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We filtered the 50 games similar to Ichima-san down to the 23 that fit the “Melee” category. Prototype, UOS Prototype and Prototype 2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Ichima-san.

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The best melee games like Ichima-san

23 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Ichima-san. 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.

#1PrototypeClosest overall match

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SoloMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeHorrorExplorationLootThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 14KRAWG👍 72%· 1.1KMC79IGDB78· 8

Year 2009Dev Activision · Activision BlizzardPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and open world exploration, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

New York, Manhattan Peninsula (very detailed), our days. The townspeople are struck by a mutation that turns people into bloodthirsty monsters. The protagonist of the game is a seemingly unremarkable young man named Alex Mercer.

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: setting.

It predates Ichima-san by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeHorrorExplorationLootThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 14KRAWG👍 72%· 1.1KMC79IGDB78· 8

Year 2009Dev Activision · Activision BlizzardPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and open world exploration, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: setting.

It predates Ichima-san by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 77%· 16KIGDB77· 10

Year 2012Dev Radical Entertainment · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and open world exploration, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Ichima-san.

It predates Ichima-san by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Vampyr

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 77%· 24KIGDB68· 17OC72· 172

Year 2018Dev Dontnod Eleven · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: punishing difficulty, open world exploration and skill tree progression, while skipping precision platforming

An RPG built on a real dilemma: every citizen you drain gives large experience but permanently degrades their district, and the game is genuinely playable without killing anyone. The London setting and dialogue are strong. Combat is stiff and repetitive, and pacifist runs leave you badly underlevelled for bosses the game does not scale down.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Ichima-san.

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#5Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasyExplorationThird 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, action RPG combat and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings open world exploration, combat magic and skill tree progression, while skipping precision platforming

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 Ichima-san: visuals.

It predates Ichima-san by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

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SoloMeleeStealthHistoricalFantasyExplorationLootThird Person

Steam👍 54%· 3.2KIGDB69· 6

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Milan · Ubisoft Entertainment

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

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

Originally a handheld game, following Aveline through colonial Louisiana with a persona system that swaps her between three social identities to change who reacts to her. New Orleans and the premise are the interesting parts. It is short and visibly scaled down beside the console entries, the persona mechanic is more inconvenient than tactical, and the story thins out badly in its second half.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Ichima-san.

It predates Ichima-san by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Assassin's Creed Mirage

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SoloMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeHistoricalExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 11KIGDB75· 9OC76· 194

Year 2023Dev Ubisoft Bordeaux · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, while skipping precision platforming

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Ichima-san.

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#8METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

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SoloMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeFantasyHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 88KRAWG👍 87%· 1.3KMC83IGDB85· 17OC84· 19

Year 2013Dev Platinum Games · KonamiPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and punishing difficulty, while skipping precision platforming

After the events of the uprising took four years. Naomi Hunter creates the FOXAVILE computer virus that destroys the system of "Sons of the Patriots", thereby putting an end to the military economy, what turned the war into a profitable business.

It predates Ichima-san by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 79KIGDB84· 17OC83· 203

Year 2019Dev Kojima Productions · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloStealthMeleeFantasyHistoricalExplorationLootThird 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, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, combat magic and ranged combat, while skipping precision platforming

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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Ichima-san.

It predates Ichima-san by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Murdered: Soul Suspect

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 17KRAWG👍 58%· 992MC59IGDB61· 14OC61· 76

Year 2014Dev Square EnixPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

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

The hero is a policeman, talented and devoted to duty. But there is a clarification - this is a dead policeman, killed because of his work, but he did not leave the world, he turned into a ghost and did not lose his passion for investigations. A hero can do many things in our world, but not all.

It predates Ichima-san by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12A Plague Tale: RequiemClosest on visuals

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHistoricalExplorationThird Person3D

Steam👍 91%· 25KIGDB86· 6OC83· 161

Year 2022Dev Asobo Studio · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with setting medieval, crafting mechanics and resource management, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: setting and progression.

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#13Styx: Master of Shadows

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkFantasyLootExplorationThird 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 punishing difficulty, open world exploration and combat magic, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: setting.

It predates Ichima-san by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeStealthHistoricalExplorationLootThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 2.6KIGDB78· 5

Year 2009Dev Pandemic Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping action RPG combat

It predates Ichima-san by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Alice: Madness ReturnsClosest on tone

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 29KRAWG👍 82%· 575MC75IGDB72· 5

Year 2011Dev Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and visual first person, while skipping Metroidvania exploration

This sequel to American McGee's Alice follows the protagonist, Alice Lidell, as she returns to the dark world of her subconsciousness, the nightmarish version of Lewis Carrol’s Wonderland.

Where it drifts furthest from Ichima-san: visuals.

It predates Ichima-san by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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