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More about this game →We filtered the 50 games similar to Outlaws down to the 39 that fit the “Melee” category. Battlefield: Bad Company, Red Dead Redemption and No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Outlaws.
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Within the “Melee” category, the closest game to Outlaws is Battlefield: Bad Company — scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. Red Dead Redemption and No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Outlaws. Each one has been evaluated across 7 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.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping historical setting
Released 11 years after Outlaws.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and deep RPG systems, while skipping visual first person
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: visuals.
Released 13 years after Outlaws.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, fantasy world and loot and gear systems
Released 5 years after Outlaws.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere
Call of Juarez is an epic adventure western themed FPS game. The player alternately assumes the roles of two distinct, antagonistic characters: a sneaking fugitive Billy and his hunter the reverend Ray.
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: combat.
Released 9 years after Outlaws.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus
Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action.
Released 17 years after Outlaws.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
Released 10 years after Outlaws.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration
Released 12 years after Outlaws.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and adventure storytelling
Time manipulation applied to objects rather than the whole world: you age a crate to dust or restore a collapsed staircase, and it is used cleverly in traversal and combat. A tight, short campaign. It borrows heavily and openly from BioShock and Half-Life 2, and the shooting itself is unremarkable once the time device stops surprising you.
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
Released 13 years after Outlaws.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and co op
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Outlaws.
Released 14 years after Outlaws.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping historical setting
Released 6 years after Outlaws.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, while skipping historical setting
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
Released 14 years after Outlaws.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
Released 9 years after Outlaws.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
Released 10 years after Outlaws.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
Released 11 years after Outlaws.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and setting scifi, while skipping historical setting
The 1996 shooter that made levels feel like places: working light switches, destructible scenery, shrink rays and jetpacks, with Duke's one-liners over the top of it all. It remains genuinely inventive level design. Note which release you are buying — this is the barebones Anthology version, and it lacks the controller support, extra episodes and multiplayer options the Megaton Edition carries at a similar price.
Where it drifts furthest from Outlaws: setting.
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