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2027USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox

A sci-fi metroidvania played from a first-person shooter view: as a time-displaced astronaut you explore a space station across two eras, using time-travel powers to find your lost brother. The game is unreleased, so this rating relies on the metadata.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Interconnected level design
  • Lore and world history
  • Dread and tension

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In short: Games like Tempus Vitae

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

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System Shock

94 %Match

1994USK 16PC

Brings what grabs you about Tempus Vitae: interconnected level design, a sci-fi setting as well as dread and tension.

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.

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System Shock

Interconnected level design

This remake of the cult classic leaves you alone on the Citadel space station, ruled by the deranged AI SHODAN. You explore sprawling interconnected levels, fight to survive, solve puzzles and piece together the story through audio logs in a bleak cyberpunk atmosphere.

System Shock: Enhanced Edition

Interconnected level design

The 1994 classic sends you as a hacker through a space station overrun by the rogue AI SHODAN. First-person combat, puzzles and audio logs create a dark, tense atmosphere, and the Enhanced Edition adds modern controls and resolution.

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.

Half-Life

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Black Mesa

Dense, handcrafted world

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.

Dead Space 2

Dense, handcrafted world

Isaac Clarke carves through a Necromorph-infested space station with strategic dismemberment while battling his own haunting hallucinations. It is a faster, more cinematic sequel that keeps the original's oppressive sci-fi horror intact.

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.

Athanasia

Dense, handcrafted world

A survival horror shooter with immersive sim elements where you explore a mysterious facility and fend off predators from prehistory and the future using gear and wits. Its Metroidvania structure rewards exploration.

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