Oni-likes and engine ports

After playing and replaying Oni, fans often ask what other games are like Oni. The article below lists games with high similarity to Oni (although none totally match it), games with some similarity, games inspired/influenced by Oni, and finally documents past attempts to recreate Oni in several different game engines.

Oni-like games

The games in this list meet the following three criteria: (1) third-person action, (2) gunplay (meaning that any ranged weapons are commonly in use), and (3) deep melee (combat system has more than basic punches/kicks, e.g. combos and throws). See the table below for games that have some similarities to Oni but don't meet all these criteria.

Name	Year	Platform	Female hero	Cyberpunk(-ish)	Anime-style
Æon Flux	2005	PS2	Yes	Yes	No
Bayonetta 1–3	2009–2022	PS3–4, X360–XB1, Wii U–Switch	Yes	No	Yes
BloodRayne 1–2	2002–4	PS2, Xbox	Yes	No	No
Death by Degrees	2005	PS2	Yes	No	Yes
Devil May Cry 3	2005	PS2, Windows	No	No	Yes
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition	2005	PS4, XB1	Yes	No	Yes
Die Hard Arcade	1996	PS2, Saturn	Yes	No	No
Enter the Matrix	2003	PS2, Xbox, Windows	Yes	Yes	No
Fighting Force	1997	PS1, N64, Win	Yes	No	No
Ghost of Tsushima	2020	PS4	No	No	No
Mirror's Edge	2008	PS3, X360, Windows	Yes	No	No
Mirror's Edge Catalyst	2016	PS4, XB1, Windows	Yes	No	No
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	2002	Mac, Windows	No	No	No
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy	2003	Mac, Windows	Yes	No	No
State of Emergency	2002	PS2, Xbox, Windows	Yes	No	No
The Matrix: Path of Neo	2005	PS2, Xbox, Windows	No	Yes	No

Oni-comparable games

These games don't meet all the criteria above for an Oni-like, but they still have similarities that may interest an Oni fan.

Name	Year	Platform	Female hero	Cyberpunk(-ish)	Anime-style	Third-person	Deep melee	Gunplay
Batman: Arkham Asylum	2009	PS3, X360, Win	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Batman: Arkham City	2011	PS3, X360, Win	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Batman: Arkham Knight	2015	PS4, XB1, Win	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
EOE: Eve of Extinction	2002	PS2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	2004	PS2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
God Hand	2006	PS2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Gunnm: Martian Memory	1998	PS1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2	2000	Windows	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Lugaru	2005	Mac, Windows	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance	2013	PS3, X360	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Overgrowth	2017	Mac, Windows	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Remember Me	2013	PS3, X360	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Sifu	2022	PS5, XSS/X, Win	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Wet	2009	PS3, X360	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Urban Chaos	1999	PS1, Windows	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Urban Reign	2005	PS2	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Yakuza 1-6 + 0	2005–2016	PS2–4, XB1	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ZeiramZone	1996	PS1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Oni-inspired games

These games, and thus their sequels, directly took inspiration from Oni's combat system during development, though in Lugaru's case the inspiration was somewhat contrary because the developer, David Rosen, did not like Oni's free, non-contextual combat and sought to make a game that would be fully contextual (in other words, the main character will not launch an attack if the enemy is not in reach, and the attack used is based on the physical relation of the player-character to the enemy rather than on the specific input of the player). If a game in this list has been released, it will be found in one of the above tables.

• Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and its sequel Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
• Lugaru and its sequel Overgrowth
• Reikoneo (in development)
• Spine (in development)

Comment by a developer of Jedi Outcast under an Oni video on YouTube.

Engine ports

These were attempts to create a new "Oni" in a more modern game engine.

Name	Engine	Under development
Ion Eyes	Unreal Engine 4	No
Konoko Payne	Flexine	No
Oni Deathmatch Multiplayer	GoldSrc	No
Oni-Round2	Unity	No
OniBGE	Blender Game Engine/UPBGE Eevee	No
Serious Konoko	Serious Engine 2	No
UnrealOni	Unreal Engine 4	No