What is the best game similar to Drive Beyond Horizons?

The closest game to Drive Beyond Horizons is The Darkness II, scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. They share 13 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Drive Beyond Horizons?

The three closest games to Drive Beyond Horizons are: 1. The Darkness II (76/100, 13 shared attributes) 2. Saints Row: The Third (71/100, 12 shared attributes) 3. Strange Brigade (73/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Drive Beyond Horizons's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 19 dimensions.

Is Saints Row: The Third similar to Drive Beyond Horizons?

Yes, very much so — Saints Row: The Third scores 71/100 similarity to Drive Beyond Horizons. They share 12 attributes, including shooter and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Adventure games are similar to Drive Beyond Horizons?

The best Adventure games similar to Drive Beyond Horizons are The Darkness II, Saints Row: The Third, Strange Brigade and Jet Island. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Drive Beyond Horizons attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics.

How is similarity to Drive Beyond Horizons calculated?

We compare Drive Beyond Horizons against every game in our catalog using 19 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Drive Beyond Horizons experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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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.

If Drive Beyond Horizons left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — adventure storytelling, vibe casual and open world exploration — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 19 attributes. The Darkness II comes closest (76/100).

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Drive Beyond Horizons. Each one has been evaluated across 19 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.

#1The Darkness IIClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 21KIGDB77· 11

Year 2012Dev Digital Extremes · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

Quad-wielding combat: two guns plus two demon arms that grab, throw and tear, which makes fights faster and more physical than the first game. The comic-book art style holds up well. It is short — a single sitting for many players — and the darkness-and-light mechanic reduces most encounters to shooting out the same lamps.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Saints Row: The ThirdClosest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 96%· 69KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev Volition · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, adventure storytelling and racing gameplay

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, sandbox freedom and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and visuals.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB73· 12OC74· 93

Year 2018Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and visuals.

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#4Jet IslandClosest on tone

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeCasualOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 96%· 1.7K

Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and racing gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, while skipping survival mechanics

Jet Island is a giant land mass, floating in space. Nearly 16 km across, stone structures and ruins are scattered across this ancient land. Scientists are baffled as to why a long forgotten alien race created this place. However, for those who have made the journey to this world, one thing is clear.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 75%· 34KIGDB72· 11OC73· 146

Year 2019Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloOnlineMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 92%· 36KRAWG👍 59%· 70OC69· 5

Year 2020Dev FlashbulbPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and racing gameplay

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and setting space, while skipping shooter

Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition! Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: setting.

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#7RAGE

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 78%· 18KRAWG👍 52%· 834MC79IGDB81· 10

Year 2011Dev Aspyr Media · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: first-person shooting, shooter and racing gameplay

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

id Software shooting at its most precise, wrapped in a wasteland that mostly exists to connect combat arenas. The gunfeel and enemy animation still hold up. Everything around it is weaker: driving sections pad the runtime, the world is a hub-and-spoke rather than open, and it ends abruptly enough that many players assume they missed a final act.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and combat.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

The template every later Far Cry followed: outposts to liberate, towers to climb, and a genuinely good stealth loop with a bow that makes clearing a camp silently the most satisfying thing in it. The second half loses the plot once the antagonist exits, and the island's activities repeat well before you finish clearing them.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and combat.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 72%· 42KIGDB53· 12OC49· 65

Year 2019Dev Systemic ReactionOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and progression.

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#10Far Cry 6

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opMultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 71%· 34KIGDB82· 11OC77· 185

Year 2021Dev Ubisoft Toronto · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and setting.

