Games Like Outward Definitive Edition

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Open World 34%, Survival 20.8%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, RPG 11.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative fantasy wilderness combines exploration, crafting, dangerous expeditions, character builds, and a satisfying sense of preparing before venturing into hostile territory.

A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Open World 26.9%, Survival 19.9%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Co-op 12.5%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is an excellent fit for Outward's deliberate co-op expeditions, survival logistics, difficult boss progression, and dangerous fantasy world traversal.

Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.

Why similar: Open World 42.9%, RPG 29.5%, Fantasy 8.3%, Third Person 4.8%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its large fantasy world, physical action combat, dangerous night travel, flexible vocations, and emergent encounters capture much of Outward's adventurous spirit.

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Open World 24.2%, Survival 17.4%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Co-op 13.5%, RPG 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers first-person cooperative survival-RPG adventuring across magical realms, with crafting, gear progression, exploration, and environmental threats.

Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.

Why similar: Open World 47.9%, RPG 28.8%, Third Person 8.6%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person open-world dark fantasy RPG emphasizes free exploration, meaningful character builds, harsh encounters, and a lonely journey through a troubled land.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Open World 40%, Survival 27.3%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Exploration 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival systems, action-RPG combat, crafting, base management, and drop-in cooperative play make it a strong alternative with a darker fantasy flavor.

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

Why similar: Open World 48.2%, RPG 29.7%, Fantasy 6.3%, Third Person 4.5%, Difficult 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its harsh open world, unforgiving early-game progression, faction choices, exploration, and willingness to let players get in over their heads feel particularly Outward-like.

A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.

Why similar: Open World 26.6%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Survival 17.8%, RPG 15.8%, Fantasy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It directly blends fantasy survival, crafting, open-world exploration, build progression, and cooperative action combat.

The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…

Why similar: Open World 41.8%, RPG 28%, Fantasy 11.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Third Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended first-person fantasy role-playing, broad build choices, wilderness exploration, and emphasis on making your own adventure strongly suit Outward fans.

Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.

Why similar: Open World 44.3%, RPG 26%, Fantasy 8.6%, Third Person 8.5%, Exploration 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This indie open-world RPG offers freeform exploration, factional fantasy questing, unconventional builds, and the same enjoyably rough-edged sense of discovery.

Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.

Why similar: Open World 42.5%, RPG 33.5%, Fantasy 7%, Third Person 4.5%, Exploration 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Risen delivers a compact but richly interconnected fantasy island where exploration, dangerous creatures, factions, and player progression matter more than hand-holding.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Open World 44.3%, Survival 29.8%, RPG 25.9%

Why You'll Like It: This brutally open-ended sandbox rewards careful preparation, survival thinking, gradual growth from weakness, and creating your own difficult journey through a hostile world.

Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.

Why similar: Souls-like 26.6%, Open World 19%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, RPG 12.1%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Ashen shares Outward's restrained presentation, weighty stamina-based combat, bleak fantasy atmosphere, and focus on journeying through a dangerous world.

Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.

Why similar: Open World 49.2%, RPG 25%, Fantasy 8.3%, Moddable 7.8%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although less survival-focused, it provides an immensely explorable fantasy world full of self-directed quests, wilderness travel, character builds, and emergent adventures.

Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

Why similar: Open World 26.1%, Co-op 25.3%, RPG 14.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Difficult 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative hunts reward deliberate gear preparation, learning difficult enemies, gathering resources in large wilderness zones, and improving a specialized build.

REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

Why similar: Souls-like 32.4%, Co-op 21.1%, RPG 16%, Online Co-Op 15%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its challenging third-person combat, build experimentation, cooperative progression, and punishing expeditions appeal to the soulslike side of Outward.

A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.

Why similar: Souls-like 24.4%, Open World 22.3%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, RPG 15%, Fantasy 6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers methodical soulslike combat, dark-fantasy exploration, character builds, and cooperative play for those seeking a more combat-focused Outward alternative.

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Why similar: Open World 30.5%, Survival 22.4%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Co-op 10.9%, RPG 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines medieval open-world survival, cooperative exploration, combat, crafting, and steady progression from vulnerable wanderer to established leader.

Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

Why similar: Open World 53%, RPG 32%, Realistic 5.6%, Adventure 3.6%, Multiplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive travel, grounded survival-like needs, demanding combat, open-ended questing, and emphasis on preparation offer a similarly deliberate role-playing adventure.

A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.9%, Survival 25.8%, Co-op 24.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Exploration 7%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative action-survival RPG mixes crafting, dangerous exploration, equipment progression, and defending against escalating threats in a mythic world.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Open World 27.9%, Survival 17.6%, Co-op 14.4%, RPG 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its top-down perspective, it offers a strong blend of cooperative survival, exploration, crafting, dungeon delving, gear progression, and settlement development.

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

Why similar: Souls-like 42.5%, RPG 19.2%, Co-op 10.6%, Difficult 10.5%, Third Person 5%

Why You'll Like It: Its hostile world design, stamina-focused combat, cryptic exploration, build variety, and sense of undertaking a difficult pilgrimage align with Outward's harsher side.

Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

Why similar: Open World 37.3%, Survival 34.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Violent 6.6%, Realistic 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its expedition-focused survival gameplay makes every trip into the wilderness require careful planning around food, equipment, injuries, weather, and supplies.

Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Souls-like 25.3%, Difficult 18.7%, Adventure 5.6%, Atmospheric 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its unusually demanding physics-based combat, careful dungeon exploration, and simulation-heavy approach to danger suit players who value Outward's mechanical challenge.

