What is the best game similar to Total Overdose?

The closest game to Total Overdose is Infamous, scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Total Overdose?

The three closest games to Total Overdose are: 1. Infamous (97/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Sleeping Dogs (97/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (97/100, 6 shared attributes). All share Total Overdose's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 10 dimensions.

Is Sleeping Dogs similar to Total Overdose?

Yes, very much so — Sleeping Dogs scores 97/100 similarity to Total Overdose. They share 10 attributes, including shooter and third-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Total Overdose?

The best Shooter games similar to Total Overdose are Infamous, Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation and Shadows of the Damned. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Total Overdose attributes like shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

How is similarity to Total Overdose calculated?

We compare Total Overdose against every game in our catalog using 10 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Total Overdose experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Few titles capture what makes Total Overdose unique: shooter, sandbox world and melee combat. After measuring 10 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 50 most faithful alternatives. Infamous, Sleeping Dogs and Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation top the ranking, with Infamous at number one (97/100).

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Top games similar to Total Overdose

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Total Overdose. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Infamous

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB86· 8

Year 2009Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping melee combat

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#2Sleeping Dogs

iRank88

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 17KRAWG👍 88%· 1.3KMC81IGDB82· 13

Year 2012Dev United Front Games · Square EnixPlaytime ~14hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and fighting mechanics

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Steam Xbox

#3Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

iRank85

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 1.4K

Year 1999Dev Core Design · Aspyr MediaOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and precision platforming, while skipping sandbox freedom

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Steam

#4Shadows of the Damned

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeThird PersonDarkHorror

IGDB83· 4

Year 2011Dev Grasshopper Manufacture · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

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#5Resident Evil

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeExplorationThird PersonDark

IGDB80· 1

Year 2002Dev Capcom Production Studio 4 · Capcom

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, survival mechanics and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping sandbox freedom

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#6Jak II

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonSci-Fi

IGDB90· 1

Year 2003Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping sandbox freedom

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#7MDK

iRank79

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeThird PersonSci-FiCyberpunk

Steam👍 79%· 361

Year 1997Dev Shiny Entertainment · Playmates Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

✓ 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 adventure storytelling

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeExplorationThird PersonDark

IGDB79· 3

Year 1996Dev Capcom Planning Room 2 · Virgin Interactive Entertainment

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping sandbox freedom

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#9Deadly Premonition

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonNarrative

IGDB89· 1

Year 2010Dev Access Games · UTV Ignition EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping sandbox freedom

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloExplorationThird PersonDarkNarrative

IGDB93· 5

Year 2023Dev Remedy Entertainment · Epic Games PublishingOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping sandbox freedom

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Epic Xbox PS

#11Tomb Raider: Legend

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 5.9KIGDB60· 6

Year 2006Dev Crystal DynamicsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, puzzle design and first-person shooting, while skipping sandbox freedom

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Steam GOG Xbox

#12Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloExplorationThird PersonSci-Fi

IGDB92· 4

Year 2007Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and single-player focus

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

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#13Infamous: Second Son

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB79· 15OC82· 79

Year 2014Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping melee combat

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#14Infamous: First Light

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB76· 7OC76· 50

Year 2014Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping melee combat

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#15Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

iRank90

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloExplorationThird PersonNarrativeFantasy

IGDB90· 4

Year 2007Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, strong narrative focus and fantasy world, while skipping sandbox freedom

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