Games like Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
If you like Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ (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.
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.
Hogwarts Legacy
- In common: progression 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.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
- In common: action and long sessions
- 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 long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you have a free afternoon and energy: the mix of story and combat works best in long sessions.
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.
Assassin's Creed 2
- In common: long sessions and action
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.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more creative
When you have plenty of evenings ahead: Destructoid's reviewer took around 40 hours to finish the campaign.
Mad Max
- In common: progression and action
When you fancy clearing the map without much thought: PCWorld's reviewer put around 30 hours into it.
Fable - The Lost Chapters
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you fancy a classic RPG you can finish in a few evenings: one PC review completed it in just over 16 hours.
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 Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
The sequel to Shadow of Mordor: combat with parries and wraith powers, stealth and an expanded Nemesis system; now the orc captains you dominate form an army you use to storm fortresses in large-scale sieges.
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