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Games like TheDawn

2020PC93 % positivefree

You play as Maya, who can bend time, and Max, a hacker helping her, in a third-person shooter about saving humanity. Expect straightforward action combat and a story-driven, science-fiction atmosphere.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Fast pace

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In short: Games like TheDawn

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes TheDawn special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Star Trek: Elite Force II

88 %Match

2003PC

Brings what grabs you about TheDawn: a sci-fi setting, good gunplay and action-packed real-time combat.

A story-driven Star Trek first-person shooter where you play Hazard Team chief Munro, taking on dangerous missions aboard the Enterprise-E against familiar and new enemies.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen

Sci-fi setting

A third-person shooter set in the Star Trek universe where you play as Sisko, Kira and Worf against the Pah-wraiths. The three characters offer different play styles and their own perspectives on the plot around the Bajoran Orbs.

Star Horizon

Shooting and gunplay

Star Horizon reboots the on-rails space shooter with fast battles and plenty of explosive spectacle. You play John, a soldier who just wants to survive the war, supported by Ellie, the AI aboard your ship.

BlackSite: Area 51

Shooting and gunplay

A linear military shooter where you lead a special forces squad against aliens and mutated creatures in a desert town and Area 51. Its squad morale system and conspiracy plot define the experience.

Unreal II: The Awakening

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi first-person shooter where you play Marshal John Dalton, hopping between alien planets from your ship to stop a galactic conflict over ancient artifacts. Your crew and varied locations give the linear shooter its character.

Enter the Matrix

Sci-fi setting

A third-person action game tied to the Matrix films, where you play Niobe or Ghost in gunfights and kung-fu brawls with bullet-time slow motion. Its highlight is the exclusive live-action footage directed by the Wachowskis, running alongside the events of The Matrix Reloaded.

Rogue Trooper: Redux

Sci-fi setting

A linear third-person cover shooter based on the British comic: as a genetically engineered soldier you hunt traitors across the war-torn planet Nu-Earth, using cover and comrade chips stored in your gear. The Redux edition brings the 2006 game back in HD.

Advent Rising

Sci-fi setting

A linear sci-fi third-person action game with a story by Orson Scott Card, mixing gunplay with telekinetic powers and gesture-style aiming. Despite a rough execution, its epic story earned it a cult following.

Iron Man 2

Shooting and gunplay

A licensed third-person action game where you fly as Iron Man, blasting enemy waves with repulsors and missiles. The original story takes place after the film and was written by comic author Matt Fraction.

Wing Commander: Prophecy

Sci-fi setting

A late-90s space combat game where you play rookie pilot Lance Casey flying linear missions against a mysterious alien threat, told through live-action FMV cutscenes.

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