18 Games with a sci-fi setting like Gears 5 that you should try

✓ 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

✓ 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

✓ 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

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension and horror setting, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

✓ 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

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

≠ Its own twist: online features, skill tree progression and crafting mechanics, while skipping third-person shooting

✓ 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

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

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, deep RPG systems and horror tension, while skipping third-person shooting

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

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and stealth mechanics, while skipping offline

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, ranged combat and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

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

≠ Missing: strong narrative focus.

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

≠ Stands apart with procedural generation, stealth mechanics and combat tactical, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere