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Games like Advent Rising

2005USK 16PC, Xbox79 % positive9.99 €

A linear sci-fi third-person action game with a story by Orson Scott Card, mixing gunplay with telekinetic powers and gesture-style aiming. Despite a rough execution, its epic story earned it a cult following.

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Strong, story-driven narrative
Action-packed real-time combat

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In short: Games like Advent Rising

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Advent Rising special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

Quantum Break

92 %Match

2016USK 16PC, Xbox86 % positive36.99 €

Remedy's cinematic third-person shooter where time-bending powers like freezing, dashing and rewinding define every firefight. Live-action TV episodes between acts react to your branching story decisions.

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Sci-fi setting

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Wing Commander: Prophecy

Sci-fi setting

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Enter the Matrix

Action-packed real-time combat

A third-person action game tied to the Matrix films, where you play Niobe or Ghost in gunfights and kung-fu brawls with bullet-time slow motion. Its highlight is the exclusive live-action footage directed by the Wachowskis, running alongside the events of The Matrix Reloaded.

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game

Action-packed real-time combat

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Strike Suit Zero

Action-packed real-time combat

A fast arcade space shooter where you switch between a nimble fighter and a heavily armed transforming mech suit. Intense space battles unfold during the last hours of a doomed Earth.

Star Trek: Elite Force II

Sci-fi setting

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RoboCop: Rogue City

Shooting and gunplay

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Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Shooting and gunplay

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Star Wars: TIE Fighter

Sci-fi setting

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