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We filtered the 50 games similar to The Elder Scrolls: Blades down to the 27 that fit the “PlayStation” category. Avowed, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and Genshin Impact top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Elder Scrolls: Blades.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG
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SoloMultiplayer
Year 2020Dev Bethesda Game Studios

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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to The Elder Scrolls: Blades is Avowed — scoring 69/100 on our similarity scale. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and Genshin Impact follow close behind.

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The best games like The Elder Scrolls: Blades on PlayStation

27 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Elder Scrolls: Blades. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1Avowed
Avowed
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMagicOpen WorldFantasySkill TreeExplorationFirst Person
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, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping roguelike runs

Released 5 years after The Elder Scrolls: Blades.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Progression100World64Game mode56
#2Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerFantasySkill TreeFirst Person
Steam👍 71%· 132KIGDB78· 5OC75· 80
Year 2022Dev FatsharkOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, horror tension and shooter, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat.

Genre100Visuals100Progression75Game mode69Setting52Combat0
Genshin Impact
RPGAction RPGThird-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerMagicOpen WorldFantasyExploration
IGDB83· 7OC81· 42
Year 2020Dev HoYoverseOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Like The Elder Scrolls: Blades, it's known for deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, co op and visual third person, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: visuals.

Combat100Setting100Genre75Game mode71Progression68World62
Dead Island 2
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person
Steam👍 77%· 26KIGDB74· 6OC75· 159
Year 2023Dev Deep Silver Dambuster Studios · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, horror tension and shooter, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Released 3 years after The Elder Scrolls: Blades.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode67Progression65World62Combat0
#5Yakuza 3
Yakuza 3
RPGAction RPGThird-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person
IGDB80· 5
Year 2009Dev CS1 Team · SegaOn PlayStation 3

✓ Shared with The Elder Scrolls: Blades: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and loot and gear systems, while skipping roguelike runs

The most divisive mainline entry: it opens with hours of orphanage caretaking before the crime plot starts, which is either the heart of the game or a wall depending on who you ask. Okinawa is a welcome change of scene. Combat added enemy blocking that many find frustrating, and the pacing never fully recovers.

It predates The Elder Scrolls: Blades by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Game mode100Progression78Genre75Visuals71World62
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
MultiplayerSoloOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 79%· 213KRAWG👍 65%· 444MC77IGDB77· 11OC76· 184
Year 2022Dev Techland · Techland PublishingPlaytime ~23hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping roguelike runs

Dying Light 2 brings to life a unique post-apocalyptic vision of the Modern Dark Ages - a brutal, bleak and unforgiving reality where you are as likely to perish at the hand of a human as you are by the infected.

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Genre100Visuals100Progression74World69Game mode68Combat0
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerFantasySkill TreeFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 21KIGDB80· 8OC77· 45
Year 2015Dev FatsharkOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and progression.

Genre100Visuals100Setting62Game mode47Progression36Combat0
Chernobylite
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 82%· 15KIGDB76· 3OC76· 104
Year 2021Dev The Farm 51 · All In! GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and deep simulation, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode71World62Progression30Combat0
Dante's Inferno
RPGAction RPGThird-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerMagicFantasySkill Tree
IGDB74· 6
Year 2010Dev Visceral Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3

✓ If you enjoyed The Elder Scrolls: Blades, expect deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and combat magic

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: visuals and setting.

It predates The Elder Scrolls: Blades by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Game mode100Combat79Genre75Progression47Setting43Visuals0
Child of Light
RPGAction RPG
SoloMultiplayerMagicFantasySkill Tree
Steam👍 91%· 13KIGDB88· 14OC83· 88
Year 2014Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Like The Elder Scrolls: Blades, it's known for deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and combat magic

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: visuals and progression.

Combat100Setting100Genre75Game mode63Progression47Visuals0
Grounded
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
MultiplayerSoloOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 94KIGDB78· 5OC82· 58
Year 2022Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and sandbox freedom, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Genre100Visuals72Game mode59World51Progression28Combat0
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloOpen WorldExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person
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, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping roguelike runs

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 The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Genre100Visuals100Progression81World68Game mode55Combat0
Cyberpunk 2077
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloOpen WorldExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person
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, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping roguelike runs

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 The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Genre100Progression100Visuals72Game mode55World52Combat0
Starfield
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloOpen WorldExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person
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, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping roguelike runs

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 The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Same studio: Bethesda Game Studios.

Genre100Progression100Visuals70Game mode56World52Combat0
Fallout 3
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloOpen WorldExplorationSkill TreeFirst Person
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, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, shooter and sandbox freedom, while skipping roguelike runs

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 The Elder Scrolls: Blades: combat and setting.

Same studio: Bethesda Game Studios.

Genre100Progression100Visuals70Game mode55World50Combat0

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