Games Like Descent 3

A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.

Why similar: 6DOF 53.1% ★, Classic 15.7% ★, Action 10.8%, FPS 10.6%, Sci-fi 7%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the original developers of Descent, this is the definitive modern 6DOF shooter experience.

More pulse-pounding 360° action blasting through tunnels with six degrees of freedom.

Why similar: 6DOF 39.3% ★, Classic 27.7% ★, FPS 12.2%, Action 10.7%, Sci-fi 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the original, refining the classic 6DOF tunnel-crawling mechanics.

Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.

Why similar: 6DOF 39% ★, Classic 37.1% ★, FPS 8.1%, Action 7.7%, Shooter 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational title that defined the 6DOF genre with its mind-bending three-dimensional movement.

Desecrators is a retro FPS inspired by '90s six-degrees-of-freedom shooters. Plunder your way through the galaxy to destructive weapons and technology powerful enough to take on the ultimate heist: The legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.

Why similar: 6DOF 58.4% ★, FPS 12.8%, Sci-fi 11%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern indie take on the 6DOF shooter genre that emphasizes single-player tactical combat.

Scavengers from all over the galaxy have come to a dead Earth to loot the remains of the technology that can found in underground tunnels. You must fight your way past the scum of the universe. As you prepare for deadly combat, you are going to quickly learn that the future is... Forsaken!

Why similar: 6DOF 50.1% ★, Classic 23.3% ★, Action 15.7%, FPS 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 6DOF shooter that mirrors the high-speed, tunnel-based combat found in Descent 3.

Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.

Why similar: 6DOF 66.1% ★, Sci-fi 14.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern 6DOF roguelike that captures the claustrophobic exploration and combat of the Descent series.

FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.

Why similar: Classic 54.7% ★, Sci-fi 25.1%, Action 20.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for space combat simulations, offering a grand scale and intense tactical dogfighting.

Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!

Why similar: 6DOF 64% ★, Action 23.9%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Shooter 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features 6DOF movement within a destructible space environment, blending exploration with combat.

Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.

Why similar: Action 65.6%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Shooter 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers modern, fluid space combat with high maneuverability that feels like a spiritual successor to 6DOF flight.

Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that flight stick and enroll with the Grand Terran Alliance today.

Why similar: 6DOF 50.2% ★, FPS 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Action 13.1%, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to Freespace 2, providing a similar epic sci-fi space combat experience.

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 43.9%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Action 19.7%, Shooter 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses the classic Build engine to deliver a polished, high-octane shooter experience reminiscent of the era.

EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.

Why similar: 6DOF 36.3% ★, Action 33%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced space combat with roguelike elements and deep exploration.

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: FPS 64.1%, Action 19%, Shooter 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: While not 6DOF, it captures the extreme speed, verticality, and intensity of classic 90s shooters.

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 38.7% ★, FPS 34.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-shooter design that captures the gritty, fast-paced atmosphere of the 90s.

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

Why similar: Action 60.4%, Classic 16.8% ★, FPS 16.1%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic 90s FPS that shares the same gritty, sci-fi aesthetic as Descent 3.

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: Action 37.4%, Classic 24% ★, FPS 22.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Shooter 6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-style FPS that emphasizes fast movement and chaotic combat encounters.

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 36.3%, Sci-fi 24.5%, Action 21.8%, Shooter 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-inspired shooter that emphasizes movement and aggressive combat.

Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!

Why similar: Action 51.9%, Sci-fi 32.5%, Shooter 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced space combat game that focuses on arcade-style dogfighting and exploration.

Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Feel the adrenaline of first-person multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron, and buckle up in a thrilling STAR WARS™ story.

Why similar: Sci-fi 44.1%, Action 34.9%, Shooter 11.1%, FPS 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an immersive, cockpit-focused space combat experience with deep flight mechanics.

Prepare for one of the most action packed-shooters in PC gaming history! Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy! You will become a soldier of the alien species and protect your home world from the forces of the Human armada.

Why similar: Classic 40.2% ★, Action 31.5%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Shooter 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi shooter that features intense vehicle-based combat and arcade action.

A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas.

Why similar: Action 47.2%, Classic 26.2% ★, FPS 17.3%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Shooter 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, fast-paced movement-based action game that rewards precision and speed.

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: Action 51.7%, Sci-fi 48.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends space combat with strategy, allowing for complex maneuvers in a 3D environment.

Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.

Why similar: FPS 58.6%, Action 25.9%, Shooter 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, high-speed arcade survival game that tests reflexes in a way similar to classic shooters.

Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.

