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Games like Prototype

2009USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox80 % positive

As shapeshifting mutant Alex Mercer, you rampage through a virus-ravaged Manhattan, running up skyscrapers and tearing apart soldiers and monsters with grotesque bio-weapons. Consuming victims lets you steal their forms and memories, slowly piecing together the conspiracy behind your own existence.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Open world
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Dense, handcrafted world

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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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2008PC, PlayStation, Xbox

Fits your focus: Combat like Prototype.

A fast-paced Spider-Man action game set in an open New York overrun by a symbiote invasion. You swap between red and black suit styles, swing through the streets, and make choices that shape allies and the story's outcome.

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Infamous: Second Son

  • Combat like Prototype

As Delsin Rowe you tear through an occupied Seattle with swappable superpowers like smoke, neon and video. A karma system lets you choose between becoming a hero or a villain.

Assassin's Creed II

  • Combat like Prototype

As Ezio Auditore, you climb, sneak and fight across Renaissance Florence and Venice on a quest for revenge. Vibrant historical cities, tomb-climbing challenges and a gripping conspiracy plot make it a high point of the early series.

Infamous

  • Combat like Prototype

As electrified superhero Cole McGrath you parkour across a quarantined, ruined city, hurling lightning and choosing through a karma system whether to become a hero or a villain. Your choices reshape your powers and how the city treats you.

Remember Me

  • Combat like Prototype

Memory hunter Nilin fights through a neon-soaked Neo-Paris of 2084 with a custom combo system, climbs across rooftops and remixes people's memories to rewrite past events. Its standout features are the striking setting and the glitchy orchestral soundtrack.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

  • Combat like Prototype

A linear action-adventure loosely based on Journey to the West, following brawler Monkey and tech-savvy Trip through an overgrown, mech-ruled future America. Its strength lies in expressive performances and a touching, reluctant partnership rather than mechanical depth.

Ghost Song

  • Combat like Prototype

An atmospheric 2D Metroidvania set on the lonely moon Lorian V, where you awaken as a Deadsuit, explore eerie caverns, gain new abilities and uncover cosmic secrets. Fluid combat and a moody sci-fi setting define the adventure.

Laika: Aged Through Blood

  • Combat like Prototype

A grim metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic desert where you play a vengeful coyote warrior. It mixes motorbike platforming, flips and gunplay in fast combat, wrapped in a striking hand-drawn comic style.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

  • Combat like Prototype

Four Spider-Man versions from different comic universes, each with their own look and play style, chase the shards of a shattered tablet. From fast web-swinging brawling to stealth sections as Noir Spider-Man, it offers plenty of variety.

Haak

  • Combat like Prototype

Haak is a pixel-art Metroidvania platformer set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where you unlock new abilities to explore hidden corners of the world, fight enemies and uncover its secrets.

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