Games like Prototype™
If Prototype™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Prototype 2, Extinction and The Evil Within 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fly freely across manhattan, dark and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Prototype™ is a 2009 open-world action-adventure set in Manhattan, developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. Players control Alex Mercer, a man without memory who becomes a shapeshifting bioweapon. The game features parkour movement, mutation-based combat, an enemy-cancellation system, power-up progression, and nonlinear story unlocks across the city. Reviewers describe the experience as dark, epic, intense, and nostalgic, with players highlighting the fantasy of tearing through enemies like butter, flying freely across Manhattan, karate-kicking helicopters out of the sky, and unlocking devastating powers. It costs $19.99 USD, runs on Steam Deck in playable condition, and holds a 76% positive rating from over 5000 Steam reviews. The game is solo-only, designed for sit-down sessions, with a challenging difficulty curve and medium-length playtime.
About Prototype™: You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
Players who liked Prototype™ also play
Steam players who put hours into Prototype™ also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Prototype 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Top pick for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!
Extinction
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Second-strongest match for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
You are one of the world’s last Sentinels, a soldier named Avil equipped with the skills to battle the endless wave of Ravenii. Fight massive brutes and their minions across a sprawling countryside, defending cities and rescuing refugees torn from their homes.
The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and a dark mood with Prototype™.
Third-strongest match for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Ranked #4 for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
You are Cahal, a powerful Garou who chose to go into exile after losing control of his destructive rage. He can transform into a wolf and a Crinos, a huge ferocious beast. Master your three forms and their powers to punish those who defile Gaia.
Sunset Overdrive
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Ranked #6 for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Maneater
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration with Prototype™.
Ranked #7 for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Escape Dead Island
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Prototype™.
Ranked #8 for Prototype™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Prototype™.
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Prototype™
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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Prototype™.
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Prototype™.
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!
Ultimate Destruction Simulator
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Slow down time, spawn tornadoes, change gravity, create your own maps, play maps created by others! All kinds of missiles, grenades and charges, different sized tornadoes, black holes, earth shatters. Different material types to build from with their own properties. All that and more in this Sim
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Saints Row
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
Alan Wake
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
In solo or co-op, experience Reign of Sand, the ultimate version of Atlas Fallen. Ride the sands of a timeless land and defeat legendary monsters in spectacular Action-RPG combat using devastating powers.
Forspoken
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Reviewers of Prototype™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Prototype™ at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Prototype™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Prototype™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prototype™.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Prototype™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prototype™.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Prototype™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prototype™.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Prototype™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prototype™.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Prototype™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prototype™.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Prototype™.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Prototype™.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Prototype™.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and a dark mood with Prototype™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Prototype™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
You are Cahal, a powerful Garou who chose to go into exile after losing control of his destructive rage. He can transform into a wolf and a Crinos, a huge ferocious beast. Master your three forms and their powers to punish those who defile Gaia.
Maneater
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration with Prototype™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Prototype™.
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Escape Dead Island
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Prototype™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Prototype™.
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
Frequently asked about Prototype™
- Does Prototype™ run on Steam Deck?
- Prototype™ is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Prototype™ cost?
- Prototype™ is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Prototype™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Prototype™ are Prototype 2, Extinction, The Evil Within 2.
- Who developed Prototype™?
- Prototype™ was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision.
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