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1997PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified96 % positive9.99 €

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.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Co-op or multiplayer

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

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Descent II

99 %Match

1996PC93 % positive19.99 €

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat

A classic six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting alien mines full of hostile robots. Key hunting, new weapons and disorienting 3D navigation make for intense action.

Doom II: Hell on Earth

Shooting and gunplay

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.

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.

Overload

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Unreal Tournament 2003

Co-op or multiplayer

A blisteringly fast arena shooter built on precise aim, dodging and map control. Modes like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Bombing Run deliver intense multiplayer matches, including against bots.

Unreal Tournament III

Co-op or multiplayer

A fast-paced arena shooter built around frantic firefights, futuristic weapons and vehicles. The focus is on online matches and bot battles across many game modes.

Unreal

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Quake Live

Co-op or multiplayer

An extremely fast, competitive arena shooter built on aim, movement and map control. Over 100 arenas and many game modes make it a classic of online competition.

Half-Life

Sci-fi setting

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.

Descent

Sci-fi setting

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.

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