Games like Genotype
If Genotype is your kind of game, the closest matches are Starway: BaRaider, B3 and Project Coreward — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 →About Genotype: Your weapons are alive! Print creatures and use them as weapons and tools as you explore this Metroidvania FPS adventure. Morph yourself tiny, upgrade, and locate collectibles to advance to the next boss. Explore large non-linear maps and explore an environment woven together with a complex story.
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Starway: BaRaider
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Top pick for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Genotype.
This is a sci-fi VR action shooting game. Mechanical frenzy is coming! Players have to teleport to survive from thousands of bullets.
B3
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Second-strongest match for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
B3 will be a first-person VR shooter where you have to defend your base from waves of attacking monsters.
Project Coreward
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Third-strongest match for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Genotype.
Embark on an open world journey across the stars while encountering foes, friends and forgotten stories. Build your ship. Recruit and train your crew. Most of all, explore and confront the unknown to reveal the true, vast nature of choice and consequence.
Half-Life: Alyx
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Genotype.
Ranked #4 for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
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.
Salvage Op
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Ranked #5 for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Genotype.
Engage in a series of Salvage Operations on deep space vessels which have been overrun. This virtual reality shooter uses a teleport mechanic which is friendly to those with motion sickness. Wield multiple weapons, interact with objects, and overcome your fears with a head mounted flashlight as you explore multiple challenging levels.
Vertigo 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Genotype.
Ranked #6 for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.
Metro Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization and atmospheric with Genotype.
Ranked #7 for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.
Of Lies and Rain
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Shares weapon upgrades, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Genotype.
Ranked #8 for Genotype fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction.
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Red Matter 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Genotype.
Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
BioShock™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Genotype.
Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Genotype.
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.
Half-Life: Alyx
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Genotype.
Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
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
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Genotype.
Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Genotype.
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.
The Thing from Nowhere
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Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Genotype.
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
The Thing: Remastered
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Shares boss fights, resource management and atmospheric with Genotype.
Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Genotype.
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
Dead Space
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Reviewers of Genotype cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Genotype at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~60% under Genotype on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~60% under Genotype on Steam right now. Shares Action with Genotype.
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
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Priced ~60% under Genotype on Steam right now. Shares Action with Genotype.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~60% under Genotype on Steam right now. Shares Action with Genotype.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~80% under Genotype on Steam right now. Shares Action with Genotype.
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 ~72% under Genotype on Steam right now. Shares Action with Genotype.
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.
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 Genotype.
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 Genotype.
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 Genotype.
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 and Adventure with Genotype.
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.
The Looker
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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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Genotype.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Genotype.
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.).
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Frequently asked about Genotype
- How much does Genotype cost?
- Genotype is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Genotype?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Genotype are Starway: BaRaider, B3, Project Coreward.
- Who developed Genotype?
- Genotype was developed by Bolverk VR Games and published by Impact Inked.
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