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We filtered the 50 games similar to Batman: Arkham City down to the 24 that fit the “Melee” category. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Assassin's Creed® Odyssey top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Batman: Arkham City.

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The best melee games like Batman: Arkham City

24 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Batman: Arkham City. Each one has been evaluated across 11 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles MoralesClosest overall match

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 53KRAWG👍 88%· 951MC86IGDB89· 16OC85· 211

Year 2020Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi and multiplayer gameplay

Shorter and tighter than the game it follows: venom powers add real variation to combat, and a smaller winter New York with a more personal story avoids the padding of the original. Around eight hours. It reuses that map wholesale, and side activities are the same checklist the first game already exhausted.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 9 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#2Marvel's Spider-Man 2Closest on game mode

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 82%· 38KIGDB82· 12OC88· 206

Year 2023Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and skill tree progression, while skipping fighting mechanics

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 12 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#3Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 89%· 184KRAWG👍 78%· 2.1KMC85IGDB88· 14OC84· 169

Year 2018Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~31hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, setting mythology and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping fighting mechanics

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the twentieth game in its series. It is the earliest game in the Assassin's Creed universe chronology and the prequel to Assassin's Creed Origins.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 7 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#4Assassin's Creed Mirage

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 11KIGDB75· 9OC76· 194

Year 2023Dev Ubisoft Bordeaux · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and historical setting, while skipping fighting mechanics

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 12 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#5Assassin's Creed® Origins

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 126KRAWG👍 78%· 2.1KMC81IGDB86· 15OC85· 176

Year 2017Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~28hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, multiplayer gameplay and loot and gear systems, while skipping fighting mechanics

Assassin's Creed Origins is an open-world action game developed by Ubisoft. It further continues the series after Assassin's Creed Syndicate. The story is set in two time periods simultaneously.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 6 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#6Vampyr

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 77%· 24KIGDB68· 17OC72· 172

Year 2018Dev Dontnod Eleven · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping fighting mechanics

An RPG built on a real dilemma: every citizen you drain gives large experience but permanently degrades their district, and the game is genuinely playable without killing anyone. The London setting and dialogue are strong. Combat is stiff and repetitive, and pacifist runs leave you badly underlevelled for bosses the game does not scale down.

Where it drifts furthest from Batman: Arkham City: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 7 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#7Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

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SoloMeleeStealthOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 54%· 3.2KIGDB69· 6

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Milan · Ubisoft Entertainment

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and historical setting, while skipping fighting mechanics

Originally a handheld game, following Aveline through colonial Louisiana with a persona system that swaps her between three social identities to change who reacts to her. New Orleans and the premise are the interesting parts. It is short and visibly scaled down beside the console entries, the persona mechanic is more inconvenient than tactical, and the story thins out badly in its second half.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

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SoloStealthMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 55%· 3.2KIGDB64· 5

Year 2010Dev Spellbound Entertainment · DreamCatcher InteractiveOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: combat magic, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping fighting mechanics

A Gothic sequel by a different studio that traded the series' hostile, systems-heavy world for a conventional open-world action RPG with accessible combat and a clear quest structure. Taken on its own terms it is a competent, slightly janky European RPG. Taken as Gothic it is widely rejected, and the PC build still has unresolved resolution and display bugs on current Windows.

Where it drifts furthest from Batman: Arkham City: progression.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

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#9Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 2.7KRAWG👍 89%· 713MC85IGDB80· 2

Year 2005Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping fighting mechanics

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a third-person fast-paced action game developed by Ubisoft. It is the third installment of the series. ###Plot After changing his fate, The Prince comes to Babylon accompanied by Kaileena. It turns out that Babylon is under attack.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

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#10METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 88KRAWG👍 87%· 1.3KMC83IGDB85· 17OC84· 19

Year 2013Dev Platinum Games · KonamiPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

After the events of the uprising took four years. Naomi Hunter creates the FOXAVILE computer virus that destroys the system of "Sons of the Patriots", thereby putting an end to the military economy, what turned the war into a profitable business.

Where it drifts furthest from Batman: Arkham City: tone.

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB90· 3OC87· 162

Year 2025Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS5

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat and historical setting, while skipping action RPG combat

Released 14 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#12Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 33KIGDB94· 9OC83· 34

Year 2003Dev BioWare · LucasArtsOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, combat tactical and setting scifi, while skipping action RPG combat

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

It predates Batman: Arkham City by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 79KIGDB84· 17OC83· 203

Year 2019Dev Kojima Productions · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping action RPG combat

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 8 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#14Assassin's Creed III Remastered

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 63%· 15KIGDB80· 1OC69· 47

Year 2019Dev Ubisoft Barcelona · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and historical setting, while skipping action RPG combat

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 8 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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#15Murdered: Soul Suspect

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 17KRAWG👍 58%· 992MC59IGDB61· 14OC61· 76

Year 2014Dev Square EnixPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping action RPG combat

The hero is a policeman, talented and devoted to duty. But there is a clarification - this is a dead policeman, killed because of his work, but he did not leave the world, he turned into a ghost and did not lose his passion for investigations. A hero can do many things in our world, but not all.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Batman: Arkham City.

Released 3 years after Batman: Arkham City.

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