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1995PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable97 % positive19.99 €

A pioneering six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting mine tunnels, destroying hostile robots. Disorienting true-3D mazes and the hunt for keycards give it its unique appeal.

Sci-fi setting
Challenging difficulty
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat

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The closest matches for Descent are Overload, Detached and Aliens versus Predator. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Descent special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Overload

96 %Match

2018PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable94 % positive24.99 €

Sci-fi setting
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat

Overload is a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter that revives the Descent formula: you fly weightlessly through tight mine complexes, blasting robots and hunting for keys and secrets. Precise controls and fast, frantic combat are the core appeal.

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Detached

Co-op or multiplayer

A VR space game where you drift weightlessly through space and stations, manage limited oxygen and solve puzzles. It focuses on an intense, VR-native sense of movement and tense multiplayer matches.

Aliens versus Predator

Challenging difficulty

A classic first-person shooter with three separate campaigns as Marine, Predator or Alien. Each species has its own abilities and weapons, giving a very different feel from tense horror to stalking prey.

Quake II

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Alien Breed

Challenging difficulty

A classic top-down shooter where you fight through an alien-infested space station, juggling scarce ammo, health and mission objectives. Its tense sci-fi horror mood is clearly inspired by the Alien films.

Forsaken

Co-op or multiplayer

A fast 1998 sci-fi shooter where you pilot a hovering craft through twisting tunnels of a ruined future world, fighting in every direction. Its full six-degrees-of-freedom movement and frantic multiplayer deathmatch set it apart.

Unreal

Lots to discover

A 1998 classic first-person shooter in which you crash-land on an alien world and explore striking landscapes and ancient architecture while fighting the brutal invaders who enslaved a peaceful race. It stresses atmosphere and discovery alongside the gunplay.