What is the best game similar to Boomerang X?

The closest game to Boomerang X is Cyberpunk 2077, scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Boomerang X?

The three closest games to Boomerang X are: 1. Cyberpunk 2077 (90/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Fallout: New Vegas (87/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Fallout 4 (87/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Boomerang X's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 48 candidates across 10 dimensions.

Is Fallout: New Vegas similar to Boomerang X?

Yes, very much so — Fallout: New Vegas scores 87/100 similarity to Boomerang X. They share 10 attributes, including deep RPG systems and action RPG combat. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What RPG games are similar to Boomerang X?

The best RPG games similar to Boomerang X are Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Bright Memory: Infinite. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Boomerang X attributes like deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling.

How is similarity to Boomerang X calculated?

We compare Boomerang X against every game in our catalog using 10 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Boomerang X experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Looking for games like Boomerang X? We analyzed its gameplay DNA — deep RPG systems, melee combat and setting scifi — against over 6,700 titles. These 48 alternatives are ranked by real similarity, not marketing tags. Cyberpunk 2077 leads with 90/100, followed by the rest of the list.

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Top games similar to Boomerang X

48 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Boomerang X. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Cyberpunk 2077Closest overall match

iRank80

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 938KRAWG👍 83%· 3.0KMC73IGDB75· 21OC76· 226

Year 2020Dev CD Projekt Red · CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~29hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Cyberpunk 2077 is a science fiction game loosely based on the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. ###Setting The game is set in the year 2077 in a fictional futuristic metropolis Night City in California.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

Released 3 years after Boomerang X.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeRangedSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 257KRAWG👍 89%· 2.6KMC84IGDB82· 9

Year 2010Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

The writing is why it endures: factions with coherent positions, quests that resolve several ways, and an ending that actually reflects a decade of small choices. Reputation matters everywhere. Technically it is fragile — it shipped buggy and remains so, with crashes common enough on modern systems that most players install community patches first.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 424KRAWG👍 70%· 3.4KMC84IGDB85· 21OC87· 159

Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~38hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and third-person shooting

The best shooting in the series by some distance, plus settlement building that becomes its own game if you let it. Power armour finally feels like a vehicle. The dialogue wheel is the loss — four options that collapse into the same outcome, and a voiced protagonist that narrows roleplaying compared with New Vegas.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

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#4Bright Memory: InfiniteClosest on setting

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonDark

Steam👍 92%· 40KIGDB67· 5OC63· 95

Year 2021Dev FYQD-Studio · PLAYISMOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, punishing difficulty and skill tree progression, while skipping ranged combat

Released 4 years after Boomerang X.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloRangedMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 97%· 228KRAWG👍 87%· 141

Year 2020Dev Arsi "Hakita" Patala · New Blood InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, punishing difficulty and fantasy world, while skipping adventure storytelling

Movement-first shooting where healing comes from standing close to what you are killing, so the loop pushes you into danger constantly. Style ranking rewards variety over efficiency. Its ceiling is very high and very demanding — the systems assume you will learn cancels and parries, and it is still in early access with the final chapters unfinished.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

Released 3 years after Boomerang X.

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Steam GOG

#6RoboCop: Rogue City

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative

Steam👍 87%· 34KIGDB74· 6OC73· 114

Year 2023Dev Teyon · NaconOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting cyberpunk, while skipping ranged combat

Released 6 years after Boomerang X.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat58Setting50

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative

Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB72· 4OC74· 141

Year 2023Dev Mundfish · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

Released 6 years after Boomerang X.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat56Setting41

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 81%· 22KIGDB89· 10

Year 2008Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping ranged combat

Its strength is atmosphere and discovery: the Capital Wasteland rewards wandering, and the metro tunnels connecting it create a genuine sense of a broken city. VATS makes combat readable. The main quest is thin and railroads hard at the end, and the green filter over everything flattens the visual variety across dozens of hours.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: combat and setting.

