Dead Effect 2 VR similar games & best alternatives

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Dead Effect 2 VR

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

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

  • Extensive content and replayability
  • Excellent vr controls and customization
  • Co-op and multiplayer modes
  • Varied weapons and rpg progression
  • Immersive sci-fi horror atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Cheesy voice acting and story
  • Some control clunkiness and bugs
  • Linear and repetitive environments
  • Multiplayer playerbase low
  • Motion sickness for some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Borderlands 2

  • Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

  • Hellpoint

  • Dead Effect 2

  • Strike Force Heroes

  • Deadzone: Rogue

Less competitive

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

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Jump Space

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • The Ascent

  • Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Less intimate

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

  • Prodeus

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Hellsweeper VR

  • E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy

  • Resident Evil Revelations

  • MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Dead Effect 2 VR. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Dead Effect 2 VR. These titles are not in What to play next.

Dead Effect 2 VR: 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, Violence, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026