlings used Polygon-4 for a number of military experiments, but later left the test complex. However, the intelligent machines, AIMs, continue to fulfill objectives they are programmed for: further evoluti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A.I.M. Racing.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 176 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 3 reviews

    Protect your cornfields and lock up your livestock, because Flock! is here! Pilot a UFO around vibrantly-colored landscapes in this charming sandbox puzzle game where you must herd animal life back to the Motherflocker. Using a powerful physics engine that drives many of the game’s elements, Flock! features over 50 pastoral puzzles. Pick up wood to form bridges, move boulders to create obstruction… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flock!.

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  42. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    47% User Score Based on 120 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 3 reviews

    Quantum Rush: Champions is an action-packed, futuristic racing game for PC. This special genre had been neglected for far too long. Now, Quantum Rush takes over If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quantum Rush Champions.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 446 reviews

    Futuristic off-road driving game that will be coming to Steam, PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox One/Series S/Series X in fall 2023 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drag.

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  46. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    69% User Score Based on 96 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 7 reviews

    A racing game with futuristic cars, by automotive designer Anthony Jannarelly, using next-gen technologies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise: Race The Future.

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  47. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    73% User Score Based on 129 reviews

    Xotic is an arcade-style first-person shooter where you rack up huge scores by shooting enemies, detonating chain reactions, and discovering secret power-ups and point multipliers. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, you must cleanse the evil presence and re-plant the seeds of life on a planet ravaged by the minions of the Orb. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xotic.

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  48. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    54% User Score Based on 246 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 5 reviews

    Take Joe Danger on a death-defying thrill ride across the set of the greatest blockbuster movie ever made.Chase crooks on your police bike, destroy laser firing robots with a stolen jetpack, escape giant boulders in a minecart, time-travel to punch dinosaurs and divert the nuclear missiles on your unicycle!Beat your friends in fun 4 player multiplayer! Download endless new scenes from around the w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Joe Danger 2: The Movie.

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  49. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 485 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

    Livelock is a cooperative top-down shooter where you and up to two others must work together to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of "The Few" remaining Capital Intellects, you will need quick reactions and decision-making to overcome the chaos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Livelock.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    83% User Score Based on 258 reviews

    Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Droid Assault.

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