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242 games like The Wire

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01 The Last Guy Cover

2008 · PS3

The Last Guy

97%

The Last Guy is a rescue game in which the eponymous player character must guide civilians to escape from monster-infested cities.

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The Wire

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02 Balloon Pop Cover

2007 · NDS, Wii

Balloon Pop

97%

The infamous Balloon Thief has stolen the Earth's precious seasons and sealed them away in his magical balloons. It is up to you to release the magic stored inside and bring life back to your planet one season at a time! Point at the screen to aim and link a s...

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The Wire

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03 Countdown to Shutdown Cover

Year unknown · Apple][, C64

Countdown to Shutdown

81%

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The Wire

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04 Cosmic Bugs Cover

2004 · PC

Cosmic Bugs

79%

Cosmic Bugs (previously titled Cosmo Bots) is an action-puzzle PC game developed by Retro64. The game was initially released on November 11, 2004, and later republished through PopCap Games in 2007, rebranded as Cosmic Bugs. It was available for download until...

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The Wire

79% Sehr nah dran
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05 Amazing Alex Cover

2012 · Android, Win Phone, iOS

Amazing Alex

78%

Another physics-based puzzle by Rovio, this one is more centered on Rube-Goldberg machines and is based on the game Casey's Contraptions, which they purchased the rights to.

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The Wire

78% Sehr nah dran
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06 Mercenary Cover

1985 · ACPC, Atari8bit, Atari-ST

Mercenary

69%

Due to an engine malfunction, your spaceship crashes on the planet Targ. Unlike your trusty vessel, you survive the crash and now have to find a way to get away from this planet. But hey, while you're at it, you might as well try to get some money off your unp...

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The Wire

69% Sehr nah dran
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07 Sweevo's World Cover

1985 · ACPC, ZXS

Sweevo's World

69%

The Self-Willed Extreme Environment Volitional Organism, or Sweevo for short, is a goofy-looking and generally incompetent robot. His world is Knutz' Folly, and it comprises almost 200 isometric-viewed screens of danger and challenge, making for a game influen...

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The Wire

69% Sehr nah dran
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09 Project Eden Cover

2001 · PC, PS2

Project Eden

61%

Due to severe overpopulation, the planet Earth’s diameter is increasing with the growth of towering mega-cities, each inhabited by millions of humans. Buildings are growing ever-upwards, interconnected with a thick web of roads, walkways and service channels....

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The Wire

61% Spannender Match
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10 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cover
57%

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the...

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The Wire

57% Spannender Match
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11 Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Cover

2010 · Mac, PC, PS3

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

57%

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is an action-adventure game set in Rome, where Master Assassin Ezio Auditore takes on the Templar Order. Players recruit and command a Brotherhood of Assassins to dismantle the corrupt powers entrenched in the city. The game combin...

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The Wire

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12 Half-Life 2: Episode Two Cover

2007 · Linux, Mac, PC

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

57%

Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a first-person shooter set in the aftermath of the Citadel's destruction. Players control Gordon Freeman as he and Alyx Vance travel through forests and underground tunnels toward a resistance base, facing Combine forces and new ene...

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The Wire

57% Spannender Match
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13 Dead Space Cover

2008 · PC, PS3, X360

Dead Space

57%

Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on all platforms through October 2008. The game puts the player in cont...

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The Wire

57% Spannender Match
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14 Silent Hill 3 Cover

2003 · PC, PS2

Silent Hill 3

57%

Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the Silent Hill series. Like the previous entries, Silent Hill 3 is a survival horror combining action-based combat and puzzle-solving, but is somewhat more combat-oriented than the preceding installments. The main cha...

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The Wire

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15 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Cover

An epic adventure across the land and skies of Hyrule awaits in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch. The adventure is yours to create in a world fueled by your imagination. In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, y...

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The Wire

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16 Fallout 2 Cover

1998 · Mac, PC

Fallout 2

56%

A turn-based tactical Western RPG in which the Chosen One is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California to locate and retrieve the fabled Garden of Eden Creation Kit for their famine-stricken tribe, while coming into contact through branching dialogue trees...

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The Wire

56% Spannender Match
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17 Duke Nukem 3D Cover

1996 · DOS, Mac, PC

Duke Nukem 3D

56%

Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter in which players move through levels from the protagonist's viewpoint, fighting aliens and mutated foes with a varied arsenal. Its environments are highly interactive and destructible, and levels are designed in a non-li...

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The Wire

56% Spannender Match
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18 Portal Cover

2007 · Android, Linux, Mac

Portal

52%

Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, without an explanation as to how, why or by w...

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The Wire

52% Spannender Match
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19 Half-Life Cover

1998 · Linux, Mac, PC

Half-Life

52%

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretica...

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52% Spannender Match
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20 Life Is Strange Cover

2015 · Android, Linux, Mac

Life Is Strange

52%

Life Is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

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The Wire

52% Spannender Match
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