Games Like The Outer Worlds

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Open World 29.4%, RPG 13.6%, FPS 9.8%, Action RPG 9.4%, Exploration 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Obsidian's closest cousin, with first-person exploration, faction politics, companion quests, and choices that meaningfully reshape the story.

Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.

Why similar: Open World 20.3%, Space 16.3%, Action RPG 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the spacefaring first-person RPG loop of quest hubs, gunplay, companions, and exploration across a large science-fiction setting.

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: Action RPG 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Space 13.2%, RPG 12.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part was story choices and crew interactions, this trilogy offers some of Steam's best companion-driven sci-fi roleplaying.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Open World 23.9%, FPS 16.2%, Action RPG 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, RPG 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers first-person RPG combat, strong quest writing, build freedom, and morally messy choices in a dense sci-fi world.

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Why similar: FPS 19.1%, Space 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This smart sci-fi immersive sim gives you first-person combat, build choices, and multiple ways to solve quests and navigate its world.

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 25.6%, RPG 17.9%, Character Customization 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Action RPG 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps planets for colonies but nails a similar AA BioWare-Obsidian feel with companions, faction politics, and choice-heavy quest lines.

Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG set in the world of Eora, where your choices carve a path through war, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. Navigate a land in turmoil, forge powerful alliances or deadly rivalries, and wield magic and steel to shape the fate of the Living Lands—and your own destiny.

Why similar: Action RPG 17.4%, Open World 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Character Customization 13%, RPG 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: From Obsidian, it shares the talky quest design, first-person combat, and reactive roleplaying that make The Outer Worlds appealing, just in fantasy.

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 42.4%, RPG 21.3%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A janky but ambitious open-world RPG with guns, factions, jetpack exploration, and rough-edged choice-driven questing.

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. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but 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...

Why similar: FPS 29%, RPG 20.6%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It blends first-person combat, dialogue choices, augment-based character builds, and a stylish corporate dystopian sci-fi setting.

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Open World 29%, Action RPG 10.2%, FPS 10.1%, Exploration 9%, RPG 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Less reactive than New Vegas, but very close in feel if you want more first-person exploration, looting, shooting, and questing in a big world.

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

Why similar: Open World 18%, Action RPG 17.1%, Character Customization 14.1%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more on action and exploration, but its crew banter, colony setting, and character progression make it an easy crossover pick.

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: Open World 28.3%, RPG 22.3%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Action RPG 7%, Choices Matter 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This lower-budget sci-fi RPG focuses on dialogue, companions, factions, and quest decisions in a hostile colony setting.

You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

Why similar: FPS 17.7%, Open World 16.8%, Sci-fi 15.4%, RPG 13.9%, Story Rich 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers hub-based sci-fi exploration, stealth-or-combat freedom, and quest outcomes shaped by your build and decisions.

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 21.4%, Open World 19.4%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Exploration 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a strong fit for its retro-futurist sci-fi setting, faction-driven questing, and emphasis on roleplaying solutions.

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: Choices Matter 29.3%, RPG 21.2%, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Story Rich 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: Though turn-based and isometric, it scratches the same itch for sci-fi roleplaying, branching quests, and consequential choices.

Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.

Why similar: Open World 33.4%, RPG 15%, FPS 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Action RPG 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same first-person wandering and quest discovery, with enough RPG framing to appeal to Outer Worlds fans.

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: Open World 24.1%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Character Customization 19.6%, RPG 14.7%, Story Rich 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Best if your favorite part was choice-and-consequence quest design, dark humor, and factions reacting to your decisions.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Space 23.7%, Open World 21.9%, Exploration 17.2%, Story Rich 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Not an RPG, but it channels the same sense of wonder, space travel, and discovery that makes exploring Halcyon so memorable.

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Action RPG 19.2%, FPS 16.9%, First-Person 7.9%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person questing, branching conversations, and exploration-heavy zone design land surprisingly close to The Outer Worlds' structure.

"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!

Why similar: Exploration 23.2%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Comedy 11%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Great for players who loved the colorful alien worlds and corporate sci-fi comedy more than the RPG systems themselves.

HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!

Why similar: FPS 26.9%, Open World 12.2%, Comedy 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Shooter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A solid pick for the comedic sci-fi shooter tone, bizarre corporate satire, and chatty companion-style weapons.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Open World 28.2%, FPS 21.7%, Shooter 8.4%, Exploration 7.4%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: Much harsher and more survival-focused, but still a strong choice for first-person open-world immersion in a hostile sci-fi setting.

In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.

Why similar: Open World 20.5%, FPS 19.5%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Shooter 9.6%, RPG 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It fits if you want another alt-history sci-fi FPS with eccentric worldbuilding, dark humor, and exploration between combat 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 40.4%, Action RPG 27.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, First-Person 7.4%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: Not sci-fi, but its first-person RPG structure, memorable companions, and highly reactive quest design feel very adjacent.

