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2013
You wake up as an elite operative on a starship overrun by zombified crew and blast your way through tight corridors in classic FPS style. Weapon and skill upgrades plus a dose of B-movie humor round it out.
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The closest matches for Dead Effect are Alien Shooter, Half-Life and Alien Shooter 2 Conscription. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dead Effect special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
90 %
Best match
A classic top-down arcade shooter where you blast alone through swarms of aliens in an infested research base. Light RPG elements like weapon purchases and stat upgrades add some long-term motivation.
87 % 9.69 €
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.
87 % 10.25 €
Realistic visuals
An isometric action shooter with RPG elements where you play a regular soldier mowing down hordes of aliens with upgradable weapons and skills.
87 % 4.99 €
Shooting and gunplay
A classic first-person shooter where you blast through 30+ grim levels of demons, hunt secrets and track down the Mother of Demons. The remaster of the N64 original delivers retro pacing, key-hunting level design and an eerie atmosphere.
86 % 7.99 €
Sci-fi setting
A linear first-person shooter set in the dystopian Mega-City One, where you play Judge Dredd arresting or gunning down criminals while fending off an undead supernatural threat. The Lawgiver pistol and its multiple ammo types drive the action through grim levels.
86 %
Sci-fi setting
A linear first-person shooter where you play HAZMAT soldier Ethan Cole investigating a viral outbreak inside the secret Area 51 facility. Mutants, aliens and a conspiracy create a dark sci-fi horror mood.
86 % 19.50 €
Sci-fi setting
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.
86 % 19.99 €
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.
86 %
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.
85 %
Shooting and gunplay
Dino Crisis 2 trades most of the first game's survival horror for fast third-person shooting, letting you blast through a dinosaur-infested jungle with dual weapons and spend points on new gear. A brisk, arcade-flavored dino romp.
