Games like METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
If you like METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (stealth, open world and action), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: less creative
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: long sessions and progression
- Difference: less creative
When you have hours to spare and fancy roaming spectacular landscapes with satisfying combat.
Mad Max
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: less management
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 progression
- Difference: less creative
When you have plenty of free evenings: the story alone runs around 35-40 hours and every horde is a sprint for survival.
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
- In common: long sessions and action
- Difference: less creative
When you want a long superhero adventure to come back to in sessions of one or two hours.
Red Dead Redemption 2
- In common: long sessions and action
- Difference: less creative
When you have a whole afternoon and want to immerse yourself in a world without rushing: riding a horse at sunset is part of the plan.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: less creative
When you're after a long, unhurried adventure: Shacknews reckons it takes 40 to 50 hours to finish.
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
- In common: action and exploring
- Difference: less management
When you want a compact, well-paced action adventure, in sessions of one or two hours.
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
- In common: action and progression
- Difference: less creative
When you want an action adventure with movie pacing, in chapters of one or two hours.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: less creative
When you want an easy-going, fun time: just swinging around the city is enough to enjoy yourself.
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 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Open-world stealth set in 1984: as Big Boss you infiltrate parts of Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border, quietly or guns blazing, and whisk enemy soldiers away with Fulton balloons to grow your Mother Base.
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