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2017USK 16PC, Xbox, Steam Deck verified

A linear sci-fi shooter in which you play Cherokee mechanic Tommy aboard a giant alien mothership. Portals, shifting gravity and spirit walking create inventive puzzles and firefights.

  • Interconnected level design
  • Lore and world history
  • Dense, handcrafted world
  • Sci-fi setting

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In short: Games like Prey

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

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Black Mesa

90 %Match

2020PC, Steam Deck playable94 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Prey: interconnected level design, a dense, handcrafted world and a sci-fi setting.

A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

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Half-Life

Sci-fi setting

The landmark shooter sends physicist Gordon Freeman through the alien- and soldier-infested Black Mesa facility, telling its story seamlessly without cutscenes while mixing tense firefights with environmental and physics puzzles.

System Shock

Interconnected level design

A groundbreaking sci-fi first-person shooter with RPG elements: alone on Citadel Station, you explore bleak corridors, piece together the story through audio logs and face the murderous AI SHODAN. Its dense atmosphere and environmental storytelling shaped later immersive sims.

BioShock Remastered

Shooting and gunplay

A first-person shooter set in the decaying art deco underwater city of Rapture, blending guns with supernatural plasmid powers. Its dense atmosphere and philosophically charged story with a famous twist make it a classic.

System Shock 2

Lore and world history

A landmark immersive sim horror RPG set aboard an infested starship, where scarce resources, flexible skill builds and the unforgettable AI SHODAN create relentless dread.

Atomic Heart

Sci-fi setting

A first-person shooter set in a retro-futuristic Soviet utopia where the robots have turned on their makers. It mixes punchy melee and gunplay, glove-powered abilities, puzzle-filled test facilities and bizarre humor with a striking art direction.

BioShock

Lore and world history

An atmospheric shooter set in the decaying underwater city of Rapture, blending Plasmid powers and weapons into creative combat. It is celebrated for its iconic Art Deco setting and a story with a legendary twist that questions free will.

Control

Lore and world history

As Jesse Faden you explore the shifting headquarters of a secret paranormal agency, fighting an otherworldly invasion with telekinesis and a shape-shifting service weapon. Spectacular destructible combat meets a surreal, bureaucratic New Weird mystery.

Marathon 2: Durandal

Lore and world history

A 90s classic first-person shooter notable for its story told through computer terminals. You fight through sci-fi levels full of switch puzzles, rival alien factions and weapons with multiple fire modes.

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

Interconnected level design

A sci-fi horror classic where you explore a derelict starship alone, scrape by on scarce resources and build your character like in an RPG. Nightdive's remaster polishes the tech and presentation while keeping the oppressive atmosphere and audio-log storytelling.

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