Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Quake II (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Quake II on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Quake, which both horror, science fiction and atmospheric.
- Quake II is tagged FPS, Classic, Action, Shooter, Boomer Shooter, 1990's, Sci-fi, Singleplayer by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Quake
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 15 player tags including FPS, Classic and Shooter; released around the same time (1996).
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Quake at a glance Released 1996 Studio Nightdive Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,302 Price $9.99 FPSClassicShooter1990'sFirst-PersonOld SchoolGoreRetro
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Doom 64
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 13 player tags including FPS, Classic and 1990's; released around the same time (1997).
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
Doom 64 at a glance Released 1997 Studio Midway Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 8,793 Price $4.99 FPSClassic1990'sRetroGoreShooterFirst-PersonHorror
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Unreal Gold
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 13 player tags including Classic, FPS and Sci-fi.
Your prison ship has crash-landed on the fastest, sleekest, most dangerous 3D world ever created. Look around, crystal clear water shimmers, shadows dance and shift, alien architecture fades into the horizon.
Unreal Gold at a glance Released 2008 Studio Epic Games, Inc. Player sentiment 89% positive of 2,569 Price Not listed ClassicFPSSci-fiGreat SoundtrackShooterFirst-Person1990'sOld School
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Quake 4
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 12 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Sci-fi.
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
Quake 4 at a glance Released 2005 Studio Raven Software Player sentiment 88% positive of 3,977 Price $14.99 FPSShooterSci-fiGoreHorrorClassicFirst-PersonFast-Paced
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Quake III Arena
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 12 player tags including FPS, Arena Shooter and Classic; released around the same time (1999).
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
Quake III Arena at a glance Released 1999 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 96% positive of 4,100 Price $14.99 FPSArena ShooterClassicShooter1990'sFirst-PersonGoreFast-Paced
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DOOM II
Why it matched: both horror and science fiction; shares 13 player tags including Classic, FPS and 1990's.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
DOOM II at a glance Released 2007 Studio id Software Player sentiment 95% positive of 9,057 Price Not listed ClassicFPS1990'sRetroShooterGoreOld SchoolModdable
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Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including FPS, Shooter and 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.
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source at a glance Released 2006 Studio Valve Player sentiment 76% positive of 5,582 Price $9.99 FPSShooterSci-fiFirst-PersonClassicFast-PacedHorrorRetro
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DUSK
Why it matched: both horror and atmospheric; shares 12 player tags including Boomer Shooter, FPS and Retro.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
DUSK at a glance Released 2018 Studio David Szymanski Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,473 Price $19.99 Boomer ShooterFPSRetroShooterFast-PacedOld SchoolHorrorFirst-Person
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DOOM + DOOM II
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 13 player tags including FPS, Classic and 1990's.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
DOOM + DOOM II at a glance Released 2007 Studio id Software Player sentiment 97% positive of 28,979 Price $9.99 FPSClassic1990'sGreat SoundtrackRetroOld SchoolShooterGore
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Classic and Shooter.
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein at a glance Released 2007 Studio Gray Matter Studios Player sentiment 93% positive of 9,299 Price $4.99 FPSClassicShooterFirst-PersonHorrorGoreSci-fiRetro
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Half-Life: Source
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Classic and 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.
Half-Life: Source at a glance Released 2004 Studio Valve Player sentiment 69% positive of 16,699 Price $9.99 FPSClassicSci-fiFirst-PersonShooter1990'sHorrorGreat Soundtrack
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Classic and Sci-fi; released around the same time (1999).
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Half-Life: Opposing Force at a glance Released 1999 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 95% positive of 28,900 Price $4.99 FPSClassicSci-fiShooterFirst-Person1990'sGreat SoundtrackGore
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F.E.A.R.
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Horror, FPS and Classic.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
F.E.A.R. at a glance Released 2005 Studio Monolith Productions Player sentiment 94% positive of 19,502 Price $9.99 HorrorFPSClassicShooterGoreFirst-PersonSci-fiGreat Soundtrack
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DOOM
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Gore and Shooter.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio id Software Player sentiment 96% positive of 221,344 Price $19.99 FPSGoreShooterGreat SoundtrackFirst-PersonFast-PacedSci-fiHorror
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Half-Life
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Classic and 1990's; released around the same time (1998).
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Half-Life at a glance Released 1998 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 96% positive of 163,786 Price $9.99 FPSClassic1990'sSci-fiShooterFirst-PersonGoreRetro
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Sci-fi and Shooter; released around the same time (2001).
Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
Half-Life: Blue Shift at a glance Released 2001 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 93% positive of 21,191 Price $4.99 FPSSci-fiShooterClassicFirst-Person1990'sModdableRetro
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Half-Life 2
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Sci-fi and 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.
Half-Life 2 at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 98% positive of 278,618 Price $9.99 FPSSci-fiClassicShooterFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackHorrorModdable
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Black Mesa
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Sci-fi and First-Person.
Relive Half-Life.
Black Mesa at a glance Released 2020 Studio Crowbar Collective Player sentiment 95% positive of 144,554 Price $19.99 FPSSci-fiFirst-PersonShooterClassicGreat SoundtrackHorrorGore
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Deathmatch Classic
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 11 player tags including FPS, Classic and Shooter; released around the same time (2001).
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.
Deathmatch Classic at a glance Released 2001 Studio Valve Player sentiment 83% positive of 3,320 Price $4.99 FPSClassicShooterFirst-PersonArena ShooterOld SchoolSci-fiFast-Paced
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Unreal Tournament 3 Black
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Arena Shooter and Shooter.
Now includes the free Titan Pack expansion! The Titan Pack gives players a substantial amount of enhanced features and new content, including many original environments, new gametypes, the namesake Titan mutator, powerful deployables and weapons, new characters, and the Stealthbender.
Unreal Tournament 3 Black at a glance Released 2009 Studio Epic Games, Inc. Player sentiment 88% positive of 4,204 Price Not listed FPSArena ShooterShooterSci-fiFast-PacedFirst-PersonGoreClassic
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Classic and Gore; released around the same time (1998).
Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force - The Primagen. Once again a Turok is tasked with restoring peace to the land and stopping the Primagen from merging Earth with the nether world.
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil at a glance Released 1998 Studio Acclaim Studios Austin Player sentiment 90% positive of 2,835 Price $19.99 FPSClassicGoreSci-fi1990'sShooterGreat SoundtrackBoomer Shooter
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Half-Life: Alyx
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Horror and Shooter.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
Half-Life: Alyx at a glance Released 2020 Studio Campo Santo Player sentiment 98% positive of 105,097 Price $59.99 FPSHorrorShooterFirst-PersonSci-fiGreat SoundtrackGore
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BioShock
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Horror and First-Person.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
BioShock at a glance Released 2007 Studio Irrational Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 32,145 Price $4.99 FPSHorrorFirst-PersonShooterSci-fiClassicGreat Soundtrack
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Alien: Isolation
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Sci-fi and First-Person.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Alien: Isolation at a glance Released 2014 Studio Creative Assembly Player sentiment 93% positive of 66,658 Price $11.99 HorrorSci-fiFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackFPSGoreShooter
Common questions
What game is most like Quake II?
Quake, on the evidence we have. It both horror, science fiction and atmospheric. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Quake II" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Quake II. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.