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With Risk of Rain 2 it shares a sci-fi setting, offline play and a third-person camera.
It predates Risk of Rain 2 by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Risk of Rain 2 down to the 5 that fit the “Mobile” category. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and Ikaruga top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Risk of Rain 2.
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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Risk of Rain 2 is James Cameron's Avatar: The Game — scoring 64/100 on our similarity scale. Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and Ikaruga follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Risk of Rain 2. Each one has been evaluated across 18 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.

With Risk of Rain 2 it shares a sci-fi setting, offline play and a third-person camera.
It predates Risk of Rain 2 by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Same family as Risk of Rain 2: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and combat: this one brings precision platforming.
It predates Risk of Rain 2 by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

It shares the essentials of what Risk of Rain 2 does: punishing difficulty, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings an isometric view.
It predates Risk of Rain 2 by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

On paper it is what Risk of Rain 2 is — melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings an isometric view.

It meets Risk of Rain 2 on melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in combat — its own ground is tactical combat.
It predates Risk of Rain 2 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
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