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We filtered the 50 games similar to The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena down to the 39 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Metroid Prime Hunters, Crysis 2 and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

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Year 2009Dev Tigon Studios

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is Metroid Prime Hunters — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Crysis 2 and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

39 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. 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.

Metroid Prime Hunters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB87· 3
Year 2006Dev Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping stealth mechanics

Crysis 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerStealthMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB87· 9
Year 2011Dev Crytek Frankfurt · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB80· 2
Year 2004Dev Retro Studios · Nintendo

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping stealth mechanics

97
Unreal
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst Person
Year 1998Dev Digital Extremes · GT Interactive SoftwareOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping stealth mechanics

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonExploration
IGDB60· 6
Year 2007Dev High Impact Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and exploration and discovery, while skipping stealth mechanics

Freelancer
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonSandbox World
IGDB70· 2
Year 2003Dev Digital Anvil · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom, while skipping stealth mechanics

Aliens versus Predator 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerStealthMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2001Dev Monolith Productions · Fox InteractiveOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting

The House of the Dead 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonDark
IGDB67· 1
Year 1998Dev WOW Entertainment · SegaOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping stealth mechanics

The House of the Dead
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonDark
Year 1996Dev WOW Entertainment · SegaOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping stealth mechanics

Unreal Tournament III
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonPost-Apocalyptic
IGDB64· 7
Year 2007Dev Epic Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Wolfenstein
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerStealthMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB81· 4
Year 2009Dev Raven Software · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration

Rage 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 63%· 17KIGDB69· 11OC71· 156
Year 2019Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, deep RPG systems and racing gameplay

TimeShift
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 1.4KIGDB75· 5
Year 2007Dev Saber Interactive · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and fantasy world

Command & Conquer: Renegade
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiFirst PersonFantasy
Steam👍 85%· 820IGDB59· 2
Year 2002Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, historical setting and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Quake Champions
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerSoloSci-FiFirst PersonPvP
Steam👍 74%· 39K
Year 2022Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, PvP competition and free to play, while skipping stealth mechanics

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