Games Like Second Sight

Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Why similar: Action 35.4%, Third-Person Shooter 30%, Supernatural 25.4%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the feeling of using telekinetic psychic powers in a third-person action setting with a deep, mysterious narrative.

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

Why similar: Action 52.4%, Classic 43.6% ★, Story Rich 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines intense, high-octane gunplay with a dark, psychological story involving psychic phenomena.

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: Action 81%, Classic 11.1% ★, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi shooter features time-manipulation mechanics and a narrative-heavy structure that feels very similar to the mid-2000s cult-classic era.

Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

Why similar: Stealth 58.4%, Action 34.2%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends stealth-action gameplay with supernatural powers that allow for creative player expression.

From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.

Why similar: Action 47.1%, Third-Person Shooter 35.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Stealth 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a third-person shooter foundation augmented by time-bending powers and a heavy focus on narrative storytelling.

A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...

Why similar: Action 63.4%, Third-Person Shooter 30.9%, Story Rich 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person action game that heavily emphasizes psychic abilities and a sweeping, cinematic sci-fi story.

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: Action 48.3%, Stealth 34.9%, Story Rich 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that gives players a variety of psychic-like alien abilities to navigate stealth and combat scenarios.

Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

Why similar: Classic 29.9% ★, Action 27.3%, Supernatural 23.1%, Stealth 11.5%, Story Rich 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic RPG that excels at atmosphere and provides players with supernatural abilities to influence the world.

An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

Why similar: Action 73.6%, Supernatural 18.6%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features supernatural powers that allow for brutal, creative combat within a dark, story-rich environment.

Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan to thwart his plan of world dominance.

Why similar: Action 55.5%, Classic 31% ★, Story Rich 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, cult-classic action game with a highly stylized aesthetic and a complex, psychological narrative.

Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.

Why similar: Action 82.9%, Story Rich 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique memory-manipulation mechanic and third-person action that aligns well with the psychological themes of the seed game.

Experience one of the most critically acclaimed stealth-action games of all time. Uncover a conspiracy that hits close to home and stop World War III.

Why similar: Stealth 47.6%, Action 24.3%, Classic 22.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 4.6%, Story Rich 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: It remains one of the best examples of pure, tactical stealth gameplay that inspired the stealth mechanics in Second Sight.

You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...

Why similar: Stealth 55.3%, Action 34.8%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a perfect mix of stealth, tactical action, and augmentations that provide a similar sense of player agency.

MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

Why similar: Supernatural 39.1%, Action 36.9%, Stealth 13.5%, Story Rich 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural detective thriller that focuses on exploration and stealth-like mechanics in a ghostly setting.

Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

Why similar: Stealth 43.5%, Action 29.6%, Third-Person Shooter 18.2%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for stealth-action gameplay, featuring supernatural elements and deep tactical systems.

Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.

Why similar: Action 41.8%, Psychological 39%, Story Rich 19.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more platform-heavy, it explores psychological themes through the use of unique psychic powers.

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…

Why similar: Action 32%, Classic 31.8% ★, Third-Person Shooter 30.4%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic third-person shooter that defined the dark, atmospheric, and story-driven action game style.

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.

Why similar: Stealth 36.7%, Classic 31.7% ★, Action 22.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, psychological horror game that utilizes stealth and exploration to build tension.

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 59.8% ★, Action 34.9%, Story Rich 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that features sci-fi themes and psychic-like abilities in a tense, atmospheric environment.

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 77.5%, Classic 22.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi shooter that utilizes augmentations and stealth elements to provide a varied combat experience.

You are the victim of a conspiracy! The FBI, CIA and a group of murderers are chasing you. XIII… This strange tattoo and the key of a safe are your only clues to survive and claim your innocence! It's time to gear up and eliminate your ennemies!

Why similar: Action 42.2%, Classic 32.3% ★, Stealth 22.9%, Story Rich 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, narrative-driven shooter that captures the classic stealth-action feel of the early 2000s.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Stealth 44.2%, Action 32.5%, Story Rich 13.6%, Classic 9.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on physics-based puzzles and stealth to avoid direct confrontation.

A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.

Why similar: Action 51.5%, Third-Person Shooter 48.5%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person action game featuring a unique, supernatural-like weapon that changes how you approach combat.

Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.

Why similar: Stealth 42.4%, Action 25.5%, Classic 19.9% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive stealth-action experience that rewards the same methodical planning found in the seed game.

Set in futuristic Tokyo, take control of the robotic community before they control everything!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 52.1%, Action 42.3%, Story Rich 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person shooter with a strong sci-fi narrative and squad-based mechanics that feel grounded in the genre.

