What is the best game similar to Ghostbusters: The Video Game?

The closest game to Ghostbusters: The Video Game is Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. They share 8 gameplay attributes, including shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Ghostbusters: The Video Game?

The three closest games to Ghostbusters: The Video Game are: 1. Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (95/100, 8 shared attributes) 2. Red Faction: Guerrilla (95/100, 7 shared attributes) 3. Star Fox 64 3D (95/100, 6 shared attributes). All share Ghostbusters: The Video Game's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 10 dimensions.

Is Red Faction: Guerrilla similar to Ghostbusters: The Video Game?

Yes, very much so — Red Faction: Guerrilla scores 95/100 similarity to Ghostbusters: The Video Game. They share 7 attributes, including shooter and third-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Ghostbusters: The Video Game?

The best Shooter games similar to Ghostbusters: The Video Game are Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Star Fox 64 3D and Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Ghostbusters: The Video Game attributes like shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

How is similarity to Ghostbusters: The Video Game calculated?

We compare Ghostbusters: The Video Game against every game in our catalog using 10 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Ghostbusters: The Video Game experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Few titles capture what makes Ghostbusters: The Video Game unique: shooter, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat. After measuring 10 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 50 most faithful alternatives. Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Red Faction: Guerrilla and Star Fox 64 3D top the ranking, with Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare at number one (95/100).

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Top games similar to Ghostbusters: The Video Game

50 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerDarkHorrorThird Person

IGDB90· 4

Year 2010Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and open world exploration, while skipping melee combat

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#2Red Faction: Guerrilla

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonOpen World

IGDB82· 6

Year 2009Dev Reactor Zero · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

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#3Star Fox 64 3D

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person

IGDB78· 4

Year 2011Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.5 · Nintendo

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi.

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

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#4Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

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MultiplayerSoloMeleeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 82%· 2.2KIGDB74· 5

Year 2006Dev K2 LLC · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, survival mechanics and first-person shooting, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 114KIGDB75· 16OC72· 183

Year 2019Dev Bend Studio · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and horror tension, while skipping setting scifi

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerDarkThird PersonNarrative

IGDB75· 4

Year 1995Dev Eat Sleep Play Inc. · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, fighting mechanics and survival mechanics, while skipping adventure storytelling

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#7Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeThird PersonHistorical

IGDB87· 22OC85· 143

Year 2017Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and historical setting, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

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#8Bionic Commando

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 73%· 1.8KIGDB69· 6

Year 2009Dev GRIN · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, first-person shooting and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerThird Person

IGDB80· 4

Year 2007Dev Midway Chicago · MidwayOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and single-player focus.

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerDarkHorrorSci-FiThird Person

IGDB97· 4

Year 2011Dev Epic Games · Microsoft Studios

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

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

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#11Resident Evil Outbreak

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkHorrorThird Person

IGDB70· 2

Year 2003Dev Capcom Production Studio 1 · Capcom

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi

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#12The Last of Us

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkHorrorThird Person

IGDB92· 13

Year 2013Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping setting scifi

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#13Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 33KIGDB78· 6

Year 2011Dev Relic Entertainment · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, first-person shooting and action RPG combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

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Steam GOG

#14Splatoon 2

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonCo-op

IGDB83· 17OC83· 118

Year 2017Dev Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development · NintendoOn Switch

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and co op, while skipping adventure storytelling

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#15Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 1.4K

Year 1999Dev Core Design · Aspyr MediaOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and precision platforming, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

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Steam

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