Ghostrunner similar games & best alternatives

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Ghostrunner

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

What works

  • Fast-paced, skill-based gameplay
  • Fluid parkour and combat mechanics
  • Stunning cyberpunk visuals and soundtrack
  • Rewarding challenge and progression
  • Good replayability with modes and leaderboards

Things to keep in mind

  • Short main campaign
  • Some frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Limited story depth
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Minor bugs and occasional technical issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Super Meat Boy 3D

  • RUINER

  • Neckbreak

  • DOOM Eternal

  • STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®

  • Immortal Redneck

Less competitive

Games that feels like Ghostrunner but with less competition against others

  • Dead Space

  • Luna Abyss

  • Steel Seed

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Akimbot

  • Somber Echoes

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Ghostrunner but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Loopmancer

  • Fallback

  • Hard Reset Extended Edition

  • ELDERBORN

  • The Devil Within: Satgat

  • Tyrant's Realm

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Ghostrunner 2

  • WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

  • Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

  • Shadow Warrior

  • Deadlings: Rotten Edition

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Ghostrunner. 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 Ghostrunner. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ghostrunner: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026