Similar games

Games like Scars Above

2023PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable77 % positive29.99 €

A challenging sci-fi third-person action game where you play a scientist stranded on an alien planet, fighting monsters with elemental weapons and solving puzzles. Its checkpoint-based difficulty echoes soulslikes, while a mystery story drives you onward.

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Challenging difficulty
Dark, serious atmosphere

＋ Combine with my games

More in these topics: Sci-fi games Action games Horror games

The closest matches for Scars Above are Half-Life, Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Scars Above special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

Best match

Half-Life

93 %Match

1998PCSteam Deck verified97 % positive9.69 €

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Dark, serious atmosphere

The landmark shooter sends physicist Gordon Freeman through the alien- and soldier-infested Black Mesa facility, telling its story seamlessly without cutscenes while mixing tense firefights with environmental and physics puzzles.

Similar games →

Dead Space

Lavish presentation

As engineer Isaac Clarke you fight through an infested starship, dismembering monsters limb by limb. The remake stands out with dense atmosphere, striking visuals and oppressive sound design.

The Callisto Protocol

Lavish presentation

A brutal sci-fi survival horror set in a prison on a moon of Jupiter, where you play convict Jacob Lee fighting mutated inmates with melee, dodging and scarce ammo. Its grim, cinematic presentation and graphic gore define the experience.

System Shock

Sci-fi setting

This remake of the cult classic leaves you alone on the Citadel space station, ruled by the deranged AI SHODAN. You explore sprawling interconnected levels, fight to survive, solve puzzles and piece together the story through audio logs in a bleak cyberpunk atmosphere.

Dead Space 2

Sci-fi setting

Isaac Clarke carves through a Necromorph-infested space station with strategic dismemberment while battling his own haunting hallucinations. It is a faster, more cinematic sequel that keeps the original's oppressive sci-fi horror intact.

Dead Space

Sci-fi setting

As engineer Isaac Clarke, you fight through the derelict mining ship USG Ishimura, strategically dismembering grotesque Necromorphs limb by limb. Its diegetic HUD-free interface, scarce ammo and oppressive sound design make it a landmark of sci-fi horror.

Pragmata

Lavish presentation

Capcom's sci-fi action game on a lunar station blends third-person shooting with real-time hacking, as android companion Diana cracks enemy defenses while Hugh fires. Their bond drives the story.

Black Mesa

Action-packed real-time combat

A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

Returnal

Challenging difficulty

As a stranded astronaut caught in a time loop, you fight across a constantly shifting alien planet. Frantic bullet-hell shooting and a dark, enigmatic story make every run intense and punishing.

Crusader: No Remorse

Sci-fi setting

An isometric sci-fi action shooter where you play a defecting Silencer taking down a corrupt world government with heavy weapons, destructible environments, and tricky traps and puzzles.