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2019 PC 28.99 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 35,679 reviews on Steam

A VR adventure built around a thorough physics simulation, where weapons, objects and your own body are handled physically to beat enemies and puzzles. Climbing, throwing and melee combat feel tangible and experimental.

What defines Boneworks:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Boneworks are DeadCore, Crusader: No Regret and Transmissions: Element 120. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Boneworks special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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DeadCore

94 %

2014 PCPlayStationXbox 9.99 € 👍 85 % Very positive, 2,031 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

DeadCore is a fast first-person platformer with guns, in which you climb a massive, fog-shrouded tower. Precise jumping, timing and speedrun appeal take center stage, wrapped in a dreamlike sci-fi atmosphere.

Crusader: No Regret

Sci-fi setting

A 1996 isometric sci-fi shooter in which you play the Silencer, blasting through heavily guarded bases with big weapons and destructible environments while fighting a tyrannical corporation. Traps, tricky jumping sections and live-action cutscenes make it unforgiving yet gloriously explosive.

Transmissions: Element 120

Focus on a single character

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.

Black Mesa

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

Scars Above

Sci-fi setting

A challenging sci-fi third-person action game where you play a scientist stranded on an alien planet, fighting monsters with elemental weapons and solving puzzles. Its checkpoint-based difficulty echoes soulslikes, while a mystery story drives you onward.

Half-Life

Sci-fi setting

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.

Dino Crisis

Puzzles and brain teasers

Capcom's survival horror classic sends agent Regina into a research facility overrun by dinosaurs. Scarce ammo, puzzles and relentless raptors keep the tension high throughout.

Crusader: No Remorse

Sci-fi setting

An isometric sci-fi action shooter where you play a defecting Silencer taking down a corrupt world government with heavy weapons, destructible environments, and tricky traps and puzzles.

Abuse

Sci-fi setting

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.

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