32 Dark games like Metal Gear Survive that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Metal Gear Survive down to the 32 that fit the “Dark” category. Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus and The Darkness II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Metal Gear Survive.

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The best dark games like Metal Gear Survive

32 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Metal Gear Survive. Each one has been evaluated across 21 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.

#1Shadow of the Tomb RaiderClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 86KIGDB80· 17OC80· 169

Year 2018Dev Eidos Montréal · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, first-person shooting and historical setting, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: setting and progression.

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#2Metro ExodusClosest on setting

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticHorrorSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 90%· 132KIGDB83· 12OC83· 173

Year 2019Dev 4A Games · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

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

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: visuals and progression.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 92%· 21KIGDB77· 11

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

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, survival mechanics and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

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 Metal Gear Survive: visuals and progression.

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#4Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkOpen 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 third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, first-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping survival mechanics

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 Metal Gear Survive: progression.

It predates Metal Gear Survive by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB73· 12OC74· 93

Year 2018Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, first-person shooting and online features, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: progression.

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#6Resident Evil Village

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationCrafting

Steam👍 96%· 147KRAWG👍 91%· 1.1KMC83IGDB87· 15OC84· 216

Year 2021Dev CapcomPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, ranged combat and resource management, while skipping third-person shooting

Experience survival horror like never before in the eighth major installment in the storied Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village.

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: visuals.

Released 3 years after Metal Gear Survive.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 92KIGDB81· 21OC82· 136

Year 2016Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

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

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: setting and progression.

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#8Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 67%· 9.4KIGDB69· 7

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

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

≠ Stands apart with first-person shooting, while skipping survival mechanics

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 Metal Gear Survive: progression.

It predates Metal Gear Survive by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9RAGE

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticSci-FiHorrorExplorationThird Person

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

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

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, adventure storytelling and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting, racing gameplay and deep RPG systems, while skipping survival mechanics

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 Metal Gear Survive: progression and combat.

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#10Mafia III

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 57%· 63KIGDB68· 23

Year 2016Dev Hangar 13 · 2K GamesOn PS4 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, first-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping survival mechanics

New Bordeaux and its period soundtrack are exceptional, and the story handles race and its era with more seriousness than the genre usually manages. Driving feels heavy and right. The structure undercuts all of it — the same racket-clearing loop repeats across every district, and the mission variety runs out long before the map does.

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: progression.

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#11Grand Theft Auto IV

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen 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 survival mechanics

The most grounded entry: heavier driving, a euphoria physics system that makes collisions and stumbles feel physical, and a city built for density rather than scale. Combat is serviceable. It is also the slowest — long drives between missions, friends who phone constantly asking for activities, and a tone considerably more sombre than the games around it.

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: progression and combat.

It predates Metal Gear Survive by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Gears 5

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 71%· 24KIGDB88· 12OC85· 150

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

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

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting and offline, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: progression and setting.

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#13The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 89%· 11KIGDB76· 9OC73· 123

Year 2021Dev Supermassive Games · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings combat tactical, historical setting and setting mythology, while skipping shooter

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: setting and combat.

Released 3 years after Metal Gear Survive.

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#14Homefront: The RevolutionClosest on progression

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExplorationCrafting

Steam👍 61%· 17KIGDB48· 22OC48· 83

Year 2016Dev Deep Silver Dambuster Studios · Deep SilverOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, combat tactical and historical setting, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: setting and visuals.

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#15Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 75%· 9.7KIGDB64· 11OC67· 69

Year 2015Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

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

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

A standalone expansion set in Hell, built around flight: you unlock wings early and the whole map is designed for vertical movement rather than driving. That traversal is the best part. It is very short — a few hours — and reuses the systems and much of the structure of Saints Row IV without adding a real campaign.

Where it drifts furthest from Metal Gear Survive: progression.

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