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More about this game →Few titles capture what makes Twisted Metal: Black unique: shooter, strong narrative focus and horror setting. After measuring 14 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 50 most faithful alternatives. Twisted Metal 2, Gears of War 3 and Gears of War 4 top the ranking, with Twisted Metal 2 at number one (90/100).
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The closest game to Twisted Metal: Black is Twisted Metal 2 — scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. Gears of War 3 and Gears of War 4 follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Twisted Metal: Black. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay
≠ Stands apart with fighting mechanics, while skipping setting scifi
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Its own twist: loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping racing gameplay
Released 10 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping racing gameplay
Released 5 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay
≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, while skipping horror setting
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and horror tension, while skipping racing gameplay
Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: game mode.
Released 18 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: melee combat, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping racing gameplay
Nu Earth: a poisoned planet where endless war rages between the Norts and the Southers. A futile struggle on a hostile planet with no end in sight. But there are tales of a lone warrior.
Released 5 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty, while skipping racing gameplay
Risk of Rain 2 is a 3D roguelite sci-fi third-person shooter developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. Hopoo Games is composed of Paul Morse, Duncan Drummond and Jeffrey Hunt. The game released in early access during March of 2019 after it was showcased at PAX East.
Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: tone and setting.
Released 19 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping racing gameplay
Released 12 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay
≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping survival mechanics
Crab Champions is a solo developed game from the creator of Crab Rave. Each of the 3 main modes offer a different playstyle.Survival (1-4 Players Co-Op PvE)Fight your way through increasingly difficult islands that are populated with hostile enemies.
Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: tone.
Released 19 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping racing gameplay
Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: setting.
Released 12 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and melee combat, while skipping racing gameplay
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay
Released 5 years after Twisted Metal: Black.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, visual isometric and visual 2d, while skipping racing gameplay
Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: visuals.
It predates Twisted Metal: Black by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
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