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We filtered the 48 games similar to Journey to the Savage Planet down to the 35 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Borderlands 4, Ratchet: Deadlocked and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Journey to the Savage Planet.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS
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NarrativeSoloMultiplayer
Year 2020Dev Typhoon Studios

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Journey to the Savage Planet is Borderlands 4 — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Ratchet: Deadlocked and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Journey to the Savage Planet

35 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Journey to the Savage Planet. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

Borderlands 4
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 59%· 79KIGDB87· 4OC82· 140
Year 2025Dev Gearbox Software · 2KOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Ratchet: Deadlocked
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
IGDB70· 1
Year 2005Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and visual third person, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 93%· 2.5KIGDB81· 11
Year 2012Dev High Moon Studios · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting and visual third person, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Descent
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 471IGDB73· 3
Year 1994Dev Parallax Software · SoftBankOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation and setting space, while skipping adventure storytelling

Overwatch
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 30%· 401KIGDB83· 3OC90· 138
Year 2023Dev Blizzard EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · Switch

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

≠ Its own twist: PvP competition, visual third person and free to play, while skipping adventure storytelling

Syndicate
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB79· 6
Year 2012Dev Starbreeze Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design and setting cyberpunk, while skipping adventure storytelling

Binary Domain
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeSci-Fi
Steam👍 86%· 8.1KIGDB72· 6
Year 2012Dev Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios · SegaOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, puzzle design and procedural generation, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Lost Planet 2
ShooterFPS
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 66%· 3.0KIGDB71· 6
Year 2010Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, online features and skill tree progression, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
ShooterFPS
SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiExploration
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 Metroidvania exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, fantasy world and offline, while skipping strong narrative focus

Star Fox Zero
ShooterFPS
SoloCo-opSci-FiFirst PersonThird Person
IGDB67· 13OC69· 86
Year 2016Dev PlatinumGames · Nintendo of Europe

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

≠ Its own twist: visual third person, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 89%· 9.4KIGDB77· 14OC75· 71
Year 2017Dev People Can Fly · Gearbox PublishingOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Bulletstorm
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB87· 7
Year 2011Dev People Can Fly · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

Duke Nukem 3D
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 86%· 21IGDB75· 1
Year 1996Dev 3D Realms · MacSoft GamesOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, while skipping adventure storytelling

Metroid Prime Hunters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
IGDB87· 3
Year 2006Dev Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping strong narrative focus

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
IGDB80· 2
Year 2004Dev Retro Studios · Nintendo

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping strong narrative focus

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