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2017 PCPlayStationXbox 14.99 € 👍 75 % Mostly positive, 10,951 reviews on Steam

A sci-fi Soulslike where you fight through a decaying industrial complex in an exoskeleton. Its hook is targeting and severing specific limbs to loot the exact gear and upgrades you want.

What defines The Surge:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Strong character progression
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for The Surge are The Surge 2, AI Limit and Empyreal. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Surge special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Surge 2

95 %

2019 PCPlayStationXbox 29.99 € 👍 76 % Mostly positive, 8,528 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Strong character progression

A dark sci-fi soulslike set in a ruined city where you target and sever specific enemy limbs to loot armor and parts for your exosuit. Brutal, demanding combat and interconnected level design drive the loop.

AI Limit

Sci-fi setting

A challenging sci-fi action RPG in the Soulslike mold, where you play the immortal blade-wielder Arrisa exploring the ruins of a post-apocalyptic city. Combat emphasizes precise parrying and dodging.

Empyreal

Strong character progression

A challenging sci-fi action RPG in which an expedition lands on an unexplored planet and investigates a colossal monolith left by a lost civilisation. It leans on layered systems and character development.

Hellpoint

Sci-fi setting

A grim sci-fi soulslike set on a decaying space station where dimensions bleed into each other. Interconnected areas, punishing combat and co-op play define the experience.

Katanaut

Sci-fi setting

A fast-paced action roguelite set on a collapsing space station, where fluid blade combat and powerful abilities help you fight eldritch horrors. It blends roguelike, metroidvania and soulslike elements into demanding runs.

Otherskin

Action-packed real-time combat

A third-person Metroidvania shooter in which Alex explores an alien planet and absorbs organic abilities that reshape both combat and traversal. New powers steadily open up more of the world.

Wall World 2

Strong character progression

You drive a giant robotic spider up an endless wall, alternating between mining and fighting off threats in your exosuit. Between runs you permanently upgrade the spider and your gear while slowly uncovering the wall's secrets.

Moadra

Sci-fi setting

A grim sci-fi Metroidvania set on the alien planet Protea VI, where you fight dangerous creatures, grow stronger and uncover a terrible buried secret.

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