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2004 PC 👍 69 % Mixed, 16,056 reviews on Steam

The Source engine version of the shooter classic: as scientist Gordon Freeman you fight through aliens and soldiers after an experiment goes wrong at Black Mesa. Updated lighting, water and physics refresh the look, but it remains the tightly scripted, linear original.

What defines Half-Life: Source:

Sci-fi setting
Action-packed real-time combat
Dark, serious atmosphere
Strong, story-driven narrative

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The closest matches for Half-Life: Source are Black Mesa, Alpha Prime and Transmissions: Element 120. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Half-Life: Source special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Black Mesa

95 %

2020 PC 19.50 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 127,693 reviews on Steam

Sci-fi setting
Realistic visuals
Action-packed real-time combat

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.

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Alpha Prime

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi first-person shooter set in a remote asteroid mining base where something has gone horribly wrong. You fight through the facility with futuristic weapons and gadgets while uncovering the threat.

Transmissions: Element 120

Sci-fi setting

A short single-player shooter set in the Half-Life universe, built around a gravity-defying weapon that lets you leap over buildings and survive huge falls. Its mysterious story keeps you guessing where you are and why you were sent.

Solarix

Dark, serious atmosphere

A first-person sci-fi horror game in which an engineer fights to survive on an infected research station. You can sneak past threats or fight them while the protagonist's mind slowly unravels.

BioForge

Dark, serious atmosphere

A 1995 cyber-thriller in which you play a half-human, half-machine prisoner breaking out and uncovering your lost identity. It mixes item puzzles with melee and gun combat, using early 3D textured characters over pre-rendered backgrounds.

Abuse

Sci-fi setting

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.

TimeShift

Sci-fi setting

A first-person shooter where you can freeze, slow down or rewind time to outwit enemies and solve small puzzles. It unfolds in a grim alternate reality ruled by a dictator.

Flashback

Dark, serious atmosphere

Flashback is the remake of the 1992 classic: a cinematic sci-fi platformer with fluid, rotoscoped-style animation, hand-drawn backdrops and an agent trying to recover his lost memory. Precise jumping, shooting and light puzzles define the experience.

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

As smuggler Dash Rendar you fight through Star Wars locations between Episodes V and VI, such as Hoth and Mos Eisley. It mixes third-person shooting with vehicle and flight sections, including the famous Battle of Hoth.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An early Star Wars first-person shooter where you play mercenary Kyle Katarn aiding the Rebels, starting with stealing the Death Star plans. Its maze-like levels, key hunts and vertical design set it apart as a Doom contemporary with its own identity.