9 Games with a fantasy setting like Destiny: Rising that you should try

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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.

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We filtered the 49 games similar to Destiny: Rising down to the 9 that fit the “Fantasy” category. Iron Grip: Warlord, Nintendo Land and Resistance 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Destiny: Rising.

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The best games with a fantasy setting like Destiny: Rising

9 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Destiny: Rising. 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.

#1Iron Grip: WarlordClosest on genre

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerFantasySci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 448MC59

Year 2008Dev ISOTXPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy, tower defense planning and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

Iron Grip: Warlord invigorates tower defense with first-person shooter elements to give a new twist to the genre. It puts you in the heat of the battle, fighting off hordes of AI-controlled invaders. Play alone or with friends, in a diverse and challenging struggle to save all of Atelia.

It predates Destiny: Rising by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opFantasySci-FiFirst PersonThird Person

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Year 2012Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2 · Nintendo

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, racing gameplay and precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Destiny: Rising by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opFantasySci-FiFirst Person

IGDB88· 6

Year 2011Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, historical setting and offline, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Destiny: Rising by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

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SoloCo-opMultiplayerSci-FiFantasy

Steam👍 87%· 898RAWG👍 64%· 73MC76IGDB76· 3

Year 2011Dev Shadow Planet Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings Metroidvania exploration, adventure storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping deep RPG systems

###Interesting mix The game is a mixture of 2D shooter and puzzle genres developed by Shadow Planet Production and released by Microsoft Studios for its Xbox360 console. As part of the HumbleBundle pack, a soundtrack for the game is available, which was released separately.

Where it drifts furthest from Destiny: Rising: visuals.

It predates Destiny: Rising by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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Year 2008Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Destiny: Rising by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Command & Conquer: RenegadeClosest on visuals

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Steam👍 85%· 820IGDB59· 2

Year 2002Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Where it differs: brings historical setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Destiny: Rising by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

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Year 2009Dev Raven Software · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Destiny: Rising by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent RidersClosest overall match

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Steam👍 94%· 1.2KRAWG👍 77%· 111

Year 1994Dev id SoftwarePlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and melee combat, while skipping setting scifi

In a twisted medieval dimension, undead creatures and bestial horrors have done the unthinkable--callously slaughtering your entire race. Your friends. Your family. Eliminated. But the nightmare has just begun.

It predates Destiny: Rising by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

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