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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS
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SoloMultiplayer
Year 2017Dev Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Splatoon 2 is Splatoon 3 — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Crackdown 3 and Inversion follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Splatoon 2

32 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Splatoon 2. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.

Splatoon 3
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
IGDB82· 6OC83· 124
Year 2022Dev Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 · NintendoOn Switch

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

≠ Its own twist: skill tree progression

Crackdown 3
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
IGDB62· 11OC63· 124
Year 2019Dev Sumo Digital · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping precision platforming

Inversion
ShooterTPS
Co-opSoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 62%· 697IGDB54· 7
Year 2012Dev Saber Interactive · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping precision platforming

Jet Force Gemini
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
Year 1999Dev Rare

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling

97
Contra
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
Year 1988Dev Konami

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d

Contra
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
IGDB50
Year 1987Dev Konami

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with combat tactical, visual 2d and visual pixel

Halo: Spartan Assault
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 78%· 4.9KRAWG👍 34%· 216MC70IGDB66· 10OC61· 37
Year 2013Dev 343 Industries · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox · iOS

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

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, ranged combat and combat tactical, while skipping precision platforming

Crackdown
ShooterTPS
SoloCo-opSci-FiThird PersonSandbox World
IGDB85· 2
Year 2007Dev Realtime Worlds · Microsoft Game Studios

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, fighting mechanics and adventure storytelling, while skipping precision platforming

Splatoon
ShooterTPS
SoloCo-opSci-FiThird PersonSkill Tree
IGDB81· 14OC81· 81
Year 2015Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2 · Nintendo

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: skill tree progression, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

ARC Raiders
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird PersonPost-Apocalyptic
Steam👍 84%· 395KIGDB89· 4OC87· 95
Year 2025Dev Embark StudiosOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world, skill tree progression and crafting mechanics, while skipping precision platforming

Gears of War: Judgment
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-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: offline, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping precision platforming

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 92%· 33KIGDB78· 6
Year 2011Dev Relic Entertainment · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, first-person shooting and action RPG combat, while skipping precision platforming

Red Faction: Guerrilla
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonOpen World
IGDB82· 6
Year 2009Dev Reactor Zero · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, 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.

Risk of Rain 2
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSoloSci-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 setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping precision platforming

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