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2005 PCXbox −75 % 9.99 € 2.49 € 4 days left 👍 78 % Mostly positive, 528 reviews on Steam

A linear sci-fi third-person action game with a story by Orson Scott Card, mixing gunplay with telekinetic powers and gesture-style aiming. Despite a rough execution, its epic story earned it a cult following.

What defines Advent Rising:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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The closest matches for Advent Rising are The Matrix: Path of Neo, Enter the Matrix and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Advent Rising special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Enter the Matrix

Sci-fi setting

A third-person action game tied to the Matrix films, where you play Niobe or Ghost in gunfights and kung-fu brawls with bullet-time slow motion. Its highlight is the exclusive live-action footage directed by the Wachowskis, running alongside the events of The Matrix Reloaded.

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

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As bounty hunter Jango Fett, you track down targets across the Star Wars galaxy in this third-person action game set before Attack of the Clones. Jetpack, dual blasters and gadgets drive the linear, mission-based levels.

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

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A classic space combat sim in which you play a wrongly court-martialed pilot fighting the feline Kilrathi to regain your honor. Cinematic storytelling and missions that branch based on your success make it a genre landmark.

StarLancer

Sci-fi setting

A space combat flight game set in 2160 where you fly as a pilot in an Alliance squadron during a war against the Coalition. Its cinematic mission-based campaign with wingmen and large space battles is the focus.

Wing Commander: Prophecy

Sci-fi setting

A late-90s space combat game where you play rookie pilot Lance Casey flying linear missions against a mysterious alien threat, told through live-action FMV cutscenes.

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

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A 1990s space combat game that pairs fast dogfights with lavish live-action cutscenes starring real actors. Its story of war and betrayal in a space-faring human empire is front and center.

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

Sci-fi setting

A space combat game that pairs dogfighting missions with lavish live-action cutscenes featuring a star-studded cast. How you perform in missions shapes the branching war against the feline Kilrathi.

Star Trek: Elite Force II

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven Star Trek first-person shooter where you play Hazard Team chief Munro, taking on dangerous missions aboard the Enterprise-E against familiar and new enemies.

Marvel's Iron Man VR

Sci-fi setting

You play Tony Stark, flying and fighting in the Iron Man suit in virtual reality. The thrill of steering with repulsors in your hands is the highlight, wrapped in a Marvel story about Stark's past.

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