Games like Half-Life 2: Episode One
by Valve
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.
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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.
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$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.
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$9.99Half-Life: Source
Jun 1 · Valve
Both: FPS · Classic · Sci-fi
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: 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
$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
QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Aug 3 · Rogue Entertainment
Both: FPS · Shooter · Classic
TWO NEW EPISODES. SIXTEEN NEW LEVELS. ONE WAY OUT. Your journey has led you down a path of no return. The acrid smell of death fills the air. And you know the road ahead may lead to your grave. But Quake, with his insidious, apocalyptic plans, must be crushed. If you fail, evil will shroud the universe for all eternity.
ActionFPSShooterClassicFirst-PersonHorrorBoomer Shooter👍 291
$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
$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
$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
-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
-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
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Both: First-Person · Sci-fi
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Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
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May 26 · Hangzhou NezhaGames
Both: FPS · Sci-fi · First-Person
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$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Dystopian
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