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1998 PC 9.69 € 👍 97 % Overwhelmingly positive, 148,221 reviews on Steam

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.

What defines Half-Life:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for Half-Life are Black Mesa, Prey and Marathon 2: Durandal. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Half-Life special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Black Mesa

95 %

2020 PC 19.50 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 127,693 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Realistic visuals

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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Prey

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

Marathon 2: Durandal

Strong, story-driven narrative

A 90s classic first-person shooter notable for its story told through computer terminals. You fight through sci-fi levels full of switch puzzles, rival alien factions and weapons with multiple fire modes.

Scars Above

Challenging difficulty

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.

TimeShift

Realistic visuals

A first-person shooter where you can freeze, slow down or rewind time to outwit enemies and solve small puzzles. It unfolds in a grim alternate reality ruled by a dictator.

Alpha Prime

Realistic visuals

A sci-fi first-person shooter set in a remote asteroid mining base where something has gone horribly wrong. You fight through the facility with futuristic weapons and gadgets while uncovering the threat.

Alien: Rogue Incursion

Dark, serious atmosphere

A single-player VR horror shooter set in the Alien universe that puts you right in the middle of tense xenomorph encounters. The blend of gunplay and dread makes the threat feel intensely immediate.

Quake 4

Dark, serious atmosphere

A linear sci-fi shooter on the Doom 3 engine where marine Matthew Kane takes the fight to the Strogg homeworld, featuring the infamous stroggification twist. Squad missions, vehicle sections and fast arena multiplayer round it out.

Red Faction

Realistic visuals

A first-person shooter set on Mars where you play a miner joining a rebellion. Its Geo-Mod tech lets you blast through walls and terrain in real time, which made for standout moments back then.

Singularity

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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