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We filtered the 50 games similar to MDK down to the 26 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, Pragmata and Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to MDK.

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Year 1997Dev Shiny Entertainment

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to MDK is Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Pragmata and Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like MDK

26 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to MDK. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
ShooterTPS
SoloMeleeSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 89%· 123IGDB45· 2
Year 2002Dev Sunstorm Interactive · Apogee SoftwareOn PC · iOS · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, while skipping first-person shooting

Pragmata
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonNarrative
Steam👍 97%· 43KIGDB88· 6OC86· 189
Year 2026Dev CapcomOn Xbox · Switch · PC

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

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

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonExploration
IGDB92· 4
Year 2007Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and exploration and discovery, while skipping first-person shooting

Jak II
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonOpen WorldExploration
IGDB90· 1
Year 2003Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping first-person shooting

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird Person
IGDB90· 1
Year 2003Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, while skipping first-person shooting

Ratchet & Clank
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird Person
IGDB84· 18OC86· 89
Year 2016Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PS5

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, while skipping first-person shooting

Ratchet & Clank
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonExploration
IGDB80· 1OC86· 89
Year 2002Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling and exploration and discovery, while skipping first-person shooting

Infamous: First Light
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonSandbox WorldOpen World
IGDB76· 7OC76· 50
Year 2014Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

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

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonExploration
IGDB71· 4
Year 2008Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling and exploration and discovery, while skipping first-person shooting

Jak 3
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonOpen WorldExploration
IGDB70· 2
Year 2004Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping first-person shooting

Star Fox
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird Person
IGDB70· 1
Year 1993Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Nintendo

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

≠ Missing: precision platforming.

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird PersonFree to Play
IGDB69· 7
Year 2013Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and free to play, while skipping first-person shooting

Mega Man Legends
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird Person
Year 1997Dev Capcom Production Studio 2 · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, while skipping precision platforming

Earthworm Jim 2
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird Person2D
Year 1995Dev Shiny Entertainment · Tec Toy

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping first-person shooting

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