Games Like Red Dead Online

Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

Why similar: Western 31.3% ★, Horses 20.4% ★, Open World 16.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Realistic 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses the same world, gunplay, hunting, horseback travel, and mission structure as Red Dead Online while adding a huge story campaign.

Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Why similar: Western 50.7% ★, Open World 19.8%, Third-Person Shooter 7.6%, Horses 5.6% ★, Shooter 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Although single-player, it captures the same grounded western atmosphere, horseback exploration, and outlaw tone that make Red Dead Online appealing.

Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.

Why similar: Western 61.1% ★, Open World 20.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Adventure 2.3%, Action 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends a western setting with open-world multiplayer survival, base building, hunting, and horseback travel in a way that strongly overlaps with Red Dead Online's frontier fantasy.

Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.

Why similar: Open World 37.4%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Third-Person Shooter 12.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Rockstar's other big online sandbox offers similarly strong open-world mission loops, social chaos, and co-op progression, just in a modern setting.

Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.

Why similar: Western 56% ★, Open World 19.3%, Multiplayer 13.3%, PvP 2.9%, Adventure 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Heat turns the American frontier into a multiplayer survival sandbox with guns, horses, hunting, and player-driven conflict.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

Why similar: Western 38.3% ★, Open World 16.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, PvP 7%

Why You'll Like It: It trades the huge map for high-stakes matches, but its late-1800s weapons, muddy atmosphere, and tense shootouts hit a very similar frontier note.

Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.

Why similar: Open World 30.7%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, PvP 8.7%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Red Dead Online, it's an emergent online world where a crew takes on themed jobs, hauls loot, and creates its own stories between PvE and PvP encounters.

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

Why similar: Open World 37.7%, Multiplayer 24.8%, MMORPG 10.1% ★, Shooter 9.2%, Co-op 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Fallout 76 scratches a similar itch with an explorable online world, loose roleplay, crafting, hunting, and drop-in multiplayer events.

Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Why similar: Open World 33.3%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Third-Person Shooter 13.9%, Shooter 13.1%, Online Co-Op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Wildlands offers a large third-person open world built around co-op roaming, side activities, shootouts, and player-made plans.

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Why similar: Horses 41.6% ★, Open World 16.8%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Online Co-Op 12%, Realistic 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses more on ranch life than outlaw life, but its co-op hunting, wilderness exploration, and frontier routines overlap nicely with Red Dead Online's slower side activities.

Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.

Why similar: Open World 32.5%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Realistic 12.2%, Shooter 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Red Dead Online is stalking game across a beautiful landscape, this is one of the best hunting-focused alternatives on Steam.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Open World 29.8%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Realistic 13.5%, Character Customization 10.8%, PvP 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: SCUM combines a big shared map, survival systems, looting, and unpredictable PvP and PvE encounters for a more hardcore spin on online frontier living.

Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!

Why similar: Open World 26.1%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, Shooter 10.7%, Online Co-Op 8%

Why You'll Like It: Breakpoint is a more tactical version of the same open-world co-op formula, with a huge map full of roaming, missions, camps, and firefights.

Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.

Why similar: Open World 37%, MMORPG 20.1% ★, Multiplayer 12.3%, PvP 8.9%, Character Customization 7%

Why You'll Like It: New World captures a colonial frontier vibe through gathering, trading, faction conflict, and long-distance exploration in a persistent online world.

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Third-Person Shooter 13.7%, PvP 10.5%, Realistic 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Deadside emphasizes survival and gunfights more heavily, but its large map, loot runs, and unpredictable multiplayer encounters feel close to Red Dead Online at its most dangerous.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Online Co-Op 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Shooter 11.5%, PvP 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: DayZ delivers the same tension of traveling a dangerous shared open world where every stranger, camp, and trip across the map can become a story.

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Open World 35.7%, Multiplayer 25.9%, PvP 10.3%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Shooter 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Rust is harsher and more survival-driven, but it offers the same kind of emergent online world where player encounters, raids, and roaming create unforgettable sessions.

Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.

Why similar: Open World 32.6%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Realistic 13.1%, Shooter 11.8%, Co-op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its rural American map, outlaw enemies, hunting, fishing, vehicles, and drop-in co-op make it a surprisingly good modern counterpart to Red Dead Online.

Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.

Why similar: Open World 25.5%, Realistic 19.6%, Shooter 18.7%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another excellent pick if the hunting, tracking, and scenic roaming side of Red Dead Online matters most to you.

Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

Why similar: Open World 30.8%, Multiplayer 20.4%, MMORPG 19.1% ★, Character Customization 7.6%, PvP 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: ESO is a good fit if you mainly want a big persistent online world to wander, quest in, and team up within for hours.

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Open World 24.8%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Shooter 11.4%, PvP 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Once Human mixes survival and shooter systems in a shared open world full of missions, crafting, and co-op exploration.

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 42.5%, Multiplayer 20.6%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, PvP 5.3%, Co-op 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Conan Exiles replaces six-shooters with swords, but its open-world multiplayer survival, settlement building, and dangerous wilderness sandbox scratch a similar freedom-driven itch.

The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.

Why similar: Open World 33.1%, Multiplayer 24.3%, Shooter 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Realistic 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is older and more simulation-heavy, but its multiplayer hunting and patient tracking appeal to the quieter side of Red Dead Online.

Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

Why similar: Open World 53%, Multiplayer 27%, PvP 18.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Soulmask emphasizes survival and base building, yet its open-ended co-op sandbox structure will appeal if you like carving out a life in a dangerous world.

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 42.6%, Online Co-Op 23.9%, Multiplayer 21.5%, Co-op 7.7%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Bellwright offers a grounded open world with survival, crafting, recruiting, and horseback travel that evokes the slower frontier-life side of Red Dead Online.

Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?

Why similar: Open World 29.6%, MMORPG 18.9% ★, Multiplayer 13.5%, Character Customization 13.2%, PvP 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Mortal Online 2 is a slower, more unforgiving online sandbox, but it offers the same kind of immersion-heavy travel, risk, and player-driven encounters.

Enter the adrenaline-filled world of a modern-day guerrilla revolution. With stunning vistas, visceral gunplay, and a huge variety of gameplay experiences, there's never been a better time to join the fight.

Why similar: Open World 31.2%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Realistic 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers open-world co-op shooting, enemy outposts, and freeform map roaming for players who like Red Dead Online's mission-and-exploration loop.

Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.

Why similar: Western 46.6% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Shooter 8.3%, PvP 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer shooter drops the open world, but its pure western gunfighting and saloon-showdown energy make it a fun thematic alternative.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Open World 35.2%, Multiplayer 26.8%, Realistic 15.3%, Co-op 12.3%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Medieval Dynasty is more peaceful and less action-heavy, but its hunting, trading, crafting, and living-off-the-land rhythm echo Red Dead Online's immersive routine.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.

Why similar: Open World 29.8%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Shooter 7.8%, Character Customization 7.4%

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 29.9%, Multiplayer 28.6%, Co-op 14.4%, Character Customization 11.2%, Action 7.9%

Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost!

Why similar: Open World 27.8%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Realistic 14.7%, PvP 11.6%

Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.

Why similar: Open World 26.5%, Multiplayer 18.1%, MMORPG 15% ★, Shooter 11.1%, PvP 9.8%

Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.

Why similar: Open World 39.5%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Online Co-Op 20.7%, Realistic 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

Why similar: MMORPG 37.1% ★, PvP 26.4%, Open World 19.8%, Character Customization 9.4%, Action 4%

Unbridled: That Horse Game is the ultimate horse simulator, giving you the freedom to follow your own dreams and create your own unique story. Experience the freedom of riding, the challenges of horse sports, and the joy of breeding horses - all in a stunning virtual world.

Why similar: Horses 36.4% ★, Western 32% ★, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Realistic 7.2%

Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.

