
13 Games like Destiny: Rising on Xbox that you should try
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More about this game →We filtered the 49 games similar to Destiny: Rising down to the 13 that fit the “Xbox” category. Borderlands 4, Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Evolve top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Destiny: Rising.
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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Destiny: Rising is Borderlands 4 — scoring 81/100 on our similarity scale. Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Evolve follow close behind.
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The best games like Destiny: Rising on Xbox
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.

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics and online features, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Destiny: Rising by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Destiny: Rising by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Destiny: Rising by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ 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.

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep RPG systems
Three separate campaigns — Marine, Alien and Predator — each rebuilding the game around a different body: the Marine's motion tracker and dread, the Alien's wall-crawling, the Predator's cloak and vision modes. The Marine campaign is the one that holds up. The other two are short and thin by comparison, and the multiplayer that carried it in 2010 is long dead.
It predates Destiny: Rising by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, survival mechanics and tower defense planning, while skipping deep RPG systems
DOOM 3 is a first-person shooter, the third installment in the series, serving as a reboot to the previous games. ###Plot As the game is set in a science fiction universe, the events span accordingly.
Where it drifts furthest from Destiny: Rising: setting.
It predates Destiny: Rising by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Destiny: Rising by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, precision platforming and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep RPG systems
Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle game developed by Valve Corporation and released on April 19, 2011 on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. It was published by Valve Corporation in digital form and by Electronic Arts in physical form.
It predates Destiny: Rising by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi
≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep RPG systems
id's follow-up to Doom, and the first with true 3D movement — rocket jumps, full vertical aim, and a Lovecraftian gloom scored by Nine Inch Nails. The movement still feels quicker than most modern shooters. Long-time players tend to prefer a source port to the official re-release, which quietly altered difficulty tuning and is treated as a compromised preservation job.
Where it drifts furthest from Destiny: Rising: setting.
It predates Destiny: Rising by 29 years, with what that implies technically.