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#11Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

iRank93

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 83KRAWG👍 93%· 4.1KMC93IGDB93· 6

Year 2004Dev Rockstar North · CapcomPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and shooter

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, third-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

The largest of the PS2-era entries by a distance: three cities, countryside between them, and systems the series never repeated — stat training, gang territory, vehicle variety from bikes to planes. It is also the most uneven. Mission difficulty spikes without warning, and the RPG-ish stat grind sits oddly against the pace of everything else.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and combat.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Rise of the Tomb Raider

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 152KIGDB87· 25OC86· 108

Year 2015Dev Crystal Dynamics · Microsoft StudiosOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, third-person shooting and deep RPG systems, while skipping deep simulation

Bigger and better paced than the 2013 reboot: tombs are more numerous and more elaborate, and the crafting and hunting loops give the hub areas a reason to exist. Traversal is excellent. The story is forgettable and the survival framing sits awkwardly beside a protagonist who kills dozens of people without comment.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and progression.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Sunset OverdriveClosest on setting

iRank86

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticHorrorExploration

Steam👍 90%· 14KIGDB82· 16OC83· 89

Year 2014Dev Insomniac Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, precision platforming and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and visuals.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 76%· 21KRAWG👍 64%· 897MC78IGDB81· 6

Year 2008Dev Volition · Deep SilverPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and racing gameplay

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

The entry most fans point to: an open city with genuine variety in activities, co-op through the entire campaign, and a tone that swings between crude comedy and surprisingly dark story beats. The PC port is the problem — it shipped badly and still needs community patches to run properly, which is a real barrier before you start.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: visuals.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 28KRAWG👍 50%· 824MC66OC65· 78

Year 2015Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, deep simulation and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: visual third person and visual topdown, while skipping survival mechanics

Become the ultimate icon of today’s urban car culture in Need for Speed™, featuring Five Ways to Play and a huge open world to race and explore from dusk ‘till dawn. * FIVE WAYS TO PLAY – Earn reputation and master all Five Ways to Play - Speed, Style, Build, Crew and Outlaw - to win your own way.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Drive Beyond Horizons.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Complete list of Drive Beyond Horizons alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Drive Beyond Horizons, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Adventure · Shooter

Lost Planet 3

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

Shooter · FPS

Grand Theft Auto 2

Shooter · FPS

Need for Speed™ Payback

Racing · Sports

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

Adventure · Sandbox

Serious Sam 4

Shooter · FPS

Red Faction: Armageddon

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Just Cause 3

Adventure · Shooter

Need for Speed: Rivals

Racing · Adventure

Saints Row

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Saints Row IV

Adventure · Shooter

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Gears 5

Adventure · Shooter

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Adventure · Survival

HELLDIVERS™ 2

Third-person shooter · Shooter

Toy Story 3: The Video Game

Adventure · Platformer

Just Cause 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Enemy Front

Shooter · FPS

Grand Theft Auto IV

Adventure · Third-person shooter

AXYOS

FPS · Turn-Based Strat

Grand Theft Auto

Adventure · Racing

Crash Time 3

Racing · Simulation

Down To One

FPS · Survival

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Descenders

Sports · Racing

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Adventure · Puzzle

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Adventure · Platformer

LEGO® DC Super-Villains

Adventure

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Adventure · Platformer

Just Cause 4

Adventure · Shooter

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

Racing

Just Cause

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Disney Infinity 2.0: Gold Edition

Adventure · Sandbox

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Drive Beyond Horizons?: The closest game to Drive Beyond Horizons is The Darkness II, scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. They share 13 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Drive Beyond Horizons?: The three closest games to Drive Beyond Horizons are: 1. The Darkness II (76/100, 13 shared attributes) 2. Saints Row: The Third (71/100, 12 shared attributes) 3. Strange Brigade (73/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Drive Beyond Horizons's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 19 dimensions.
Is Saints Row: The Third similar to Drive Beyond Horizons?: Yes, very much so — Saints Row: The Third scores 71/100 similarity to Drive Beyond Horizons. They share 12 attributes, including shooter and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Adventure games are similar to Drive Beyond Horizons?: The best Adventure games similar to Drive Beyond Horizons are The Darkness II, Saints Row: The Third, Strange Brigade and Jet Island. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Drive Beyond Horizons attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics.
How is similarity to Drive Beyond Horizons calculated?: We compare Drive Beyond Horizons against every game in our catalog using 19 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Drive Beyond Horizons experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.