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The grandfather of stealth games: as Solid Snake you sneak alone into the enemy fortress of Outer Heaven, avoiding guards to destroy the nuclear walking tank Metal Gear. Hideo Kojima's debut features backtracking, keycards and radio support.
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As Anne you survive a plane crash on a dinosaur island and look for a way out with no HUD. Famous for its experimental physics-based controls, which bring unusual immersion and plenty of frustration.
86 %
Pure single-player experience
A 1984 classic in which you play a secret agent searching rooms of Elvin's fortress for puzzle pieces, dodging robots and racing the clock to stop a missile launch.
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Sci-fi setting
A classic 1993 run-and-gun platformer where you play Snake Logan, blasting mutants and robot guards with a machine gun and grenades on the way to Dr. Mangle's fortress.
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Sci-fi setting
You are a test subject trying to escape an SCP Foundation facility while escaped anomalies like the statue SCP-173 hunt you. Blinking as a mechanic, randomly generated corridors and constant dread make for a tense, scary experience.
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Sci-fi setting
An early first-person shooter in which you clear an alien-infested space station room by room. You pick from a team of five characters with different strengths, and a fallen character is lost for good.
82 %
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A tactical first-person shooter with stealth elements: as agent David Jones you infiltrate sprawling enemy bases, hack computers and choose between quiet infiltration and open firefights. Missions are tough and the save system is notoriously limited.
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Sci-fi setting
A grim 1996 first-person shooter that recreates the Alien films across 30 levels, as you blast through corridors full of facehuggers, xenomorphs and Queens with a range of weapons. The claustrophobic atmosphere and motion tracker build constant tension.
81 %
free
Pure single-player experience
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.
81 %
Pure single-player experience
A third-person spy game based on the 1996 film, mixing stealth, gadgets, disguises and gunplay across missions loosely following the movie plot. The PlayStation port adds voice acting.
81 %
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A minimalist first-person shooter where every gun action is manual: ejecting the magazine, loading rounds one by one, cocking the hammer. Randomized levels and scattered tapes tell a dark story in fragments, while turrets and drones punish every mistake.
