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Games like Extinction

2018USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox40 % positive29.99 €

As one of the last Sentinels, you leap and swing with sword and grappling rope against towering ogres, severing limbs for the kill while racing to save civilians in destructible cities.

  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Fantasy setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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In short: Games like Extinction

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

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Beowulf: The Game

85 %Match

2007PEGI 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox

Brings what grabs you about Extinction: melee combat with weapons or fists, a fantasy setting and action-packed real-time combat.

A hack-and-slash action game based on Robert Zemeckis' film, in which you fight monsters like Grendel as Beowulf. The characters are voiced by the film's original cast.

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Rygar: The Legendary Adventure

Boss fights as highlights

A 3D hack-and-slash set in a mythic ancient Greece, where you play the gladiator Rygar and wield the Diskarmor against Titans to rescue a kidnapped princess. Combo-driven combat is mixed with light exploration and ability upgrades.

Conan

Boss fights as highlights

A brutal hack-and-slash adventure set in Hyboria where you play Conan, carving through temples, catacombs and jungles with swords, axes and a large combo set, and taking down big bosses.

Elderborn

Boss fights as highlights

A brutal first-person fantasy slasher with heavy melee combat and light souls-like progression. You play a merciless warrior delving into a grim city full of ancient secrets.

Lost Soul Aside

Boss fights as highlights

A flashy character-action game in the vein of Final Fantasy and Devil May Cry, where Kaser chains lightning-fast combos with a shape-shifting dragon companion against dimensional invaders and huge bosses. Combat spectacle is the star, while the story plays second fiddle.

Crusaders of Might and Magic

Action-packed real-time combat

A 1999 dark fantasy action game set in the Might and Magic universe, where you play the mercenary Drake fighting the Legion of the Fallen. The focus is on real-time melee combat in a linear crusade campaign.

Rune

Action-packed real-time combat

A brutal third-person hack-and-slash from the early Unreal Engine era, sending Viking Ragnar through Norse mythic realms down to Hel with axes, swords and hammers. Dismemberment, rune powers and platforming sections define the experience.

Shinobi

Boss fights as highlights

You play Hotsuma, wielding the soul-devouring Akujiki sword, shurikens and ninja magic against demons in Tokyo. Fast combo chains against enemy groups and acrobatic moves like wall runs and air dashes give it its flair.

Blade of Darkness

Action-packed real-time combat

A punishing fantasy action game with weighty, combo-based melee combat and four playable heroes, often seen as an early forerunner of Soulslike games. You carve a gory path through grim levels to stop the forces of Chaos.

Shadow of the Beast

Lavish presentation

You play Aarbron, fighting through the grim fantasy world of Karamoon to topple the evil lord Maletoth. This revival of the classic series combines brutal close combat and platforming in a striking, atmospheric world.

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