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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to The Pathless is Darksiders: Warmastered Edition — scoring 84/100 on our similarity scale. DmC: Devil May Cry and Infamous 2 follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Pathless. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, Metroidvania exploration and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping ranged combat
✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, fighting mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping open world exploration
Ninja Theory's reboot, with a reimagined Dante switching between angel and demon weapons in a Limbo that reshapes itself around him. As a standalone action game the combat is fluid and the levels are the most visually inventive in the series. It is also mechanically simpler than DMC3 or 5, the writing tries hard to be edgy, and the constant camera shake genuinely causes motion sickness for some.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, while skipping strong narrative focus
Open-world traversal built around electricity: you climb, grind rails and fight in the same continuous motion, and it rarely asks you to stop moving. Combat stays readable even when the screen fills up. The karma system is the weak part — choices are signposted as obviously good or evil, so the moral framing lands flatter than the moment-to-moment play.
It predates The Pathless by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from The Pathless: setting.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: crafting mechanics, while skipping puzzle design
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Pathless.
It predates The Pathless by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, combat magic and loot and gear systems, while skipping puzzle design
It predates The Pathless by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, precision platforming and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design
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.
It predates The Pathless by 16 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and combat magic, while skipping puzzle design
A mid-budget RPG with a colonial-era setting that is genuinely unusual, and diplomacy that can resolve most quests without combat if you invest in it. Faction reputation matters. Production values show the budget — environments repeat heavily between regions, animation is stiff, and combat never becomes more than adequate.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Pathless.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping puzzle design
It predates The Pathless by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, Metroidvania exploration and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design
The close of the Lords of Shadow trilogy, alternating a weakened Dracula between his castle and a modern city, with the same weighty whip combat as the first game plus magic and platforming. Its reputation is deserved in one specific way: the modern-city stealth sections are widely disliked, and the game is poor at signposting where to go or what an acquired item is for.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, precision platforming and stealth mechanics, while skipping puzzle design
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a third-person fast-paced action game developed by Ubisoft. It is the third installment of the series. ###Plot After changing his fate, The Prince comes to Babylon accompanied by Kaileena. It turns out that Babylon is under attack.
It predates The Pathless by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, deep simulation and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design
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.
✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design
Released 4 years after The Pathless.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, while skipping puzzle design
It predates The Pathless by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and open world exploration
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, while skipping puzzle design
Web-swinging is the whole appeal here, and it works: momentum carries between buildings without breaking, and the city is built to be crossed rather than walked. Combat is Arkham-style freeflow, simplified. The open world is thin — collectibles and repeated crime events fill it, and the indoor stealth missions stop the traversal dead every time they appear.
It predates The Pathless by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
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RPG · Adventure
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RPG · Action RPG
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RPG · Action RPG
Drakengard 3
RPG · Action RPG
X-Blades
RPG · Action RPG
Zenless Zone Zero
RPG · Action RPG
God of War
RPG · Action RPG
God of War II
RPG · Action RPG
NINJA GAIDEN 4
RPG · Action RPG
TMNT
RPG · Action RPG
Bayonetta
Action RPG · Shooter
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RPG · Action RPG
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