Games Like The Outer Worlds

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

Why similar: Action RPG 19.8%, Open World 17.7%, RPG 14.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it is the closest match for first-person sci-fi questing, branching dialogue, and companion-driven satire.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Open World 29.5%, RPG 13.6%, FPS 9.8%, Action RPG 9.4%, Exploration 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Obsidian's other signature FPS RPG offers faction politics, reactive quests, sharp writing, and player freedom that feel closest to The Outer Worlds.

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 20.5%, Space 16.4%, Action RPG 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares first-person spacefaring exploration, quest-heavy RPG progression, and multiple factions to role-play through across a sci-fi frontier.

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 25.8%, RPG 17.9%, Character Customization 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Action RPG 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the fantasy setting, it nails the same AA Bioware-style mix of companions, faction diplomacy, and choice-driven quests.

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 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Space 13.3%, RPG 12.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part was assembling companions and steering a space-opera story with meaningful choices, this trilogy is an excellent fit.

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 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Character Customization 13%, RPG 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Obsidian brings the same readable quest design, snappy writing, and first-person RPG flow to a fantasy 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 29.1%, Action RPG 10.2%, FPS 10.1%, Exploration 8.9%, RPG 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers similar first-person exploration, shooting, looting, and questing in a large world, just with more Bethesda sandbox DNA.

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 24%, FPS 16.3%, Action RPG 9.9%, RPG 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another first-person, story-rich RPG where build choices, dialogue, and side quests shape a distinct sci-fi dystopian adventure.

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

Why similar: Open World 17.9%, Action RPG 17.2%, Character Customization 14%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on crew banter, planetary exploration, and sci-fi questing makes it a natural follow-up if you want more space adventure.

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 42.5%, RPG 21.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Story Rich 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A janky but ambitious open-world RPG that blends sci-fi, factions, and choice-driven questing in ways Outer Worlds fans often appreciate.

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 33.5%, RPG 15%, FPS 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Action RPG 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strong match for the first-person RPG exploration and branching side-quest feel, even if its writing is less focused.

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 29.1%, RPG 20.7%, Sci-fi 18%, Story Rich 11.3%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the mix of sci-fi role-playing, hub exploration, and conversation choices, with more stealth and immersive-sim depth.

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 22.6%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action RPG 7%, Choices Matter 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This AA sci-fi RPG leans heavily on dialogue, companions, and decisions across a corporate-controlled Mars colony.

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 31%, Action RPG 24.9%, RPG 13.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Outer Worlds, it is a quest-driven RPG about navigating factions, builds, and exploration in a strange sci-fi frontier.

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 19.2%, Space 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Open World 10.8%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more immersive sim than RPG, it delivers the same first-person sci-fi atmosphere, environmental storytelling, and flexible problem-solving.

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 20.3%, Character Customization 19.5%, RPG 14.9%, Story Rich 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: You lose the FPS view, but it strongly matches the dark humor, faction politics, and consequence-heavy quest design.

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

Why similar: Open World 25.6%, Action RPG 17.2%, RPG 14.9%, Character Customization 11.2%, Exploration 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is less sci-fi and less reactive, but its quest-heavy first-person RPG structure still overlaps with the exploratory side of The Outer Worlds.

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 20.3%, Action RPG 14.9%, FPS 10.2%, RPG 9.8%, Character Customization 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person open-world RPG with strong quest writing and player choice that feels structurally close despite the dark-fantasy 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 17.8%, Open World 16.9%, Sci-fi 15.4%, RPG 13.9%, Story Rich 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another dialogue-heavy futuristic RPG/shooter where build choices and exploration make missions feel highly player-directed.

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 26.2%, Character Customization 15.5%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Action RPG 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Companion relationships and choice-driven faction questing give it a very similar story-RPG appeal despite the fantasy world.

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 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Not an RPG, but its sense of curiosity-driven space exploration and narrative discovery will resonate if the colony-hopping sci-fi setting grabbed you.

