Games Like Daikatana

Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate reality has evolved within the bleak and rain-soaked Alpha District.

Why similar: FPS 32.6%, Action 18.5%, Classic 12.3% ★, Time Travel 10.4% ★, Shooter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Daikatana, this game centers its gameplay around time-manipulation mechanics within a sci-fi shooter framework.

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 34.1% ★, FPS 29.2%, Shooter 9.9%, Action 9.4%, Boomer Shooter 5.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title of the 90s FPS era, it shares the fast-paced, gothic-fantasy aesthetic found in Daikatana's early levels.

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 37.5%, Time Travel 15.9% ★, Action 15.5%, Shooter 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title features a strong focus on time-altering technology and narrative-driven first-person combat.

A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.

Why similar: Classic 30.5% ★, FPS 25.7%, Action 15%, Shooter 10.8%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi shooter that shares the same era-specific design sensibilities and focus on diverse, exotic environments.

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 30.5% ★, FPS 28.5%, Action 9.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Boomer Shooter 8.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creative lineage, this game captures the quintessential 90s shooter attitude and level design.

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 34% ★, FPS 31%, Action 11.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Boomer Shooter 5.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same over-the-top, fast-paced action and retro charm that defined the 90s FPS market.

PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions

Why similar: FPS 36.1%, Shooter 20.5%, Action 19.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Boomer Shooter 6.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: This game features the same hub-based exploration and non-linear level design that defined the more ambitious shooters of the late 90s.

Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.

Why similar: FPS 34.9%, Shooter 17.5%, Action 14.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Boomer Shooter 10.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A contemporary of Daikatana that also utilizes time-travel themes and gritty, retro-FPS mechanics.

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 26.5%, Boomer Shooter 16.1% ★, Shooter 15.3%, Action 13%, First-Person 12%

Why You'll Like It: A modern homage to classic fantasy shooters that captures the magical weapon variety seen in Daikatana.

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 34.7% ★, FPS 30.7%, Action 14.2%, Shooter 8.9%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends classic FPS gameplay with supernatural and sci-fi elements in a way that feels very similar to Daikatana's progression.

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: FPS 29.7%, Classic 28.4% ★, Action 18.2%, Shooter 11.1%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the massive, horde-based combat that often characterized the more chaotic moments of Daikatana.

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: FPS 27.8%, Classic 19% ★, Boomer Shooter 18% ★, Shooter 13.3%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly encapsulates the movement, speed, and aesthetic of 90s-era shooters.

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 29.5%, Boomer Shooter 19.4% ★, Shooter 12.6%, Action 10.9%, First-Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Built on a classic engine, it provides a modern take on the high-octane, corridor-clearing action of the 90s.

Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.

Why similar: FPS 29.7%, Action 20.6%, Boomer Shooter 19.6% ★, Classic 9.4% ★, Shooter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the Quake engine, this game offers a dark, atmospheric fantasy shooter experience.

You are John Blade, commander of HardCorps, an elite security force dedicated to protecting the people of Freeport City. Four years have passed since your first battle with Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision.

Why similar: FPS 32.5%, Action 25.9%, Classic 17.4% ★, Shooter 8.4%, Cyberpunk 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi shooter that shares the gritty, cyberpunk-adjacent aesthetic found in the future-era levels of Daikatana.

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 32.6% ★, FPS 31.6%, Action 14.4%, Shooter 6.3%, Boomer Shooter 5.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: This expansion of the Turok formula offers larger, more complex levels and intense combat.

The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.

Why similar: FPS 26.1%, Boomer Shooter 16.2% ★, Shooter 15.4%, Action 12%, First-Person 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi shooter that shares the exploration-heavy level design of the 90s.

Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.

Why similar: FPS 34.7%, Shooter 20.4%, Action 17%, First-Person 15.8%, Multiplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on hub-based fantasy exploration and environmental puzzles similar to those found in Daikatana's medieval chapters.

Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.

Why similar: Classic 57.9% ★, Cyberpunk 21%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same studio, this game shares the ambitious, experimental, and quirky narrative style of Daikatana.

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 35.3%, Boomer Shooter 22.8% ★, Shooter 11.6%, Action 11.1%, Classic 6.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A modern shooter that utilizes retro aesthetics to deliver the visceral, fast-paced combat of the 90s.

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 31.7%, Boomer Shooter 23.5% ★, Shooter 16.6%, Action 13.8%, First-Person 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the gritty, atmospheric, and tactical feel of classic shooters with a modern polish.

HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

Why similar: FPS 38.5%, Boomer Shooter 15.6% ★, Shooter 15.5%, Action 11.6%, First-Person 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired shooter that focuses on gritty, historical-themed environments and classic FPS mechanics.

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 33% ★, FPS 28.1%, Action 15.8%, Boomer Shooter 8.7% ★, Shooter 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This classic shooter incorporates RPG elements and hub-based progression, much like Daikatana's structure.

