5 Hardcore games like Race The Sun that you should try

The thread back to Race The Sun runs through punishing difficulty, procedural generation and melee combat. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

On paper it is what Race The Sun is — punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a first-person view. The distance is in setting and game mode — its own ground is ranged combat and a sci-fi setting.

The genre is the same as Race The Sun’s, and with it punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and game mode: a casual, approachable feel and 2D presentation.

Genre puts it alongside Race The Sun, and so does punishing difficulty, procedural generation and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: tactical combat and a space setting.

It comes from the same genre as Race The Sun and shares punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: a casual, approachable feel and ranged combat.