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Games like Distant Worlds 2, ELDEN RING and Garry's Mod

30 games that play like them, 5 of them like more than one.

Distant Worlds 2
Distant Worlds 2
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING
Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod

Like more than one of them

5 games close to two or more of Distant Worlds 2, ELDEN RING and Garry's Mod

  1. 1

    Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

    Garry's Mod, but a looter shooter, and an action RPG

    Mixed · 79%FPS · ComedyAlso like ELDEN RING

  2. 2

    Reassembly

    Garry's Mod, but a shoot 'em up, and top-down

    Loved · 94%Building · SandboxAlso like Distant Worlds 2

  3. 3

    Bad Guys at School

    Garry's Mod, but a tenth of the hours

    Liked · 87%Sandbox · PhysicsAlso like ELDEN RING

  4. 4

    Enshrouded

    Garry's Mod, but an action RPG, and open world

    Liked · 86%Building · SandboxAlso like ELDEN RING

  5. 5

    Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

    Garry's Mod, but story-rich, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 78%Online Co-Op · ShooterAlso like ELDEN RING

More like Distant Worlds 2

7 games closest to Distant Worlds 2 of your picks

  1. 6

    Stellaris

    Distant Worlds 2, but five times the hours

    Liked · 86%4X · Grand Strategy

  2. 7

    ENDLESS Space 2

    Distant Worlds 2, but built by hand, and turn-based

    Liked · 83%4X · Grand Strategy

  3. 8

    Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

    Distant Worlds 2, but co-op, and twice the hours

    Loved · 93%4X · Grand Strategy

  4. 9

    STAR WARS Empire at War: Gold Pack

    Distant Worlds 2, but built by hand, and even better loved

    Loved · 98%Space · Grand Strategy

  5. 10

    Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

    Distant Worlds 2, but with base building, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Grand Strategy · Real-Time with Pause

  6. 11

    Crusader Kings III

    Distant Worlds 2, but medieval, and three times the hours

    Loved · 90%Grand Strategy · 4X

  7. 12

    AI War: Fleet Command

    Distant Worlds 2, but harder, and co-op

    Liked · 82%4X · Grand Strategy

More like ELDEN RING

2 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 13

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 14

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

More like Garry's Mod

16 games closest to Garry's Mod of your picks

  1. 15

    Space Engineers

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and with base building

    Liked · 89%Building · Sandbox

  2. 16

    Scrap Mechanic

    Garry's Mod, but about survival, and open world

    Loved · 92%Building · Physics

  3. 17

    Kerbal Space Program

    Garry's Mod, but a space sim, and single-player

    Loved · 96%Physics · Sandbox

  4. 18

    Goat Simulator 3

    Garry's Mod, but 3D, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 98%Physics · Sandbox

  5. 19

    Starbound

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and in space

    Loved · 90%Sandbox · Building

  6. 20

    Core Keeper

    Garry's Mod, but with crafting, and pixel art

    Loved · 93%Sandbox · Building

  7. 21

    Empyrion - Galactic Survival

    Garry's Mod, but a space sim, and more divisive

    Mixed · 78%Building · Physics

  8. 22

    STAR WARS Battlefront II

    Garry's Mod, but a third-person shooter, and a quarter of the hours

    Liked · 88%FPS · Shooter

  9. 23

    Borderlands 2

    Garry's Mod, but a looter shooter, and loot-driven

    Loved · 90%FPS · Shooter

  10. 24

    Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator

    Garry's Mod, but a hobby sim, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 97%Sandbox · Physics

  11. 25

    Arma 3

    Garry's Mod, but a wargame, and military

    Loved · 90%Sandbox · FPS

  12. 26

    PlanetSide 2

    Garry's Mod, but free to play, and an MMO

    Liked · 80%FPS · Shooter

  13. 27

    R.E.P.O.

    Garry's Mod, but a survival horror game, and a quarter of the hours

    Loved · 96%Physics · Comedy

  14. 28

    SCP: Secret Laboratory

    Garry's Mod, but free to play, and a survival horror game

    Loved · 91%FPS · Online Co-Op

  15. 29

    PEAK

    Garry's Mod, but a 3D platformer, and a survival game

    Loved · 94%Physics · Online Co-Op

  16. 30

    tModLoader

    Garry's Mod, but free to play, and 2D

    Loved · 97%Sandbox · Building

How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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