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We filtered the 50 games similar to Prey down to the 42 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Unreal top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Prey.

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Year 2006Dev Human Head Studios
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Prey is Metroid Prime Hunters — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Unreal follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Prey

42 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

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

Metroid Prime Hunters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB87· 3
Year 2006Dev Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping puzzle design

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

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping puzzle design

97
Unreal
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst Person
Year 1998Dev Digital Extremes · GT Interactive SoftwareOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping puzzle design

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB60· 6
Year 2007Dev High Impact Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and exploration and discovery, while skipping puzzle design

Freelancer
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonSandbox World
IGDB70· 2
Year 2003Dev Digital Anvil · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom, while skipping puzzle design

STAR WARS Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeRangedSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 4.9KRAWG👍 86%· 456MC89IGDB73· 3OC62· 18
Year 2002Dev Aspyr Media · AspyrPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

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

Half-Life 2: VR Mod
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 98%· 272KRAWG👍 91%· 4.1KMC96IGDB79· 7
Year 2004Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~7hOn PC · Xbox · Android

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Half-Life 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 98%· 272KRAWG👍 91%· 4.1KMC96IGDB79· 7
Year 2004Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~7hOn PC · Xbox · Android

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Quake 4
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 88%· 3.8KRAWG👍 69%· 352MC81IGDB75· 6
Year 2005Dev Aspyr Media · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and ranged combat

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping puzzle design

The House of the Dead 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonDark
IGDB67· 1
Year 1998Dev WOW Entertainment · SegaOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping puzzle design

The House of the Dead
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonDark
Year 1996Dev WOW Entertainment · SegaOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping puzzle design

Unreal Tournament III
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonPost-Apocalyptic
IGDB64· 7
Year 2007Dev Epic Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping puzzle design

F.E.A.R.
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 94%· 19KRAWG👍 89%· 1.0KMC88IGDB70· 2
Year 2005Dev Monolith Productions · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping puzzle design

Singularity
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 93%· 5.9KRAWG👍 82%· 447MC76IGDB80· 4
Year 2010Dev Raven Software · ActivisonPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Command & Conquer: Renegade
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonFantasy
Steam👍 85%· 820IGDB59· 2
Year 2002Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, historical setting and visual third person, while skipping puzzle design

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