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We filtered the 40 games similar to Deus Ex: The Fall down to the 31 that fit the “Melee” category. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Prey and Dishonored 2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Deus Ex: The Fall.

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Within the “Melee” category, the closest game to Deus Ex: The Fall is Deus Ex: Human Revolution — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Prey and Dishonored 2 follow close behind.

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The best melee games like Deus Ex: The Fall

31 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Deus Ex: The Fall. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

#1Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeOpen WorldCyberpunkSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 92%· 29KIGDB92· 8
Year 2011Dev Eidos Montréal · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design and strong narrative focus

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100World100Progression100
Prey
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 54KIGDB76· 16OC81· 166
Year 2017Dev Arkane Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, puzzle design and survival mechanics, while skipping setting cyberpunk

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting and progression.

Released 4 years after Deus Ex: The Fall.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Visuals100Progression49
Dishonored 2
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 66KIGDB86· 20OC87· 145
Year 2016Dev Arkane Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and combat magic, while skipping setting cyberpunk

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting.

Released 3 years after Deus Ex: The Fall.

Genre100Game mode100World100Visuals100Combat85Progression58
BioShock
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 94%· 32KRAWG👍 89%· 3.4KMC96IGDB93· 8
Year 2007Dev Digital Extremes · 2K GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, horror tension and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting cyberpunk

FPS with RPG elements, Bioshock invites players to experience horrors of underwater isolation in the city of Rapture, the failed project of the better future. After surviving the plane crash, the protagonist has only one way to go – to the giant lighthouse that opens a way to the underwater utopia.

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting and progression.

Genre100Game mode100World100Visuals100Combat70Progression39
Rage 2
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 63%· 17KIGDB69· 11OC71· 156
Year 2019Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting cyberpunk

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting.

Released 6 years after Deus Ex: The Fall.

Genre100Combat100World100Visuals100Game mode76Progression74
Deus Ex
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeOpen WorldCyberpunkSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 95%· 15KRAWG👍 80%· 576MC90
Year 2000Dev Ion Storm · Square EnixPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

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

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and ranged combat, while skipping exploration and discovery

The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100World100Visuals100Combat80Game mode56
The Evil Within 2
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 92%· 31KIGDB81· 15OC80· 156
Year 2017Dev Tango Gameworks · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, survival mechanics and third-person shooting, while skipping setting cyberpunk

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting.

Released 4 years after Deus Ex: The Fall.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Visuals71Progression63
Deus Ex: Invisible War
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthOpen WorldCyberpunkSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 58%· 2.5KRAWG👍 47%· 306MC80IGDB80· 3
Year 2003Dev Ion Storm · Square EnixPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and ranged combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

Approximately 20 years after the events depicted in Deus Ex, The World is only beginning to recover from a Catastrophic worldwide depression.

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100World100Visuals100Combat76
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 68%· 3.3KRAWG👍 84%· 251MC76IGDB80· 2
Year 2005Dev Headfirst Productions · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, puzzle design and survival mechanics, while skipping deep RPG systems

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements. You will draw upon your skills in exploration, investigation, and combat while faced with the seemingly impossible task of battling evil incarnate.

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting.

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Combat75Setting30
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB89· 5
Year 2004Dev Tigon Studios · Vivendi GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and visual third person, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting.

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals72Setting41
The Last of Us Part I
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDark
Steam👍 84%· 103KIGDB77· 12OC82· 180
Year 2022Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Deus Ex: The Fall: setting and visuals.

Released 9 years after Deus Ex: The Fall.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting0Visuals0
Black
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeFirst Person
IGDB71· 4
Year 2006Dev Criterion Games · Electronic Arts

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics.

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals100
XIII
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthFirst PersonMultiplayer
Steam👍 89%· 2.5KIGDB73· 5OC38· 31
Year 2003Dev Ubisoft Paris · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode56
Soldier of Fortune
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeFirst PersonMultiplayer
IGDB90· 1
Year 2000Dev Runecraft · Majesco EntertainmentOn Linux · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode55
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeFirst PersonMultiplayer
IGDB68· 1
Year 2000Dev Monolith Productions · Fox InteractiveOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Deus Ex: The Fall by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode55

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