Games like Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
If you like Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ (pirates, open world and action), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Assassin's Creed 2
- In common: exploring and long sessions
When you want an open world that doesn't drag on for ever: the main story, if you get straight to it, takes around 15-20 hours.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
- In common: action and progression
When you're out for revenge: hunting down the orc captains who have beaten you and crashing their duels and feasts.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
- In common: exploring and long sessions
- Difference: more co-op
When you have hours to spare and fancy roaming spectacular landscapes with satisfying combat.
Far Cry 3
- In common: long sessions and action
When you have plenty of free evenings: its lead designer reckoned the story alone at 15-20 hours, not counting extras.
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- In common: action and progression
When you want an open world you can actually finish: the main story takes around 8-10 hours.
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
- In common: exploring and long sessions
When you've got lots of free evenings ahead and fancy losing yourself in a huge, gorgeous world.
Hogwarts Legacy
- In common: exploring and long sessions
When you've got weeks ahead of you: the main story runs to around 25-35 hours, and doing everything takes twice that.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
- In common: long sessions and action
When you want an easy-going, fun time: just swinging around the city is enough to enjoy yourself.
Mad Max
- In common: long sessions and action
- Difference: less story
When you fancy clearing the map without much thought: PCWorld's reviewer put around 30 hours into it.
Days Gone
- In common: long sessions and action
When you have plenty of free evenings: the story alone runs around 35-40 hours and every horde is a sprint for survival.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Edward Kenway, a privateer turned pirate, captains the Jackdaw across the Caribbean: you upgrade the ship, board galleons, dive to wrecks and hunt, and on land you assassinate Templars in Havana, Kingston or Nassau with the hidden blade.
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