Games like Half-Life 2
If you like Half-Life 2 (shooter, narrative and physics), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
- In common: action
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: shorter sessions
When you want a complete campaign that fits in an afternoon, with no long commitment.
BioShock™
- In common: action and story
When you want a story-driven campaign with an unsettling atmosphere and fights you can approach in many different ways.
Star Wars: Republic Commando
- In common: action
When you want an old-school action campaign you can finish in a few afternoons.
Half-Life
- In common: action and long sessions
When you fancy a classic campaign at your own pace: you can save anytime and progress in hour-long chunks.
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.
F.E.A.R.
- In common: action and long sessions
When you want a main campaign of around 12 hours of slow-motion tactical firefights in an unsettling atmosphere.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
- In common: action
- Difference: more co-op
When you want a short, intense campaign for a weekend: it takes around 4-6 hours on normal difficulty.
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- In common: action
When you fancy feeling like a Jedi for a while: missions are short and you can choose the order.
DOOM
- In common: action
- Difference: less story
When you're fired up and want an adrenaline rush: each level is a succession of intense fights.
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 Half-Life 2
Gordon Freeman joins the resistance against an alien regime in an occupied city. Firefights, vehicles, horror sections and physics puzzles with the gravity gun, which can hurl any object. A classic that has aged very well.
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