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2005 PlayStation

Set in 44 B.C., soldier Agrippa fights through ancient Rome to save his father after Caesar's murder. The game mixes gladiator arena battles and hack-and-slash action with stealth sections and chariot races.

What defines Shadow of Rome:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Lavish presentation
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Shadow of Rome are Mafia: The Old Country, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Shadow of Rome special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Realistic visuals

A linear World War II first-person shooter following Marine Thomas Conlin from Tarawa through other Pacific battles. It stresses cinematic set pieces, squad support and a medic-based healing system over typical health pickups.

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy

Realistic visuals

A linear third-person action game retelling the Bourne film story, with fast close-quarters takedowns, cover-based gunfights and chase sequences in the style of the super-spy Jason Bourne.

Call of Juarez

Dark, serious atmosphere

A western shooter where you alternate between the fugitive Billy and Ray, the fanatical preacher hunting him. Stealth sections, gunslinger duels and a grim chase narrative define the experience.

Velvet Assassin

Focus on a single character

A third-person WWII stealth game where you play spy Violette Summer, silently eliminating enemies behind enemy lines. Dark morphine-dream flashbacks and a light-and-shadow system shape its moody atmosphere.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines

Realistic visuals

This PSP adventure picks up right after the first Assassin's Creed, with Altair hunting the last Templars on Cyprus. It delivers stealth, climbing and counter-based combat in a compact handheld package.

Medal of Honor: Underground

Realistic visuals

A linear WWII shooter on PlayStation where you play French Resistance fighter Manon Batiste across seven missions against the German occupiers. Historical weapons, vehicle and tank encounters, and occasional stealth sections add variety.

Cohen 1939

Dark, serious atmosphere

A top-down shooter set in 1939 Birmingham where you play a widow avenging her murdered gangster husband, fighting through the British criminal underworld of the 1930s.

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