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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.
After playing and replaying [[Oni]], fans often ask what other games are like Oni. Although none are a total match for Oni's gameplay, this article lists:
* games with high similarity to Oni,
* games with some similarity, and
* games inspired/influenced by Oni.
 
At the end, we document past attempts by fans to recreate Oni in several different game engines.


==Oni-like games==
==Oni-like games==
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|No
|No
|-
|-
|[[wp:Bayonetta|Bayonetta 1–3]]
|[[wp:Bayonetta|Bayonetta 1–3, Origins]]
|2009–2022
|2009–23
|PS3–4, X360–XB1, Wii U–Switch
|PS3–4, X360–XB1, Wii U–Switch
|Yes
|Yes
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|-
|-
|[[wp:BloodRayne|BloodRayne 1–2]]
|[[wp:BloodRayne|BloodRayne 1–2]]
|2002–2004
|2002–04
|PS2, Xbox<ref name="BloodRayne">Remastered versions of the BloodRayne games were released in 2020 for Windows as BloodRayne/BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut and in 2021 for PS4, PS5 and XB1 as BloodRayne/BloodRayne 2: ReVamped.</ref>
|PS2, Xbox<ref name="BloodRayne">Remastered versions of the BloodRayne games were released in 2020 for Windows as BloodRayne/BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut and in 2021 for PS4, PS5 and XB1 as BloodRayne/BloodRayne 2: ReVamped.</ref>
|Yes
|Yes
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|Yes
|Yes
|-
|-
|[[wp:Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening|Devil May Cry 3]]
|[[wp:Devil May Cry|Devil May Cry 3–5]]
|2005
|2005–19
|PS2, Windows<ref>A remaster of DMC3: Special Edition was released together with Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2 in 2012 as the Devil May Cry HD Collection for PS3 and X360, and then the Collection was re-released in 2018 for Windows, PS4 and XB1.</ref>
|PS2–PS5, XB360–XSS/X, Windows<ref>A remaster of DMC3: Special Edition was released together with Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2 in 2012 as the Devil May Cry HD Collection for PS3 and X360, and then the Collection was re-released in 2018 for Windows, PS4 and XB1.</ref>
|No
|Partly<ref>Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition adds two playable female characters, Lady and Trish.</ref>
|No
|Yes
|-
|[[wp:Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition|Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition]]
|2005
|PS4, XB1
|Yes<ref>The Special Edition adds two playable female characters, Lady and Trish.</ref>
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes
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|1996
|1996
|PS2, Saturn
|PS2, Saturn
|Yes<ref name="gender">You can choose the gender of the player-character.</ref>
|Yes<ref name="choose">You can choose a female player-character.</ref>
|No
|No
|No
|No
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|2003
|2003
|PS2, Xbox, Windows
|PS2, Xbox, Windows
|Yes<ref name="gender" />
|Yes<ref name="choose" />
|Yes
|Yes
|No
|No
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|1997
|1997
|PS1, N64, Win
|PS1, N64, Win
|Yes<ref name="gender" />
|Yes<ref name="choose" />
|No
|No
|No
|No
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|2003
|2003
|Mac, Windows<ref>Later ported to PS4.</ref>
|Mac, Windows<ref>Later ported to PS4.</ref>
|Yes<ref name="gender" />
|Yes<ref name="choose" />
|No
|No
|No
|No
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|2002
|2002
|PS2, Xbox, Windows
|PS2, Xbox, Windows
|Yes<ref name="gender" />
|Yes<ref name="choose" />
|No
|No
|No
|No
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!Gunplay
!Gunplay
|-
|-
|[[wp:Batman: Arkham Asylum|Batman: Arkham Asylum]]
|[[wp:Batman: Arkham|Batman: Arkham]] series
|2009
|2009–2015
|PS3, X360, Win<ref name="Batman">Remastered and re-released in 2016 for PS4 and XB1.</ref>
|PS3–4, X360–XB1, Win<ref name="Batman">Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City were remastered and re-released in 2016 for PS4 and XB1.</ref>
|No
|Partly<ref>Not in Batman: Arkham Asylum. In Batman: Arkham City, Catwoman has her own campaign as a playable character. Batman: Arkham Knight alternates between control of male and female characters.</ref>
|No
|No
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="contextual">The combat system is much more contextual than Oni's. "Contextual" means that the attack used is based on the physical relation of the player-character to the enemy – their relative positioning, distance, velocity, height – rather than on the specific input of the player. The main character will not launch an attack if the enemy is not in reach, and the attack used is determined by the engine, not the player.</ref>
|Yes<ref name="contextual">The combat system is much more contextual than Oni's. "Contextual" means that the attack used is based on the physical relation of the player-character to the enemy – their relative positioning, distance, velocity, height – rather than on the specific input of the player. The main character will not launch an attack if the enemy is not in reach, and the attack used is determined by the engine, not the player.</ref>
|No