Why similar: Action 47%, Sci-fi 29.2%, Shooter 23.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features claustrophobic sci-fi environments and intense combat against alien swarms.

FLASHOUT IS BACK! Where high speed meets high stakes. Where unforgiving combat, loud electronic music and addictive boosts of adrenaline mix up to separate winners from losers. Where gravitation is nothing more than an empty word. Take part in an exciting, head-to-head fight to the finish!

Why similar: Action 51.5%, Shooter 48.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed sci-fi combat racing game that shares the intense, adrenaline-fueled pace of Descent.

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: Action 46%, Classic 28.3% ★, FPS 17.1%, Shooter 5.7%, Sci-fi 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic arena shooter that captures the pure, fast-paced multiplayer feel of the late 90s.

A playable demo of the game Overload, a new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent. Version 3.0 is from April 2018.

Why similar: 6DOF 59.6% ★, Action 24.5%, FPS 10.9%, Shooter 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 39.6% ★, Action 21.2%, FPS 21.2%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Shooter 5%

High speed 3D action platformer! Join Spark on his latest adventure.

Why similar: Action 62.5%, Sci-fi 37.5%

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 43.1% ★, Action 21.3%, FPS 16.5%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Shooter 5.7%

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 50.6% ★, FPS 26.6%, Action 10.5%, Shooter 7.5%, Sci-fi 4.7%

The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!

Why similar: Action 61.9%, Sci-fi 38.1%

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 44.8% ★, FPS 26.6%, Action 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Shooter 6.8%

The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.

Why similar: Action 41.3%, Sci-fi 30%, Shooter 28.8%

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 47.3%, Action 18.2%, Classic 15.1% ★, Shooter 12.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%

A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. Think of it as a tribute, a love letter to the games that defined a generation, with a few modern touches of my own. It’s tough, fast, and demands skill, just the way those old-school shooters did.

Why similar: FPS 51.4%, Action 28.4%, Shooter 20.2%

Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!

Why similar: Action 87%, Shooter 13%

Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.

Why similar: FPS 50.7%, Action 24.4%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Shooter 12.1%

Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!

Why similar: Action 69.5%, Shooter 30.5%

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 47.9% ★, FPS 25%, Action 17.1%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Shooter 3.6%

TRIBES 3: Rivals is a team-based first person shooter that elevates the genre with jetpacks, skiing, and class-based warfare. Teamwork, tactics, high speed, and intense combat are supreme in this rebirth of the world’s fastest shooter.

Why similar: FPS 45.2%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Action 17.8%, Shooter 17.5%

Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.

Why similar: Action 43.2%, FPS 38.8%, Shooter 18%

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 45.9% ★, FPS 29.7%, Action 14%, Shooter 6.6%, Sci-fi 3.8%

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 42.5% ★, FPS 25.6%, Action 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Shooter 7.2%

Over 35 levels of challenging gameplay -- Race at the speed of light, fight off computer Viruses and engage in violent digital combat.

Why similar: FPS 35.1%, Classic 22.4% ★, Action 19.7%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Shooter 5.9%

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 51.9% ★, FPS 26.2%, Action 18.1%, Shooter 3.7%

Cactus Cowboy is back, in a fully fledged story shooter made for experienced VR Gamers.

Why similar: 6DOF 55.2% ★, Action 29.9%, Shooter 14.9%

3, 2, 1 Blast-Off! Launch yourself into the intense space-shooter Aces of the Galaxy™ — A non-stop, old-school arcade thrill-ride for the 21st century and beyond. Utilize an impressive arsenal of upgradeable weapons including high powered missile launchers, devastating torpedoes and the ever-reliant chain gun to annihilate the ships of...

Why similar: Action 100%

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 43%, Action 20.3%, Shooter 19.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%

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

Why similar: FPS 46.9%, Action 31%, Shooter 22.1%

Fast paced, first person adventure aboard Noah's ark!

Why similar: Classic 46.3% ★, FPS 34%, Action 14.8%, Shooter 4.9%

FLASHOUT 2, the sequel to the highly-acclaimed anti-gravity racer FLASHOUT 3D is finally here! Get into one of many ultra-fast ships and use your arsenal of rockets, guns, bonuses and upgrades to fight your way to victory!

Why similar: Action 70.8%, Sci-fi 29.2%

Become a member of the highly anticipated sequel of the co-op sci-fi show. Gather a team of four friends. The more partners the more chances to survive. Find your way out in a deadly new room complex filled with even more sophisticated traps.

Why similar: Action 100%

This is a continuation of the fascinating game aMAZE. Now in 3D!