9 Games with a fantasy setting like Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 48 games similar to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders down to the 9 that fit the “Fantasy” category. Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Iron Grip: Warlord and Heretic top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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The best games with a fantasy setting like Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders

9 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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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.

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#2Iron Grip: WarlordClosest on combat

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeRangedFantasyFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 448MC59

Year 2008Dev ISOTXPlaytime ~1hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy, tower defense planning and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

Iron Grip: Warlord invigorates tower defense with first-person shooter elements to give a new twist to the genre. It puts you in the heat of the battle, fighting off hordes of AI-controlled invaders. Play alone or with friends, in a diverse and challenging struggle to save all of Atelia.

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

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#3Heretic

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkFantasyFirst Person

Year 1994Dev Raven Software · id SoftwareOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with combat magic, historical setting and setting medieval, while skipping deep RPG systems

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

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#4Singularity

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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.

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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.

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#6Nintendo Land

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opRangedFantasyFirst Person

IGDB75· 7

Year 2012Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2 · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, racing gameplay and precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

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

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

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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.

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#8Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeFantasy

Steam👍 87%· 898RAWG👍 64%· 73MC76IGDB76· 3

Year 2011Dev Shadow Planet Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

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

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

###Interesting mix The game is a mixture of 2D shooter and puzzle genres developed by Shadow Planet Production and released by Microsoft Studios for its Xbox360 console. As part of the HumbleBundle pack, a soundtrack for the game is available, which was released separately.

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

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

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#9Command & Conquer: Renegade

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