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2006 Classic

A first-person shooter for the Nintendo DS that blends Metroid-style exploration and upgrades with fast fights against rival bounty hunters. Its stylus-based aiming and competitive multiplayer set it apart.

What defines Metroid Prime Hunters:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Metroid Prime Hunters are Unreal, Overload and Descent II. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Metroid Prime Hunters special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Unreal

92 %

1998 PC

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Overload

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

Descent II

Sci-fi setting

A classic six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting alien mines full of hostile robots. Key hunting, new weapons and disorienting 3D navigation make for intense action.

Quake II

Sci-fi setting

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.

Descent

Sci-fi setting

A pioneering six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting mine tunnels, destroying hostile robots. Disorienting true-3D mazes and the hunt for keycards give it its unique appeal.

The Cycle: Frontier

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi extraction shooter on an alien planet: you drop in, loot and complete contracts, then must reach evac alive while rival players and hostile creatures try to take everything from you.

Risk of Rain 2

Sci-fi setting

A frantic 3D roguelike shooter where random items stack into absurdly powerful builds while the difficulty relentlessly ramps up over time. Fight across a hostile alien planet solo or with up to three friends in co-op.

Active Matter

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi extraction shooter in which you play an operative caught in a time loop, entering unstable zones full of physics-warping anomalies, looting and fighting rivals, and escaping before the zone collapses.

Marathon

Sci-fi setting

Bungie's extraction shooter drops you as a cybernetic Runner, solo or in a crew of three, onto the mysterious world of Tau Ceti IV to grab loot and fight rival players for a successful escape. Its bold, graphic-design-driven sci-fi aesthetic sets it apart from typical military shooters.

Lumencraft

Sci-fi setting

A top-down shooter where you drill through fully destructible caves, mine resources, and defend your base with turrets against swarming monsters. The mix of digging, base-building and constant shooting drives the game.

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