It predates Boomerang X by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative

Steam👍 57%· 173KIGDB85· 9OC84· 221

Year 2023Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, deep simulation and strong narrative focus, while skipping ranged combat

At its best in the hand-built cities and the faction questlines, where the writing and the systems both hold. Ship building is deeper than it first appears. The exploration loop is the weak point — procedurally generated planets repeat their points of interest quickly, and the constant loading screens between surface, ship and space break any sense of continuity.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

Released 6 years after Boomerang X.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonCo-op

Steam👍 82%· 28KIGDB86· 15OC83· 215

Year 2019Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Private DivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and setting space, while skipping ranged combat

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Steam GOG Epic

#11Ghostrunner

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreSoulslike

SoloMeleeRangedSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 66KRAWG👍 75%· 651IGDB82· 10OC81· 115

Year 2020Dev 3D Realms · All in! GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Shared with Boomerang X: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, fighting mechanics and punishing difficulty

Enter an intense cyberpunk world and experience fierce, dynamic combat! Conquer your enemies in the physical world and in cyberspace. Hunt for answers inhumanity’s last remaining shelter. Ascend humanity’s last remaining shelter, a great tower-city.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting.

Released 3 years after Boomerang X.

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#12Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 76%· 42KIGDB83· 29OC81· 136

Year 2016Dev Eidos Montréal · Feral InteractiveOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, shooter and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping action RPG combat

Prague is one of the densest immersive-sim hubs ever built — apartments, vents and sewers layered so that almost every problem has four solutions. Augmentation choice matters. It ends abruptly, mid-arc, because the planned continuation never happened, and it shipped with a microtransaction store attached to a single-player game.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: combat and setting.

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Steam GOG Epic

#13Dying Light

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeRangedFirst PersonCo-op

Steam👍 95%· 486KRAWG👍 84%· 1.4KMC74IGDB72· 17OC74· 117

Year 2015Dev Techland · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~22hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting scifi

Dying Light is a first-person action horror game with the elements of survival. It is a first part of the Dying light series followed by Dying Light 2. The game is set in the open-world environment of fictional Harran city.

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting and game mode.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeFirst PersonCo-opMultiplayer

Steam👍 77%· 26KIGDB74· 6OC75· 159

Year 2023Dev Deep Silver Dambuster Studios · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from Boomerang X: setting and game mode.

Released 6 years after Boomerang X.

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#15Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeRangedSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 44KRAWG👍 89%· 904IGDB81· 10

Year 2021Dev Eidos Montreal · Square EnixPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ If you enjoyed Boomerang X, expect deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping action RPG combat

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this third-person action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord, and thanks to your bold yet questionable leadership, you have persuaded an oddball crew of unlikely heroes to join you.

Released 4 years after Boomerang X.

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The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Boomerang X, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

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RPG · Action RPG

Chernobylite

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Bloody Hell

RPG · Action RPG

Hellgate: London

RPG · Action RPG

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

RPG · Adventure

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

RPG · Action RPG

Legend of Grimrock

RPG · Adventure

Dead Island: Riptide

RPG · Action RPG

Dead Island

RPG · Action RPG

Ninja Gaiden

RPG · Action RPG

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

RPG · Adventure

Legend of Grimrock 2

RPG · Adventure

Elite Dangerous

RPG · Simulation

Ninja Gaiden Sigma

RPG · Action RPG

The Ship: Murder Party

RPG · Shooter

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

RPG · Adventure

Avowed

RPG · Action RPG

Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

RPG · Action RPG

Stellar Blade

RPG · Action RPG

Arx Fatalis

RPG · Adventure

Hinterland

RPG · Action RPG

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

RPG · Sandbox

Caster

RPG · Adventure

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

RPG · Action RPG

Zenless Zone Zero

RPG · Action RPG

Spider-Man 2

RPG · Action RPG

Transformers: Devastation

RPG · Action RPG

Grounded

RPG · Survival

TMNT

RPG · Action RPG

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Boomerang X?: The closest game to Boomerang X is Cyberpunk 2077, scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Boomerang X?: The three closest games to Boomerang X are: 1. Cyberpunk 2077 (90/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Fallout: New Vegas (87/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Fallout 4 (87/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Boomerang X's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 48 candidates across 10 dimensions.
Is Fallout: New Vegas similar to Boomerang X?: Yes, very much so — Fallout: New Vegas scores 87/100 similarity to Boomerang X. They share 10 attributes, including deep RPG systems and action RPG combat. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What RPG games are similar to Boomerang X?: The best RPG games similar to Boomerang X are Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Bright Memory: Infinite. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Boomerang X attributes like deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling.
How is similarity to Boomerang X calculated?: We compare Boomerang X against every game in our catalog using 10 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Boomerang X experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.