Overload similar games & best alternatives

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Overload

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2018

Should you play it?

A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.

What works

  • Faithful spiritual successor to descent
  • Smooth 6dof controls and gameplay
  • Challenging ai and level design
  • Strong nostalgic appeal
  • Upcoming level editor and mod support

Things to keep in mind

  • Some maps can be frustrating or repetitive
  • Multiplayer currently limited in modes and player base
  • Lack of co-op mode
  • Some players experience motion sickness
  • Story is minimal and sometimes unengaging

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Quake II

  • Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Hellsweeper VR

  • E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy

  • STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

Less competitive

Games that feels like Overload but with less competition against others

  • Prey

  • SiN Gold

  • System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

  • Shadowgrounds

  • Cosmodread

  • Desecrators

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Overload but with less of a community feel

  • Severed Steel

  • Ctrl Alt Ego

  • Soda Crisis

  • POSTAL: Brain Damaged

  • REAVER

  • ULTRAKILL

More intimate

Games that feels like Overload but with more focus on close relationships

  • Space Beast Terror Fright

  • Sven Co-op

  • Alien Swarm

  • Red Eclipse

  • Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

  • Rogue Company

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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 Overload. 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 Overload. These titles are not in What to play next.

Overload: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. 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 Leadership, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026