
41 Games with a sci-fi setting like Serious Sam: The Second Encounter that you should try
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More about this game →We filtered the 50 games similar to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter down to the 41 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Red Faction and Unreal II: The Awakening top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Red Faction and Unreal II: The Awakening follow close behind.
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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. 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.

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi.
≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror setting and fantasy world, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, exploration and discovery and visual third person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
Complete list of games with a sci-fi setting like Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, 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.

Descent
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Doom II: Hell on Earth
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Area 51
Shooter · FPS

Overwatch
Shooter · FPS

Syndicate
Shooter · FPS

Star Wars Battlefront
Shooter · FPS

Shadowgrounds
Shooter · FPS

Broforce
Shooter · FPS

Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Shooter · FPS

F.E.A.R. 3
Shooter · FPS

Bulletstorm
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Duke Nukem 3D
Shooter · FPS

Star Fox Zero
Shooter · FPS

Titanfall
Shooter · FPS

Aliens versus Predator
Shooter · FPS

Metroid Prime Hunters
Shooter · FPS

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Shooter · FPS

Unreal
Shooter · FPS

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Shooter · FPS

Quake Champions
Shooter · FPS

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Shooter · FPS

Quake II
Shooter · FPS

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Shooter · FPS

Iron Grip: Warlord
Shooter · FPS

Freelancer
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Duke Nukem Forever
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