Games Like Virtua Cop
Quick Answer
The closest games to Virtua Cop are Time Crisis, House of the Dead: Remake, Virtua Cop 2, Pistol Whip and Blue Estate. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Virtua Cop, and what does not.
What Made Virtua Cop Work
Virtua Cop is the light gun game that took accuracy seriously — coloured targeting reticles that shrink as an enemy lines up their shot, and a scoring system that rewards headshots and punishes hitting civilians. It is precision where House of the Dead is spectacle.
9 Games Like Virtua Cop
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How These Picks Match Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop is catalogued here as a shoot 'em up on the Sega Saturn. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine shooters and nine arcade games among them.
Three of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the PlayStation, the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Nintendo Wii. Pistol Whip and Blue Estate are from small or self-published studios. Link's Crossbow Training and Duck Hunt are the ones a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Virtua Cop | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time Crisis | Shooter, Arcade | Shooter, Arcade | PlayStation (catalogued) |
| House of the Dead: Remake | Shooter, Arcade | Shooter, Arcade | — |
| Virtua Cop 2 | Shooter, Arcade | Shooter, Arcade | — |
| Pistol Whip | Shooter, Arcade, Indie | Shooter, Arcade | — |
| Blue Estate | Shooter, Arcade, Indie | Shooter, Arcade | — |
| Link's Crossbow Training | Shooter, Arcade, Family | Shooter, Arcade | — |
| Duck Hunt | Shooter, Arcade, Family | Shooter, Arcade | Nintendo Entertainment System (catalogued) |
| Sin and Punishment: Star Successor | Shooter, Arcade, Action | Shooter, Arcade | Nintendo Wii (catalogued) |
| Big Buck Hunter Arcade | Shooter, Arcade, Sports | Shooter, Arcade | — |
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