4 Games like Half-Life: Source on PS5 that you should try

What carries over from Half-Life: Source is 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 combat: punishing difficulty and fantasy world.

What brings it close to Half-Life: Source is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. They part company on game mode and setting: this one brings historical setting and co-op play.

If Half-Life: Source worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode and setting — its own ground is historical setting and co-op play.

Genre puts it alongside Half-Life: Source, and so does tactical combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in combat and visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.