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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Twisted Metal: Black down to the 10 that fit the “Narrative” category. Twisted Metal 2, Twisted Metal and Days Gone top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Twisted Metal: Black.

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS
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NarrativeDarkOfflineSolo
Year 2001Dev Incognito Entertainment
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Within the “Narrative” category, the closest game to Twisted Metal: Black is Twisted Metal 2 — scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. Twisted Metal and Days Gone follow close behind.

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The best narrative games like Twisted Metal: Black

10 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Twisted Metal: Black. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1Twisted Metal 2
Twisted Metal 2
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerNarrativeDarkHorrorPost-ApocalypticThird Person
IGDB73· 1
Year 1996Dev SingleTrac · Sony Online EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay

≠ Stands apart with fighting mechanics, while skipping setting scifi

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Game mode84Setting81
Twisted Metal
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerNarrativeDarkThird Person
IGDB75· 4
Year 1995Dev Eat Sleep Play Inc. · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, while skipping horror setting

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Game mode51
#3Days Gone
Days Gone
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerDarkNarrativeHorrorPost-ApocalypticThird Person
Steam👍 93%· 114KIGDB75· 16OC72· 183
Year 2019Dev Bend Studio · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and horror tension, while skipping racing gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: game mode.

Released 18 years after Twisted Metal: Black.

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Setting85Game mode49
Resident Evil Outbreak
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerDarkNarrativeHorrorThird Person
IGDB70· 2
Year 2003Dev Capcom Production Studio 1 · Capcom

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and melee combat, while skipping racing gameplay

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Setting52Game mode51
Syphon Filter 2
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerNarrativeDarkThird Person
Year 2000Dev Eidetic · 989 StudiosOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and combat tactical, while skipping racing gameplay

Genre100Tone100Visuals100Game mode84
Conker's Bad Fur Day
ShooterTPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerNarrativeDarkThird Person
Year 2001Dev Rare · THQ

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, precision platforming and adventure storytelling, while skipping racing gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: setting.

Genre100Tone100Game mode84Visuals65Setting0
Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
ShooterTPS
SoloCo-opDarkNarrativeRanged
Steam👍 79%· 15KRAWG👍 8%· 76
Year 2009Dev Invent4 Entertainment · Strategy FirstPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, precision platforming and roguelike runs, while skipping racing gameplay

In Bad Rats, the player controls the rats that try to kill their prisoner, the cat, in a cruel and unusual manner. ###Premise The goal of the game is to kill the cat. Each level is a maze with rats on one side, and the imprisoned cat's cell on the other.

Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: visuals.

Released 8 years after Twisted Metal: Black.

Genre100Tone100Game mode51Visuals0
Crab Champions
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSoloNarrativeThird Person
Steam👍 98%· 30K
Year 2020Dev NoisestormPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping survival mechanics

Crab Champions is a solo developed game from the creator of Crab Rave. Each of the 3 main modes offer a different playstyle.Survival (1-4 Players Co-Op PvE)Fight your way through increasingly difficult islands that are populated with hostile enemies.

Where it drifts furthest from Twisted Metal: Black: tone.

Released 19 years after Twisted Metal: Black.

Genre100Game mode62Visuals51Tone23
Tomb Raider
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerNarrativeThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 96%· 265KRAWG👍 86%· 4.1KMC86IGDB85· 14OC84· 50
Year 2013Dev Crystal Dynamics · Square EnixPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and precision platforming, while skipping racing gameplay

A cinematic revival of the series in its action third person form, Tomb Rider follows Lara in her least experience period of life – her youth. Heavily influenced by Naughty Dog’s “Uncharted”, the game is a mix of everything, from stealth and survival to combat and QTE action scenes.

Released 12 years after Twisted Metal: Black.

Genre100Visuals100Tone58Game mode52
The Godfather II
ShooterTPS
SoloMultiplayerNarrativeThird Person
IGDB65· 7
Year 2009Dev EA Redwood Shores · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, while skipping survival mechanics

Released 8 years after Twisted Metal: Black.

Genre100Visuals100Tone62Game mode51

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