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Games like Resistance 2

2008 PlayStation

A console first-person shooter set in an alternate 1950s, where humanity fights the Chimera invasion across the United States. Besides the campaign, it offers an eight-player class-based co-op mode and large-scale online multiplayer.

What defines Resistance 2:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Resistance 2 are Space Hulk: Deathwing, Killing Floor III and Aliens: Colonial Marines. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Resistance 2 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Killing Floor III

Sci-fi setting

A cooperative horde shooter set in a grim future where squads fend off waves of mutated Zeds while upgrading classes, weapons and skills. The focus is on fast, gory action rather than narrative.

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Sci-fi setting

A first-person shooter set in the Aliens universe where you fight xenomorphs and mercenaries as a Colonial Marine, solo or in co-op. Known for leaning on the franchise's atmosphere, but also for its technical and design shortcomings.

Quake 4

Action-packed real-time combat

A linear sci-fi shooter on the Doom 3 engine where marine Matthew Kane takes the fight to the Strogg homeworld, featuring the infamous stroggification twist. Squad missions, vehicle sections and fast arena multiplayer round it out.

Aliens vs. Predator

Sci-fi setting

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.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2

Sci-fi setting

A cooperative shooter set in the Alien universe where you and your squad fend off huge swarms of xenomorphs. The sequel focuses on intense firefights and class progression, though specifics are uncertain given limited information.

F.E.A.R. 3

Dark, serious atmosphere

A linear horror shooter where you fight as the slow-mo-wielding Point Man or the body-possessing ghost Paxton Fettel, best played in co-op with a friend. Combat is more action-heavy than its predecessors, with the scares somewhat toned down.

Killzone: Mercenary

Lavish presentation

A handheld first-person shooter for the PS Vita in which you play a mercenary taking contracts amid the Killzone war, working for both sides. It offers impressive handheld visuals, weapon loadouts and a campaign from a morally grey perspective.

Killzone 2

Lavish presentation

A grim, cinematic first-person shooter set in the war between humans and the Helghast, featuring heavy cover-based gunplay and a squad-based multiplayer mode called Warzone.

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