What is the best game similar to Severed?

The closest game to Severed is Avowed, scoring 81/100 on our similarity scale. They share 7 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Severed?

The three closest games to Severed are: 1. Avowed (81/100, 7 shared attributes) 2. Fallout: New Vegas (76/100, 7 shared attributes) 3. Legend of Grimrock 2 (75/100, 8 shared attributes). All share Severed's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 9 dimensions.

Is Fallout: New Vegas similar to Severed?

Yes, very much so — Fallout: New Vegas scores 76/100 similarity to Severed. They share 7 attributes, including deep RPG systems and action RPG combat. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What RPG games are similar to Severed?

The best RPG games similar to Severed are Avowed, Fallout: New Vegas, Legend of Grimrock 2 and Fallout 4. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Severed attributes like deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling.

How is similarity to Severed calculated?

We compare Severed against every game in our catalog using 9 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Severed experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Severed is hard to replace: few games combine deep RPG systems, fantasy world and single-player focus in quite the same way. We compared Severed against over 6,700 titles across 9 gameplay attributes and found 47 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. Avowed, Fallout: New Vegas and Legend of Grimrock 2 lead the list, with Avowed reaching a 81/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Severed special.

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Top games similar to Severed

47 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Severed. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

#1AvowedClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloFantasyExplorationFirst PersonMagic

Steam👍 77%· 12KIGDB85· 5OC80· 200

Year 2025Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping loot and gear systems

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: progression.

Released 9 years after Severed.

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SoloExplorationCraftingFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 96%· 257KRAWG👍 89%· 2.6KMC84IGDB82· 9

Year 2010Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping fantasy world

The writing is why it endures: factions with coherent positions, quests that resolve several ways, and an ending that actually reflects a decade of small choices. Reputation matters everywhere. Technically it is fragile — it shipped buggy and remains so, with crashes common enough on modern systems that most players install community patches first.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting.

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#3Legend of Grimrock 2Closest on progression

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloFantasyExplorationLootCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 4.0KIGDB88· 2

Year 2014Dev Almost Human Ltd.On Linux · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping action RPG combat

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SoloExplorationCraftingFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 81%· 424KRAWG👍 70%· 3.4KMC84IGDB85· 21OC87· 159

Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~38hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping fantasy world

The best shooting in the series by some distance, plus settlement building that becomes its own game if you let it. Power armour finally feels like a vehicle. The dialogue wheel is the loss — four options that collapse into the same outcome, and a voiced protagonist that narrows roleplaying compared with New Vegas.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting.

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SoloFantasyExplorationLootCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 6.7KRAWG👍 75%· 298MC82IGDB75· 3

Year 2012Dev Almost Human GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping action RPG combat

For all your misdeeds, you are sentenced to die at the top of Mount Grimrock. No one ever returned from this gruesome prison alive, but you can try and be the first to escape. On the inside, Mount Grimrock is full of dungeons that can allow the prisoners to slowly descend to the earth level.

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#6Kingdom Come: Deliverance

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloExplorationLootFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 84%· 181KRAWG👍 80%· 1.5KMC71IGDB74· 11OC72· 135

Year 2018Dev Deep Silver · Warhorse StudiosPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and stealth mechanics, while skipping fantasy world

You're Henry, the son of a blacksmith. Thrust into a raging civil war, you watch helplessly as invaders storm your village and slaughter your friends and family. Narrowly escaping the brutal attack, you grab your sword to fight back.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloExplorationFirst PersonStealthMelee

Steam👍 81%· 22KIGDB89· 10

Year 2008Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, sandbox freedom and survival mechanics, while skipping fantasy world

Its strength is atmosphere and discovery: the Capital Wasteland rewards wandering, and the metro tunnels connecting it create a genuine sense of a broken city. VATS makes combat readable. The main quest is thin and railroads hard at the end, and the green filter over everything flattens the visual variety across dozens of hours.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting and progression.

It predates Severed by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloExplorationFirst PersonRangedMelee

Steam👍 86%· 938KRAWG👍 83%· 3.0KMC73IGDB75· 21OC76· 226

Year 2020Dev CD Projekt Red · CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~29hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

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

Cyberpunk 2077 is a science fiction game loosely based on the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. ###Setting The game is set in the year 2077 in a fictional futuristic metropolis Night City in California.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting and progression.

