- #1 Aliens vs. Predator™
97% matchVery Positive91% of 21,711 reviews2010
Dev: RebellionPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
Why similar: FPS 25.3%, Aliens 24.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Horror 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This modern reimagining directly continues the asymmetric, three-faction horror gameplay that defined the classic experience.
- #2 System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,273 reviews2025
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
Why similar: FPS 32.7%, Horror 15.2%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Shooter 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in sci-fi horror atmosphere and tense, claustrophobic first-person combat.
- #3 Quake
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,461 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Why similar: Classic 46% ★, FPS 23.9%, Shooter 5.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Horror 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational classic for 3D shooters, sharing the same dark, gothic, and sci-fi aesthetic.
- #4 DOOM 3
94% matchVery Positive86% of 12,566 reviews2012
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
Why similar: Classic 32.4% ★, FPS 27.4%, Horror 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Shooter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the horror aspects of the FPS genre within a claustrophobic sci-fi setting.
- #5 F.E.A.R.
93% matchVery Positive94% of 19,591 reviews2010
Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Why similar: Classic 32.9% ★, FPS 31.4%, Horror 15.7%, Shooter 5.1%, Action 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines high-intensity tactical gunplay with unsettling supernatural horror.
- #6 Prey
92% matchVery Positive91% of 54,757 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: FPS 26.7%, Aliens 22.6%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being hunted by alien threats in a high-tech, isolated environment.
- #7 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
91% matchVery Positive93% of 9,353 reviews2007
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
Why similar: Classic 47.2% ★, FPS 25.2%, Shooter 4.7%, Horror 4.5%, Action 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic FPS that balances intense gunplay with supernatural horror elements.
- #8 Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,640 reviews2016
Dev: Nerve SoftwarePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Why similar: Classic 43.3% ★, FPS 24.3%, Aliens 8.6%, Shooter 5.3%, Retro 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive classic shooter that captures the high-octane, arcade-style action of the late 90s.
- #9 Half-Life
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 164,392 reviews1998
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 45.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Why similar: Classic 32.3% ★, FPS 18.5%, Aliens 15.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Shooter 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A landmark sci-fi shooter that emphasizes environmental storytelling and intense combat encounters.
- #10 Quake II
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,437 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Why similar: Classic 43.9% ★, FPS 25.7%, Sci-fi 6%, Shooter 5.1%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential sci-fi shooter that defined the fast-paced movement and combat of the era.
- #11 Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,506 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
Why similar: Classic 48.7% ★, FPS 26.8%, Action 5.6%, Shooter 5.2%, Multiplayer 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive, overwhelming enemy encounters that test your reflexes and spatial awareness.
- #12 DUSK
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,544 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Classic 29.3% ★, FPS 25.8%, Horror 8.9%, Retro 8.1%, Shooter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern love letter to 90s shooters that perfectly replicates the speed and grit of classic FPS titles.
- #13 Quake III Arena
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,112 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
Why similar: Classic 44.5% ★, FPS 28.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Shooter 4.9%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for arena-based multiplayer combat, mirroring the competitive intensity of the original AvP.
- #14 DOOM + DOOM II
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,160 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Why similar: Classic 49.3% ★, FPS 23.7%, Retro 4.5%, Shooter 4.3%, Sci-fi 4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive retro shooter experience that established the genre's core mechanics.
- #15 Prodeus
84% matchVery Positive92% of 8,248 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Why similar: FPS 41.6%, Classic 13.7% ★, Retro 12.2%, Shooter 8.7%, Gore 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends modern visual effects with the fast, brutal gameplay mechanics of classic retro shooters.
- #16 Half-Life: Opposing Force
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 29,060 reviews1999
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Why similar: FPS 41.3%, Classic 28.8% ★, Aliens 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Shooter 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original sci-fi shooter formula with new weapons and a more military-focused perspective.
- #17 Ion Fury
82% matchVery Positive93% of 6,781 reviews2019
Dev: Voidpoint, LLCPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Why similar: FPS 39.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Retro 11.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Fast-Paced 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a classic engine to deliver a high-octane, retro-styled shooter experience.
- #18 Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,648 reviews2013
Dev: General ArcadePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The definitive version of the cult classic shooter, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux features remastered visuals and two massive expansion packs. Corporations rule every facet of life in a near-future Japan and employ Shadow Warriors, one-man armies of unparalleled skill, to protect their power and forcefully remove all opposition.
Why similar: Classic 50.6% ★, FPS 27.6%, Shooter 5.5%, Retro 4.8%, Action 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic shooter that shares the same frantic pace and weapon variety found in the original AvP.
- #19 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,850 reviews2017
Dev: Iguana EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force - The Primagen. Once again a Turok is tasked with restoring peace to the land and stopping the Primagen from merging Earth with the nether world.
Why similar: Classic 45.1% ★, FPS 26.5%, Aliens 4.8%, Action 4.7%, Gore 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex level design and a wide array of creative, high-impact weaponry.
- #20 CULTIC
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,749 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: FPS 40.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Horror 13.5%, Retro 8.9%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish, modern take on the classic shooter formula with a strong emphasis on horror and tactical movement.
- #21 Singularity™
81% matchVery Positive93% of 5,962 reviews2010
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Why similar: FPS 42.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Horror 10%, Classic 8% ★, Shooter 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi shooter that utilizes unique time-manipulation mechanics to create intense combat scenarios.
- #22 AMID EVIL
79% matchVery Positive93% of 7,742 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
Why similar: FPS 36.5%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Shooter 13.6%, Retro 9.8%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern retro-shooter that emphasizes fast movement and powerful, unique weapon archetypes.
