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Games like Terminator Salvation

2009 PCPlayStationXbox free

A linear third-person cover shooter tied to the film, in which you fight as John Connor alongside the Resistance through a ruined world against Skynet's machines. It offers mostly straightforward cover-based gunplay in the Terminator setting.

What defines Terminator Salvation:

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

The closest matches for Terminator Salvation are Devastation, Resistance: Burning Skies and Pariah. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Terminator Salvation special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Devastation

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2003 PC

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Realistic visuals

A 2003 first-person shooter set in a ruined 2075, where a resistance fighter battles an all-powerful megacorporation. Bleak, war-torn environments and straightforward gunfights define the experience.

Resistance: Burning Skies

Sci-fi setting

A handheld-exclusive first-person shooter set in the Resistance universe, following a New York firefighter fighting for survival during the Chimera invasion. It uses the PS Vita's dual analog sticks and offers alien weapons with alternate fire modes.

Pariah

Sci-fi setting

A linear 2005 sci-fi first-person shooter in which a doctor fights to survive in a plague-ridden future. It offers vehicle sections, upgradable weapons and multiplayer matches built on a modified Unreal engine.

Battle: Los Angeles

Action-packed real-time combat

A linear first-person shooter based on the film, where you play Corporal Lee Imlay fighting alongside a squad of Marines to defend Los Angeles from alien invaders. The campaign focuses on war-zone atmosphere and gunfights in ruined streets.

Fracture

Action-packed real-time combat

A third-person shooter set in 2161 where terrain-deforming grenades let you raise and lower the ground to outmaneuver enemies and create cover. The campaign follows soldier Jet Brody through a war between the two halves of a fractured United States.

Red Faction II

Action-packed real-time combat

A linear first-person shooter where you play demolitions expert Alias and fight alongside a squad to topple a government. The appeal lies in its explosive weapons, vehicle sections and big blasts.

Collapse

Action-packed real-time combat

A Ukrainian third-person action game set in Kyiv after a dimensional catastrophe, mixing gunplay with melee combat in a grim, post-apocalyptic world.

TimeShift

Sci-fi setting

A first-person shooter where you can freeze, slow down or rewind time to outwit enemies and solve small puzzles. It unfolds in a grim alternate reality ruled by a dictator.

Inversion

Sci-fi setting

A third-person cover shooter where gravity-manipulating weapons let you float enemies, throw objects and wreck cover. Best played in co-op, though it feels fairly average overall.

Zombie Shooter

Sci-fi setting

An old-school top-down arcade shooter where you blast through hordes of zombies in a secret research facility. Light RPG elements like weapon and skill upgrades provide progression.

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