25 Games with a sci-fi setting like Half-Life 2: Episode Two that you should try

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

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, deep RPG systems and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

≠ Missing: horror tension.

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

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, historical setting and loot and gear systems, while skipping puzzle design

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

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, open world exploration and stealth mechanics, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

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

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, while skipping puzzle design

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

≠ Its own twist: multiplayer gameplay, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

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

≠ Its own twist: multiplayer gameplay, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and combat magic, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and stealth mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

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

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, while skipping ranged combat

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, fantasy world and setting mythology, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings multiplayer gameplay and free to play, while skipping puzzle design

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

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, deep simulation and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings multiplayer gameplay, while skipping puzzle design