Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like The Outer Worlds (2026)
Every game below overlaps with The Outer Worlds 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: Fallout: New Vegas, which made by the same studio, Obsidian Entertainment.
- The Outer Worlds is tagged Open World, Action RPG, RPG, Exploration, FPS, Adventure, Singleplayer, Story Rich 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.
- 2 are from the same studio: Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
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
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Fallout: New Vegas
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Obsidian Entertainment; both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Exploration.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout: New Vegas at a glance Released 2010 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 96% positive of 261,194 Price $9.99 RPGStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonFPSSci-fiAction RPGCharacter Customization
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EVERSPACE 2
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, Space and Exploration; 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 ShooterSpaceExplorationAction RPGAction-AdventureStory RichPvERPG
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Starfield
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 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-fiExplorationFirst-PersonCharacter CustomizationStory RichAction-Adventure
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Story Rich, Action-Adventure 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 RichAction-AdventureChoices MatterComedySci-fiExplorationSpaceShooter
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Fallout 4
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Exploration, RPG and Shooter.
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 ExplorationRPGShooterFirst-PersonStory RichSci-fiFPSAction RPG
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Fallout 3
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Exploration and First-Person.
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.
Fallout 3 at a glance Released 2008 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 22,174 Price $9.99 RPGExplorationFirst-PersonSci-fiFPSShooterCharacter CustomizationStory Rich
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Exploration; released around the same time (2024).
Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl at a glance Released 2024 Studio GSC Game World Player sentiment 80% positive of 138,669 Price $41.99 FPSShooterExplorationRPGStory RichFirst-PersonSci-fiChoices Matter
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Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 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-fiRPGAction RPGSpaceStory RichChoices MatterShooter
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Cyberpunk 2077
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Sci-fi and FPS; 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 RPGSci-fiFPSStory RichFirst-PersonExplorationAction RPGCharacter Customization
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Mass Effect (2007)
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 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 RichSpaceChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationShooterAction RPG
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Star Wars Outlaws
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Action-Adventure, Shooter and Sci-fi; 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 Action-AdventureShooterSci-fiSpaceStory RichExplorationRPGChoices Matter
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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including RPG, First-Person and Sci-fi.
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.
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 56,132 Price $19.99 RPGFirst-PersonSci-fiFPSExplorationStory RichShooterAction RPG
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Terminator: Resistance
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Choices Matter and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2019).
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?
Terminator: Resistance at a glance Released 2019 Studio Teyon Player sentiment 92% positive of 18,564 Price $7.99 FPSChoices MatterSci-fiFirst-PersonRPGStory RichShooter
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Action-Adventure, Sci-fi and Funny; released around the same time (2021).
Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart at a glance Released 2021 Studio Insomniac Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 18,006 Price $59.99 Action-AdventureSci-fiFunnyShooterStory RichColorfulSpace
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Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Why it matched: both science fiction and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, RPG and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2021).
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.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition at a glance Released 2021 Studio BioWare Player sentiment 91% positive of 67,045 Price $59.99 Story RichRPGChoices MatterSci-fiSpaceCharacter CustomizationAction RPGShooter
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Prey
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Sci-fi, Space and FPS; released around the same time (2017).
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.
Prey at a glance Released 2017 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 54,539 Price $29.99 Sci-fiSpaceFPSFirst-PersonStory RichExplorationRPG
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Borderlands Game of the Year
Why it matched: both open world and science fiction; shares 8 player tags including FPS, RPG and Shooter; released around the same time (2023).
Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the...
Borderlands Game of the Year at a glance Released 2023 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 90% positive of 31,877 Price $29.99 FPSRPGShooterFirst-PersonComedySci-fiAction RPGFunny
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PULSAR: Lost Colony
Why it matched: both open world and science fiction; shares 8 player tags including First-Person, PvE and Space; released around the same time (2021).
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
PULSAR: Lost Colony at a glance Released 2021 Studio Leafy Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 5,732 Price $19.99 First-PersonPvESpaceExplorationSci-fiRPGFPSCharacter Customization
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Atomic Heart
Why it matched: both open world and science fiction; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2023).
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.
Atomic Heart at a glance Released 2023 Studio Mundfish Player sentiment 81% positive of 51,598 Price $59.99 FPSShooterSci-fiFirst-PersonAction-AdventureExplorationAction RPGRPG
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Star Wars: The Old Republic
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Character Customization, RPG and Story Rich.
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 RPG
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Sci-fi, Action-Adventure and Story Rich; 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-fiAction-AdventureStory RichSpaceExplorationCharacter CustomizationRPG
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Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Exploration, RPG and Story Rich; released around the same time (2024).
Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition at a glance Released 2024 Studio Guerrilla Player sentiment 88% positive of 30,267 Price $59.99 ExplorationRPGStory RichSci-fiAction RPGAction-Adventure
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Wasteland 3
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and story-rich; shares 5 player tags including Character Customization, Choices Matter and Story Rich; published by the same company; released around the same time (2020).
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.
Wasteland 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio inXile Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 22,363 Price $39.99 Character CustomizationChoices MatterStory RichRPGSci-fi
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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Obsidian Entertainment; both science fiction and story-rich; shares 6 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-fiChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationSpace
Common questions
What game is most like The Outer Worlds?
Fallout: New Vegas, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Obsidian Entertainment. 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 The Outer Worlds" 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 The Outer Worlds. 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 The Outer Worlds do?
Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords are also from Obsidian Entertainment, 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.