32 Games with a sci-fi setting like Contra III: The Alien Wars that you should try

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and loot and gear systems, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping co op

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings skill tree progression and crafting mechanics, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, first-person shooting and melee combat, while skipping offline

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, survival mechanics and first-person shooting, while skipping offline

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and horror setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, survival mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings punishing difficulty, ranged combat and melee combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and exploration and discovery, while skipping post-apocalyptic world