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2004PEGI 16PlayStation

A grim sci-fi first-person shooter set in the war between the Helghast and the ISA, letting you switch between four heroes with different strengths. It also offered 16-player online multiplayer, though the servers are now shut down.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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In short: Games like Killzone

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

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Quake 4

94 %Match

2005USK 18PC, Xbox88 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Killzone: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and a dark atmosphere.

A linear sci-fi shooter on the Doom 3 engine where marine Matthew Kane takes the fight to the Strogg homeworld, featuring the infamous stroggification twist. Squad missions, vehicle sections and fast arena multiplayer round it out.

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Red Faction

Shooting and gunplay

A first-person shooter set on Mars where you play a miner joining a rebellion. Its Geo-Mod tech lets you blast through walls and terrain in real time, which made for standout moments back then.

Haze

Shooting and gunplay

A 2008 first-person shooter in which you play a soldier for a private military corporation, using the drug Nectar to boost your abilities until you realize you are fighting for the wrong side. The drug mechanic alters perception and combat, but the game fell short of expectations.

Halo 3: ODST

Co-op or multiplayer

Instead of Master Chief, you play a fragile ODST trooper roaming a dark, occupied New Mombasa, piecing together your squad's fate through flashback missions set to a moody noir-jazz score. The cooperative Firefight mode adds wave-survival battles against the Covenant with friends.

Halo 2

Co-op or multiplayer

Bungie's landmark sci-fi shooter tells its war story from both sides, switching between Master Chief and the Arbiter, with dual-wielding, vehicle hijacking and co-op. Its pioneering Xbox Live matchmaking multiplayer made it a console online legend.

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Fast pace

A third-person shooter set on Cybertron where you fight the civil war in separate Autobot and Decepticon campaigns, transforming between robot and vehicle form on the fly. Co-op and online modes round out the story missions.

Gears of War: Reloaded

Shooting and gunplay

A modernized remake of the cover-shooter classic: you fight through a grim sci-fi world in brutal firefights with cover mechanics and the chainsaw Lancer. The campaign and multiplayer support crossplay, 4K and up to 120 FPS.

Halo 4

Lavish presentation

Master Chief is stranded on the Forerunner world Requiem, fighting the new Prometheans in a campaign that turns surprisingly personal by focusing on his bond with Cortana. It pairs striking visuals with a deep multiplayer suite that includes the Spartan Ops co-op missions.

Gears of War

Shooting and gunplay

A brutal third-person shooter that defined cover-based combat, pairing the chainsaw-bayonet Lancer and active reloads with a grim, ruined world overrun by the Locust. The campaign shines in two-player co-op, backed by tense competitive multiplayer.

Area 51

Shooting and gunplay

A linear first-person shooter where you play HAZMAT soldier Ethan Cole investigating a viral outbreak inside the secret Area 51 facility. Mutants, aliens and a conspiracy create a dark sci-fi horror mood.

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