Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders

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We filtered the 48 games similar to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders down to the 19 that fit the “PlayStation” category. Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Borderlands 4 and DOOM 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders is Hexen: Beyond Heretic — scoring 78/100 on our similarity scale. Borderlands 4 and DOOM 3 follow close behind.

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The best games like Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders on PlayStation

19 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders. 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.

#1Hexen: Beyond HereticClosest overall match

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeRangedDarkFantasyFirst Person

Steam👍 87%· 757RAWG👍 75%· 110IGDB37· 2

Year 1995Dev Raven Software · id SoftwarePlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, combat magic and horror setting, while skipping co op

While you were battling the evil forces of D'Sparil, the other Serpent Riders were busy sowing the seeds of destruction in other dimensions. One such dimension is the decaying world where Hexen takes place.

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Combat84Setting68Game mode52

#2Borderlands 4Closest on game mode

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Borderlands 4

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonSci-Fi

Steam👍 59%· 79KIGDB87· 4OC82· 140

Year 2025Dev Gearbox Software · 2KOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

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

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Released 31 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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#3DOOM 3Closest on combat

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DOOM 3

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 89%· 8.3KRAWG👍 77%· 632MC87IGDB86· 6

Year 2004Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, survival mechanics and tower defense planning, while skipping deep RPG systems

DOOM 3 is a first-person shooter, the third installment in the series, serving as a reboot to the previous games. ###Plot As the game is set in a science fiction universe, the events span accordingly.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Same studio: id Software.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals100Tone78Setting0

#4Aliens vs. Predator

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Aliens vs. Predator

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 21KRAWG👍 62%· 422MC68IGDB74· 4

Year 2010Dev SEGAPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep RPG systems

Three separate campaigns — Marine, Alien and Predator — each rebuilding the game around a different body: the Marine's motion tracker and dread, the Alien's wall-crawling, the Predator's cloak and vision modes. The Marine campaign is the one that holds up. The other two are short and thin by comparison, and the multiplayer that carried it in 2010 is long dead.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 16 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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71

Quake

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opRangedMeleeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 97%· 15KRAWG👍 88%· 487MC94OC87· 37

Year 1996Dev id Software · SEGAPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

id's follow-up to Doom, and the first with true 3D movement — rocket jumps, full vertical aim, and a Lovecraftian gloom scored by Nine Inch Nails. The movement still feels quicker than most modern shooters. Long-time players tend to prefer a source port to the official re-release, which quietly altered difficulty tuning and is treated as a compromised preservation job.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Same studio: id Software.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode87Tone84Setting0

Steam Epic Xbox

71

World War Z

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 83%· 31KIGDB74· 12OC71· 129

Year 2019Dev Saber Interactive · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping deep RPG systems

A co-op horde shooter whose swarm tech is the draw: hundreds of zombies climb over each other into structures, and the class system rewards coordinating rather than scattering. Levels are short and replayable. The shooting itself is functional but unremarkable, and the campaign chapters are thin connective tissue between the set-piece swarm moments.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 25 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Game mode80Visuals61Setting0

Steam Epic Xbox

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Singularity

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeDarkFantasyFirst Person

Steam👍 93%· 5.9KRAWG👍 82%· 447MC76IGDB80· 4

Year 2010Dev Raven Software · ActivisonPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep RPG systems

Time manipulation applied to objects rather than the whole world: you age a crate to dust or restore a collapsed staircase, and it is used cleverly in traversal and combat. A tight, short campaign. It borrows heavily and openly from BioShock and Half-Life 2, and the shooting itself is unremarkable once the time device stops surprising you.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 16 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode72Tone71Setting34

67

Resistance 2

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opDarkFantasyFirst Person

IGDB87· 8

Year 2008Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror setting and historical setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 14 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Game mode77Setting37

#9Gotham City Impostors Free to Play

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Gotham City Impostors Free to Play

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opRangedMeleeFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 12KRAWG👍 32%· 168IGDB73· 7

Year 2012Dev Monolith Productions · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and ranged combat

≠ Its own twist: online features, skill tree progression and free to play, while skipping deep RPG systems

A class-based arena shooter with genuinely inventive movement — roller skates, grappling hooks, gliders — that gives it a mobility profile nothing else has. Loadout customisation is deep for a free game. Its problem is population: matchmaking depends entirely on how many people are playing, and the tutorial does little to explain its many systems.

Released 18 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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#10F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 9.3KRAWG👍 77%· 690MC79IGDB76· 7

Year 2009Dev Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

Wider environments and better lighting than the original, with the slow-motion shooting mostly intact and a mech section that breaks up the pacing. The AI is noticeably less sharp than in the first game, though, and the horror leans on jump scares rather than the dread the original built. Competent, rarely surprising.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 15 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Tone82Game mode72Setting0

64

Max Payne 3

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeRangedDark

Steam👍 87%· 63KIGDB89· 12

Year 2012Dev Rockstar New England · Rockstar GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep RPG systems

The shootdodge finally has weight behind it: bullets tear through cover, animations blend into terrain, and the last-stand mechanic keeps firefights tense. Some of the best gunfeel of its generation. It is also the most controlling — long unskippable cutscenes stitch between fights, and the linear corridors leave little room to approach an encounter your own way.

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: visuals.

Released 18 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Combat100Game mode72Tone67Visuals0

#12Resistance 3

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Resistance 3

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFantasyFirst Person

IGDB88· 6

Year 2011Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, historical setting and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 17 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode77Setting46

#13Grand Theft Auto Online

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Grand Theft Auto Online

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonSandbox World

IGDB94· 1

Year 2014Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PlayStation 3 · PS4

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping deep RPG systems

Released 20 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals72

61

Syndicate

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opFirst PersonSci-Fi

IGDB79· 6

Year 2012Dev Starbreeze Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, setting scifi and setting cyberpunk, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: setting.

Released 18 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Setting0

60

Metal Slug

GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOffline

Steam👍 89%· 5.1K

Year 1996Dev Nazca Corporation · SNK PlaymoreOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and offline, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: visuals.

Genre100Game mode87Combat52Visuals0

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