
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and melee combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Same studio: Atlus.

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Within the “Turn-Based Strat” category, the closest game to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor is Persona 2: Eternal Punishment — scoring 75/100 on our similarity scale. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Persona 4 follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. 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.

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and melee combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Same studio: Atlus.

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, melee combat and fantasy world, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.
Same studio: Atlus.

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and melee combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting and tone.
Released 15 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.
Same studio: Atlus.

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.
Same studio: Atlus.

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical
≠ Its own twist: card game strategy, adventure storytelling and fantasy world, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Marvel’s Midnight Suns is a new tactical RPG set in the darker side of the Marvel Universe, putting you face-to-face against demonic forces of the underworld as you team up with and live among the Midnight Suns, Earth's last line of defense.
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.
Released 13 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat magic
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs and fantasy world, while skipping visual novel storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: setting.
Released 3 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.