Welcome to Mega-City One, a city of over 400 million people - every one of them a potential criminal. It is the third decade of the 22nd Century, unemployment is widespread, boredom is universal and only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. Empowered to dispense instant justice, they are Judge, Jury and Executioner all in one.

Why similar: FPS 25.3%, Action 23.5%, Classic 22.7% ★, Shooter 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic FPS that features a distinct, gritty cyberpunk setting similar to Daikatana's near-future levels.

Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.

Why similar: Classic 29.6% ★, FPS 29%, Action 13.3%, Shooter 9.8%, First-Person 7.1%

Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.

Why similar: Action 27.3%, FPS 23.1%, Classic 15.3% ★, Shooter 15.2%, First-Person 8.9%

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 29.7% ★, FPS 28.8%, Action 11.4%, Boomer Shooter 8.8% ★, Shooter 8.8%

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 29.3% ★, FPS 24.6%, Action 15.2%, Shooter 9%, Boomer Shooter 8.3% ★

THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS

Why similar: Classic 48.3% ★, Action 17.6%, First-Person 15.1%, Fantasy 11.5%, Retro 4.3%

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 33.5% ★, FPS 30.9%, Action 16.5%, Shooter 9.2%, First-Person 5%

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: FPS 33.9%, Classic 32.2% ★, Action 13.1%, Shooter 9.1%, First-Person 5.5%

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.

Why similar: Classic 29.3% ★, FPS 25.6%, Action 21%, Shooter 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Strap on your combat sandals...Lo Wang is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun to turn out the lights. Experience total blood immersion. If you can't touch, kill or drive something...then blow it away! Whether you're wielding shurikens, an Uzi, or a freshly plundered Guardian head...you've got your work cut out for you.

Why similar: Classic 36.5% ★, FPS 30.3%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 7.7%, First-Person 4.9%

The Legacy of Star Wars Dark Forces™ and Star Wars® Jedi Knight lives on in the intense first-person action of Jedi Outcast.

Why similar: Classic 32.9% ★, Action 21.7%, FPS 20.6%, Shooter 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.9%

"I have many things to tell you and very little time… I come from a universe parallel to yours. My world is desperately in need of your help. Only YOU can save us."Responding to the desperate pleas of a mysterious character from another dimension, your soul must enter the dark and futuristic city of Omikron.

Why similar: Classic 35.5% ★, Sci-fi 15.5%, FPS 13.9%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Action 7.9%

SiN: Gold has returned! Free update for original owners!

Why similar: Action 49.1%, FPS 16%, Classic 10.2% ★, Shooter 8%, First-Person 5.8%

Shogo is an anime-inspired first-person shooter. Fight on foot or pilot a giant mech in both open and urban levels. You will know the true power of giant robots!

Why similar: Action 27.4%, FPS 26.7%, Classic 21.7% ★, First-Person 10.8%, Shooter 8.7%

It is five years after Kyle's victory over the seven dark Jedi. Invading Imperial forces advance upon a quiet Rebel outpost, interrupting Kyle's training of a brave new Jedi, Mara Jade. First introduced in Timothy Zahn's award-winning Star Wars novel, Heir to the Empire, Mara Jade blends her past experiences as a one time smuggler and...

Why similar: Action 28.7%, FPS 23.9%, Classic 19.9% ★, Shooter 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%

You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. You are equipped with high-tech weaponry and magical instruments that defy description to invade the monastery and stop the madness.

Why similar: FPS 26.7%, Shooter 15.5%, Action 15.4%, Boomer Shooter 14.9% ★, Classic 11.5% ★

"The Stalin Subway" is a First Person Shooter-style game where the events take place in post-war Moscow. The game allows to plunge into the depressing atmosphere of the Stalin's period and to play as a Soviet officer.

Why similar: Action 34.2%, FPS 24.6%, Classic 15.1% ★, Shooter 14.3%, First-Person 10.9%

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 36.1% ★, FPS 20.3%, Action 10.4%, Cyberpunk 10%, First-Person 8.4%

The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

Why similar: Classic 36.3% ★, FPS 24.6%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Action 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.7%

DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.

Why similar: FPS 36.2%, Action 20%, Shooter 14.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Boomer Shooter 8% ★

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.

Why similar: Classic 33.9% ★, FPS 27.9%, Action 15.8%, First-Person 6%, Boomer Shooter 5.9% ★

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 35% ★, FPS 27.7%, Action 8.8%, Boomer Shooter 8.1% ★, Shooter 7.7%

Summoners have toppled empires and challenged gods. They are venerated as saviours and feared as destroyers. With rings crafted by the ancient Khosani, the gifted can call forth demons, dragons, and elementals, but only the strongest can control the forces they unleash.

Why similar: Classic 52.2% ★, Action 32.7%, Fantasy 11.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 35.4%, Classic 19% ★, Action 14.6%, Shooter 12.8%, First-Person 6.1%

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 49.3%, Classic 20.7% ★, Action 10.3%, Shooter 8.2%, First-Person 5.7%