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A Metroid entry that emphasizes story and Samus's characterization, mixing 2D-style action with melee, dodging and a first-person view for scanning and missiles. Exploring the space station is more linear than in other series games and heavy on cutscenes.
What defines Metroid: Other M:
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The closest matches for Metroid: Other M are Luna Abyss, Chorus and Alien: Rogue Incursion. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Metroid: Other M special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A single-player, story-driven sci-fi action-adventure that mixes fluid platforming with bullet-hell combat. You follow Fawkes, a prisoner on Luna, caught between a cryptic prophecy and a prison sentence.
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Action-packed real-time combat
A space-combat shooter where you play Nara, flying her sentient starfighter Forsaken through fast zero-g dogfights. Supernatural abilities and ancient temples give the space shooter a mystical twist.
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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.
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A story-driven first-person shooter where you play a woman stranded in a hostile parallel world. A ruling AI dominates the boreal landscape as you scavenge and fight to find a way home.
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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.
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Lots to discover
Samus Aran's 2D return pairs fluid, fast movement and precise melee counters with classic Metroidvania exploration. Tense escapes from the near-invincible E.M.M.I. robots and demanding boss fights keep the pressure high.
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Sci-fi setting
As Zoe, you sneak and fight your way through a hostile underground facility ruled by AIs, accompanied only by your drone Koby. It blends stealth, action and exploration in a bleak sci-fi atmosphere.
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A third-person Metroidvania shooter in which Alex explores an alien planet and absorbs organic abilities that reshape both combat and traversal. New powers steadily open up more of the world.
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Action-packed real-time combat
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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Sci-fi setting
As engineer Isaac Clarke, you fight through the derelict mining ship USG Ishimura, strategically dismembering grotesque Necromorphs limb by limb. Its diegetic HUD-free interface, scarce ammo and oppressive sound design make it a landmark of sci-fi horror.