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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Shadows of Doubt down to the 25 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Cyberpunk 2077, Atomic Heart and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Shadows of Doubt.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Shadows of Doubt

25 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Shadows of Doubt. Each one has been evaluated across 22 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.

#1Cyberpunk 2077Closest overall match

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SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldCyberpunkSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 938KRAWG👍 83%· 3.0KMC73IGDB75· 21OC76· 226

Year 2020Dev CD Projekt Red · CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~29hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

Cyberpunk 2077 is a science fiction game loosely based on the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. ###Setting The game is set in the year 2077 in a fictional futuristic metropolis Night City in California.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSci-FiCyberpunkExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB72· 4OC74· 141

Year 2023Dev Mundfish · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: combat and world.

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#3Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldCyberpunkSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 76%· 42KIGDB83· 29OC81· 136

Year 2016Dev Eidos Montréal · Feral InteractiveOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and crafting mechanics, while skipping action RPG combat

Prague is one of the densest immersive-sim hubs ever built — apartments, vents and sewers layered so that almost every problem has four solutions. Augmentation choice matters. It ends abruptly, mid-arc, because the planned continuation never happened, and it shipped with a microtransaction store attached to a single-player game.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: world and progression.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Shadows of Doubt.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4RoboCop: Rogue CityClosest on visuals

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkCyberpunkSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 87%· 34KIGDB74· 6OC73· 114

Year 2023Dev Teyon · NaconOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: combat.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeSci-FiCyberpunkFirst Person

Steam👍 97%· 228KRAWG👍 87%· 141

Year 2020Dev Arsi "Hakita" Patala · New Blood InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and ranged combat

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, shooter and precision platforming, while skipping sandbox freedom

Movement-first shooting where healing comes from standing close to what you are killing, so the loop pushes you into danger constantly. Style ranking rewards variety over efficiency. Its ceiling is very high and very demanding — the systems assume you will learn cancels and parries, and it is still in early access with the final chapters unfinished.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: tone.

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#6Fallout: New VegasClosest on combat

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SoloStealthMeleeRangedNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 257KRAWG👍 89%· 2.6KMC84IGDB82· 9

Year 2010Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with shooter, survival mechanics and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

The writing is why it endures: factions with coherent positions, quests that resolve several ways, and an ending that actually reflects a decade of small choices. Reputation matters everywhere. Technically it is fragile — it shipped buggy and remains so, with crashes common enough on modern systems that most players install community patches first.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: setting.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloStealthRangedMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 424KRAWG👍 70%· 3.4KMC84IGDB85· 21OC87· 159

Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~38hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, survival mechanics and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

The best shooting in the series by some distance, plus settlement building that becomes its own game if you let it. Power armour finally feels like a vehicle. The dialogue wheel is the loss — four options that collapse into the same outcome, and a voiced protagonist that narrows roleplaying compared with New Vegas.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: setting and progression.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 22KIGDB89· 10

Year 2008Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with shooter, survival mechanics and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

Its strength is atmosphere and discovery: the Capital Wasteland rewards wandering, and the metro tunnels connecting it create a genuine sense of a broken city. VATS makes combat readable. The main quest is thin and railroads hard at the end, and the green filter over everything flattens the visual variety across dozens of hours.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: setting.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person

Steam👍 57%· 173KIGDB85· 9OC84· 221

Year 2023Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and setting space, while skipping puzzle design

At its best in the hand-built cities and the faction questlines, where the writing and the systems both hold. Ship building is deeper than it first appears. The exploration loop is the weak point — procedurally generated planets repeat their points of interest quickly, and the constant loading screens between surface, ship and space break any sense of continuity.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: combat and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Shadows of Doubt.

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SoloMultiplayerStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 15KIGDB76· 3OC76· 104

Year 2021Dev The Farm 51 · All In! GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and deep simulation

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and shooter, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: setting and progression.

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#11Prototype 2Closest on game mode

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 77%· 16KIGDB77· 10

Year 2012Dev Radical Entertainment · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Like Shadows of Doubt, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Shadows of Doubt.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 106KRAWG👍 77%· 476MC80IGDB82· 21OC79· 70

Year 2015Dev Frontier DevelopmentsPlaytime ~14hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, deep simulation and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, punishing difficulty and setting space, while skipping action RPG combat

One of the interesting facts about Elite Dangerous is its realistic scale representation of the Milky Way which is an open-world and the gameplay is itself open-ended.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: tone and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Shadows of Doubt.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkNarrativeProceduralSci-FiSkill TreeFirst Person

Steam👍 57%· 2.3KIGDB70· 2

Year 2007Dev Flagship Studios · HanbitSoftOn PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: setting and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Shadows of Doubt.

It predates Shadows of Doubt by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 28KIGDB86· 15OC83· 215

Year 2019Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Private DivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and setting space, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: combat and setting.

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#15Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 93%· 53KRAWG👍 88%· 951MC86IGDB89· 16OC85· 211

Year 2020Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS

✓ If you enjoyed Shadows of Doubt, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with fighting mechanics and visual third person, while skipping sandbox freedom

Shorter and tighter than the game it follows: venom powers add real variation to combat, and a smaller winter New York with a more personal story avoids the padding of the original. Around eight hours. It reuses that map wholesale, and side activities are the same checklist the first game already exhausted.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadows of Doubt: visuals and setting.

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