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Strife: Veteran Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2014

Should you play it?

Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.

What works

  • Unique fps-rpg hybrid gameplay
  • Strong narrative with multiple endings
  • Interconnected hub world and exploration
  • Well-executed remaster with modern controls and graphics
  • Engaging voice acting and atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Maze-like level design can be confusing
  • Some weapons and stealth mechanics underwhelming
  • Multiplayer mode is limited and rarely used
  • Occasional bugs and ui quirks
  • Combat can be frustrating due to aiming and resource scarcity

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Beyond Sunset

  • KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-

  • Fallen Aces

  • Hands of Necromancy

  • The Apogee Throwback Pack

  • 77p egg: Eggwife

Less expressive

Games that feels like Strife: Veteran Edition but with less self-expression and customization

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • DOOM 64

  • Ion Fury

  • Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)

  • SiN Gold

  • DUSK

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Strife: Veteran Edition but with less narrative immersion

  • DOOM + DOOM II

  • Project Warlock

  • Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

  • Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders

  • Turok

  • RAIDBORN

More social

Games that feels like Strife: Veteran Edition but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Heretic + Hexen

  • Hedon Bloodrite

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • HeXen II

  • Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Turok

  • System Shock

  • Shadow Man Remastered

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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  • 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 Strife: Veteran Edition. These titles are not in What to play next.

Strife: Veteran Edition: 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 Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026