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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Abyssus is Back 4 Blood — scoring 89/100 on our similarity scale. Streets of Rogue and Dead Space 3 follow close behind.

#1Back 4 Blood89 #2Streets of Rogue81 #3Dead Space 378 #4Wolfenstein: Youngblood72 #5World War Z72

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The best games like Abyssus on Xbox

23 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Abyssus. Each one has been evaluated across 10 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Back 4 BloodClosest overall match

89

Back 4 Blood

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineProceduralFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 73KIGDB79· 10OC76· 138

Year 2021Dev Turtle Rock Studios · Warner Bros. Interactive EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Abyssus.

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#2Streets of Rogue

81

Streets of Rogue

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineProcedural

Steam👍 96%· 23KRAWG👍 74%· 165IGDB84· 1OC81· 24

Year 2017Dev tinyBuildPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom, while skipping visual first person

Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.

Where it drifts furthest from Abyssus: visuals.

It predates Abyssus by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode81World66Visuals0

#3Dead Space 3Closest on game mode

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Dead Space 3

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMelee

Steam👍 73%· 14KIGDB74· 15

Year 2013Dev Visceral Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping procedural generation

Where it drifts furthest from Abyssus: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Abyssus.

It predates Abyssus by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#4Wolfenstein: Youngblood

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Wolfenstein: Youngblood

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineFirst Person

Steam👍 43%· 16KIGDB71· 12OC67· 159

Year 2019Dev MachineGames · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping roguelike runs

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Abyssus.

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72

World War Z

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineFirst Person

Steam👍 83%· 31KIGDB74· 12OC71· 129

Year 2019Dev Saber Interactive · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping roguelike runs

A co-op horde shooter whose swarm tech is the draw: hundreds of zombies climb over each other into structures, and the class system rewards coordinating rather than scattering. Levels are short and replayable. The shooting itself is functional but unremarkable, and the campaign chapters are thin connective tissue between the set-piece swarm moments.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals59

Steam Epic Xbox

69

Rust

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opOnlineProceduralFirst Person

Steam👍 87%· 1.4MRAWG👍 52%· 864MC66IGDB78· 4OC67· 29

Year 2018Dev Facepunch StudiosPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, deep RPG systems and sandbox freedom, while skipping roguelike runs

To survive is the main task in the game Rust. It is necessary to survive in the area, which is now wholly wild but was recently inhabited. At the beginning of the game, there is only a rock and a torch. The rest will have to be found or stolen.

Where it drifts furthest from Abyssus: world.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode82World49

#7Star Wars Battlefront

68

Star Wars Battlefront

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineFirst Person

Steam👍 79%· 5.7KIGDB68· 18OC71· 112

Year 2015Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping roguelike runs

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Abyssus.

It predates Abyssus by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode76Visuals70

#8Journey to the Savage Planet

66

Journey to the Savage Planet

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonMelee

Steam👍 87%· 6.9KIGDB80· 11OC76· 118

Year 2020Dev Typhoon Studios · 505 GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with Metroidvania exploration, strong narrative focus and melee combat, while skipping roguelike runs

Genre100Visuals100Game mode88

#9Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

66

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonMelee

Steam👍 89%· 9.4KIGDB77· 14OC75· 71

Year 2017Dev People Can Fly · Gearbox PublishingOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, strong narrative focus and melee combat, while skipping roguelike runs

It predates Abyssus by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode88

#10Aliens vs. Predator

66

Aliens vs. Predator

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonMelee

Steam👍 91%· 21KRAWG👍 62%· 422MC68IGDB74· 4

Year 2010Dev SEGAPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping roguelike runs

Three separate campaigns — Marine, Alien and Predator — each rebuilding the game around a different body: the Marine's motion tracker and dread, the Alien's wall-crawling, the Predator's cloak and vision modes. The Marine campaign is the one that holds up. The other two are short and thin by comparison, and the multiplayer that carried it in 2010 is long dead.

It predates Abyssus by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode88

#11Borderlands 4

66

Borderlands 4

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonSci-Fi

Steam👍 59%· 79KIGDB87· 4OC82· 140

Year 2025Dev Gearbox Software · 2KOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems and setting scifi, while skipping roguelike runs

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Abyssus.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode87

Steam Epic Xbox

#12Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

62

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi

Steam👍 93%· 2.5KIGDB81· 11

Year 2012Dev High Moon Studios · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from Abyssus: visuals.

It predates Abyssus by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode88Visuals0

#13Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

61

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMelee

Steam👍 87%· 898RAWG👍 64%· 73MC76IGDB76· 3

Year 2011Dev Shadow Planet Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings Metroidvania exploration, puzzle design and melee combat, while skipping roguelike runs

###Interesting mix The game is a mixture of 2D shooter and puzzle genres developed by Shadow Planet Production and released by Microsoft Studios for its Xbox360 console. As part of the HumbleBundle pack, a soundtrack for the game is available, which was released separately.

Where it drifts furthest from Abyssus: visuals.

It predates Abyssus by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode79Visuals0

#14Left 4 Dead 2

63

Left 4 Dead 2

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineFirst Person

Steam👍 98%· 1.0MRAWG👍 85%· 3.4KMC89IGDB89· 5

Year 2009Dev Valve Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~9hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping adventure storytelling

Everything the first game did plus melee weapons, daylight campaigns and special infected that force the team apart rather than just damage it. The AI Director still shapes every run. It absorbed the original so completely that the community split never healed, and the campaigns lean on finale set pieces that become rote once you know the safe corners.

It predates Abyssus by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100

63

Left 4 Dead

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 67KRAWG👍 87%· 1.7KMC89IGDB85· 7

Year 2008Dev Valve Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping adventure storytelling

The AI Director is the whole design: it places hordes and items based on how well you are doing, so no two runs of a campaign play the same and tension stays authored without being scripted. Four campaigns only, which is thin, and the sequel superseded it so completely that finding populated servers now takes patience.

It predates Abyssus by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100

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