39 Games with a sci-fi setting like Contra: Operation Galuga that you should try

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and ranged combat, while skipping skill tree progression

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, vibe casual and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping strong narrative focus

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fighting mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping strong narrative focus

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings Metroidvania exploration, adventure storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

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

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping strong narrative focus

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping precision platforming

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

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and setting space, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual first person, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and online features, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, puzzle design and adventure storytelling, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual first person, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling and visual first person, while skipping precision platforming