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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Outcast: A New Beginning down to the 28 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. True Crime: Streets of LA, Crackdown and Jak II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Outcast: A New Beginning.

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Year 2024Dev Appeal Studios

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Outcast: A New Beginning is True Crime: Streets of LA — scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. Crackdown and Jak II follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Outcast: A New Beginning

28 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Outcast: A New Beginning. 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.

#1True Crime: Streets of LA
True Crime: Streets of LA
ShooterTPS
SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB74· 3
Year 2003Dev Exakt Entertainment · ActivisionOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, fighting mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Progression100World68
Crackdown
ShooterTPS
SoloOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB85· 2
Year 2007Dev Realtime Worlds · Microsoft Game Studios

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Outcast: A New Beginning: game mode.

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100Progression100World68Visuals65Game mode48
#3Jak II
Jak II
ShooterTPS
SoloOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB90· 1
Year 2003Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100World100Progression100Visuals65
Jak 3
ShooterTPS
SoloOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB70· 2
Year 2004Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100World100Progression100Visuals65
Infamous: First Light
ShooterTPS
SoloOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB76· 7OC76· 50
Year 2014Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Progression100World68Visuals65
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 adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Visuals65
Second Sight
ShooterTPS
SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 82%· 309RAWG👍 88%· 65MC75IGDB73· 4
Year 2004Dev Free Radical Design · CodemastersPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, ranged combat and visual first person, while skipping deep RPG systems

Second Sight is a science fiction action-adventure stealth Single-player video game, developed by Free Radical Design, and published by Codemasters for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.

Where it drifts furthest from Outcast: A New Beginning: visuals.

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Combat54Visuals47
Pragmata
ShooterTPS
SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 97%· 43KIGDB88· 6OC86· 189
Year 2026Dev CapcomOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals65
Ratchet & Clank
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB80· 1OC86· 89
Year 2002Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Progression100Visuals65
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB71· 4
Year 2008Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Progression100Visuals65
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
ShooterTPS
SoloMeleeSci-FiThird PersonSpace
Steam👍 74%· 857IGDB65· 1
Year 1996Dev LucasArts · NintendoOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings setting space, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 28 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals65Setting57
Red Faction: Guerrilla
ShooterTPS
SoloOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
IGDB82· 6
Year 2009Dev Reactor Zero · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100World100Progression100Visuals65Game mode55
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 adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals65
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 adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and free to play, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals65
Mega Man Legends
ShooterTPS
SoloSci-FiThird Person
Year 1997Dev Capcom Production Studio 2 · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

It predates Outcast: A New Beginning by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals65

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