"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 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its bright alien-world exploration and goofy sci-fi comedy echo The Outer Worlds' lighter, pulpier side.

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 43.7%, RPG 18.2%, Character Customization 14.2%, Story Rich 6.9%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person adventuring and character building scratch the exploration side of The Outer Worlds, though with less narrative reactivity.

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 41.9%, Story Rich 17.2%, Open World 13.2%, Character Customization 10.5%, Exploration 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It trades guns for isometric combat but offers the same Obsidian-style writing, companions, and decision-driven role-playing.

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 27.7%, RPG 17%, Shooter 10.1%, First-Person 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the colorful corporate-sci-fi tone and first-person combat, just with a much bigger focus on loot and co-op action.

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 21.5%, Open World 19.5%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Exploration 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric sci-fi RPG leans into branching quests, factions, and player-defined outcomes much like The Outer Worlds' choice-driven core.

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: RPG 28.1%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Story Rich 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Space 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Classic party-based sci-fi storytelling with moral choices and companion arcs that mirror The Outer Worlds' narrative strengths.

5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?

Why similar: RPG 27.1%, Sci-fi 17%, Story Rich 15%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Space 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Obsidian's sequel is especially strong if you want more morally gray sci-fi companions and reactive dialogue.

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 16.7%, Space 13.3%, Shooter 9%, Exploration 7.5%

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 14.3%, RPG 9.4%, Space 8.6%, Shooter 8%

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Open World 32.6%, Space 22.2%, Exploration 13%, Sci-fi 12.5%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more sandbox-focused, yet it remains a good pick if what you mainly wanted was hopping between planets in a colorful sci-fi universe.

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 27.7%, Story Rich 12.3%, First-Person 7.4%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic RPG packed with dialogue choices, quest variety, and strong role-playing despite a very different 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 20.6%, FPS 19.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Shooter 9.6%, RPG 9.5%

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 42.8%, RPG 18.2%, FPS 14.7%, Shooter 10.3%, Exploration 7.2%

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: Open World 21.3%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Shooter 8.8%

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%

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%, FPS 17%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 6%

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%

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 30.5%, RPG 12.1%, FPS 10%, Action RPG 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%

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 40.7%, RPG 12.4%, Action RPG 12.1%, Character Customization 11.3%, Exploration 5.4%

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 16.4%, FPS 15.5%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%

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 21.5%, Action RPG 17.3%, Character Customization 12.2%, RPG 11.4%, Shooter 11.3%

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 6.6%, Action 5.2%

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 27.2%, Open World 12.1%, Comedy 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Shooter 8.4%

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 37.4%, RPG 34.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Exploration 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

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 35.1%, RPG 32.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%, Exploration 6.9%

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 44.6%, Shooter 15.7%, First-Person 14.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Action 5.9%

The hit RPG returns! Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay Re-Reckoning delivers intense, customizable RPG combat inside a sprawling game world.

Why similar: Action RPG 27.5%, Open World 25.1%, RPG 19.2%, Character Customization 11%, Action 4.1%

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 16.2%, Action RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, FPS 11.6%, Character Customization 8.6%

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 28.4%, FPS 21.8%, Shooter 8.4%, Exploration 7.4%, RPG 7%

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 13.8%, Space 13.5%, Story Rich 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%

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

Why similar: RPG 26.8%, Open World 18%, Shooter 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Character Customization 10.1%

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 26.3%, RPG 19.9%, Action RPG 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Character Customization 7.6%

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 37.3%, RPG 18.7%, Action RPG 9.3%, Character Customization 7.8%, Exploration 7.4%

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

Why similar: Open World 37.2%, Action RPG 12.4%, RPG 11.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%

A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

Why similar: Open World 31.9%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, RPG 9.9%

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 24.9%, Shooter 8.6%, First-Person 7.3%, Action RPG 5.3%

Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

Why similar: Action RPG 15.7%, Open World 15.1%, FPS 14.1%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 8%

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 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Exploration 11.3%

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 16.3%, Character Customization 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.9%, RPG 12.6%