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We filtered the 45 games similar to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours down to the 10 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Half-Life: Alyx, Alan Wake's American Nightmare and Soma top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours.

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours is Half-Life: Alyx — scoring 91/100 on our similarity scale. Alan Wake's American Nightmare and Soma follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours

10 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours. Each one has been evaluated across 10 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Half-Life: Alyx

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Half-Life: Alyx
Closest overall match
HorrorAction Horror
SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2020Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on a first-person view and single-player focus.

Same studio: Valve Software.

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Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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Alan Wake's American Nightmare
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeRangedNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-Fi
Year 2012Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

If Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

It predates Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Soma

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Soma
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2015Dev Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

What brings it close to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in combat — its own ground is stealth mechanics.

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Still Wakes the Deep

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Still Wakes the Deep
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2024Dev The Chinese Room · Secret ModeOn Xbox · PC · PS5

What brings it close to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on a first-person view and single-player focus. The distance is in combat — its own ground is stealth mechanics.

Released 4 years after Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours.

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Vital Shell

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Vital Shell
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-Fi
Year 2023Dev CC Arts · CC ARTSPlaytime ~1hOn PC

If Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is a top-down view.

Released 3 years after Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours.

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R.E.P.O.

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R.E.P.O.
HorrorAction Horror
SoloMeleeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Dev semiworkPlaytime ~4hOn PC

Genre puts it alongside Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours, and so does dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and combat: stealth mechanics and co-op play.

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Dead Space (2008)

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Dead Space (2008)
HorrorSurvival Horror
SoloMeleeRangedDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-Fi
Year 2008Dev Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

Held in common with Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat. Both also lean on a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is survival mechanics and a third-person camera.

It predates Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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Close to the Sun

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Close to the Sun
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloNarrativeDarkSci-FiHorrorFirst Person
Year 2019Dev Storm in a Teacup · Wired ProductionsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

What brings it close to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours is horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on game mode, tone and setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where they diverge is genre.

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Iron Lung

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Iron Lung
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2022Dev David SzymanskiOn PC · PS5 · Switch

It is not Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours's genre, but it is after the same feeling: horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in genre and visuals — its own ground is puzzle design and pixel art.

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Stories Untold

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Stories Untold
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-Fi
Year 2017Dev No Code · Devolver DigitalOn PS4 · PC · Mac

Where it meets Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours is tone and place, not genre: horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on genre: this one brings puzzle design.

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