Games like Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
If you like Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ (action, open world and fantasy), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
- In common: action and progression
- Difference: more co-op
When you have hours to spare and fancy roaming spectacular landscapes with satisfying combat.
God of War
- In common: action and progression
- Difference: more story
When you have a free afternoon and energy: the mix of story and combat works best in long sessions.
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
- In common: action and long sessions
When you want a long superhero adventure to come back to in sessions of one or two hours.
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
- In common: action and progression
When you're in the mood for a spectacular action adventure of around 15 hours, with areas you explore at your own pace.
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.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want to lose yourself in a long story and feel that every quest has something to tell. Ideal for whole afternoons.
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
- In common: action and progression
When you want a compact, well-paced action adventure, in sessions of one or two hours.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: harder
When you have energy, concentration and the will to overcome a real challenge.
Days Gone
- In common: action and progression
When you have plenty of free evenings: the story alone runs around 35-40 hours and every horde is a sprint for survival.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: more exploring
When you want to lose yourself for hours with no particular goal: there's always something to discover over the next hill.
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 Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Open-world action across two regions of Mordor: Batman Arkham-style combat, stealth and wraith powers, plus the Nemesis system, where every orc captain remembers your encounters and the one who kills you comes back stronger.
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