Why similar: Open World 35.3%, MMORPG 29.7% ★, PvP 20.6%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 6.8%

Just Cause 3 Multiplayer mod is a free fan-created project bringing an explosive and highly-customizable multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World 31.2%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Third-Person Shooter 15.6%, Action 11.2%, Shooter 9.6%

A story-driven action-adventure RPG, bringing the world of Westeros to life with remarkable detail and never-before seen scale.

Why similar: Open World 25.4%, Online Co-Op 22.8%, Multiplayer 21.3%, Character Customization 12.1%, Realistic 10.3%

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

Why similar: Open World 41.2%, Multiplayer 29.2%, MMORPG 10.2% ★, Shooter 8.8%, Action 3.2%

Multiplayer Cowboys - The Town is being taken over by Ghosts. Can You and Your Posse Survive ?

Why similar: Western 64.3% ★, Multiplayer 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Action 9.2%, Co-op 5.2%

Call of Juarez is an epic adventure western themed FPS game. The player alternately assumes the roles of two distinct, antagonistic characters: a sneaking fugitive Billy and his hunter the reverend Ray.

Why similar: Western 75.8% ★, Shooter 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Action 4.2%, Open World 2.9%

The world’s first and premier Action MMO Third Person Shooter allows you to choose between two sides of the law. Play as Enforcer or Criminal, customize your gear for the task at hand and hit the streets and play how you want in a city filled with more action this side of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Why similar: Open World 29.2%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Third-Person Shooter 14.6%, Character Customization 12.2%, Shooter 9%

Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

Why similar: Open World 21.3%, Multiplayer 14.3%, MMORPG 12.2% ★, Shooter 10.6%, Character Customization 9.7%

The horse riding game of your dreams is finally here. Online adventures await!

Why similar: Horses 81.5% ★, Multiplayer 8.8%, Adventure 5.5%, Action 4.3%

Wild Indigo Ranch is a cozy cowboy-life RPG for 1-4 players. Start a new life on the prairie, explore the frontier, build the finest ranch in the West, and ride into the sunset.

Why similar: Western 37.9% ★, Horses 32.2% ★, Open World 13.1%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Co-op 3.8%

Skull and Bones is an open world naval action RPG where ship combat, build choice, and sailing skill define your pirate legend. Conquer rival ships and mythical beasts in a vast ocean of up to 20 players.

Why similar: Open World 37.9%, Multiplayer 25.7%, Co-op 11.4%, Action 7.3%, Realistic 6.1%

Fight alone or with friends in For Honor, a third-person hero-based melee fighting game. Enter the chaos of war as a Knight, a Viking, a Samurai, a Wu Lin, or an Outlander. Fight in brutal PvP and team-oriented modes, or play the thrilling story campaign.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29%, PvP 16.2%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Realistic 10.1%, Action 9.2%

Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29%, Shooter 16.9%, Character Customization 15.8%, PvP 15.4%, Realistic 12.4%

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Open World 39.3%, Multiplayer 25%, Shooter 16.8%, Co-op 12%, Action 6.9%

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Open World 38.9%, Multiplayer 23.2%, Shooter 8.7%, Third-Person Shooter 7.6%, PvP 5.8%

Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is a third-person shooter that delivers an intense team-based multiplayer experience. Relive the violent era of the Wild West with adrenaline-fueled action and fast-paced gunfights. Engage in gritty battles in beautifully rendered classic Western settings.

Why similar: Western 56.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%, PvP 6.4%, Shooter 6.2%

Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete missions, and collect bounties. Work as a team to get in, get paid and get out (mostly) alive.

Why similar: Western 52.1% ★, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Shooter 8.6%, Co-op 6%

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Open World 42.5%, Multiplayer 28.1%, Realistic 15.4%, Co-op 5.2%, Adventure 4.6%

From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.

Why similar: Western 81.5% ★, Shooter 5.9%, Action 3.7%, Story Rich 2.1%, Gore 1.8%