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We filtered the 50 games similar to Machinicide down to the 34 that fit the “Narrative” category. Toy Story 3: The Video Game, Control and Hatred top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Machinicide.

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The best narrative games like Machinicide

34 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Machinicide. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

#1Toy Story 3: The Video GameClosest on genre

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen World

Steam👍 71%· 2.0KIGDB73· 6

Year 2010Dev Avalanche Software · Disney Interactive StudiosOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and sandbox freedom, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals.

It predates Machinicide by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2ControlClosest on world

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 86%· 60KIGDB83· 15OC84· 183

Year 2019Dev Remedy Entertainment · 505 GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping co op

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and game mode.

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#3Hatred

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen World

Steam👍 84%· 28KIGDB43· 3OC40· 30

Year 2015Dev Destructive CreationsOn Linux · PC · Switch

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

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

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: setting and visuals.

It predates Machinicide by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Vangers

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 93%· 1.4KRAWG👍 77%· 83

Year 1998Dev K-D Lab · KranX ProductionsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: strong narrative focus, punishing difficulty and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, adventure storytelling and deep RPG systems, while skipping shooter

Special EditionVangers was originally released in 1998 and now we present you with the special reworked edition of the game with improved performance on modern operating systems. Game still runs in 800x600 resolution though, as it was intended to do. Feature List- Vast Sandbox world - do whatever you like, just don’t get caught without Rubbox.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and game mode.

It predates Machinicide by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeHardcoreNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 64%· 162

Year 2009Dev Boss BaddiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: punishing difficulty, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design, while skipping shooter

Lunnye Devitsy is the story of an alien who falls from the moon onto a huge mountainside on the planet below. Explore strange locations, aid mysterious characters and find your way home.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and game mode.

It predates Machinicide by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen World

Steam👍 97%· 144KRAWG👍 89%· 1.3KMC91IGDB91· 12OC91· 178

Year 2020Dev Moon Studios · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~11hOn PC · Xbox · Nintendo

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing strong narrative focus, punishing difficulty and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and adventure storytelling, while skipping shooter

A New Journey Begins Embark on an adventure with all new combat and customization options while exploring a vast, exotic world encountering larger than life enemies and challenging puzzles. Seek help from discoverable allies on your path to unravel Ori’s true destiny.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: setting and visuals.

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#7Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiFirst Person3D

Steam👍 77%· 14KIGDB73· 6OC72· 147

Year 2023Dev Massive Entertainment · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, multiplayer gameplay and online features, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: tone.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiFirst 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 strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and horror tension, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: setting.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 63%· 3.9KIGDB58· 12

Year 2013Dev Spark Unlimited · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and horror tension, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

It predates Machinicide by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Gears 5

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-Fi

Steam👍 71%· 24KIGDB88· 12OC85· 150

Year 2019Dev The Coalition · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

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#11Just Cause 4Closest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 62%· 32KIGDB69· 15OC68· 134

Year 2018Dev Avalanche Studios · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

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#12Rise of the Tomb Raider

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 152KIGDB87· 25OC86· 108

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

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and puzzle design, while skipping punishing difficulty

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 Machinicide: combat and visuals.

It predates Machinicide by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 67%· 9.4KIGDB69· 7

Year 2010Dev IO Interactive · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Shot entirely through a handheld-camera aesthetic — grain, blown-out light, censored gore — which is the reason to see it, and consistently committed to. The shooting itself is unremarkable and the cover system is imprecise. It is also very short, and the unrelentingly bleak tone gives you little reason to return once it ends.

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

It predates Machinicide by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 84%· 127KIGDB77· 19OC75· 109

Year 2015Dev Avalanche Studios · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: visuals and tone.

It predates Machinicide by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Far Cry 6

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person3D

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 strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Machinicide: setting.

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