35 Games with a sci-fi setting like Half-Life 2: Deathmatch that you should try

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

≠ Missing: competitive edge.

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, while skipping competitive edge

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design and single-player focus, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming and single-player focus, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Its own twist: single-player focus, co op and visual third person, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world, single-player focus and visual third person, while skipping competitive edge

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and ranged combat

≠ Stands apart with setting cyberpunk, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and single-player focus, while skipping competitive edge

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, historical setting and single-player focus, while skipping competitive edge

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and competitive edge

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, co op and online features, while skipping ranged combat

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

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and single-player focus, while skipping competitive edge