Games like BioShock® 2
If you like BioShock® 2 (shooter, story-driven and horror), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
BioShock™
- In common: story and action
When you want a story-driven campaign with an unsettling atmosphere and fights you can approach in many different ways.
BioShock Infinite
- In common: action and story
When you fancy a single-player campaign with a thought-provoking story that brings parallel universes into play.
Half-Life 2
- In common: action and story
When you want an action adventure with a story: each chapter changes pace and fits into an hour or two.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
- In common: action and story
When you fancy a shooter campaign with a proper beginning and end: Game Informer puts it at around 20 hours.
Star Wars: Republic Commando
- In common: action
- Difference: less story
When you want an old-school action campaign you can finish in a few afternoons.
F.E.A.R.
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: less story
When you want a main campaign of around 12 hours of slow-motion tactical firefights in an unsettling atmosphere.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
- In common: action
- Difference: less story
When you've already played Half-Life and want to return to that world for a couple of afternoons, with more shooting and fewer puzzles.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
- In common: action
- Difference: less story
When you want a complete campaign that fits in an afternoon, with no long commitment.
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
- In common: action
- Difference: less story
When you want a shorter Wolfenstein than The New Order: reviews put the campaign at 3 to 6 hours.
The Darkness II
- In common: action and story
- Difference: more co-op
When you want a short, savage action campaign: GameRevolution finished it in one sitting of about 6-7 hours.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About BioShock® 2
A story-driven shooter back in Rapture: you're a Big Daddy who wields weapons, such as the drill, and plasmids at the same time, protects the Little Sisters while they gather ADAM and decides what to do with them, which changes the ending.
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