Games like ELEX on PlayStation
Closest overall match: Darksiders III (★ 3.4). Highest rated: The Council at ★ 3.6. Quickest to finish: Risen 3: Titan Lords at about 4 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for ELEX — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Full controller support, Open World and Third Person. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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72%
1. Darksiders III
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Violent, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
71%
2. Risen 3: Titan Lords
Shares Gothic, Third Person, Fantasy, Open World and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
65%
3. Risen 2: Dark Waters
Shares Gothic, controller support, Third Person, Fantasy and Open World and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
65%
4. The Surge 2
Shares Futuristic, Violent, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
64%
5. GreedFall
Shares role-playing, Open World, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
64%
6. How to Survive 2
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
64%
7. Vampyr
Shares role-playing, Violent, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
62%
8. The Council
Shares Violent, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
9. Murdered: Soul Suspect
Shares Third Person, Open World, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
10. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Shares role-playing, Third Person, Fantasy, Open World and Full controller support and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
11. Call of Cthulhu
Shares role-playing, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
12. Remnant: From the Ashes
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Violent, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like ELEX on PlayStation?
On our similarity model, Darksiders III is the closest match to ELEX on PlayStation — shares Post-apocalyptic, Violent, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same developer; released within 1 year.
Which game like ELEX is rated highest?
The Council holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.6/5 from 349 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against ELEX 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.