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2018 PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable 24.99 € 94 % positive Very positive, 1,654 reviews on Steam

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

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Descent

94 %

1995 PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable 19.99 € 97 % positive Very positive, 458 reviews on Steam

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

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.

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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 3

Sci-fi setting

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.

Hard Reset

Lavish presentation

An old-school, fast-paced first-person shooter from Flying Wild Hog where you blast hordes of machines through the gloomy cyberpunk city of Bezoar using two modular, upgradeable weapons. Environmental destruction, chain explosions and relentless arena fights take center stage.

Forsaken

Sci-fi setting

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.

Sublevel Zero: Redux

Challenging difficulty

A roguelike six-degrees-of-freedom shooter in the spirit of Descent: you pilot a gunship through procedurally generated zero-gravity facilities, fighting enemies and looting tech to craft upgrades.

Unreal

Sci-fi setting

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.

The Cycle: Frontier

Lavish presentation

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.

Aliens vs. Predator

Lavish presentation

A first-person shooter with three separate campaigns as Marine, Predator and Alien, each playing very differently, from tense horror to stalking hunts and ambush kills. It also offers asymmetric three-faction multiplayer.

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