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1997PlayStation

You assemble your mech from interchangeable parts and decide whether mobility, firepower or energy use matters most. The focus is on arena duels against rival pilots, where your build optimisation and combat skill are tested head on.

  • Build variety
  • Building and crafting
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay

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In short: Games like Armored Core: Project Phantasma

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Armored Core: Project Phantasma special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Revolution Ace

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2014PC71 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Armored Core: Project Phantasma: lots of builds to try, a sci-fi setting and good gunplay.

An indie space shooter where you fight a machine AI as humanity's last hope. You unlock weapons and technologies and customize your ship in many different ways.

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Sanctum

Building and crafting

Sanctum fuses tower defense with first-person shooting: you build mazes of turrets, then join the fight yourself against waves of aliens. Especially fun in co-op.

MechWarrior 5: Clans

Build variety

You pilot a BattleMech as part of a Clan lance, tackling missions that reward tactical thinking over pure firepower. Deep mech customization, weight limits and heat management make every engagement a considered decision.

Front Mission Evolved

Vast, open spaces

A third-person shooter set in the Front Mission universe where you pilot huge customizable combat mechs called Wanzers. The campaign follows conspiracy and crumbling alliances, with online multiplayer as well.

Xenoraid

Action-packed real-time combat

A vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up where you swap between four fighters mid-battle, upgrade your squadron between missions and take down huge alien capital ships in hectic boss fights.

Dark Old Sun

Build variety

A shoot'em up where you pick from a wide range of weapons and upgrade them to become far more powerful as you go. Expect big multi-phase bosses and a dramatic story.

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

Action-packed real-time combat

A classic mech simulator where you pilot giant OmniMechs as a Clan warrior, managing weapons and heat across missions against the Inner Sphere. Choosing between two Clans and earning promotion trials drives the campaign.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

Vast, open spaces

You fly as a pilot of the Imperial Navy under Darth Vader, tackling space combat missions with secondary objectives and a connected campaign told from the Empire's side. It is a classic space combat sim with real depth in ship and power management.

Astrokill

Vast, open spaces

A space combat shooter where you fly ships from nimble interceptors to heavy gunships. You fight with machine guns, missiles and rail guns, and use a gravity shield that can turn enemy fire back on them.

Sanctum 2

Building and crafting

A blend of tower defense and first-person shooting where you design mazes of towers and walls, then grab your guns and fight the alien waves yourself. It shines in four-player co-op, rewarding both smart layouts and sharp aim.

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