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The Surge

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding combat
  • Unique limb targeting and dismemberment system
  • Deep customization with implants and gear
  • Immersive dystopian sci-fi setting
  • Well designed interconnected maps with shortcuts

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of multiplayer or co-op
  • Confusing and maze-like level design
  • Limited enemy and boss variety
  • Story is minimal and requires effort to uncover
  • Some frustrating difficulty spikes and bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Surge 2

  • Hard Reset Redux

  • AI LIMIT

  • Dead Space

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order

  • Lies of P

More relaxing

Games that feels like The Surge but with a more relaxing feel

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

  • Stray Blade

  • NieR:Automata™

  • Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

  • Stellar Blade™

Less exploratory

Games that feels like The Surge but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Vanquish

  • EARTH'S DAWN

  • KIBORG

  • The First Berserker: Khazan

  • METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

  • Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition

More social

Games that feels like The Surge but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Borderlands 3

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Nioh: Complete Edition

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast

  • Soulstice

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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).

The Surge: 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. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026