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2018PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable94 % positive24.99 €

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.

  • Interconnected level design
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Overload special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Descent

97 %Match

1995USK 12PC, PlayStation, Steam Deck playable96 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Overload: interconnected level design, a sci-fi setting and good gunplay.

A pioneering six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting mine tunnels, destroying hostile robots. Disorienting true-3D mazes and the hunt for keycards give it its unique appeal.

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Descent II

Interconnected level design

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.

Descent 3

Interconnected level design

A six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you fly your ship freely through tight tunnels and caverns, fighting hostile robots. Fully three-dimensional movement with no fixed up or down makes it distinctive and demanding.

Unreal

Shooting and gunplay

A 1998 classic first-person shooter in which you crash-land on an alien world and explore striking landscapes and ancient architecture while fighting the brutal invaders who enslaved a peaceful race. It stresses atmosphere and discovery alongside the gunplay.

Quake II

Interconnected level design

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Forsaken Remastered

Interconnected level design

You pilot a hoverbike through ruined underground tunnels in full six-degrees-of-freedom, blasting automated defenses and rival scavengers. This remaster revives the 1998 retro shooter with updated visuals and tech.

Retrovirus

Shooting and gunplay

You fly through the inside of a computer in a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter, hunting down an invasive virus. The zero-gravity movement and twisting corridors evoke classics like Descent.

Quake II

Fast pace

You blast through fast, unforgiving firefights against the mechanical Strogg in this classic sci-fi shooter. The modern re-release adds upgraded visuals, fresh campaign content and online co-op to the frantic action.

Hard Reset

Fast pace

An old-school, fast-paced first-person shooter from Flying Wild Hog where you blast hordes of machines through the gloomy cyberpunk city of Bezoar using two modular, upgradeable weapons. Environmental destruction, chain explosions and relentless arena fights take center stage.

Quake 4

Action-packed real-time combat

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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