28 Co-op games like Contra that you should try

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming.

≠ Missing: combat tactical.

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with free to play, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming.

≠ Missing: combat tactical.

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

≠ Its own twist: skill tree progression, while skipping combat tactical

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

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, while skipping combat tactical

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

≠ Its own twist: offline, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, while skipping precision platforming

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping combat tactical

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

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping combat tactical

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, ranged combat and visual isometric, while skipping precision platforming

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

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, post-apocalyptic world and offline, while skipping precision platforming

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and offline, while skipping precision platforming

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: melee combat and stealth mechanics, while skipping precision platforming

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

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and offline, while skipping precision platforming