Ion Fury similar games & best alternatives

Ion Fury

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

What works

  • Faithful retro fps gameplay
  • Detailed and expansive level design
  • Varied and satisfying weapons
  • Numerous secrets and exploration
  • Engaging soundtrack and visuals

Things to keep in mind

  • Some enemy variety and ai limitations
  • Long campaign may cause fatigue
  • Minor technical jank and bugs
  • Some bosses and difficulty spikes frustrating
  • Limited character personality depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • CULTIC

  • HROT

  • Darkenstein 3D

  • DOOM 64

  • Supplice

  • Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer

More expressive

Games that feels like Ion Fury but with more self-expression and customization

  • Brush Burial: Gutter World

  • Beyond Citadel

  • Fallen Aces

  • Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation

  • KINGDOM of the DEAD

  • Selaco

More intense

Games that feels like Ion Fury but with a more intense feel

  • DUSK

  • Viscerafest

  • INCISION

  • SiN Gold

  • The spy who shot me™

  • Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

Choose your own criteria ->

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).

Ion Fury: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 04/08/2026