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1996 PC 9.99 € 👍 97 % Overwhelmingly positive, 14,400 reviews on Steam

id Software's landmark shooter sends you through grim, gothic Lovecraftian mazes full of monsters, with lightning-fast movement, frantic gunplay and a brooding industrial soundscape by Trent Reznor. Its multiplayer also made history.

What defines Quake:

Dark, serious atmosphere
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat
Co-op or multiplayer

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The closest matches for Quake are Doom II: Hell on Earth, Dusk and Painkiller. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Quake special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Doom II: Hell on Earth

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1994 PC free 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 9,108 reviews on Steam

Dark, serious atmosphere
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat

The legendary shooter classic sends you and your Super Shotgun through maze-like levels packed with demons that have overrun Earth. Blistering, relentless combat, hidden secrets and nasty new foes like the Arch-vile keep it a genre benchmark to this day.

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Dusk

Dark, serious atmosphere

Dusk is a fast, 90s-style boomer shooter with eerie atmosphere and maze-like levels full of secrets. It focuses on fluid movement and punchy weapons against hordes of cultists and worse horrors.

Painkiller

Dark, serious atmosphere

A fast, old-school first-person shooter where you plow through huge monster hordes as a soul trapped between Heaven and Hell. Inventive dual-mode weapons, arena-style fights and a demon transformation power drive the frantic action.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Dark, serious atmosphere

A classic WWII shooter where B.J. Blazkowicz battles Nazi occultists, undead, and super-soldier experiments across gloomy castles and labs. It also shipped with an influential class-based, objective-driven team multiplayer mode.

Prodeus

Dark, serious atmosphere

Prodeus is a fast, brutal retro-style first-person shooter in the vein of Doom and Quake, blending chunky low-res visuals with modern lighting and effects. Gory weapons, high speed and dark sci-fi levels drive the experience.

Quake III Arena

Co-op or multiplayer

Quake III Arena is a pure arena shooter where blistering movement like strafe-jumping, precise aim and controlling item spawns decide every match. There's no campaign, just relentless deathmatches and duels against bots or real players.

Blood

Dark, serious atmosphere

A brutal 1997 retro first-person shooter where you play vengeful cultist Caleb, mowing down undead and demons. Gothic horror settings, macabre black humor and inventive weapons like the voodoo doll make it a cult classic.

NecroVisioN

Challenging difficulty

A brutal old-school shooter that starts in the trenches of World War I and descends into an occult hellscape of vampires, demons and zombies. Its appeal lies in mixing period firearms, melee and dark magic with a combo system, in the spirit of Painkiller but with noticeable budget roughness.

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.

Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child

Dark, serious atmosphere

A flashy 2000 first-person shooter where a band member gains the powers of the Kiss characters and blasts through a nightmarish circus. Surreal levels and over-the-top weapons define the experience.