Object N similar games & best alternatives

Object N

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

A classic-style hardcore dynamic shooter which takes place in a science underground center.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Challenging and skill-based gameplay
  • Fun cooperative multiplayer
  • Good level design with multiple routes
  • Atmospheric horror elements

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Multiplayer mostly dead
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Basic graphics and animations
  • Limited story and character customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • FURRY BACKROOMS

  • Half-Life

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Cry of Fear

  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®

Less social

Games that feels like Object N but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • The spy who shot me™

  • Days Without Incident

  • HOLE

  • PIGFACE

  • SCP: Fragmented Minds

  • Shadow Corridor

More expressive

Games that feels like Object N but with more self-expression and customization

  • Red Eclipse

  • BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

  • Quake II

  • Contagion

  • SURV1V3

  • SCP: Containment Breach 2

Less competitive

Games that feels like Object N but with less competition against others

  • A.W.O.L.

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • Backrooms: Escape Together

  • School Labyrinth

  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

  • Desecrators

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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).

Object N: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026