Infiltrate secure locations across the globe in this stealth-action thriller. Uncover a global conspiracy and stop a deadly bio-terror attack in the second game of the award-winning Splinter Cell series.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 38.4%, Action 31%, Stealth 24.6%, Story Rich 6.1%

Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.

Why similar: Action 81.1%, Story Rich 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person action game that prioritizes a strong, character-driven story and cinematic presentation.

Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.

Why similar: Stealth 45%, Action 36.4%, Third-Person Shooter 14.1%, Story Rich 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A spy-themed action RPG that emphasizes stealth, narrative choices, and player-driven consequences.

Combining third-person action and guided meditation, Waking is an emotional adventure through your dying mind. Battle the forces of oblivion, conjure the memories of loved ones, and join them in the fight for your life.

Why similar: Action 75.4%, Psychological 17.4%, Story Rich 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-adventure game that explores deep psychological themes through a surreal, atmospheric lens.

Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.

Why similar: Stealth 44.5%, Action 24.6%, Classic 21.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%

A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.

Why similar: Action 41.6%, Classic 35.8% ★, Psychological 15.5%, Story Rich 7.2%

As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.

Why similar: Stealth 39.2%, Action 25.8%, Classic 24.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 10.9%

INSTINCT encompasses horror on a whole new level — experience the chilling gameplay and story through the eyes of three different playable characters in this FPS game!

Why similar: Action 100%

You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City.

Why similar: Stealth 54.1%, Action 22%, Classic 20.1% ★, Story Rich 3.8%

In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.

Why similar: Story Rich 100%

Urban Chaos throws you into the heart of a modern urban jungle at the turn of the millenium. To succeed you'll need a lethal combination of stealth, physical agility and martial art skills as you interact with the city around you.

Why similar: Action 61.3%, Classic 38.7% ★

Freedom Fighters is an intense third-person action game set in an alternate history New York during the invasion of a foreign superpower. Take on the role of Chris Stone, a hard-working plumber, and rise through the ranks of the resistance to prove yourself as a charismatic leader.

Why similar: Action 29.1%, Third-Person Shooter 28.9%, Cult Classic 28.2% ★, Classic 13.8% ★

The Most Mysterious Secret Service Agency of WWII This is a third-person stealth-action game describing the activities of the SMERSH, the most mysterious secret service agency of World War II. Moment of Truth is a sequel to the popular stealth action title Death to Spies.

Why similar: Action 54.3%, Stealth 45.7%

Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.

Why similar: Stealth 48.4%, Classic 36.4% ★, Action 13.1%, Story Rich 2.1%

A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

Why similar: Action 58.3%, Third-Person Shooter 32.5%, Supernatural 6.2%, Story Rich 3%

"Temple of the Green Moon" is a psychological thriller that will send you into the heart of a mystical journey full of mysteries and incredible discoveries.

Why similar: Action 53.9%, Supernatural 28.4%, Story Rich 17.7%

Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.

Why similar: Action 41.2%, Supernatural 30.3%, Psychological 28.4%

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.

Why similar: Action 49.9%, Psychological 30.2%, Story Rich 19.8%

You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

Why similar: Action 78.1%, Stealth 15.8%, Story Rich 6.1%

Third Eye Crime is a stealth puzzle game featuring Rothko, a smooth-talking criminal who can telepathically predict where enemies will move to attempt to thwart his heists. Players must rely on skill and their “third eye” to deftly make an escape.

Why similar: Action 58.9%, Stealth 41.1%

The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.

Why similar: Stealth 49.3%, Classic 31.1% ★, Action 15.7%, Story Rich 3.9%

Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.

Why similar: Action 33%, Supernatural 31.1%, Stealth 27.4%, Story Rich 8.5%

Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.

Why similar: Story Rich 54.9%, Psychological 45.1%

Whisperwind is a short psychological horror experience featuring puzzles, multiple endings, creepy ambience and deep storytelling.

Why similar: Action 55.3%, Supernatural 28.9%, Story Rich 15.8%

Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.

Why similar: Stealth 43.5%, Action 30.9%, Classic 20.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 4.4%, Story Rich 0.8%

Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 81.6%, Story Rich 18.4%

Cryptid is a single-player horror fps game that chronicles an experienced hunter and a creature's encounter from the perspective of the Body Cam.

Why similar: Action 45.2%, Stealth 24.2%, Supernatural 22%, Psychological 8.6%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Psychological 32.7%, Action 29.2%, Story Rich 21.5%, Classic 16.6% ★

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

Why similar: Action 52.5%, Classic 30.7% ★, Story Rich 16.7%