Games Like STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?

Why similar: Classic 22% ★, RPG 19.2%, Real-Time with Pause 15.4% ★, Sci-fi 9.2%, Party-Based RPG 9%

Why You'll Like It: The original delivers the same D20-inspired real-time-with-pause combat, companion party, Light/Dark choices, and foundational Old Republic setting.

Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.9% ★, RPG 21.5%, Party-Based RPG 13.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Classic 9.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its tactical party combat, deep companion relationships, origin-based role-playing, and consequential choices make it one of the closest fantasy counterparts to KOTOR II.

The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.

Why similar: RPG 19.9%, Story Rich 15.4%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Classic 14% ★, Choices Matter 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: BioWare's sci-fi trilogy closely matches KOTOR II's cinematic party-based storytelling, moral decisions, romance, and galaxy-spanning stakes.

Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

Why similar: RPG 18.8%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Character Customization 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This spacefaring party CRPG emphasizes ideological choices, companion loyalty, dialogue-heavy quests, and a darkly political sci-fi universe.

Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist.

Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Classic 13.8% ★, Story Rich 12.8%, Party-Based RPG 12.4%, Third Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Another classic BioWare RPG, it pairs a light-versus-dark morality system and companion-driven narrative with a martial-arts fantasy setting.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

Why similar: RPG 35.2%, Story Rich 17.7%, Character Customization 15.4%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an exceptionally reactive campaign built around party members, branching quests, romances, moral choices, and player-defined solutions.

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

Why similar: RPG 43.3%, Story Rich 15.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Party-Based RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, it centers on identity, difficult ethical decisions, and companion-rich science-fantasy storytelling.

Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.4% ★, Classic 23.3% ★, RPG 20.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its philosophical writing, unusual companions, and enormously choice-driven dialogue make it essential for players drawn to KOTOR II's introspective tone.

Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

Why similar: RPG 30.9%, Real-Time with Pause 25% ★, Party-Based RPG 15.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Classic 8.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its real-time-with-pause party battles, dense lore, companion quests, and morally complicated political conflicts echo KOTOR II's RPG structure.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 33.2%, Real-Time with Pause 22.9% ★, Story Rich 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Party-Based RPG 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This choice-heavy CRPG lets you serve a conquering evil empire, making its morally gray factions and consequences especially fitting for Dark Side-minded players.

Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.

Why similar: RPG 27%, Story Rich 18.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Character Customization 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Build a powerful hero, lead a large party, and shape a lengthy campaign through mythic paths, companion arcs, and major moral decisions.

Return to a timeless RPG masterpiece. Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition brings the classic 2000 adventure back to life with thoughtful modern refinements, letting you gather your party and dive once more into a rich, choice‑driven fantasy epic.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.4% ★, RPG 19.5%, Party-Based RPG 16.8%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A landmark real-time-with-pause party RPG with strong companion banter, expansive quests, and the same classic BioWare design lineage as KOTOR.

The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.2%, RPG 22.7%, Story Rich 15.2%, Moddable 12.4%, Character Customization 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its flexible party system, reactive quests, relationship mechanics, and freedom to approach encounters creatively provide a modern choice-driven RPG alternative.

Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.

Why similar: Classic 41.7% ★, RPG 28.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Story Rich 6.3%, Turn-Based Combat 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This classic RPG offers enormous player freedom, distinctive companions, branching faction outcomes, and the sort of morally messy role-playing KOTOR II fans may appreciate.

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

Why similar: RPG 19.7%, Character Customization 14.8%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, Choices Matter 10%

Why You'll Like It: Its class storylines revisit the Old Republic era with dialogue choices, companions, romances, and Light/Dark alignment decisions, albeit in an MMO format.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: RPG 34.1%, Moddable 25.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Character Customization 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its faction politics, companion quests, reputation systems, and richly branching endings make it one of the best modern games for meaningful player choice.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: RPG 41.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Story Rich 14%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Moddable 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This focused cyberpunk CRPG combines a tightly written team of allies, political intrigue, and meaningful choices in a dark sci-fi world.

Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 22.9%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its claustrophobic generation-ship setting, faction-driven narrative, party management, and hard consequences capture KOTOR II's bleak sci-fi role-playing appeal.

You are Hawke, a refugee seeking to escape the darkspawn-plagued land of Ferelden and become Champion of Kirkwall. Rise to power and fight epic battles while making decisions that determine the course of civilization.

Why similar: RPG 42.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Character Customization 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Party-Based RPG 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its personal-scale story follows a defined protagonist through years of political conflict while emphasizing companions, rivalries, and recurring choices.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21%, RPG 19.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Character Customization 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical party RPG with reactive dialogue, difficult ethical tradeoffs, and squad members who respond to the player's leadership decisions.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Story Rich 16.2%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Turn-Based Combat 5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers another atmospheric, party-based cyberpunk campaign with strong companion writing, investigative dialogue, and tactical RPG encounters.

Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.4% ★, RPG 20.7%, Moddable 15.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Character Customization 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its Dungeons & Dragons ruleset, character customization, companion interaction, and extensive official and community campaigns suit classic BioWare RPG fans.

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Why similar: Classic 33% ★, RPG 25.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Real-Time with Pause 10.4% ★, Character Customization 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic party CRPG with extensive dialogue choices, alignment and reputation systems, companions, and unusually broad role-playing possibilities.

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 34.3%, RPG 32.4%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 7.7%, Turn-Based Combat 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Lead a customizable party through a political historical campaign where tactical missions, relationships, and major decisions shape your legacy.

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: RPG 30.6%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its retro-futuristic setting supports detailed character builds, recruitable allies, factions, and multiple solutions to story encounters.

Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

Why similar: RPG 41.4%, Classic 31.6% ★, Story Rich 10.5%, Singleplayer 3%, Atmospheric 3%

Why You'll Like It: This cult RPG excels at faction intrigue, dialogue-based role-playing, morality-adjacent choices, and a reactive urban supernatural setting.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Story Rich 25.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Character Customization 6.3%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: Although combat-light and party-free, it delivers exceptional role-playing through internal conflict, philosophical choices, and deeply consequential conversations.

You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. When a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.

Why similar: RPG 39.4%, Sci-fi 26.7%, Story Rich 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its conspiracy-filled cyberpunk story lets players define Adam Jensen through dialogue, augmentations, stealth or combat approaches, and ethically thorny decisions.

The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.

Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Sci-fi 23.6%, Third Person 9%, Story Rich 5%, Choices Matter 5%

Why You'll Like It: This companion-based sci-fi action RPG features faction reputations, branching quests, romance options, and a harsh colonial setting reminiscent of a smaller-scale KOTOR adventure.

Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

Why similar: Classic 34.8% ★, Moddable 16.3%, Sci-fi 15.3%, RPG 8.1%, Character Customization 7.5%

The Legacy of Star Wars Dark Forces™ and Star Wars® Jedi Knight lives on in the intense first-person action of Jedi Outcast.

Why similar: Classic 49.9% ★, Sci-fi 18.2%, Story Rich 8%, Third Person 6.3%, Moddable 4.2%

Command an elite squad through a gritty and authentic story in STAR WARS Zero Company™, a single-player turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars™.

Why similar: Sci-fi 29.4%, RPG 23%, Character Customization 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Turn-Based 12.3%

Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.

Why similar: Classic 47.1% ★, Sci-fi 17.3%, Moddable 13.8%, Space 10.7%, Third Person 4%

The story of Cal Kestis continues in STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™, a galaxy-spanning, third-person, action-adventure game.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.6%, Story Rich 17.2%, RPG 12.4%, Space 11.3%, Third Person 10.9%

A game that will show gamers the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.5%, Story Rich 15.7%, Third Person 14%, Classic 11.1% ★, Singleplayer 5.7%

Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

Why similar: Moddable 27.4%, Classic 23.8% ★, Sci-fi 23.2%, Space 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

The Star Wars® Saga continues with Star Wars®: The Force Unleashed™ II, the highly anticipated sequel to the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever created.

Why similar: Sci-fi 40%, Third Person 17.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Action 8.2%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.

Why similar: Classic 55.5% ★, Sci-fi 21%, Third Person 6.7%, Space 6.3%, Action 4%

You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

Why similar: Classic 48.9% ★, Sci-fi 24.8%, Space 8.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%

A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.

Why similar: RPG 23.2%, Sci-fi 22.3%, Story Rich 19.6%, Space 13%, Third Person 11.5%

Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

Why similar: Classic 61.1% ★, Sci-fi 16.6%, Space 7%, Moddable 4%, Third Person 3.2%

Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.

Why similar: RPG 18.4%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Space 11%, Choices Matter 10%

As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

Why similar: RPG 24.9%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Real-Time with Pause 13.1% ★, Story Rich 12.7%, Space 7.4%

Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.

Why similar: Classic 65.3% ★, Sci-fi 23.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Action 4%, Great Soundtrack 1.9%

It is five years after Kyle's victory over the seven dark Jedi. Invading Imperial forces advance upon a quiet Rebel outpost, interrupting Kyle's training of a brave new Jedi, Mara Jade. First introduced in Timothy Zahn's award-winning Star Wars novel, Heir to the Empire, Mara Jade blends her past experiences as a one time smuggler and...

Why similar: Classic 46% ★, Sci-fi 27.3%, Third Person 7.8%, Action 6.8%, Female Protagonist 6.1%

Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!

Why similar: Sci-fi 37.6%, Space 24.2%, Third Person 11.7%, Character Customization 10.6%, Singleplayer 6.8%

Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Real-Time with Pause 20.4% ★, Party-Based RPG 19.8%, Story Rich 8.9%, Character Customization 6.4%

Bring In Your Bounty, Dead or Alive

Why similar: Sci-fi 36.8%, Classic 24.2% ★, Space 17.9%, Third Person 8%, Adventure 5.7%

As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance. May the Force be with you!

Why similar: Classic 52.7% ★, Space 23.7%, Adventure 14%, Action 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?

Why similar: RPG 34.8%, Classic 28.1% ★, Choices Matter 8.3%, Story Rich 6.7%, Third Person 5.9%

Are you prepared to lose everything to save the galaxy? You'll need to be, Commander Shepard. It's time to bring together your greatest allies and recruit the galaxy's fighting elite to continue the resistance against the invading Reapers.

Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Space 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%

Play through all nine Skywalker saga films in a game unlike any other. With over 300 playable characters, over 100 vehicles, and 23 planets to explore, a galaxy far, far away has never been more fun! *Includes classic Obi-Wan Kenobi playable character

Why similar: Sci-fi 29.5%, Space 21%, Story Rich 17.2%, Third Person 10%, Adventure 8.1%

Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!

Why similar: Classic 53.1% ★, Sci-fi 18.9%, Space 8.7%, Adventure 6.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.3%

Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.

Why similar: RPG 22.7%, Sci-fi 21%, Character Customization 15.8%, Space 10.1%, Story Rich 8.7%

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.

Why similar: Classic 34% ★, RPG 27.8%, Moddable 16.4%, Story Rich 6.2%, Character Customization 4.2%

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will allow fans to explore endlessly and laugh their way through the Star Wars galaxy in the most humorous, accessible and action-packed LEGO game to date.

Why similar: Sci-fi 41.1%, Adventure 22.5%, Space 13.5%, Action 13.2%, Third Person 7.4%