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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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In short: Games like Prototype

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

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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

89 %Match

2008PC, PlayStation, Xbox

Fits your focus: Combat like Prototype and Systems 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
  • Systems 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.

Remember Me

  • Combat like Prototype
  • Systems 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.

Assassin's Creed II

  • Combat like Prototype
  • Systems 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
  • Systems 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.

Laika: Aged Through Blood

  • Combat like Prototype
  • Systems 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.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

  • Combat like Prototype
  • Systems 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
  • Systems 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.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

  • Combat like Prototype
  • Systems 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.

Shadow Man Remastered

  • Combat like Prototype
  • Systems like Prototype

As Mike LeRoi, possessed by voodoo power, you move between the world of the living and the land of the dead, hunting serial killers to stop an apocalypse. The remaster brings back this dark, sprawling 90s-style shooter-platformer with sharper visuals.

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