Games like F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
If F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is your kind of game, the closest matches are F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 3 and GUTTED: Infested Crypts — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a 2009 first-person shooter developed by Monolith in which players assume the role of Special Forces Sergeant Becket. The game blends action-oriented shooting with horror elements, including a slow-motion "bullet time" combat system that allows players to temporarily manipulate time during firefights. Set during an escalating crisis, Becket's routine mission deteriorates into a desperate fight for survival as the supernatural threat posed by Alma Wade threatens to spiral beyond control. The single-player campaign offers a medium-length experience at a standard difficulty level, with approximately 3,020 Steam reviewers awarding the game an 80% positive rating. Priced at $14.99 USD, it is marked as playable on Steam Deck, delivering a tense atmospheric shooter with psychological horror undertones according to its Steam tags.
About F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin: Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
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F.E.A.R.
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Top pick for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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. 3
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Second-strongest match for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.
GUTTED: Infested Crypts
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Third-strongest match for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Trepang2
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Ranked #4 for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Singularity™
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Ranked #5 for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Killing Floor 3
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Ranked #6 for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.
TimeShift™
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Ranked #7 for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate reality has evolved within the bleak and rain-soaked Alpha District.
DOOM
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Ranked #8 for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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.
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Max Payne
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Reviewers of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic
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Reviewers of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin cross-mention this title as a similar play.
For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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.
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Priced ~53% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~70% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Noita
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Priced ~47% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~93% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~80% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~67% under F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam right now. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
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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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Frequently asked about F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
- Does F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin run on Steam Deck?
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin 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 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin cost?
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin are F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 3, GUTTED: Infested Crypts.
- Who developed F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin?
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin was developed by Monolith and published by Warner Bros. Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
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