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 43.6%, RPG 18.1%, Character Customization 14.3%, Story Rich 6.9%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strong fit if what you mostly want is more first-person questing, build crafting, and open-ended exploration.

The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

Why similar: Action RPG 19.9%, Open World 17.6%, RPG 14.3%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 6.6%

The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Why similar: Open World 28.4%, Action RPG 20.5%, RPG 15.9%, Shooter 13.9%, Character Customization 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades first-person for isometric action, but its cyberpunk worldbuilding, quests, and RPG progression hit similar sci-fi action-RPG notes.

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: Open World 35%, RPG 32.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Old-school, but its satire, quest reactivity, and roleplaying depth connect directly to the DNA behind The Outer Worlds.

The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.

Why similar: Open World 28.3%, FPS 27.5%, RPG 17.1%, Shooter 10.1%, First-Person 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: The closest match here if your favorite part was colorful sci-fi gunplay and irreverent humor rather than branching quest consequences.

Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.

Why similar: Open World 25.4%, Action RPG 17.3%, RPG 14.9%, Character Customization 11.2%, Exploration 8.9%

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 20%, Action RPG 14.9%, FPS 10.3%, RPG 9.6%, Character Customization 9.5%

BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.

Why similar: FPS 37.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Shooter 10.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: More linear than The Outer Worlds, yet its retro-futurist dystopia and philosophical first-person storytelling will resonate with fans of Halcyon's satire.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.

Why similar: Action RPG 18%, FPS 14.2%, RPG 9.4%, Space 8.6%, Shooter 7.9%

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: Open World 29.2%, RPG 24.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Action RPG 11.4%, Character Customization 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Best for players who want more sci-fi character building and environmental storytelling, even though it shifts into soulslike combat.

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Action RPG 16.9%, Open World 16.6%, Space 13.2%, Shooter 9%, Exploration 7.6%

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 42.7%, RPG 18.2%, FPS 14.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Exploration 7.3%

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: Open World 21.2%, Space 13%, Sci-fi 10%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Shooter 8.8%

BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

Why similar: Open World 40.5%, RPG 12.3%, Action RPG 12.2%, Character Customization 11.4%, Exploration 5.5%

Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Action RPG 14.8%, FPS 13.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Space 8%, Character Customization 7.9%

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.

Why similar: Open World 30.4%, RPG 12.1%, FPS 9.9%, Action RPG 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%

Embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry! Roll your own multiclass hero then shoot, loot, slash, and cast on a quest to stop the Dragon Lord.

Why similar: FPS 25.8%, Character Customization 14.8%, RPG 13.7%, Shooter 13.6%, PvE 9.7%

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

Why similar: Sci-fi 17.6%, RPG 17.1%, Space 14%, Story Rich 10.4%, Action RPG 8.1%

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

Why similar: Open World 32.5%, FPS 31.8%, Shooter 10.2%, First-Person 6.7%, Action 5.2%

Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!

Why similar: RPG 17.7%, Space 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

Why similar: FPS 23%, Open World 18.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%, RPG 8.7%

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Why similar: Open World 35.4%, FPS 25%, Shooter 8.5%, First-Person 7.3%, Action RPG 5.3%

You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.

Why similar: Open World 37.3%, RPG 34.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Exploration 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.

Why similar: Open World 16.1%, Action RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%, FPS 11.5%, Character Customization 8.6%

Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.

Why similar: Action RPG 16.7%, Open World 16.2%, FPS 15.5%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: FPS 24.2%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Space 13.7%, Shooter 8.4%, First-Person 8.3%

Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.

Why similar: RPG 26.9%, Open World 17.8%, Shooter 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Character Customization 10.1%

In this sequel to the vintage Open World RPG ELEX, Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat - the Skyands, who want to change the face of the planet forever.

Why similar: Open World 30.9%, Action RPG 24.8%, RPG 13.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Story Rich 7.5%

DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.

Why similar: FPS 44.5%, Shooter 15.7%, First-Person 14.4%, Story Rich 9%, Action 5.8%

FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCE.Fully re-mastered with HD visuals and audio, Fable Anniversary is a stunning rendition of the original game that will delight faithful fans and new players alike! The all new Heroic difficulty setting will test the mettle of even the most hardcore Fable fan.

Why similar: Open World 26.2%, RPG 19.8%, Action RPG 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Character Customization 7.7%

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: Space 18.8%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Character Customization 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.9%, RPG 12.5%

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

Why similar: Open World 37.1%, RPG 18.9%, Action RPG 9.2%, Character Customization 7.9%, Exploration 7.4%

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 31.5%, Open World 19.4%, Character Customization 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 11.2%

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.

Why similar: Choices Matter 13.9%, Space 13.4%, Story Rich 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%

Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!

Why similar: Action RPG 19.6%, Open World 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%

Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.

Why similar: Open World 26.1%, Character Customization 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, RPG 14.7%, Action RPG 11.9%