22 Melee games like Shadows of the Damned that you should try

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and exploration and discovery

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, first-person shooting and precision platforming, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and strong narrative focus, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and Metroidvania exploration

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, first-person shooting and setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, adventure storytelling and setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping puzzle design

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

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, deep RPG systems and action RPG combat, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus