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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Few titles capture what makes X-Out: Resurfaced unique: shooter, melee combat and setting scifi. After measuring 11 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 50 most faithful alternatives. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and Portal 2 top the ranking, with Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime at number one (88/100).

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The closest game to X-Out: Resurfaced is Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime — scoring 88/100 on our similarity scale. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and Portal 2 follow close behind.

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Top games similar to X-Out: Resurfaced

50 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to X-Out: Resurfaced. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
ShooterFPS
OfflineCo-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeSci-Fi2D
Steam👍 93%· 4.0KIGDB83· 14OC82· 50
Year 2015Dev Asteroid BaseOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping visual pixel

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals71Setting56
#2Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
ShooterFPS
SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMeleeSci-Fi2D
Steam👍 87%· 898RAWG👍 64%· 73MC76IGDB76· 3
Year 2011Dev Shadow Planet Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

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

≠ Where it differs: brings Metroidvania exploration, adventure storytelling and fantasy world, while skipping visual pixel

###Interesting mix The game is a mixture of 2D shooter and puzzle genres developed by Shadow Planet Production and released by Microsoft Studios for its Xbox360 console. As part of the HumbleBundle pack, a soundtrack for the game is available, which was released separately.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting71Visuals71
#3Portal 2
Portal 2
ShooterFPS
Co-opOfflineSoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 99%· 459KRAWG👍 94%· 6.1KMC95IGDB92· 9
Year 2011Dev Valve Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~11hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual 2d

Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle game developed by Valve Corporation and released on April 19, 2011 on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. It was published by Valve Corporation in digital form and by Electronic Arts in physical form.

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Combat54Visuals0
Doom II: Hell on Earth
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-FiPixel Art
Steam👍 95%· 9.1KIGDB84· 2
Year 1994Dev id Software · ImagineerOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping offline

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals and setting.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode91Setting48Visuals40
#5Metal Slug
Metal Slug
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMelee2DPixel Art
Steam👍 89%· 5.1K
Year 1996Dev Nazca Corporation · SNK PlaymoreOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and adventure storytelling, while skipping puzzle design

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 29 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals100
Broforce
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerCo-opSoloOfflineMeleeSci-FiPixel Art2D
Steam👍 97%· 61KRAWG👍 84%· 1.3KMC83IGDB72· 9OC79· 43
Year 2015Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

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

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

Broforce is a parody run-and-gun game made in a 2D side-scrolling manner. Players are offered to take control of a Bro – one of the soldiers of the special Broforce unit. Actually, players are going to assume roles of several protagonists (all are Bros) while completing game levels.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals100Combat70
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
ShooterFPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 96%· 2.0KIGDB91· 2
Year 2002Dev Croteam · Gathering of DevelopersOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Visuals0
Superfighters Deluxe
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerOfflineCo-opSoloMelee2DPixel Art
Steam👍 89%· 3.5K
Year 2018Dev MythoLogic InteractiveOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, fighting mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode89
Binary Domain
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 86%· 8.1KIGDB72· 6
Year 2012Dev Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios · SegaOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping offline

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode91Setting50Visuals0
Duck Game
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerSoloOfflineCo-opMelee2DPixel Art
Steam👍 97%· 39KRAWG👍 91%· 313MC82IGDB83· 4OC84· 14
Year 2015Dev Adult Swim · Adult Swim GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, competitive edge and vibe casual, while skipping puzzle design

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Win over the crowd and gain a following by blasting your feathered friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and pretty much anything else a duck could use as a weapon.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode91Combat72
The Expendabros
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMelee2DPixel Art
Steam👍 97%· 18KRAWG👍 70%· 391IGDB80· 1
Year 2014Dev Free Lives · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

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

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, precision platforming and ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design

The Expendabros is a crossover game based on Broforce gameplay and featuring characters from The Expendables 3 movie. In the basis of both games lays the roast of the 90s movie cliches about unstoppable warriors, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and the others.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat70
Streets of Rogue
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerOfflineCo-opSoloMeleePixel Art2D
Steam👍 96%· 23KRAWG👍 74%· 165IGDB84· 1OC81· 24
Year 2017Dev tinyBuildPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling, while skipping puzzle design

Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode89Visuals80Combat56
Syndicate
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiCyberpunk
IGDB79· 6
Year 2012Dev Starbreeze Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: setting cyberpunk and visual first person, while skipping melee combat

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode91Setting63Visuals0
Duke Nukem 3D
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 86%· 21IGDB75· 1
Year 1996Dev 3D Realms · MacSoft GamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person, while skipping co op

The 1996 shooter that made levels feel like places: working light switches, destructible scenery, shrink rays and jetpacks, with Duke's one-liners over the top of it all. It remains genuinely inventive level design. Note which release you are buying — this is the barebones Anthology version, and it lacks the controller support, extra episodes and multiplayer options the Megaton Edition carries at a similar price.

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 29 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode61Visuals0
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 93%· 2.5KIGDB81· 11
Year 2012Dev High Moon Studios · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and visual third person, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from X-Out: Resurfaced: visuals.

It predates X-Out: Resurfaced by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode91Visuals0

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What is the best game similar to X-Out: Resurfaced?
The closest game to X-Out: Resurfaced is Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, scoring 88/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like X-Out: Resurfaced?
The three closest games to X-Out: Resurfaced are: 1. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (88/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (89/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Portal 2 (82/100, 9 shared attributes). All share X-Out: Resurfaced's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 11 dimensions.
Is Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet similar to X-Out: Resurfaced?
Yes, very much so — Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet scores 89/100 similarity to X-Out: Resurfaced. They share 10 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Shooter games are similar to X-Out: Resurfaced?
The best Shooter games similar to X-Out: Resurfaced are Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Portal 2 and Doom II: Hell on Earth. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key X-Out: Resurfaced attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design.
How is similarity to X-Out: Resurfaced calculated?
We compare X-Out: Resurfaced against every game in our catalog using 11 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 X-Out: Resurfaced experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.