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293 games like Polaris

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01 Seaquest Cover

1983 · Atari2600

Seaquest

81%

Your divers have collected treasure from the ocean floor. On their way back up to surface they are attacked by hostile fish, sharks and enemy submarines. It is, therefore, your task to collect your divers with your own submarine. While doing that you are not t...

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Polaris

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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Tengai Cover

2006 · Switch, PC, PS2

Tengai

81%

A great commander ruled an eastern plain for a long time, but his mind completely changed one day. He formed a mysterious army under his command and took several women as hostages to his palace. His evil power extended to his neighbouring countries and the pri...

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81% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Chopper I Cover

1988 · Arcade

Chopper I

81%

Chopper I is a 1988 arcade hall video game, developed by SNK. The objective of this top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players; both players, each occupying one helicopter, pl...

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Polaris

81% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Sky Force Reloaded Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Sky Force Reloaded

71%

There are many scrolling shooters but none of them is like "Sky Force". This stunning shoot ‘em up game combines the classic arcade elements with the new possibilities offered by current technology. The new installment in the series just came out in a spectacu...

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Polaris

71% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 In the Hunt Cover

1993 · Arcade, PC, PS1

In the Hunt

70%

In the Hunt is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game by Irem. It was released in 1993 and later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC by Kokopeli.

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Polaris

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Wings of Wor Cover

1991 · Genesis/MegaDrive, Wii

Wings of Wor

68%

Gynoug, known in North America as Wings of Wor, is a 1991 scrolling shooter video game developed by Masaya and published by NCS Corporation for the Sega Genesis. The game was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Japan on January 25, 1991, and re...

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Polaris

68% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Void Scrappers Cover

2022 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Void Scrappers

67%

Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

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Polaris

67% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Astro Fighter Cover

1979 · Arcade

Astro Fighter

65%

The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoiding being hit by mis...

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Polaris

65% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Metal Slug 3 Cover

2000 · Arcade, neogeoaes, neogeomvs

Metal Slug 3

61%

“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls!

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61% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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10 Astro Tripper Cover

2008 · Linux, PC, PS3

Astro Tripper

58%

Astro Tripper is a furious shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting video games of years gone by. An evolution of PomPom's 2001 award winning game, Space Tripper. Travel the surface of large horizontally-scrolling platforms, and pit your...

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Polaris

58% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Risk System Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Risk System

58%

In the distant future, humanity has discovered a method to replicate matter through the use of a Dimensional Gate. Industry is revolutionized overnight and a short period of chaos gives way to all warring factions uniting under a common banner.A few years pass...

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Polaris

58% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Battlefield 3 Cover

2011 · PC, PS3, X360

Battlefield 3

56%

In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York. As a U.S. Marine in the field, periods of t...

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Polaris

56% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

13 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

56%

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman in sin...

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Polaris

56% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Enter the Gungeon Cover

2016 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Enter the Gungeon

56%

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon. Combat revolves around shooting bullet-shaped enemi...

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Polaris

56% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Max Payne 3 Cover

2012 · Mac, PC, PS3

Max Payne 3

53%

Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne. A new feature to the series, introduced in Max Payne 3, is the cover system, which allows players to gain a tactical advantage, and avoid taking dam...

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Polaris

53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

16 Call of Duty 2 Cover

2005 · Mac, PC, X360

Call of Duty 2

53%

"Call of Duty 2" is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, serving as the highly acclaimed sequel to the original "Call of Duty." Released in 2005, the game immerses players in the gripping and chaotic battles of World W...

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Polaris

53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

17 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, PS4

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

53%

Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War, where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generatio...

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Polaris

53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

18 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Cover

2014 · PC, PS3, PS4

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

53%

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a first-person shooter with single-player and multiplayer modes. It is set in a near future where powered exoskeletons give soldiers enhanced mobility such as boosting, dashing, and jumping, alongside conventional and directed...

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Polaris

53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

19 PUBG: Battlegrounds Cover

2017 · Stadia, PC, PS4

PUBG: Battlegrounds

53%

PUBG: Battlegrounds is a battle royale shooter that pits 100 players against each other in a struggle for survival. Gather supplies and outwit your opponents to become the last person standing.

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Polaris

53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Doom 3 Cover

2004 · Linux, Mac, PC

Doom 3

53%

Doom 3 is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements. Played mostly from a first-person perspective, it sends the player through the corridors and facilities of a research base, fighting waves of enemies while managing limited resources. A signature...

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Polaris

53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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