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2023PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable91 % positive−70 % 39.99 € 11.99 €

This remake of the cult classic leaves you alone on the Citadel space station, ruled by the deranged AI SHODAN. You explore sprawling interconnected levels, fight to survive, solve puzzles and piece together the story through audio logs in a bleak cyberpunk atmosphere.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for System Shock are Scars Above, Athanasia and Cronos: The New Dawn. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes System Shock special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Scars Above

93 %Match

2023PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable77 % positive29.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • 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.

Athanasia

Sci-fi setting

A survival horror shooter with immersive sim elements where you explore a mysterious facility and fend off predators from prehistory and the future using gear and wits. Its Metroidvania structure rewards exploration.

Cronos: The New Dawn

Dark, serious atmosphere

Bloober Team's survival horror casts you as a Traveler moving through a retro-futuristic, ruined Poland, from the 1980s to the apocalypse. Scarce ammo, monsters that merge unless you burn their corpses, and a layered time-travel plot keep the tension high.

Otherskin

Sci-fi setting

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.

Tea for God

Sci-fi setting

A VR adventure that uses impossible, procedurally generated spaces so you can walk endlessly within your own room. Depending on settings it becomes a relaxed stroll, an arcade shooter or a roguelite shooter-explorer set in the distant future.

Spirits of Xanadu

Sci-fi setting

You play a lone operative boarding the silent research ship Xanadu, exploring its eerie corridors in an atmospheric sci-fi shooter. It blends action with exploration and the mystery of what happened to the crew.

Left Alive

Challenging difficulty

A grim survival shooter with stealth elements set in a war-torn city, where you scavenge scarce resources and avoid enemies and mechs. Yoji Shinkawa's character design and the mech art give it a distinctive look.

Solarix

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person sci-fi horror game in which an engineer fights to survive on an infected research station. You can sneak past threats or fight them while the protagonist's mind slowly unravels.

Hollowbody

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short tech-noir survival horror set in an abandoned British city: as smuggler Mica you search for your missing partner with scarce resources. It mixes exploration, puzzles and gunplay in the spirit of classic PS1-era horror games.

Subterrain

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi survival game set in an underground Mars facility where you single-handedly manage resources, craft gear and fend off mutated creatures. Randomly generated levels and base upkeep create a tense, isolated atmosphere.

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