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Gears 5 is hard to replace: few games combine adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration in quite the same way. We compared Gears 5 against over 6,700 titles across 15 gameplay attributes and found 50 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars and LEGO® DC Super-Villains lead the list, with LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game reaching a 97/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Gears 5 special.

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DarkNarrativeSoloMultiplayer
Year 2019Dev The Coalition

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The closest game to Gears 5 is LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars and LEGO® DC Super-Villains follow close behind.

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Top games similar to Gears 5

50 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Gears 5. Each one has been evaluated across 15 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.

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
ActionOpen World Action
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 91%· 5.6KIGDB71· 5
Year 2011Dev Traveller's Tales · Disney Interactive StudiosOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design and precision platforming, while skipping shooter

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
ActionOpen World Action
OfflineMultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 95%· 9.1KIGDB70· 3
Year 2011Dev Traveller's Tales · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

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

LEGO® DC Super-Villains
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerOfflineCo-opSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration
Steam👍 91%· 7.9KRAWG👍 66%· 155MC74OC74· 87
Year 2018Dev Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: skill tree progression, while skipping shooter

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
ActionOpen World Action
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 88%· 10KIGDB76· 12OC74· 61
Year 2014Dev Traveller's Tales · WB GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, precision platforming and setting space, while skipping shooter

Crash Time 3
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloOfflineMeleeOpen WorldExploration
Steam👍 85%· 652
Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay and deep simulation, while skipping adventure storytelling

Grand Theft Auto IV
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 83%· 195KRAWG👍 96%· 103MC95
Year 2010Dev Rockstar Toronto · Rockstar GamesOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and ranged combat, while skipping first-person shooting

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 67%· 9.4KIGDB69· 7
Year 2010Dev IO Interactive · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

≠ Missing: setting scifi.

Jet Island
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExploration
Steam👍 96%· 1.7K
Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, sports simulation and racing gameplay, while skipping shooter

The Darkness II
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldExploration
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 adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping third-person shooting

Serious Sam 4
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldSci-FiExploration
Steam👍 83%· 17KIGDB72· 9OC68· 105
Year 2020Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · Linux · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings punishing difficulty and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
ActionOpen World Action
SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird 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, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping setting scifi

Need for Speed™
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird 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 adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, deep simulation and visual first person, while skipping shooter

Grand Theft Auto 2
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkOpen WorldExploration
Steam👍 92%· 491IGDB70· 1
Year 1999Dev DMA Design · Take-Two InteractiveOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, visual isometric and visual 2d, while skipping third-person shooting

Red Faction: Armageddon
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 73%· 5.0KIGDB75· 5
Year 2011Dev Volition · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: linear, story-driven structure and horror setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Saints Row IV
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 88%· 77KIGDB84· 14
Year 2013Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and ranged combat, while skipping first-person shooting

Complete list of Gears 5 alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Gears 5, 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.

Disney Infinity 2.0: Gold Edition
87

Disney Infinity 2.0: Gold Edition

Adventure · Sandbox

Sunset Overdrive
88

Sunset Overdrive

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Just Cause 3
90

Just Cause 3

Adventure · Shooter

Need for Speed: Rivals
90

Need for Speed: Rivals

Racing · Adventure

Toy Story 3: The Video Game
91

Toy Story 3: The Video Game

Adventure · Platformer

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
86

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Rise of the Tomb Raider
86

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Adventure · Shooter

Saints Row: The Third
85

Saints Row: The Third

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Strange Brigade
89

Strange Brigade

Adventure · Puzzle

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
89

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Adventure · Shooter

Watch Dogs 2
87

Watch Dogs 2

Adventure · Shooter

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
86

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

Racing

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
87

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Adventure · Survival

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
87

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Adventure · Platformer

Shadow of the Tomb Raider
87

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Adventure · Puzzle

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
89

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

Adventure · Puzzle

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
87

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

Third-person shooter · Shooter

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
84

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

Adventure · Sandbox

Lost Planet 3
92

Lost Planet 3

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Saints Row
92

Saints Row

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
89

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Crysis 3
86

Crysis 3

Shooter · FPS

Saints Row 2
88

Saints Row 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

RAGE
88

RAGE

FPS · Shooter

High on Life
86

High on Life

Shooter · FPS

Just Cause 4
89

Just Cause 4

Adventure · Shooter

Just Cause 2
85

Just Cause 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Sniper Elite 4
84

Sniper Elite 4

Shooter · Adventure

Crysis Warhead
84

Crysis Warhead

Shooter · FPS

Descenders
85

Descenders

Sports · Racing

Far Cry® 5
85

Far Cry® 5

Adventure · Survival

Bully: Scholarship Edition
84

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Adventure · Sandbox

Destroy All Humans!
84

Destroy All Humans!

Adventure · Shooter

Watch Dogs
84

Watch Dogs

Adventure · Shooter

Mafia II: Definitive Edition
86

Mafia II: Definitive Edition

Adventure · Shooter

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Gears 5?
The closest game to Gears 5 is LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, offline and single-player focus. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Gears 5?
The three closest games to Gears 5 are: 1. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (97/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (96/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. LEGO® DC Super-Villains (97/100, 8 shared attributes). All share Gears 5's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 15 dimensions.
Is LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars similar to Gears 5?
Yes, very much so — LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars scores 96/100 similarity to Gears 5. They share 10 attributes, including adventure storytelling and offline. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Adventure games are similar to Gears 5?
The best Adventure games similar to Gears 5 are LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, LEGO® DC Super-Villains and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Gears 5 attributes like adventure storytelling, offline and single-player focus.
How is similarity to Gears 5 calculated?
We compare Gears 5 against every game in our catalog using 15 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 Gears 5 experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.