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We filtered the 50 games similar to Dreamfall: The Longest Journey down to the 23 that fit the “PC” category. Hogwarts Legacy, Styx: Master of Shadows and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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The best games like Dreamfall: The Longest Journey on PC

23 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. 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.

#1Hogwarts LegacyClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 366KRAWG👍 75%· 935IGDB85· 9OC84· 176

Year 2023Dev Avalanche Software · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~30hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping stealth mechanics

The castle is the achievement: densely built, worth exploring on its own terms, and full of small detail. Spell-chaining combat is more involved than expected. Outside it, the open world follows a familiar checklist of camps and puzzles, and the main story resolves in a rush that leaves several threads sitting unfinished.

Released 17 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#2Styx: Master of ShadowsClosest on setting

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SoloStealthMagicNarrativeFantasySci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 12KIGDB74· 9OC68· 41

Year 2014Dev Cyanide Studio · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, punishing difficulty and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design

Released 8 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#3Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicClosest on tone

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SoloStealthNarrativeSci-FiFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 33KIGDB94· 9OC83· 34

Year 2003Dev BioWare · LucasArtsOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

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#4Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesClosest on combat

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SoloMagicStealthNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 15KRAWG👍 87%· 905MC80IGDB72· 3

Year 2004Dev Troika Games · Activision BlizzardPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is a story-driven action-RPG based on table-top role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the part of the World of Darkness franchise. The game is setting a gothic urban fantasy where vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings live secretly by humans.

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: setting.

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#5The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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SoloStealthMagicNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 318KRAWG👍 89%· 4.9KMC94IGDB80· 10

Year 2011Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~46hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, sandbox freedom and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

The fifth game in the series, Skyrim takes us on a journey through the coldest region of Cyrodiil. Once again player can traverse the open world RPG armed with various medieval weapons and magic, to become a hero of Nordic legends –Dovahkiin, the Dragonborn.

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: setting.

Released 5 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#6Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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SoloStealthMagicNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 96KIGDB84· 18OC85· 103

Year 2014Dev Monolith Productions · WB GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, sandbox freedom and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

Released 8 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#7Gothic

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SoloStealthMagicNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 18KIGDB78· 1

Year 2001Dev Piranha Bytes · JoWooD Entertainment AGOn PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, punishing difficulty and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloStealthMagicFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 55%· 3.2KIGDB64· 5

Year 2010Dev Spellbound Entertainment · DreamCatcher InteractiveOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, open world exploration and ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design

A Gothic sequel by a different studio that traded the series' hostile, systems-heavy world for a conventional open-world action RPG with accessible combat and a clear quest structure. Taken on its own terms it is a competent, slightly janky European RPG. Taken as Gothic it is widely rejected, and the PC build still has unresolved resolution and display bugs on current Windows.

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Released 4 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#9Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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SoloStealthNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 82%· 38KIGDB82· 12OC88· 206

Year 2023Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

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

Released 17 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicFantasySci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 488IGDB80· 1

Year 2000Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloFantasySci-FiThird PersonFree to Play

IGDB73· 4OC75· 40

Year 2024Dev miHoYoOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and fantasy world

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat and free to play, while skipping puzzle design

Released 18 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#12Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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SoloMagicNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 13KIGDB79· 11

Year 2012Dev 38 Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: combat.

Released 6 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#13Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloStealthNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 2.7KRAWG👍 89%· 713MC85IGDB80· 2

Year 2005Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, precision platforming and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a third-person fast-paced action game developed by Ubisoft. It is the third installment of the series. ###Plot After changing his fate, The Prince comes to Babylon accompanied by Kaileena. It turns out that Babylon is under attack.

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloNarrativeFantasyThird PersonOpen World

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Year 2012Dev Vigil Games · Spike ChunsoftOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping puzzle design

Released 6 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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#15Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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SoloMagicNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 68%· 44KIGDB91· 7OC80· 155

Year 2024Dev BioWare · Electronic ArtsOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, turn-based strategy and combat tactical, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Released 18 years after Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

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