Games like Control
Closest overall match: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (★ 4.3). Quickest to finish: Alan Wake's American Nightmare at about 3 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Control — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Full controller support and Third Person. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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61%
1. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Shares Detective, Cinematic, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Full controller support and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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59%
2. The Evil Within
Shares Cinematic, Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
59%
3. Alan Wake
Shares Supernatural, Cinematic, Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
59%
4. Hitman 3
Shares Cinematic, Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
59%
5. Sniper Elite 3
Shares Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
58%
6. Far Cry 6
Shares Action-Adventure, Female Protagonist, Exploration and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
58%
7. The Evil Within 2
Shares Singleplayer; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
58%
8. STAR WARS Battlefront II
Shares Third Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
58%
9. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Shares Cinematic, Action-Adventure, Exploration, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
57%
10. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Shares Action-Adventure, Exploration, Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
57%
11. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Shares Metroidvania, Female Protagonist, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
12. Shadow Warrior 2
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
57%
13. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Shares Metroidvania, Exploration and Third Person; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
14. Sniper Elite 4
Shares Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
56%
15. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shares Action-Adventure, Female Protagonist, Exploration, Third Person and Full controller support and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
16. Atomic Heart
Shares Singleplayer; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
56%
17. Quantum Break
Shares Cinematic, Female Protagonist, Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
18. Hitman 2
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, Third Person and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
19. Metro Exodus
Shares Cinematic, Exploration, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
20. Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Shares Supernatural, Detective, Cinematic, Third Person and Full controller support and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
21. Battlefield V
Shares Action-Adventure, Female Protagonist, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
54%
22. Far Cry New Dawn
Shares Action-Adventure, Exploration and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 6h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
54%
23. Death Stranding
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, Cinematic, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Third Person and 1 more tags; about 5h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
54%
24. Anthem
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, Cinematic, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower; about 6h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 59
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
54%
25. A Plague Tale: Innocence
Shares Action-Adventure, Female Protagonist, Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Control?
On our similarity model, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the closest match to Control — shares Detective, Cinematic, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Full controller support and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
Are there games like Control on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like Control on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Control on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.