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We filtered the 50 games similar to FLASH OF THE BLADE X down to the 24 that fit the “Shooter” category. Cyberpunk 2077, RoboCop: Rogue City and Atomic Heart top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to FLASH OF THE BLADE X.

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Within the “Shooter” category, the closest game to FLASH OF THE BLADE X is Cyberpunk 2077 — scoring 93/100 on our similarity scale. RoboCop: Rogue City and Atomic Heart follow close behind.

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The best shooter games like FLASH OF THE BLADE X

24 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to FLASH OF THE BLADE X. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

#1Cyberpunk 2077Closest overall match

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Cyberpunk 2077

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 938KRAWG👍 83%· 3.0KMC73IGDB75· 21OC76· 226

Year 2020Dev CD Projekt Red · CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~29hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and open world exploration, while skipping visual pixel

Cyberpunk 2077 is a science fiction game loosely based on the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. ###Setting The game is set in the year 2077 in a fictional futuristic metropolis Night City in California.

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#2RoboCop: Rogue CityClosest on visuals

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RoboCop: Rogue City

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 87%· 34KIGDB74· 6OC73· 114

Year 2023Dev Teyon · NaconOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, setting cyberpunk and setting scifi, while skipping ranged combat

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Atomic Heart

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB72· 4OC74· 141

Year 2023Dev Mundfish · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling, while skipping ranged combat

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#4Fallout: New Vegas

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Fallout: New Vegas

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeRangedNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 257KRAWG👍 89%· 2.6KMC84IGDB82· 9

Year 2010Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

The writing is why it endures: factions with coherent positions, quests that resolve several ways, and an ending that actually reflects a decade of small choices. Reputation matters everywhere. Technically it is fragile — it shipped buggy and remains so, with crashes common enough on modern systems that most players install community patches first.

It predates FLASH OF THE BLADE X by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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Fallout 4

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 424KRAWG👍 70%· 3.4KMC84IGDB85· 21OC87· 159

Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~38hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

The best shooting in the series by some distance, plus settlement building that becomes its own game if you let it. Power armour finally feels like a vehicle. The dialogue wheel is the loss — four options that collapse into the same outcome, and a voiced protagonist that narrows roleplaying compared with New Vegas.

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ULTRAKILL

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeFirst PersonHardcore

Steam👍 97%· 228KRAWG👍 87%· 141

Year 2020Dev Arsi "Hakita" Patala · New Blood InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, punishing difficulty and fantasy world, while skipping strong narrative focus

Movement-first shooting where healing comes from standing close to what you are killing, so the loop pushes you into danger constantly. Style ranking rewards variety over efficiency. Its ceiling is very high and very demanding — the systems assume you will learn cancels and parries, and it is still in early access with the final chapters unfinished.

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: tone.

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#7Bright Memory: Infinite

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Bright Memory: Infinite

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeDarkFirst PersonHardcore

Steam👍 92%· 40KIGDB67· 5OC63· 95

Year 2021Dev FYQD-Studio · PLAYISMOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and setting scifi, while skipping strong narrative focus

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Dying Light

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeRangedDarkNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 95%· 486KRAWG👍 84%· 1.4KMC74IGDB72· 17OC74· 117

Year 2015Dev Techland · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~22hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping visual pixel

Dying Light is a first-person action horror game with the elements of survival. It is a first part of the Dying light series followed by Dying Light 2. The game is set in the open-world environment of fictional Harran city.

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: game mode.

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Starfield

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeFirst PersonOpen World

Steam👍 57%· 173KIGDB85· 9OC84· 221

Year 2023Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and deep simulation, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

At its best in the hand-built cities and the faction questlines, where the writing and the systems both hold. Ship building is deeper than it first appears. The exploration loop is the weak point — procedurally generated planets repeat their points of interest quickly, and the constant loading screens between surface, ship and space break any sense of continuity.

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#10Hellgate: London

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Hellgate: London

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 57%· 2.3KIGDB70· 2

Year 2007Dev Flagship Studios · HanbitSoftOn PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, third-person shooting and procedural generation, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: combat.

It predates FLASH OF THE BLADE X by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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75

Fallout 3

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 81%· 22KIGDB89· 10

Year 2008Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and adventure storytelling, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Its strength is atmosphere and discovery: the Capital Wasteland rewards wandering, and the metro tunnels connecting it create a genuine sense of a broken city. VATS makes combat readable. The main quest is thin and railroads hard at the end, and the green filter over everything flattens the visual variety across dozens of hours.

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: combat.

It predates FLASH OF THE BLADE X by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 71%· 132KIGDB78· 5OC75· 80

Year 2022Dev FatsharkOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

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

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: game mode.

Genre100Tone100Visuals69Combat56Game mode32

#13Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

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Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 21KIGDB80· 8OC77· 45

Year 2015Dev FatsharkOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: game mode.

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#14Killing Floor 2

71

Killing Floor 2

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB81· 13OC78· 62

Year 2016Dev Tripwire Interactive · Iceberg InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from FLASH OF THE BLADE X: game mode.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#15The Outer Worlds

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The Outer Worlds

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeFirst PersonCo-op

Steam👍 82%· 28KIGDB86· 15OC83· 215

Year 2019Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Private DivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and setting scifi, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

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