Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Mass Effect Legendary Edition on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition), which made by the same studio, BioWare.
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition is tagged Story Rich, RPG, Choices Matter, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Space, Character Customization, Third-Person Shooter by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 6 are from the same studio: Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition), Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition, STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age Inquisition, Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition)
Why it matched: made by the same studio, BioWare; both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 13 player tags including RPG, Sci-fi and Story Rich.
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.
Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition) at a glance Released Not recorded Studio BioWare Player sentiment 94% positive of 15,544 Price Not listed RPGSci-fiStory RichThird-Person ShooterSpaceGreat SoundtrackChoices MatterRomance
- 2
Mass Effect (2007)
Why it matched: made by the same studio, BioWare; both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 12 player tags including RPG, Sci-fi and Story Rich.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Mass Effect (2007) at a glance Released 2008 Studio BioWare Player sentiment 94% positive of 16,574 Price $29.99 RPGSci-fiStory RichSpaceThird-Person ShooterChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackCharacter Customization
- 3
Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, BioWare; both science fiction and story-rich; shares 13 player tags including Character Customization, Sci-fi and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.
Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio BioWare Player sentiment 74% positive of 18,764 Price $39.99 Character CustomizationSci-fiRPGThird-Person ShooterAction RPGSpaceSexual ContentStory Rich
- 4
STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic
Why it matched: made by the same studio, BioWare; both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Sci-fi and Story Rich.
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?
STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic at a glance Released 2009 Studio BioWare Player sentiment 91% positive of 33,917 Price $9.99 RPGSci-fiStory RichClassicChoices MatterSpaceGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
- 5
Dragon Age Inquisition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, BioWare; both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2020).
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.
Dragon Age Inquisition at a glance Released 2020 Studio BioWare Player sentiment 76% positive of 21,380 Price $39.99 RPGCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterStory RichSexual ContentAction RPGFemale ProtagonistGreat Soundtrack
- 6
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Sci-fi.
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?
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords at a glance Released 2004 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 94% positive of 26,011 Price $9.99 RPGStory RichSci-fiClassicChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationSpaceFemale Protagonist
- 7
STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Sci-fi.
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?
STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords at a glance Released 2012 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 94% positive of 26,011 Price $9.99 RPGStory RichSci-fiClassicChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationSpaceFemale Protagonist
- 8
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Character Customization, RPG and Story Rich; published by the same company.
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.
Star Wars: The Old Republic at a glance Released 2011 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 90% positive of 75,206 Price Free Character CustomizationRPGStory RichChoices MatterSci-fiSpaceAction RPGGreat Soundtrack
- 9
Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, BioWare; both story-rich; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Combat and Character Customization; released around the same time (2020).
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.
Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio BioWare Player sentiment 81% positive of 7,636 Price $29.99 RPGCombatCharacter CustomizationAction RPGChoices MatterStory RichSexual ContentRomance
- 10
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Why it matched: both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Choices Matter; published by the same company.
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.
Dragon Age: Inquisition at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 76% positive of 21,376 Price $39.99 RPGCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterStory RichSexual ContentAction RPGFemale ProtagonistGreat Soundtrack
- 11
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Third-Person Shooter and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2021).
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.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at a glance Released 2021 Studio Eidos-Montréal Player sentiment 94% positive of 45,101 Price $8.99 Story RichThird-Person ShooterChoices MatterSci-fiSpaceShooterGreat SoundtrackRPG
- 12
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Sci-fi and Story Rich.
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?
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic at a glance Released 2003 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 91% positive of 33,918 Price $9.99 RPGSci-fiStory RichClassicChoices MatterSpaceGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
- 13
GreedFall
Why it matched: both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2019).
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.
GreedFall at a glance Released 2019 Studio Spiders Player sentiment 76% positive of 21,984 Price $34.99 RPGCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterStory RichSexual ContentAction RPGNudityFemale Protagonist
- 14
Star Wars Outlaws
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, Sci-fi and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2024).
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.
Star Wars Outlaws at a glance Released 2024 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 72% positive of 12,488 Price $69.99 ShooterSci-fiThird-Person ShooterSpaceStory RichFemale ProtagonistRPGChoices Matter
- 15
Fallout 4
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Shooter and Story Rich.
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.
Fallout 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 428,604 Price $19.99 RPGShooterStory RichSci-fiAction RPGGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterCharacter Customization
- 16
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Sci-fi, Story Rich and Space; published by the same company; released around the same time (2023).
The story of Cal Kestis continues in STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™, a galaxy-spanning, third-person, action-adventure game.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor at a glance Released 2023 Studio Respawn Entertainment Player sentiment 71% positive of 85,859 Price $69.99 Sci-fiStory RichSpaceCombatCharacter CustomizationRPGGreat Soundtrack
- 17
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Female Protagonist, Story Rich and Sci-fi.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, winner of multiple E3 awards as the best game in its genre, is the continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey at a glance Released 2006 Studio Funcom Player sentiment 84% positive of 1,235 Price $19.99 Female ProtagonistStory RichSci-fiRPGGreat SoundtrackNudityChoices MatterSexual Content
- 18
Starfield
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Space, RPG and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2023).
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.
Starfield at a glance Released 2023 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 57% positive of 175,175 Price $49.99 SpaceRPGSci-fiCharacter CustomizationStory RichAction RPGGreat Soundtrack
- 19
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Why it matched: both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Character Customization; released around the same time (2018).
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.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire at a glance Released 2018 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 20,041 Price $19.99 RPGStory RichCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterNudityRomanceGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
- 20
Cyberpunk 2077
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Nudity, RPG and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2020).
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.
Cyberpunk 2077 at a glance Released 2020 Studio CD Projekt RED Player sentiment 87% positive of 976,377 Price $59.99 NudityRPGSci-fiStory RichGreat SoundtrackAction RPGCharacter Customization
- 21
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Why it matched: both science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Sci-fi, Classic and Character Customization.
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.
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy at a glance Released 2003 Studio Raven Software Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,820 Price $9.99 Sci-fiClassicCharacter CustomizationShooterRPGThird-Person ShooterGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
- 22
STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
Why it matched: both science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Sci-fi, Classic and Character Customization.
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.
STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy at a glance Released 2009 Studio Raven Software Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,821 Price $9.99 Sci-fiClassicCharacter CustomizationShooterRPGThird-Person ShooterGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
- 23
EVERSPACE 2
Why it matched: both science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, Space and Action RPG; released around the same time (2023).
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.
EVERSPACE 2 at a glance Released 2023 Studio ROCKFISH Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 13,004 Price $49.99 ShooterSpaceAction RPGStory RichCombatRPGThird-Person ShooterSci-fi
- 24
Deus Ex
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Classic and Sci-fi.
The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.
Deus Ex at a glance Released 2000 Studio Ion Storm Player sentiment 95% positive of 15,619 Price $6.99 RPGClassicSci-fiStory RichGreat SoundtrackAction RPGShooter
Common questions
What game is most like Mass Effect Legendary Edition?
Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition), on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, BioWare. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Mass Effect Legendary Edition" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Mass Effect Legendary Edition do?
Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition), Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition, STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age Inquisition, Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition are also from BioWare, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.