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1999 PC 19.99 € 👍 67 % Mixed, 98 reviews on Steam

A six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you fly your ship freely through tight tunnels and caverns, fighting hostile robots. Fully three-dimensional movement with no fixed up or down makes it distinctive and demanding.

What defines Descent 3:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Co-op or multiplayer
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The closest matches for Descent 3 are Overload, Forsaken and Detached. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Descent 3 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Overload

94 %

2018 PCPlayStationXbox 24.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat

Overload is a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter that revives the Descent formula: you fly weightlessly through tight mine complexes, blasting robots and hunting for keys and secrets. Precise controls and fast, frantic combat are the core appeal.

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Forsaken

Co-op or multiplayer

A fast 1998 sci-fi shooter where you pilot a hovering craft through twisting tunnels of a ruined future world, fighting in every direction. Its full six-degrees-of-freedom movement and frantic multiplayer deathmatch set it apart.

Detached

Realistic visuals

A VR space game where you drift weightlessly through space and stations, manage limited oxygen and solve puzzles. It focuses on an intense, VR-native sense of movement and tense multiplayer matches.

Aliens versus Predator

Challenging difficulty

A classic first-person shooter with three separate campaigns as Marine, Predator or Alien. Each species has its own abilities and weapons, giving a very different feel from tense horror to stalking prey.

Quake II

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Eradicator

Realistic visuals

A 1990s first-person shooter in which you cleanse a mysteriously reactivated automated fortress of hostile enemies. Gunfights are mixed with switch and door puzzles and the hunt for the route through the complex.

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A Star Wars space combat flight sim where you start as a member of a trading family and get drawn into the Rebel Alliance's war against the Empire. You pilot iconic ships including the X-Wing and Millennium Falcon, with detailed cockpit controls and power management.

Alien Breed

Realistic visuals

A classic top-down shooter where you fight through an alien-infested space station, juggling scarce ammo, health and mission objectives. Its tense sci-fi horror mood is clearly inspired by the Alien films.

Killzone: Liberation

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An isometric top-down shooter on PSP set in the Killzone universe, where you fight through the ISA–Helghast war in intense firefights, with co-op and competitive multiplayer options.

Unreal

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A 1998 classic first-person shooter in which you crash-land on an alien world and explore striking landscapes and ancient architecture while fighting the brutal invaders who enslaved a peaceful race. It stresses atmosphere and discovery alongside the gunplay.

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