Dead Effect 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Dead Effect 2

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.

What works

  • Fun and satisfying combat
  • Rich rpg and loot systems
  • Multiple game modes including co-op
  • Good weapon and character customization
  • Affordable price with frequent sales

Things to keep in mind

  • Story is shallow and cheesy
  • Some performance and optimization issues
  • Ai can be predictable
  • Limited exploration and repetitive level design
  • Small multiplayer player base

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deadzone: Rogue

  • Meta Ghost: Breaking Show

  • GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

  • CyberCorp

  • GOD EATER 3

More exploratory

Games that feels like Dead Effect 2 but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Hellpoint

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • Borderlands 2

  • Final Exam

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Sanctum 2

Less competitive

Games that feels like Dead Effect 2 but with less competition against others

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Aliens: Fireteam Elite

  • The Ascent

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Warframe

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Less intimate

Games that feels like Dead Effect 2 but with less focus on close relationships

  • Borderlands 3

  • MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED

  • M.A.S.S. Builder

  • GUNDAM BREAKER 4

  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

  • BlazBlue Entropy Effect

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Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Dead Effect 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Cooperation, Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026