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Games like Dead Effect

2013PC73 % positive

You wake up as an elite operative on a starship overrun by zombified crew and blast your way through tight corridors in classic FPS style. Weapon and skill upgrades plus a dose of B-movie humor round it out.

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Action-packed real-time combat
Strong character progression

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AquaNox 2: Revelation

78 %Match

2003USK 12PC77 % positive4.99 €

An underwater action shooter set in the year 2666, where you pilot a combat submersible as freighter pilot William Drake through a grim world. Mission-based gameplay with weapon and equipment upgrades drives a linear science-fiction story.

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AquaNox

Sci-fi setting

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