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2004 PlayStationXbox

The sixth Mortal Kombat entry delivers brutal 3D fighting and adds unusual side modes: the Konquest adventure, the chess-like Chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat. The Krypt of unlockables adds extra content.

What defines Mortal Kombat: Deception:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Fantasy setting
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Mortal Kombat: Deception are God of War: Ascension, Hexen II and Hexen: Beyond Heretic. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mortal Kombat: Deception special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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God of War: Ascension

85 %

2013 PlayStation

  • Fantasy setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

A brutal hack-and-slash prequel following Kratos as he breaks his oath to Ares and battles the Furies, featuring enormous set pieces from Greek mythology, environmental puzzles and the series' first online multiplayer mode.

Hexen II

Challenging difficulty

A dark fantasy first-person shooter built on the Quake engine, with four character classes, light RPG leveling and hub-based worlds full of puzzles, keys and backtracking.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Challenging difficulty

A dark fantasy first-person shooter where you pick a fighter, mage or cleric, each with a unique arsenal, and fight through interconnected hub worlds. Switch puzzles and backtracking matter as much as the combat.

Dark and Darker

Co-op or multiplayer

A punishing first-person fantasy dungeon crawler where squads of class-based adventurers compete for loot against monsters and each other. Every run is an extraction gamble between greed and survival.

Forced

Co-op or multiplayer

An arena gladiator game where you play a slave guided by a spirit mentor, clearing combat and puzzle-like rooms to win freedom. Best played in co-op, where teamwork and timing matter.

Rune

Challenging difficulty

A brutal third-person hack-and-slash from the early Unreal Engine era, sending Viking Ragnar through Norse mythic realms down to Hel with axes, swords and hammers. Dismemberment, rune powers and platforming sections define the experience.

Demigod

Co-op or multiplayer

Demigod is a Dota-style arena strategy game where you control a powerful demigod, level up abilities and gear, and push with AI minions to destroy enemy citadels. The focus is clearly on competitive multiplayer battles.

Heretic II

Action-packed real-time combat

A third-person action game on the Quake II engine where you play Corvus, fighting through dark fantasy levels with a blade and spells while solving environmental puzzles. Its mix of melee, magic and adventure is backed by Brom's artwork.

Sworn

Co-op or multiplayer

A co-op action roguelite for up to four players where you fight through a fallen Camelot against a corrupted King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Fast combat with dodging and varied builds drive replayability.

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