|-
|[[wp:Batman: Arkham City|Batman: Arkham City]]
|2011
|PS3, X360, Win<ref name="Batman" />
|Yes<ref>Catwoman has her own campaign as a playable character.</ref>
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="contextual" />
|No
|-
|[[wp:Batman: Arkham Knight|Batman: Arkham Knight]]
|2015
|PS4, XB1, Win
|Yes<ref>Partially; the game alternates between control of male and female characters.</ref>
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="contextual" />
|No
|No
|-
|-
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|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|No<ref>The only projectile weapon is a crossbow which sees limited use. The focus of combat is definitely on melee.</ref>
|No<ref name="guns">Guns or other ranged weapons are used in a limited way but the focus is on melee.</ref>
|-
|[[wp:Control (video game)|Control]]
|2019
|PS4–5, XB1–XSS/X, Switch, Mac, Win
|Yes
|No
|No
|Yes
|No
|Yes
|-
|-
|[[wp:EOE: Eve of Extinction|EOE: Eve of Extinction]]
|[[wp:EOE: Eve of Extinction|EOE: Eve of Extinction]]
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|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|No<ref name="guns">Guns are used in a limited way but the focus is on melee.</ref>
|No<ref name="guns" />
|-
|-
|[[wp:Mirror's Edge|Mirror's Edge]]
|[[wp:Mirror's Edge|Mirror's Edge]], [[wp:Mirror's Edge Catalyst|Catalyst]]
|2008
|2008–2016
|PS3, X360, Windows
|PS3–4, X360–XB1, Windows
|Yes
|Yes
|No
|No
|No
|No
|No
|No
|No
|Yes
|-
|[[wp:Mirror's Edge Catalyst|Mirror's Edge Catalyst]]
|2016
|PS4, XB1, Windows
|Yes
|Yes
|No
|No
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|-
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|2022
|2022
|PS5, XSS/X, Win
|PS5, XSS/X, Win
|Yes<ref name="gender" />
|Yes<ref name="choose" />
|No
|No
|No
|No
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|Yes
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="contextual" />
|Yes<ref name="contextual" />
|No
|No<ref name="guns" />
|-
|-
|[[wp:Tekken 4|Tekken 4]]
|[[wp:Tekken|Tekken]] 4–6
|2002
|2002–09
|PS2
|PS2–3, X360
|No
|Partly<ref>In Tekken 6, you can choose a female player-character.</ref>
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="tekken">Although Tekken games are 2D fighters and would not normally be listed here, these specific titles have a mode called Tekken Force (Tekken 4), Devil Within (Tekken 5) or Campaign Mode (Tekken 6) where combat takes place in a free-roaming 3D environment. These are all broadly referred to as Tekken Force mode. Tekken Force mode debuted in Tekken 3 but in that game it was presented as a sidescrolling beat-'em-up rather than true 3D free-roam. Tekken 8 only has a brief free-roam mode in the campaign's Chapter 10.</ref>
|Partly<ref name="tekken">Although Tekken games are 2D fighters and would not normally be listed here, these specific titles have a mode called Tekken Force (Tekken 4), Devil Within (Tekken 5) or Campaign Mode (Tekken 6) where combat takes place in a free-roaming 3D environment. These are all broadly referred to as Tekken Force mode. Tekken Force mode debuted in Tekken 3 but in that game it was presented as a sidescrolling beat-'em-up rather than true 3D free-roam. Tekken 7 has no Tekken Force mode and Tekken 8 only has a brief free-roam mode in the campaign's Chapter 10.</ref>
|Yes
|Yes
|No
|No
|-
|[[wp:Tekken 5|Tekken 5]]
|2005
|PS2
|No
|No
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="tekken" />
|Yes
|No
|-
|[[wp:Tekken 6|Tekken 6]]
|2009
|PS3, X360
|Yes<ref name="gender" />
|No
|Yes
|Yes<ref name="tekken" />
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|-
|[[wp:Wet (video game)|Wet]]
|[[wp:Wet (video game)|Wet]]
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|Yes
|Yes
|-
|-
|[[wp:Yakuza (franchise)|Yakuza 1-6 + 0]]
|[[wp:Yakuza (franchise)|Yakuza 1–6 + 0]]
|2005–2016
|2005–2016
|PS2–4, XB1
|PS2–4, XB1
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|No
|No
|-
|-
|[[wp:Zeno Clash|Zeno Clash]]
|[[wp:Zeno Clash|Zeno Clash]] 1–3<ref>The third title is called Clash: Artifacts of Chaos.</ref>
|2009
|2009–23
|X360, Win
|X360–XSS/X, Win, PS3–4
|No
|No
|No
|No
|No
|No
|No<ref>Features the only first-person melee combat in the list.</ref>
|Yes<ref>Each title has a different mix of third-person and first-person combat, with the titles becoming more heavily third-person over the course of the series.</ref>
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
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!Under development
!Under development
|-
|-
|[http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3117 Ion Eyes]
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20201029113001/http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3117 Ion Eyes]
|Unreal Engine 4
|Unreal Engine 4
|No
|No
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|No
|No
|-
|-
|[http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3199 OniBGE]
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20201127171917/http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3199 OniBGE]
|Blender Game Engine/UPBGE Eevee
|Blender Game Engine/UPBGE Eevee
|No
|No
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