Released 4 years after Severed.

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SoloExplorationFirst PersonMeleeNarrative

Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB72· 4OC74· 141

Year 2023Dev Mundfish · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting and progression.

Released 7 years after Severed.

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SoloExplorationLootFirst PersonCo-op

Steam👍 82%· 28KIGDB86· 15OC83· 215

Year 2019Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Private DivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting.

Released 3 years after Severed.

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Steam GOG Epic

#11Starfield

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloExplorationFirst PersonMeleeNarrative

Steam👍 57%· 173KIGDB85· 9OC84· 221

Year 2023Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping fantasy world

At its best in the hand-built cities and the faction questlines, where the writing and the systems both hold. Ship building is deeper than it first appears. The exploration loop is the weak point — procedurally generated planets repeat their points of interest quickly, and the constant loading screens between surface, ship and space break any sense of continuity.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting and progression.

Released 7 years after Severed.

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#12RoboCop: Rogue City

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloFirst PersonMeleeNarrativeDark

Steam👍 87%· 34KIGDB74· 6OC73· 114

Year 2023Dev Teyon · NaconOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting.

Released 7 years after Severed.

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#13Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloFantasyLootCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 21KIGDB80· 8OC77· 45

Year 2015Dev FatsharkOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: game mode.

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#14Arx Fatalis

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SoloFantasyExplorationLootFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 2.5KRAWG👍 79%· 171MC77IGDB78· 2

Year 2002Dev Arkane Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and fantasy world

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping action RPG combat

This critically acclaimed first-person RPG takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. The game mixes intelligent story with immersive and actual medieval surroundings. Arx Fatalis allows the player to feel that all his actions have a direct consequence on those around him.

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting.

It predates Severed by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#15Bright Memory: Infinite

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloFirst PersonMeleeDarkHardcore

Steam👍 92%· 40KIGDB67· 5OC63· 95

Year 2021Dev FYQD-Studio · PLAYISMOn Xbox · Android · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Severed: setting and progression.

Released 5 years after Severed.

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Complete list of Severed alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Severed, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

RPG · Adventure

ULTRAKILL

RPG · Action RPG

Death's Door

RPG · Action RPG

Dead Island 2

RPG · Action RPG

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

RPG · Shooter

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

RPG · Action RPG

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

RPG · Adventure

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

RPG · Adventure

Anodyne

RPG · Action RPG

Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

RPG · Action RPG

DmC: Devil May Cry

RPG · Action RPG

Devil May Cry

RPG · Action RPG

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

RPG · Sandbox

Grounded

RPG · Survival

Chernobylite

RPG · Survival

Might & Magic X - Legacy

RPG · Turn-Based Strat

Drakengard 3

RPG · Action RPG

Dark and Darker

RPG · Shooter

Alex Kidd in Miracle World

RPG · Action RPG

Dead Island: Riptide

RPG · Action RPG

The Elder Scrolls: Blades

RPG · Adventure

Hellgate: London

RPG · Action RPG

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

RPG · Adventure

Minit

RPG · Adventure

Runespell: Overture

RPG · Deck Builder

Faerie Solitaire

RPG · Turn-Based Strat

Dead Island

RPG · Action RPG

Fire Emblem Awakening

RPG · Roguelike

Vagrant Story

RPG · Adventure

The Ship: Murder Party

RPG · Shooter

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

RPG · Turn-Based Strat

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

RPG · Roguelike

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Severed?: The closest game to Severed is Avowed, scoring 81/100 on our similarity scale. They share 7 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Severed?: The three closest games to Severed are: 1. Avowed (81/100, 7 shared attributes) 2. Fallout: New Vegas (76/100, 7 shared attributes) 3. Legend of Grimrock 2 (75/100, 8 shared attributes). All share Severed's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 9 dimensions.
Is Fallout: New Vegas similar to Severed?: Yes, very much so — Fallout: New Vegas scores 76/100 similarity to Severed. They share 7 attributes, including deep RPG systems and action RPG combat. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What RPG games are similar to Severed?: The best RPG games similar to Severed are Avowed, Fallout: New Vegas, Legend of Grimrock 2 and Fallout 4. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Severed attributes like deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling.
How is similarity to Severed calculated?: We compare Severed against every game in our catalog using 9 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Severed experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.