Hard Reset Redux similar games & best alternatives

Hard Reset Redux

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.

What works

  • Fast-paced and satisfying old-school fps gameplay
  • Unique weapon upgrade and mode switching system
  • Immersive cyberpunk atmosphere and setting
  • Good optimization and performance
  • Environmental destruction and interactive levels

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal and predictable story
  • Limited enemy variety and repetitive encounters
  • Short campaign length
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some bugs and occasional frustrating level design

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dread Templar

  • Valfaris: Mecha Therion

  • Painkiller: Black Edition

  • The Surge

  • Ghostrunner 2

  • METAL EDEN

More story-driven

Games that feels like Hard Reset Redux but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Dead Space

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • Lies of P

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • BioShock™

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order

More relaxing

Games that feels like Hard Reset Redux but with a more relaxing feel

  • High On Life

  • Luna Abyss

  • Ziggurat 2

  • ELDERBORN

  • Darksiders Warmastered Edition

  • AMID EVIL

Less exploratory

Games that feels like Hard Reset Redux but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Deadlink

  • Bright Memory

  • METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

  • BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

  • KIBORG

  • RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business

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Similarity map

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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).

Hard Reset Redux: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership, Story.

Last update: 04/08/2026