42 Games with a sci-fi setting like Duke Nukem Forever that you should try

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with skill tree progression, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: free to play and early access, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat.

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Its own twist: co op and free to play, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping strong narrative focus

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Where it differs: brings setting space, while skipping strong narrative focus

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: horror tension and horror setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: horror tension and horror setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

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

≠ Where it differs: brings co op, while skipping PvP competition