Games like Half-Life: Source
by Valve
Winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, Half-Life set new standards for action games when it was released in 1998. Half-Life: Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game, enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effects, and more.
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Half-Life 2: Episode One
Jun 1 · Valve
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · First-Person
Half-Life 2 has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, and earned over 35 Game of the Year Awards. Episode One is the first in a series of games that reveal the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launch a journey beyond City 17. Also features two multiplayer games. Half-Life 2 not required.
FPSActionSci-fiSingleplayerStory RichFirst-PersonShooterClassicDystopian Aliens👍 25,768
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · Shooter
Half-Life® 2: Episode Two is the second in a trilogy of new games created by Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life® adventure. As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions.
FPSActionSci-fiSingleplayerShooterStory RichFirst-PersonClassicAdventureAliens👍 33,722
$4.99Deathmatch Classic
Jun 1 · Valve
Both: FPS · Classic · Shooter
Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.
ActionFPSClassicMultiplayerShooterFirst-PersonArena ShooterOld SchoolSci-fiCompetitive👍 2,453
$9.99Half-Life 2
Nov 16 · Valve
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · Classic
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
FPSActionSci-fiClassicSingleplayerStory RichShooterFirst-PersonAdventureDystopian 👍 202,868
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Oct 27 · Valve
Both: FPS · First-Person · Sci-fi
Originally planned as a section of the Highway 17 chapter of Half-Life 2, Lost Coast is a playable technology showcase that introduces High Dynamic Range lighting to the Source engine.
FPSActionSingleplayerFirst-PersonSci-fiShooterShortAliensDystopian Classic👍 10,508
$9.99Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
May 1 · Valve
Both: FPS · Shooter · Sci-fi
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.
ActionFPSMultiplayerShooterSci-fiFirst-PersonClassicRemakeViolentAdventure👍 4,363
$4.99Ricochet
Nov 1 · Valve
Both: FPS · Classic · First-Person
A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas.
ActionFPSMultiplayerClassicFirst-PersonSci-fiShooterSpaceCyberpunkPsychological Horror👍 4,550
Blood: One Unit Whole Blood
Jul 14 · Monolith Productions
Both: FPS · Classic · 1990's
You carved your soul to shreds in servitude to a dark god, but false promises and betrayal were your only reward. Now you have a score to settle and it will be measured in blood! Experience the madness in one carnage-soaked package! All the gore, all the unholy war! Zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds and blood-crazed hordes of horrors await!
FPSClassicHorrorGoreAction1990'sShooterOld SchoolRetroAdventure👍 1,145
$19.99BioShock™ Remastered
Sep 15 · 2K Boston, 2K Australia, Blind Squirrel, Feral Interactive (Mac)
Both: FPS · First-Person · Shooter
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
FPSStory RichAtmosphericHorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonActionDystopian ShooterUnderwater👍 52,522
$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: First-Person · Sci-fi
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFirst-Person3D PlatformerSingleplayerSci-fiComedyFemale ProtagonistPhysicsFunny👍 173,660
-67%$9.89Disintegration
Jun 15 · V1 Interactive
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
A single-player first-person sci-fi shooter/RTS hybrid unlike anything else. Fight on the front lines and command from above. Pilot your aerial grav cycle into battle while leading a squad of elite troops to ignite a revolution to reboot humanity.
FPSPvEVehicular CombatRTSShooterStrategyFirst-PersonCyberpunkMechsTranshumanism👍 210
$2.99Incoming + Incoming Forces
Mar 6 · Rage Software
Both: Sci-fi · Shooter · Classic
Prepare for one of the most action packed-shooters in PC gaming history! Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy! You will become a soldier of the alien species and protect your home world from the forces of the Human armada.
ActionSci-fiShooterClassicFirst-PersonArcadeFPS
$39.99Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
Nov 12 · Treyarch
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
MultiplayerActionFPSShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonCo-opWarOnline Co-OpTeam-Based👍 23,317
$5.99Prospekt
Feb 18 · SCT
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · Shooter
Prospekt begins in the Nova Prospekt prison in the Half-Life universe. Gordon Freeman is slowly being overrun by soldiers in the prison, however unknown to him, his Vortigaunt allies manage to find some help from a forgotten hero.
ActionFPSSingleplayerModSci-fiShooterFirst-PersonStory RichIndieAdventure👍 1,540
-80%$11.99Immortals of Aveum™
Aug 21 · Ascendant Studios
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · Shooter
Immortals of Aveum is a single-player first person magic shooter that tells the story of Jak as he joins an elite order of battlemages to save a world on the edge of abyss.
ActionAdventureFPSMagicFantasySingleplayerAction-AdventureFast-PacedSci-fiShooter👍 2,794
FreeWARMODE
Sep 13 · Novalink
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.
Free to PlayFPSMultiplayerShooterActionFirst-PersonEarly AccessWarCo-opMassively Multiplayer👍 328
-75%$0.99Dusk 12
Aug 22 · Orion Games
Both: FPS · Shooter · Zombies
Dusk 12 is a first person shooter, full of action where the player will incarnate two heroes. One of the soldiers of the group, with unknown past and one of the infected men with the virus, who has strength, speed and fortitude beyond human limits.
ActionFPSShooterZombiesFirst-Person👍 227
$4.99Space Trader: Merchant Marine
Oct 23
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Space Trader is an open world trading colony sim wrapped in a shooter. Start as a Rookie and earn your way to Master using shrewd trades, back alley deals, bribes, and well-placed bullet. Buy low, sell high and don’t take no for an answer.
FPSColony SimShooterCharacter CustomizationStrategy3DFirst-PersonCyberpunkDark HumorLore-Rich👍 450
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Free to PlayShooterMultiplayerFPSActionBuildingZombiesEarly AccessPixel GraphicsOnline Co-Op👍 401
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Both: Sci-fi · Classic
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SpaceSci-fiActionSimulationClassicSpace SimModdableSingleplayerFlightMultiplayer👍 310
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Free to PlayFPSMultiplayerPixel GraphicsActionShooterFirst-PersonIndieMassively MultiplayerBuilding
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Both: Zombies · Shooter
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ActionIndie2DTower DefenseZombiesShooterShoot 'Em Up👍 441
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Both: First-Person · FPS
In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter.
IndieActionHorrorFirst-PersonMultiplayerAtmosphericFPSSurvivalOpen WorldAdventure👍 313
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CombatCo-opOpen WorldLocal Co-OpSandboxSingleplayerAdventureSplit ScreenOnline Co-OpAction👍 4,335
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Jan 4 · KHB-Soft
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IndieCasualMinimalistDifficultActionFast-PacedArcadeMusicMusic-Based Procedural GenerationPsychedelic👍 883