Check out the new Velvet Edition bundle including both Two Worlds II and Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC.

Why similar: RPG 35.5%, Open World 33%, Co-op 8.6%, Fantasy 7.1%, Third Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its open fantasy world, flexible character development, questing, and old-school willingness to let players roam make it a fitting lower-budget companion to Outward.

Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!

Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Co-op 17.8%, Open World 15%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Split Screen 9.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: While turn-based rather than action-oriented, it delivers excellent online and local co-op fantasy adventuring with exploration, experimentation, builds, and consequential quests.

The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

Why similar: RPG 24.3%, Survival 23%, Co-op 19.3%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its approachable fantasy sandbox supports online and split-screen co-op while combining exploration, crafting, equipment upgrades, and action-RPG classes.

The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

Why similar: Souls-like 31.8%, Co-op 17.9%, RPG 14.9%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Survival 8.7%

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

Why similar: Souls-like 56.4%, RPG 14.3%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Difficult 8.8%, Co-op 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D soulslike supports local co-op and offers punishing combat, deep build customization, exploration, and a grim fantasy journey.

Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!

Why similar: Open World 33.1%, Survival 26.4%, RPG 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Co-op 7.2%

Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.

Why similar: Souls-like 29.3%, Split Screen 18.1% ★, RPG 16.3%, Co-op 14.5%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.

Why similar: Souls-like 44%, RPG 16.5%, Open World 12.8%, Difficult 8.1%, Co-op 4.6%

Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Why similar: Open World 34.2%, RPG 22.1%, Co-op 14%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8%

Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world - influence its course and shape your story.

Why similar: Open World 43.2%, RPG 36.4%, Fantasy 6.4%, Third Person 5.4%, Souls-like 2.8%

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Open World 23.1%, Survival 18.7%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Co-op 14.2%, RPG 10.6%

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Why similar: Survival 28.1%, Open World 24.4%, Co-op 15.7%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%

For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

Why similar: Open World 26.4%, Online Co-Op 19%, RPG 18.3%, Co-op 16.4%, Local Co-Op 8.2%

Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.

Why similar: Open World 28.1%, Survival 23.5%, Online Co-Op 17%, RPG 13.4%, Fantasy 6.3%

Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

Why similar: RPG 46.5%, Co-op 26.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Fantasy 7.3%, Moddable 3.9%

Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.

Why similar: Souls-like 28.9%, Open World 25.5%, RPG 17.9%, Survival 14%, Exploration 5.1%

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Open World 29.1%, Survival 25%, RPG 22.6%, Difficult 13.2%, Atmospheric 5.1%

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Open World 33.4%, Survival 25.2%, Co-op 13.3%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, RPG 6.7%

Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Co-op 21.3%, Open World 16.3%, Fantasy 8.3%, Online Co-Op 4.6%

Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.

Why similar: Souls-like 35.7%, Open World 26.1%, RPG 15.8%, Difficult 11.4%, Exploration 6.9%

On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.

Why similar: Open World 27.8%, Survival 16.8%, Co-op 14.9%, Online Co-Op 14%, RPG 8.4%

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Open World 24.3%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Co-op 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.

Why similar: Souls-like 36.8%, RPG 22.3%, Difficult 10.8%, Co-op 8.7%, Open World 6.1%

Adventure through epic dungeons facing fearsome creatures either solo or with a group of friends. Master your class, loot everything, and destroy the foul creatures of the deep! Will you become a hero of legend?

Why similar: RPG 22.7%, Local Co-Op 20.7%, Co-op 17.8%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Fantasy 7.3%

Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!

Why similar: Split Screen 21.7% ★, Local Co-Op 17.4%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Co-op 13.5%, RPG 11.7%

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Split Screen 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 22.3%, Co-op 20%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Multiplayer 4.3%

A Souls-inspired action RPG set in a sandbox open world with an MMO feel and challenging directional combat. Play solo or with up to 3 friends in co-op. Build friendships, master an unrestricted class system, and uncover the cause that darkened all eyes.

Why similar: Open World 25.1%, Souls-like 22%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, RPG 13.4%, Fantasy 6.3%

Become a Wayfinder, and unlock their powers as you choose your path and playstyle while pushing back a hostile force that has overtaken your world. A Co-Op ARPG where you directly shape and customize the endless adventures you go on with friends, because Wayfinders are stronger together.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.3%, Open World 20.5%, RPG 15.9%, Co-op 13%, Third Person 7.4%

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.

Why similar: Souls-like 27.8%, Open World 22.8%, RPG 12.2%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Co-op 7%

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Survival 27.5%, Open World 16.3%, Difficult 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.

Why similar: Souls-like 48.3%, RPG 19.1%, Open World 18.1%, Difficult 5.1%, Third Person 3.3%

Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.

Why similar: Open World 31.3%, Online Co-Op 24.5%, RPG 22%, Exploration 6.1%, Fantasy 5.8%

An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.

Why similar: Open World 21.5%, Souls-like 17.7%, Survival 15%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Co-op 11%

Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!

Why similar: Souls-like 36.7%, RPG 14.9%, Open World 13.1%, Difficult 10%, Co-op 9.7%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Open World 32.7%, Survival 22.6%, RPG 19.8%, Fantasy 8.8%, Exploration 6.6%

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Open World 53.2%, Survival 39.5%, Adventure 3.6%, Atmospheric 1.4%, Difficult 1%