13 Melee games like Downward: Enhanced Edition that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Downward: Enhanced Edition down to the 13 that fit the “Melee” category. RiME, Mirror's Edge Catalyst and Stray top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Downward: Enhanced Edition.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

The best melee games like Downward: Enhanced Edition

13 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Downward: Enhanced Edition. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1RiMEClosest overall match

iRank83

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExploration

Steam👍 90%· 5.2KIGDB73· 15OC79· 120

Year 2017Dev Tequila Works · Six FootOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe relaxing and visual third person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: visuals and tone.

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Steam GOG Epic

#2Mirror's Edge CatalystClosest on visuals

iRank75

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 16KIGDB69· 27OC70· 103

Year 2016Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting cyberpunk, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: tone and setting.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#3Stray

iRank88

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 97%· 171KRAWG👍 84%· 1.3KMC82IGDB85· 8OC84· 200

Year 2022Dev BlueTwelve · Annapurna InteractivePlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, cozy, relaxing feel and stealth mechanics, while skipping punishing difficulty

Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten city. Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed, neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly.

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: visuals and setting.

Genre100Game mode100World100Progression100Combat60Tone35

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 102KIGDB85· 7OC85· 61

Year 2019Dev Mobius Digital · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, horror tension and setting space, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: setting.

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#5Road 96

iRank86

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 25KIGDB83· 8OC78· 93

Year 2021Dev DigixArt · RavenscourtOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with procedural generation, while skipping precision platforming

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Steam GOG Epic

#6LEGO Jurassic World

iRank82

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 93%· 11KIGDB73· 15OC71· 79

Year 2015Dev TT Games · WB GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings offline, multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: visuals and game mode.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Progression100Setting69Game mode22

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFantasySci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 4.1KIGDB90· 1

Year 1999Dev Looking Glass Studios · Eidos InteractiveOn PC

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: combat and tone.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#8The LEGO Movie Videogame

iRank77

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

Steam👍 87%· 5.9KIGDB64· 10OC70· 42

Year 2014Dev TT Fusion · WB GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, co op and offline, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: visuals and game mode.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Progression100Game mode29Visuals0

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Steam GOG Xbox

#9Bully

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GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

IGDB92· 4

Year 2006Dev Rockstar New England · Take-Two InteractiveOn PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: visuals.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

iRank89

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

IGDB89· 9

Year 2009Dev Rockstar Leeds · Rockstar GamesOn Android · iOS

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with shooter, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: visuals.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11X2: The Threat

iRank72

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 83%· 522RAWG👍 58%· 36MC72IGDB67· 2

Year 2003Dev EgosoftPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: open world exploration, melee combat and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, turn-based strategy and sandbox freedom, while skipping adventure storytelling

X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: setting.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#12X: Beyond the Frontier

iRank60

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 75%· 387RAWG👍 56%· 32MC67IGDB30· 1

Year 1999Dev Egosoft · THQPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with open world exploration, melee combat and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, sandbox freedom and turn-based strategy, while skipping adventure storytelling

The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: setting.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals72Progression67World61

GenreAdventureSubgenreOpen World Action-Adventure

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationHistorical

Steam👍 74%· 1.6KRAWG👍 33%· 42MC55

Year 2012Dev Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, historical setting and resource management, while skipping adventure storytelling

The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.

Where it drifts furthest from Downward: Enhanced Edition: setting and progression.

It predates Downward: Enhanced Edition by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Progression46Setting0

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