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If System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is your kind of game, the closest matches are System Shock, System Shock® 2 (1999) and SurvivalEXtreme — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark 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 →System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a first-person immersive sim horror-RPG set aboard the Von Braun spacecraft. The remaster, priced at $29.99 and verified for Steam Deck play, preserves the 2025 re-release of the Looking Glass and Irrational Games classic. Players navigate atmospheric, dark corridors while managing inventory, hacking systems, and upgrading psi-amp abilities that feel like unlocking new powers. The game unfolds through audio logs revealing the narrative piecemeal, with enemy spawn triggers demanding methodical exploration. Reviewers describe the experience as immersive and unsettling, with SHODAN's presence remaining chillingly persistent throughout. Currently holding an 87% positive rating from over 1,300 Steam reviews, the game offers a long, challenging session for those seeking a punishing difficulty curve.
About System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster: System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
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"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
SurvivalEXtreme
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Third-strongest match for System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.
Enter a world devastated by the 2050 apocalypse. Fifty years later, humanity has returned… The war to reclaim Earth has begun, and only the bravest will be able to face the demons that now rule it. The world has fallen. Now it's your turn to rise.
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Squirrelmageddon!
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Ranked #5 for System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.
It was inevitable... killer mutant squirrels have taken over the planet in this scrappy, solo-developed one-of-a-kind high score TPS/FPS shooter. You will laugh. You will cry. You will die by the squirrel!
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
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Ranked #6 for System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.
In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.
Zombie Assault: Resurgence
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Ranked #7 for System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.
Zombie Assault: Resurgence is an intense, action packed top-down shooter, featuring deep RPG elements. Customise your loadout with unique upgradeable weapons as you gear up to take on hordes of enemies. Play solo or team up in co-op with up to 4 players.
Borderlands 4
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Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.
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Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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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.
Prey
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In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Terraria
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Priced ~67% under System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.
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You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Hollow Knight
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Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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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 System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
- Is System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster cost?
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster are System Shock, System Shock® 2 (1999), SurvivalEXtreme.
- Who developed System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster?
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster was developed by Nightdive Studios, Looking Glass Studios, Irrational Games and published by Nightdive Studios, Atari.
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