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Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders

4 Games like Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders on Mobile that you should try

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We filtered the 48 games similar to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders down to the 4 that fit the “Mobile” category. Metal Slug, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux and Painkiller top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS
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DarkSoloMultiplayer
Year 1994Dev id Software

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders is Metal Slug — scoring 60/100 on our similarity scale. Shadow Warrior Classic Redux and Painkiller follow close behind.

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The best games like Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders on Mobile

4 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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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Metal Slug

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Metal Slug
Closest overall match
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOffline
Year 1996Dev Nazca Corporation · SNK PlaymoreOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

It comes from the same genre as Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders and shares melee combat and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is 2D presentation.

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Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

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Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
Closest on combat
ShooterFPS
SoloRangedMeleeDarkFirst Person
Year 2013Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Android · Apple Macintosh

What brings it close to Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders is dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on game mode.

Released 19 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Visuals100Game mode36
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Painkiller

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Painkiller
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerDarkFirst PersonHorror
Year 2004Dev People Can Fly · DreamCatcher InteractiveOn Android · PC · iOS

With Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings horror setting.

Released 10 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Game mode71Setting0
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Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X

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Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerFirst Person
Year 2009Dev Ubisoft Bucharest · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · Android · PC

It meets Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders on single-player focus and a first-person view. What it adds of its own: deep simulation.

Released 15 years after Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

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