Games Like Shenmue I & II (2026)

Shared: Open World Exploration, Slow Burn Narrative

A grounded, historically obsessive medieval RPG where you play a blacksmith's son with no magic, no destiny, just mud, sword drills, and hard choices in 15th-century Bohemia.

Shared: Open World Exploration

A parkour-heavy open-world survival RPG set in a crumbling city overrun by infected - ambitious in scope, uneven in execution.

Shared: QTE Combat

A cinematic branching thriller where every dialogue pick and split-second QTE reshapes the story of three androids fighting for survival in near-future Detroit.

Shared: Open World Exploration

If you want to strap C4 to a helicopter, tether it to a fuel tank, and watch both things detonate at once, Just Cause 3 is the only game doing that at this scale.

Shared: Open World Exploration

Twelve years of waiting distilled into one gloriously stubborn RPG that refuses to hold your hand, fast-travel you anywhere, or apologize for either decision.