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2005 PlayStationXbox

Shadow the Hedgehog is a fast 3D platformer with guns and vehicles where each level lets you pick Hero, Dark or neutral missions. Those choices lead to many different endings and give the Sonic series a darker, edgier tone.

What defines Shadow the Hedgehog:

  • Choices with consequences
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Shadow the Hedgehog are Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, Eagle Knight Paradox and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Shadow the Hedgehog special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

89 %

1999 PlayStation

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

An arcade combat flight game on PlayStation that breaks from its predecessors with a bleak near-future story about a mercenary pilot and branching missions. The plot is told through anime-style cutscenes and leads to multiple endings.

Eagle Knight Paradox

Action-packed real-time combat

A blend of mecha action and visual novel: you defend a space city from fanatics as a giant mech, then step into the pilot Ian's shoes to build relationships in what remains of the city.

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

Sci-fi setting

A 1990s space combat game that pairs fast dogfights with lavish live-action cutscenes starring real actors. Its story of war and betrayal in a space-faring human empire is front and center.

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

Sci-fi setting

A space combat game that pairs dogfighting missions with lavish live-action cutscenes featuring a star-studded cast. How you perform in missions shapes the branching war against the feline Kilrathi.

Consortium

Choices with consequences

A first-person sci-fi RPG set entirely aboard a giant futuristic aircraft. Dialogue, choices and interlocking systems shape how the story of parallel dimensions unfolds.

Wing Commander

Action-packed real-time combat

A classic space combat sim where you fly cockpit missions against the feline Kilrathi. Your performance earns medals and promotions, and success or failure in key missions steers the storyline.

Kiborg

Action-packed real-time combat

Kiborg is a fast action game mixing melee and shooting with rogue-lite structure, where the story keeps moving even after you lose. As a powerful cyborg you lead a resistance group on a prison planet.

Mars: War Logs

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi action RPG set on a parched, war-torn Mars, where you play Roy fighting over water. Combat blends melee, gadgets and special abilities, with moral choices along the way.

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