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Games Like Dark Sector
Mar 23, 2009·86% positive
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Best games like Dark Sector
The best games like Dark Sector are Shadowgrounds, Project: Snowblind, Dark Light, Dead Space™ 3, and Dusk 12. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 86% positive across 636 Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Action, and $9.99 pricing signal.
- Shadowgrounds - Shadowgrounds is closely similar to Dark Sector because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Action, Gore, Shooter, and fit the same co-op story and PvE extraction intent.
- Project: Snowblind - Project: Snowblind is closely similar to Dark Sector because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Action, Shooter, Sci-fi.
- Dark Light - Dark Light is closely similar to Dark Sector because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Action, Gore, Violent, Horror.
- Dead Space™ 3 - Dead Space™ 3 is closely similar to Dark Sector because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Action, Third-Person Shooter, Gore, and fit the same co-op story and PvE extraction intent.
- Dusk 12 - Dusk 12 is closely similar to Dark Sector because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Action, Shooter, Zombies.
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Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria, an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that hides a deadly Cold War secret. In the midst of this mission, Hayden is attacked by an unknown enemy and infected by the Technocyte Virus, a brutal bio-weapon that twists its victims into mindless killing machines. Surviving this attack, Hayden finds that the Technocyte virus has granted him powerful, inhuman abilities unlike anything he has ever seen. Now, he must evolve with his powers, survive and become a hero.
Original action-shooter
Throughout the course of the game, players will witness Hayden's transformation into something more than he was as he fights against the Technocyte Virus taking over his body and the effects it has on his psyche.
Evolution powers
Hayden gains incredible superhuman powers - including the deadly, bladed glaive that he can grow from his arm and use and throw with deadly accuracy. Hayden will grow with these powers as they evolve and become more powerful throughout the game.
Cinematic and immersive experience
Through the use of no HUD, intuitive controls and a 3rd-person over the shoulder viewpoint everything about Dark Sector is designed with the goal of keeping the player immersed in the game.
Innovative multiplayer component
Dark Sector features an innovative and exciting multiplayer gameplay that will allow players to utilize the skills they have learned in the single-player game to excel in a competitive environment
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