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1987

Xybots is a 1987 arcade shooter where one or two players blast through pseudo-3D, Gauntlet-style mazes on a split screen. It is a frantic co-op game, though friendly fire can hurt your partner.

Sci-fi setting
Co-op or multiplayer
Challenging difficulty
Action-packed real-time combat

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The closest matches for Xybots are Forsaken, Air Buster and Aegis Wing. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Xybots special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Forsaken

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1998PCPlayStation

Sci-fi setting
Co-op or multiplayer
Action-packed real-time combat

A fast 1998 sci-fi shooter where you pilot a hovering craft through twisting tunnels of a ruined future world, fighting in every direction. Its full six-degrees-of-freedom movement and frantic multiplayer deathmatch set it apart.

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Air Buster

Sci-fi setting

A classic arcade side-scrolling shoot-'em-up in the vein of R-Type and Gradius, blasting through sci-fi stages with power-ups. Its standout feature is simultaneous two-player play.

Aegis Wing

Sci-fi setting

An Xbox arcade space shooter where you fend off an Araxian invasion solo or with up to three friends. Insane mode offers bigger rewards but lives up to its punishing name.

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.

Descent 3

Sci-fi setting

A six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you fly your ship freely through tight tunnels and caverns, fighting hostile robots. Fully three-dimensional movement with no fixed up or down makes it distinctive and demanding.

Descent II

Sci-fi setting

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.

Alien Breed

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A classic top-down shooter where you fight through an alien-infested space station, juggling scarce ammo, health and mission objectives. Its tense sci-fi horror mood is clearly inspired by the Alien films.

Berzerk: Recharged

Sci-fi setting

A twin-stick revival of the arcade classic where you blast through mazes full of robots while fleeing the invincible Evil Otto, with optional local co-op.

Killzone: Liberation

Sci-fi setting

An isometric top-down shooter on PSP set in the Killzone universe, where you fight through the ISA–Helghast war in intense firefights, with co-op and competitive multiplayer options.

Hive Jump

Sci-fi setting

A 2D run-and-gun platformer where you blast through procedurally built alien hives alone or in co-op, gather resources and take down the hive queen. Its Spelunky-like structure and squad flavor make for frantic, chaotic runs.

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