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2001 PlayStation

As bounty hunter Jack Wade, you track down criminals in a near-future world, mixing third-person gunplay, stealth sections and motorbike racing. It has an action-thriller feel built around a conspiracy plot.

What defines Headhunter:

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

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Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

93 %

2002 PlayStation

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Syphon Filter

Dark, serious atmosphere

A classic PlayStation third-person shooter where you play agent Gabe Logan hunting a bioterrorist through linear missions that blend stealth, aiming and a varied weapon arsenal. Its action-thriller spy plot drives the experience.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric first-person shooter blending stealth, brutal melee and gunplay as Riddick breaks out of the maximum-security prison Butcher Bay. Strong storytelling, cinematic presentation and a grim sci-fi setting set it apart.

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Action-packed real-time combat

A third-person action shooter where you play agent Nick Scryer and dispatch enemies with mind control, telekinesis and pyrokinesis alongside guns. Its physics-driven psychic powers and conspiracy plot set it apart.

Chaser

Action-packed real-time combat

A fast-paced 2003 sci-fi first-person shooter set on a Mars colonized by humanity, built around quick gunfights and a story-driven campaign.

Advent Rising

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

X2: Wolverine's Revenge

Action-packed real-time combat

A linear third-person brawler where you play Wolverine, slashing through soldiers and famous X-Men villains like Sabretooth and Juggernaut with claws and a healing factor. Stealth sections and a gritty comic-book mood round it out.

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 II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

Sci-fi setting

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.

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

Sci-fi setting

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.

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