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2023USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable48 % positive39.99 €

A sequel to the retro classic Flashback: as Conrad you battle the alien Morphs and search for your abducted friend Ian in a sci-fi side-scroller. It mixes platforming, shooting and light puzzles in a classic style.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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Tomb Raider: Anniversary

79 %Match

2007USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable81 % positive8.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Flashback 2: jumping and platforming, combat with precise timing as well as a pure single-player experience.

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.

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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.

Boneworks

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Beep

Jumping and platforming

You drive a small robotic vehicle across alien planets, mixing physics-based puzzles, platforming and a bit of shooting while uncovering what happened to those worlds.

Jet Island

Jumping and platforming

A VR game where you rocket across floating islands using hand jets, grappling hooks and frictionless boots. The physics-based high-speed locomotion is the main attraction.

Overload

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Descent II

Shooting and gunplay

A classic six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting alien mines full of hostile robots. Key hunting, new weapons and disorienting 3D navigation make for intense action.

G-Police

Shooting and gunplay

As helicopter-style gunship pilot Jeff Slater, you patrol dark domed colony cities on distant moons, taking on mission-based combat while investigating your sister's death. Its moody cyberpunk atmosphere and corporate intrigue set it apart in the late 90s.

System Shock

Shooting and gunplay

This remake of the cult classic leaves you alone on the Citadel space station, ruled by the deranged AI SHODAN. You explore sprawling interconnected levels, fight to survive, solve puzzles and piece together the story through audio logs in a bleak cyberpunk atmosphere.

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.

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