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Games like Retrovirus

2013PC73 % positivefree

You fly through the inside of a computer in a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter, hunting down an invasive virus. The zero-gravity movement and twisting corridors evoke classics like Descent.

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

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

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Descent II

95 %Match

1996PC93 % positive19.99 €

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Overload

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Unreal

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Quake II

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Descent 3

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Quake 4

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Unreal Tournament 2003

Shooting and gunplay

A blisteringly fast arena shooter built on precise aim, dodging and map control. Modes like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Bombing Run deliver intense multiplayer matches, including against bots.

Marathon 2: Durandal

Shooting and gunplay

A 90s classic first-person shooter notable for its story told through computer terminals. You fight through sci-fi levels full of switch puzzles, rival alien factions and weapons with multiple fire modes.

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