- #23 DOOM 64
77% matchVery Positive93% of 8,855 reviews2020
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
Why similar: Classic 42.2% ★, FPS 21.7%, Horror 5.4%, Retro 5.3%, Shooter 5.2%
- #24 Quake 4
78% matchVery Positive88% of 4,008 reviews2011
Dev: RavenSoftPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
Why similar: FPS 28.7%, Classic 25.9% ★, Sci-fi 8.1%, Shooter 6.7%, Horror 6.5%
- #25 Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
78% matchMixed62% of 12,256 reviews2012
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.
Why similar: Aliens 28.9%, FPS 27.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Horror 7.8%, Shooter 7.2%
- #26 Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,075 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!
Why similar: Classic 45.5% ★, FPS 27.3%, Action 6.5%, Shooter 5.5%, Gore 4.3%
- #27 Black Mesa
71% matchVery Positive95% of 145,002 reviews2020
Dev: Crowbar Collective
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive Half-Life.
Why similar: Classic 29.9% ★, FPS 21.9%, Aliens 14.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Shooter 5.6%
- #28 Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,593 reviews2006
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.
Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Classic 30% ★, Action 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #29 Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
73% matchVery Positive90% of 3,854 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.
Why similar: Classic 45.8% ★, FPS 28%, Shooter 6.9%, Action 6.7%, Multiplayer 3.4%
- #30 Deathmatch Classic
74% matchVery Positive83% of 3,323 reviews2001
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 52.2 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.
Why similar: Classic 37.7% ★, FPS 22.4%, Action 19.1%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Shooter 5.9%
- #31 SiN Gold (1998)
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 494 reviews2020
Dev: Ritual EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
SiN: Gold (1998) has returned! Free update for original owners!
Why similar: Action 26.7%, Classic 23.7% ★, FPS 22.4%, Shooter 7.2%, Horror 7%
- #32 Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
72% matchVery Positive93% of 9,026 reviews2009
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Why similar: FPS 35.6%, Classic 26.5% ★, Aliens 9.3%, Shooter 6.6%, Action 5.8%
- #33 Classic Marathon
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,288 reviews2024
Dev: Aleph One Developers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
From the team that brought you Aleph One, the classic sci-fi FPS Marathon from Bungie on Mac revived for modern hardware by the fan community.
Why similar: FPS 38%, Aliens 20.6%, Shooter 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, First-Person 7.1%
- #34 Quake Live
71% matchVery Positive87% of 15,885 reviews2014
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.
Why similar: Classic 46.9% ★, FPS 27.1%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Shooter 6.1%, Fast-Paced 4.7%
- #35 STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,732 reviews2019
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: Lucasfilm
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Classic 50.9% ★, FPS 18.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Action 6.1%
- #36 Strife: Veteran Edition
71% matchVery Positive89% of 671 reviews2014
Dev: Rogue EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.
Why similar: Classic 52.2% ★, FPS 26.6%, Action 5.7%, Retro 5.6%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #37 Painkiller Overdose
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,208 reviews2007
Dev: Mindware StudiosPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end...
Why similar: FPS 43.9%, Action 14.5%, Gore 11.4%, Horror 10.2%, Shooter 9.7%
- #38 System Shock: Enhanced Edition
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,369 reviews2015
Dev: Looking Glass StudiosPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Re-discover what made System Shock the first of it's kind, a ground breaking immersive sim that would inspire a generation of games to come....
Why similar: Classic 49.5% ★, FPS 16.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Horror 9.3%, Retro 3.9%
- #39 Aliens: Fireteam Elite
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,172 reviews2021
Dev: Cold Iron Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Why similar: Aliens 37.2%, Horror 15%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 6.8%
- #40 Team Fortress Classic
70% matchVery Positive87% of 9,294 reviews1999
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 26%
One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.
Why similar: Classic 41.9% ★, FPS 24.9%, Action 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Shooter 6.5%
- #41 Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 951 reviews2025
Dev: Survios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.
Why similar: FPS 32.9%, Aliens 23.4%, Shooter 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, First-Person 6.5%
- #42 DOOM
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,892 reviews2016
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Classic 21.9% ★, Shooter 8.1%, Gore 7.1%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #43 The Thing: Remastered
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,424 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
Why similar: Aliens 29.7%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Horror 13.9%, Shooter 12.8%, FPS 8.9%
- #44 Painkiller: Black Edition
69% matchVery Positive89% of 2,363 reviews2007
Dev: People Can FlyPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.
Why similar: Classic 40.1% ★, FPS 24.6%, Gore 7.5%, Shooter 6.7%, Action 5.4%
- #45 Natural Selection 2
67% matchVery Positive85% of 13,374 reviews2012
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Why similar: FPS 36.8%, Aliens 22.8%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Action 5.9%
- #46 Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
70% matchMixed47% of 713 reviews2014
Dev: Monolith ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Includes original Blood II: The Chosen and add-on package The Nightmare LevelsAn immersive atmosphere full of dark humor and exciting actionFour playable characters and wide variety of weapons
Why similar: Classic 36.8% ★, FPS 26.5%, Shooter 10%, Action 9.9%, Horror 7.6%
- #47 Predator: Hunting Grounds
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,735 reviews2021
Dev: IllFonicPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.
Why similar: FPS 34.6%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Aliens 11%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #48 Perilous Warp
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 387 reviews2020
Dev: Crystice Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!
Why similar: FPS 21.6%, Classic 20.8% ★, Aliens 13.4%, Action 11.1%, Gore 7.6%
- #49 The Apogee Throwback Pack
67% matchVery Positive91% of 355 reviews2013
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Why similar: FPS 28.4%, Aliens 16%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Retro 8.8%
