42 Games with a sci-fi setting like Ikaruga that you should try

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, adventure storytelling and exploration and discovery, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

≠ Its own twist: co op, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping punishing difficulty

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping visual isometric

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

≠ Stands apart with post-apocalyptic world and co op, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

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

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and co op, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

≠ Missing: punishing difficulty.

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

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and setting cyberpunk, while skipping punishing difficulty

✓ 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 punishing difficulty

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, co op and skill tree progression, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, co op and exploration and discovery, while skipping punishing difficulty

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

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