What is the best game similar to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire?

The closest game to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is Sleeping Dogs, scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. They share 6 gameplay attributes, including shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire?

The three closest games to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire are: 1. Sleeping Dogs (76/100, 6 shared attributes) 2. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (76/100, 6 shared attributes) 3. Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (78/100, 7 shared attributes). All share Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 8 dimensions.

Is Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation similar to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire?

Yes, very much so — Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation scores 76/100 similarity to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. They share 6 attributes, including shooter and third-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire?

The best Shooter games similar to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire are Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and Pragmata. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire attributes like shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.

How is similarity to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire calculated?

We compare Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire 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 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire 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 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — shooter, melee combat and setting scifi — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 8 attributes. Sleeping Dogs comes closest (76/100).

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Top games similar to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. 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.

#1Sleeping DogsClosest on genre

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SoloMeleeThird PersonNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 94%· 17KRAWG👍 88%· 1.3KMC81IGDB82· 13

Year 2012Dev United Front Games · Square EnixPlaytime ~14hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom, while skipping setting scifi

Sleeping Dogs is a third-person action shooter with RPG elements, having Hong Kong as its central location. The city is an open world for the player’s exploration, and many gameplay features revolve around interacting with the surroundings.

Released 16 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#2Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

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SoloMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 1.4K

Year 1999Dev Core Design · Aspyr MediaOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and precision platforming, while skipping setting scifi

Released 3 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#3Duke Nukem: Manhattan ProjectClosest overall match

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SoloMeleeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 89%· 123IGDB45· 2

Year 2002Dev Sunstorm Interactive · Apogee SoftwareOn PC · iOS · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, while skipping setting space

Released 6 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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SoloSci-FiThird PersonNarrative

Steam👍 97%· 43KIGDB88· 6OC86· 189

Year 2026Dev CapcomOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, while skipping melee combat

Released 30 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#5Tomb Raider: Legend

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SoloMeleeThird PersonExploration

Steam👍 87%· 5.9KIGDB60· 6

Year 2006Dev Crystal DynamicsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, puzzle design and first-person shooting, while skipping setting scifi

Released 10 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#6Jak II

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SoloSci-FiThird PersonOpen WorldExploration

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Year 2003Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping melee combat

Released 7 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#7Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

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SoloSci-FiThird Person

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Year 2003Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, while skipping melee combat

Released 7 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#8Tomb Raider II

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SoloMeleeThird PersonRangedNarrative

Steam👍 87%· 2.4K

Year 1997Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping setting scifi

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SoloSci-FiThird PersonNarrativeDark

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Year 2000Dev Capcom Production Studio 4 · Virgin Interactive EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping melee combat

Where it drifts furthest from Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire: setting.

Released 4 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#10Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

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SoloMeleeThird PersonMagicHardcore

Steam👍 84%· 1.5K

Year 1998Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping setting scifi

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SoloSci-FiThird PersonExploration

IGDB80· 1OC86· 89

Year 2002Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and exploration and discovery, while skipping melee combat

Released 6 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#12Second Sight

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SoloMeleeSci-FiThird PersonStealth

Steam👍 82%· 309RAWG👍 88%· 65MC75IGDB73· 4

Year 2004Dev Free Radical Design · CodemastersPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping setting space

Second Sight is a science fiction action-adventure stealth Single-player video game, developed by Free Radical Design, and published by Codemasters for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.

Released 8 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#13Tomb Raider: Chronicles

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SoloMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 72%· 882IGDB60· 1

Year 2000Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, first-person shooting and precision platforming, while skipping setting scifi

Released 4 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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SoloMeleeThird PersonSandbox WorldOpen World

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Year 2005Dev Deadline Games · SCi EntertainmentOn PC

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and open world exploration, while skipping setting scifi

Released 9 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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#15Ghostbusters: The Video Game

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SoloMeleeSci-FiThird PersonMultiplayer

Steam👍 93%· 1.6KIGDB70· 7

Year 2009Dev Threewave Software · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping setting space

Where it drifts furthest from Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire: setting.

Released 13 years after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

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