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2020PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive19.50 €

A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

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Action-packed real-time combat
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The closest matches for Black Mesa are Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and Half-Life: Source. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Black Mesa special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Half-Life

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1998PCSteam Deck verified97 % positive9.69 €

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

The landmark shooter sends physicist Gordon Freeman through the alien- and soldier-infested Black Mesa facility, telling its story seamlessly without cutscenes while mixing tense firefights with environmental and physics puzzles.

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Half-Life 2

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A landmark first-person shooter that sends Gordon Freeman through alien-occupied City 17, blending seamless cutscene-free storytelling with physics-driven puzzles and the iconic Gravity Gun.

Half-Life: Source

Sci-fi setting

The Source engine version of the shooter classic: as scientist Gordon Freeman you fight through aliens and soldiers after an experiment goes wrong at Black Mesa. Updated lighting, water and physics refresh the look, but it remains the tightly scripted, linear original.

Prey

Sci-fi setting

A linear 2006 sci-fi shooter in which you play Cherokee mechanic Tommy aboard a living alien mothership. It stands out for its gravity-flipping and portal puzzles, spirit-walking ability, and inventive level design that shakes up the usual shooting.

Selaco

Sci-fi setting

A fast-paced sci-fi first-person shooter built on GZDoom, with destructible environments, smart enemy AI and intense firefights inside a research facility. It blends classic shooter speed with modern presentation and a story.

Farpoint

Sci-fi setting

A linear PlayStation VR shooter in which you get stranded on a hostile alien planet after an accident near Jupiter. Played with the Aim Controller, fighting off giant insectoid creatures feels especially immediate.

Singularity

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi shooter set on an abandoned Soviet island, where a time-manipulation device lets you age enemies to dust, restore decayed objects and solve environmental puzzles. Its BioShock-style horror atmosphere frames a Cold War time-paradox story.

Transmissions: Element 120

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A short single-player shooter set in the Half-Life universe, built around a gravity-defying weapon that lets you leap over buildings and survive huge falls. Its mysterious story keeps you guessing where you are and why you were sent.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Sci-fi setting

An early Star Wars first-person shooter where you play mercenary Kyle Katarn aiding the Rebels, starting with stealing the Death Star plans. Its maze-like levels, key hunts and vertical design set it apart as a Doom contemporary with its own identity.

Half-Life: Uplink

Sci-fi setting

Uplink is a short standalone Half-Life demo built from content cut from the main game. It delivers classic shooter action with familiar weapons and enemies in a research facility setting.