What is the best game similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?

The closest game to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga is Cloudpunk, scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. They share 7 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, single-player focus and melee combat. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?

The three closest games to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga are: 1. Cloudpunk (79/100, 7 shared attributes) 2. Mass Effect (74/100, 6 shared attributes) 3. The Artful Escape (74/100, 6 shared attributes). All share Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 8 dimensions.

Is Mass Effect similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?

Yes, very much so — Mass Effect scores 74/100 similarity to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. They share 6 attributes, including deep RPG systems and single-player focus. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What RPG games are similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?

The best RPG games similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga are Cloudpunk, Mass Effect, The Artful Escape and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga attributes like deep RPG systems, single-player focus and melee combat.

How is similarity to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga calculated?

We compare Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga against every game in our catalog using 8 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 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 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.

If Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 8 attributes. Cloudpunk comes closest (79/100).

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Top games similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.

#1CloudpunkClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeCyberpunkSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 15KIGDB76· 7OC68· 58

Year 2020Dev ION LANDSOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting mythology

Released 16 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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#2Mass EffectClosest on tone

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 17KIGDB89· 4

Year 2007Dev BioWare · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping setting mythology

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 3 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 1.9KIGDB83· 6OC80· 77

Year 2021Dev Beethoven & Dinosaur · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping setting mythology

Released 17 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam Xbox PS

#4Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 8.1KIGDB82· 9

Year 2010Dev Ninja Theory · Namco Bandai GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping setting mythology

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 6 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 78%· 342IGDB96· 9

Year 2010Dev BioWare · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping setting mythology

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 6 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#6Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeMythologyThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 4.0KRAWG👍 90%· 845MC83IGDB80· 6

Year 2004Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping setting scifi

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is an action adventure game and a part of the vast Prince of Persia series which includes ten titles overall.

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Steam GOG PS

#7Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 1.8KIGDB69· 5OC71· 19

Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and setting space, while skipping setting mythology

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 13 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam GOG

#8Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeMythologyThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 76KIGDB84· 22OC84· 156

Year 2017Dev Ninja TheoryOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and deep simulation, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 13 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals100Tone54Setting41

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeCyberpunkThird PersonAnime

Steam👍 97%· 35KRAWG👍 87%· 359OC89· 139

Year 2023Dev Tango Gameworks · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, melee combat and setting cyberpunk

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

Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp with raucous rhythm combat! From Tango Gameworks comes Hi-Fi RUSH, an all-new action game where the world syncs to the music.

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 19 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam PS

#10NieR

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

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Year 2010Dev Cavia · Square EnixOn Xbox · PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping setting mythology

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 6 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Xbox

#11Shenmue

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeThird PersonSandbox World

IGDB90· 1

Year 1999Dev Sega AM2 · SegaOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, deep simulation and adventure storytelling, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

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#12Transformers: Devastation

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiThird PersonLoot

Steam👍 94%· 1.2KIGDB75· 14OC77· 82

Year 2015Dev PlatinumGames · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, melee combat and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, fighting mechanics and loot and gear systems, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: setting.

Released 11 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam Xbox PS

#13Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeThird PersonCasual

Steam👍 88%· 413IGDB68

Year 2009Dev TelltaleOn PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping setting scifi

Enter the colorful world of West Wallaby Street in a series of four cracking adventures brought to you by Aardman Animations, the creators of the Wallace & Gromit animated films, and award-winning Telltale Games.

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: tone.

Released 5 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam GOG

#14Maneater

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeNarrativeThird PersonDark

Steam👍 87%· 25KIGDB73· 14OC71· 168

Year 2020Dev Blindside Interactive · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, adventure storytelling and deep simulation, while skipping setting scifi

You play the shark. Eat fish, wildlife and swimmers to evolve, upgrade your bite and hunt the hunters back, all narrated as a straight-faced wildlife documentary. The B-movie tone is the appeal and it commits to it. The recurring complaint is technical rather than creative: crashes, stutter and startup failures on modern Windows come up constantly, even from players who finished it.

Where it drifts furthest from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: tone.

Released 16 years after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#15Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloSci-FiMythologyCyberpunkThird Person

IGDB61· 3

Year 2006Dev Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Square Enix

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, setting scifi and setting mythology

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and fantasy world, while skipping strong narrative focus

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Setting78

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?: The closest game to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga is Cloudpunk, scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. They share 7 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, single-player focus and melee combat. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?: The three closest games to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga are: 1. Cloudpunk (79/100, 7 shared attributes) 2. Mass Effect (74/100, 6 shared attributes) 3. The Artful Escape (74/100, 6 shared attributes). All share Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 8 dimensions.
Is Mass Effect similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?: Yes, very much so — Mass Effect scores 74/100 similarity to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. They share 6 attributes, including deep RPG systems and single-player focus. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What RPG games are similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga?: The best RPG games similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga are Cloudpunk, Mass Effect, The Artful Escape and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga attributes like deep RPG systems, single-player focus and melee combat.
How is similarity to Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga calculated?: We compare Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga against every game in our catalog using 8 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 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.