Games like BioShock™
If you like BioShock™ (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.
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.
BioShock Infinite
- In common: story and action
When you fancy a single-player campaign with a thought-provoking story that brings parallel universes into play.
F.E.A.R.
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: less exploring
When you want a main campaign of around 12 hours of slow-motion tactical firefights in an unsettling atmosphere.
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.
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.
Star Wars: Republic Commando
- In common: action
- Difference: less exploring
When you want an old-school action campaign you can finish in a few afternoons.
Half-Life
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: less creative
When you fancy a classic campaign at your own pace: you can save anytime and progress in hour-long chunks.
Dishonored
- In common: action and story
When you want a one-to-two-hour mission where you decide how to get in and how to get out.
In Sound Mind
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: less creative
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
Fallout: New Vegas
- In common: story and long sessions
- Difference: more progression
When you have hours and fancy an RPG with choices that really change the ending.
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™
A shooter set in Rapture, a ruined Art Deco city under the sea. You mix guns with fire, ice and electric plasmids, hack machines and choose whether to save or harvest the girls the Big Daddies escort, which changes the ending.
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