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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 50 games similar to Machinicide down to the 18 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Serious Sam 4 and Generation Zero top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Machinicide.

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Machinicide is Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Serious Sam 4 and Generation Zero follow close behind.

#1Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora80 #2Serious Sam 480 #3Generation Zero75 #4Lost Planet 375 #5Gears 574

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Machinicide

18 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Machinicide. 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.

#1Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraClosest overall match

80

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiFirst Person3D

Steam👍 77%· 14KIGDB73· 6OC72· 147

Year 2023Dev Massive Entertainment · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, multiplayer gameplay and online features, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Visuals100Game mode61

Steam Epic Xbox

#2Serious Sam 4Closest on game mode

80

Serious Sam 4

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeHardcoreOpen WorldSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 83%· 17KIGDB72· 9OC68· 105

Year 2020Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · Linux · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Game mode79Visuals60

#3Generation Zero

75

Generation Zero

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 72%· 42KIGDB53· 12OC49· 65

Year 2019Dev Systemic ReactionOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and horror tension, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: setting.

Genre100Combat100Game mode77World64Visuals59Tone54

#4Lost Planet 3

75

Lost Planet 3

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 63%· 3.9KIGDB58· 12

Year 2013Dev Spark Unlimited · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and horror tension, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

It predates Machinicide by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Setting83Game mode73Tone45

74

Gears 5

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 71%· 24KIGDB88· 12OC85· 150

Year 2019Dev The Coalition · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Game mode70Tone37

71

Control

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 86%· 60KIGDB83· 15OC84· 183

Year 2019Dev Remedy Entertainment · 505 GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping co op

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and game mode.

Genre100Combat100World100Tone82Setting49Game mode48

Steam Epic Xbox

70

High on Life

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 89%· 25KIGDB69· 5OC69· 92

Year 2022Dev Squanch GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and exploration and discovery, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: tone and game mode.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Visuals60Game mode49

Steam Epic Xbox

69

Watch Dogs

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 79%· 50KIGDB81· 20OC79· 105

Year 2014Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

It predates Machinicide by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode78World72Setting63Combat54Tone43

Steam Epic Xbox

#9Red Faction: Armageddon

67

Red Faction: Armageddon

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 73%· 5.0KIGDB75· 5

Year 2011Dev Volition · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: tone and visuals.

It predates Machinicide by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World82Game mode79Setting65Tone0

#10Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

67

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 70%· 6.0KIGDB75· 10

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Paris · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and procedural generation, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and combat.

It predates Machinicide by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting81Game mode79World61Combat40Visuals0

#11Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

65

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 91%· 17KIGDB91· 15OC88· 200

Year 2021Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and third-person shooting, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

Genre100Combat100World100Setting66Game mode49Tone43

#12Agents of Mayhem

60

Agents of Mayhem

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiDark

Steam👍 58%· 4.9KIGDB73· 19OC67· 131

Year 2017Dev Volition · Deep SilverOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: tone and visuals.

It predates Machinicide by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Game mode48Tone0

#13Saints Row IV

57

Saints Row IV

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 88%· 77KIGDB84· 14

Year 2013Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping first-person shooting

Superpowers replace most of the driving: you sprint faster than cars and glide over buildings, which makes the open world trivial to cross and much more fun to move through. Combat is chaotic rather than precise. It reuses the previous game's city wholesale, and once you have full powers almost nothing offers resistance.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals.

It predates Machinicide by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100Combat72World70Game mode69Visuals0

#14Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

49

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiMultiplayer

Steam👍 90%· 7.7KRAWG👍 67%· 627MC82

Year 2009Dev THQ NordicPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping first-person shooting

Its destruction system is the reason to play it — buildings collapse structurally rather than in scripted pieces, and the sledgehammer makes demolition a genuine tactic. Mars is drab and repetitive as a setting, missions recycle a small set of objectives, and the story is barely there. The physics carry almost the entire game.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and game mode.

It predates Machinicide by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100World84Combat68Game mode34Visuals0

#15VangersClosest on tone

47

Vangers

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 93%· 1.4KRAWG👍 77%· 83

Year 1998Dev K-D Lab · KranX ProductionsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: strong narrative focus, punishing difficulty and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, adventure storytelling and deep RPG systems, while skipping shooter

Special EditionVangers was originally released in 1998 and now we present you with the special reworked edition of the game with improved performance on modern operating systems. Game still runs in 800x600 resolution though, as it was intended to do. Feature List- Vast Sandbox world - do whatever you like, just don’t get caught without Rubbox.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and game mode.

It predates Machinicide by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Tone100World76Setting69Game mode48

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The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Machinicide, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

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LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

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Adventure · Platformer

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