8 Platformer games like Prototype that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Prototype on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to a sci-fi setting and single-player focus.

What brings it close to Prototype is dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. The distance is in progression — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay.

If Prototype worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, a sandbox world and horror setting, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and setting.

Same family as Prototype: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on setting and combat: this one brings fantasy world and a first-person view.

It meets Prototype on dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting.

It meets Prototype on dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a medieval setting.

The thread back to Prototype runs through a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting.

It meets Prototype on single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.