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We filtered the 50 games similar to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal down to the 38 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, Ikaruga and Shadow the Hedgehog top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.

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Year 2004Dev Insomniac Games

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is James Cameron's Avatar: The Game — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Ikaruga and Shadow the Hedgehog follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

38 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB61· 7
Year 2009Dev Ubisoft Montreal · GameloftOn PlayStation 3 · Android · PC

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

≠ Missing: precision platforming.

Ikaruga
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 95%· 2.3KRAWG👍 84%· 88MC84IGDB90· 1OC88· 28
Year 2001Dev Treasure · SEGAPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings punishing difficulty, ranged combat and melee combat, while skipping precision platforming

Shadow the Hedgehog
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB46· 2
Year 2005Dev Sonic Team · SegaOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: post-apocalyptic world, while skipping exploration and discovery

Gears of War: Judgment
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB77· 9
Year 2013Dev People Can Fly · Microsoft Studios

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

≠ Its own twist: co op, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping precision platforming

Star Fox: Assault
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB50· 1
Year 2005Dev Namco · Nintendo

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and co op, while skipping precision platforming

Gears of War 2
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB90· 5
Year 2008Dev Epic Games · Microsoft Game Studios

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

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, ranged combat and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping precision platforming

Gears of War 4
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB83· 27OC85· 155
Year 2016Dev The Coalition · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and co op, while skipping precision platforming

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB78· 18
Year 2015Dev Epic Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and co op, while skipping precision platforming

Contra III: The Alien Wars
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
Year 1992Dev Konami

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

≠ Its own twist: post-apocalyptic world, co op and visual isometric, while skipping precision platforming

Rogue Trooper
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerOfflineSoloSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 95%· 516RAWG👍 73%· 59MC69IGDB76· 3
Year 2006Dev RebellionPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping precision platforming

Red Faction: Guerrilla
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-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 open world exploration, while skipping precision platforming

Risk of Rain 2
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerSoloOfflineSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 94%· 347KRAWG👍 85%· 696MC82IGDB87· 6OC86· 34
Year 2020Dev Hopoo Games · Gearbox PublishingPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, survival mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping precision platforming

Star Fox 64 3D
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB78· 4
Year 2011Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.5 · Nintendo

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

≠ Missing: precision platforming.

Gears of War
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB84· 3
Year 2006Dev Epic Games · Microsoft Game Studios

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

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and horror setting, while skipping precision platforming

Gears of War 3
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
IGDB97· 4
Year 2011Dev Epic Games · Microsoft Studios

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping precision platforming

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