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Games like Flashback

2013USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox60 % positive9.99 €

You play Conrad Hart, hunting for clues about his lost memories on an alien-infested Earth. Paul Cuisset's remake blends cinematic platforming with clever puzzles, sneaky sequences and the tense feeling of narrowly escaping death.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation

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In short: Games like Flashback

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

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Boneworks

76 %Match

2019PC92 % positive28.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Flashback: a sci-fi setting, puzzles to figure out and action-packed real-time combat.

A VR adventure built around a thorough physics simulation, where weapons, objects and your own body are handled physically to beat enemies and puzzles. Climbing, throwing and melee combat feel tangible and experimental.

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Monobot

Jumping and platforming

A 2D physics-based puzzle platformer where you guide a small robot through a bleak dystopian future, solving puzzles to uncover the secrets of its world.

Stride

Jumping and platforming

A VR parkour action game where you sprint and leap across dizzying rooftops while fighting enemies. The thrill of fluid, high-altitude movement is the core appeal.

Cyberia

Puzzles and brain teasers

A 90s pre-rendered sci-fi adventure in which you solve puzzles in a secret Russian base and fight rail-shooter-style sequences in a cockpit to stop a world-ending superweapon.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Jumping and platforming

A reimagined version of the original Tomb Raider with redesigned levels where Lara Croft climbs, leaps and solves tricky environmental puzzles in ancient tombs. Occasional gunfights against animals and enemies break up the exploration.

Cruelty Squad

Distinctive, stylised art style

A deliberately garish, surreal first-person shooter where you play a numbed corporate assassin eliminating targets in whatever creative way you like. Grotesque satire, bizarre levels and open-ended approaches make it unique.

Q.U.B.E.

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle game set in a minimalist world of white cubes, where special gloves let you manipulate coloured blocks. The puzzles rely on physics, timing and spatial thinking.

Overload

Lavish presentation

Overload is a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter that revives the Descent formula: you fly weightlessly through tight mine complexes, blasting robots and hunting for keys and secrets. Precise controls and fast, frantic combat are the core appeal.

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