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We filtered the 50 games similar to Freelancer down to the 43 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, Bulletstorm and Metroid Prime Hunters top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Freelancer.

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Year 2003Dev Digital Anvil

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Freelancer is Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Bulletstorm and Metroid Prime Hunters follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Freelancer

43 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Freelancer. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonThird Person
IGDB60· 6
Year 2007Dev High Impact Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ 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 deep simulation

Bulletstorm
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonMelee
IGDB87· 7
Year 2011Dev People Can Fly · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

Metroid Prime Hunters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB87· 3
Year 2006Dev Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo

✓ 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 deep simulation

Crysis 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonStealth
IGDB87· 9
Year 2011Dev Crytek Frankfurt · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

Duke Nukem 3D
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonMelee
Steam👍 86%· 21IGDB75· 1
Year 1996Dev 3D Realms · MacSoft GamesOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonStealth
IGDB81· 7
Year 2009Dev Tigon Studios · Atari, Inc.On PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB80· 2
Year 2004Dev Retro Studios · Nintendo

✓ 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 deep simulation

Prey
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonMelee
IGDB77· 4OC81· 166
Year 2006Dev Human Head Studios · SkyZone EntertainmentOn Linux · PC · Mac

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

97
Unreal
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst Person
Year 1998Dev Digital Extremes · GT Interactive SoftwareOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping deep simulation

STAR WARS Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonThird Person
Steam👍 91%· 4.9KRAWG👍 86%· 456MC89IGDB73· 3OC62· 18
Year 2002Dev Aspyr Media · AspyrPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, strong narrative focus and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonThird Person
Steam👍 81%· 2.2K
Year 1997Dev LucasArtsOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat and setting space, while skipping deep simulation

Unreal Tournament III
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonThird Person
IGDB64· 7
Year 2007Dev Epic Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

Half-Life 2: VR Mod
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonRanged
Steam👍 98%· 272KRAWG👍 91%· 4.1KMC96IGDB79· 7
Year 2004Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~7hOn PC · Xbox · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Half-Life 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonRanged
Steam👍 98%· 272KRAWG👍 91%· 4.1KMC96IGDB79· 7
Year 2004Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~7hOn PC · Xbox · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Quake 4
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonRanged
Steam👍 88%· 3.8KRAWG👍 69%· 352MC81IGDB75· 6
Year 2005Dev Aspyr Media · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

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