Create account
Cover of Prototype

Similar games

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
＋ Combine with my games

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

More in these topics: Action games Horror games Post-apocalyptic games

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.

Similar in what way?

3 of 3

Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Reset
Your recipe: Systems ×3 Combat ×3 Look ×3
Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Show games from the same series

Best match

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

88 %Match

2008PC, PlayStation, Xbox

Fits your focus: Systems like Prototype, Combat like Prototype and Look 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.

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

Similar games →

Infamous: Second Son

  • Systems like Prototype
  • 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.

Infamous

  • Systems like Prototype
  • 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.

Assassin's Creed II

  • Systems like Prototype
  • 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.

Bionic Commando

  • Systems like Prototype
  • Combat like Prototype

As the bionically enhanced Nathan Spencer you swing with a grapple arm through ruined cityscapes and fight through a conspiracy in third-person action. The traversal is the core hook, while the story is secondary.

Spider-Man 3

  • Systems like Prototype
  • Combat like Prototype

Swing through an open-world Manhattan as Spider-Man while playing through the events of the third film via missions and street fights. Web-swinging is the highlight, though combat and missions stay fairly simple.

Urban Chaos

  • Systems like Prototype
  • Combat like Prototype

A 1999 third-person action game where you play a cop fighting through a sprawling city, chasing criminals and uncovering a doomsday cult. It blends martial arts, guns, climbing and driving across large, open-ended levels.

Assassin's Creed

  • Systems like Prototype
  • Combat like Prototype

As the assassin Altaïr you free-run across the rooftops of Crusade-era cities, investigating targets and carrying out stealthy kills, all framed by a sci-fi story about Desmond reliving memories in the Animus.

Shadow Complex Remastered

  • Systems like Prototype
  • Combat like Prototype

A 2.5D Metroidvania shooter where you explore a vast underground military base and unlock new areas with gadgets and weapons. The remaster adds improved visuals and new melee takedowns.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

  • Systems like Prototype
  • 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.

Feedback