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Games like Red Dead Redemption 2

Want more cinematic open-world westerns? Below are the games most like Red Dead Redemption 2 — the titles that inspired it, the games sharing its DNA, and the ones it went on to influence. The interactive graph above lets you keep exploring from any of them.

Games similar to Red Dead Redemption 2

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover
    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    2015

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red. Set in a dark fantasy world, the game follows Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter searching for his adopted daughter, Ciri, while navigating political conflicts and supernatural threats

  • Rust cover
    Rust
    2018

    Rust is a multiplayer survival game set on a procedurally generated island where players must manage hunger, thirst, and health while contending with hostile wildlife and other players. Starting with only a rock and torch, players gather resources, craft tools, weapons, and struc

  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End cover
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    2016

    Several years after his last adventure, retired fortune hunter, Nathan Drake, is forced back into the world of thieves. With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. His greates

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    2017

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the Wild does not impos

  • Horizon Zero Dawn cover
    Horizon Zero Dawn
    2017

    Welcome to a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines. As a young machine hunter named Aloy, you must unravel the mysteries of this world and find your own destiny.

  • Borderlands 3 cover
    Borderlands 3
    2019

    Borderlands 3 is a first-person looter shooter set seven years after the events of Borderlands 2. Players select one of four new Vault Hunters and travel across multiple planets to stop Troy and Tyreen Calypso, twin cult leaders seeking to harness the power of alien Vaults scatte

  • Death Stranding cover
    Death Stranding
    2019

    Death Stranding is an action game set in a post-apocalyptic United States. Players control Sam Porter Bridges, a courier tasked with reconnecting isolated cities via a communication network while delivering essential cargo. The gameplay blends traversal, resource management, and

  • Marvel's Spider-Man cover
    Marvel's Spider-Man
    2018

    Starring the world’s most iconic Super Hero, Spider-Man features the acrobatic abilities, improvisation and web-slinging that the wall-crawler is famous for, while also introducing elements never-before-seen in a Spider-Man game. From traversing with parkour and utilizing the env

  • The Last of Us Part II cover
    The Last of Us Part II
    2020

    The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game set five years after the events of The Last of Us. The player traverses post-apocalyptic environments such as buildings and forests to advance the story. They can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against ho

  • Control cover
    Control
    2019

    Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it invaded by a hostile for

About Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 is the epic tale of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the infamous Van der Linde gang, on the run across America at the dawn of the modern age.

FAQ

What games are similar to Red Dead Redemption 2?
Some of the closest matches are The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Rust, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Borderlands 3. Scroll back up to keep exploring in the interactive graph.
What inspired Red Dead Redemption 2?
Red Dead Redemption 2 sits inside the Shooter / Role-playing (RPG) tradition. Shared themes, mechanics, and studio history all show up in the graph — see how we score the matches.

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