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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain is Nobody Saves the World — scoring 58/100 on our similarity scale. Death's Door and Hyper Light Drifter follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain. Each one has been evaluated across 7 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.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, procedural generation and fantasy world, while skipping sports simulation
Released 19 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and punishing difficulty, while skipping sports simulation
Released 18 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, shooter and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping sports simulation
Released 13 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping sports simulation
Released 16 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping sports simulation
Released 12 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, roguelike runs and procedural generation, while skipping sports simulation
Hammerwatch is a fast-paced hack and slash adventure game. It can be played alone or with friends, up to three people. Ancient and mysterious Castle Hammerwatch, where a group of characters fight their way from floor to floor, to the very top of the castle.
Released 10 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Both are isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, precision platforming and puzzle design, while skipping sports simulation
In this unique Zelda-lite game, explore and fight your way through surreal and creepy, nature, urban and abstract themed areas in the human Young's subconscious, evoked by a 16-bit-era visual style and a moody, dream-like soundtrack. Created by Sean Han Tani and Joni Kittaka.
Where it drifts furthest from WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain: visuals.
Released 10 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with Metroidvania exploration, adventure storytelling and precision platforming, while skipping sports simulation
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto- a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworlds janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Released 21 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom, while skipping sports simulation
Released 21 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fantasy world and single-player focus, while skipping sports simulation
Torchlight II is the second installment in the series, and while it continues the story of its predecessor, it also allows new players to jump right into the action-packed roguelike RPG world.
Released 9 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, MMO world and community and horror tension, while skipping sports simulation
Path of Exile is inspired by Diablo II and follows it basically in most of the aspects. Randomly filled pre-set of locations, heavy grind and a possibility of replaying most of the areas leaves us with only one possible outcome. Players wake up on grim shores of Wraeclast.
Released 10 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Both are isometric Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping sports simulation
Released 12 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus, while skipping sports simulation
Released 8 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Fits the isometric Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, fantasy world and offline, while skipping sports simulation
###The story The continent inhabited by people, elves and gnomes lived in peace. Four kingdoms located on four sides of the world could always find a common language. Now in these lands chaos reigns.
Where it drifts furthest from WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain: visuals.
Released 9 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
✓ Same family of isometric Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with MOBA team gameplay, real-time strategy and fantasy world, while skipping sports simulation
If DotA was set in John R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe, it would have been Guardians of Middle-Earth. This multiplayer-oriented game unites players in teams of up to five to battle against each other on an arena, or to fight an AI-controlled team of the same size.
Released 9 years after WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.
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