Games like Elite Dangerous
Closest overall match: Rebel Galaxy (★ 3.0). Highest rated: Dishonored at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Endless Sky at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Elite Dangerous? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Open World, Singleplayer and First-Person. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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56%
1. Rebel Galaxy
Shares Space Sim, Trading, Exploration, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; about 12h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 14
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55%
2. No Man's Sky
Shares Space Sim, Exploration, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 14, Massively Multiplayer
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55%
3. Black Desert Online
Shares mmo and Open World; rated 1.0 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 14, Massively Multiplayer
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53%
4. Monster Hunter: World
Shares Exploration, Online Co-Op, Open World, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
52%
5. The Wild Eight
Shares Online Co-Op, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 14
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52%
6. Sea of Thieves
Shares Online Co-Op, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Massively Multiplayer
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52%
7. Risen 3: Titan Lords
Shares Exploration, Open World, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
52%
8. Conan Exiles
Shares Exploration, Online Co-Op, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Massively Multiplayer
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52%
9. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Shares Exploration, Open World, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
51%
10. ARK: Survival Evolved
Shares VR, mmo, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; about 8h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
-
51%
11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Shares First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
51%
12. Mad Max
Shares Exploration, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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51%
13. Steep
Shares VR, Exploration, First-Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14
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51%
14. The Crew
Shares mmo, Online Co-Op, First-Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, Massively Multiplayer
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51%
15. TERA
Shares mmo, Online Co-Op, Open World, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
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51%
16. DC Universe Online
Shares mmo, Online Co-Op and Open World; rated 1.0 lower; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 15%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
-
50%
17. Dishonored
Shares First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
50%
18. Project CARS
Shares TrackIR, VR, First-Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 10h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
50%
19. Fallout 4
Shares Exploration, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; about 24h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 38h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
50%
20. Murdered: Soul Suspect
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
50%
21. How to Survive 2
Shares Online Co-Op, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
50%
22. Endless Sky
Shares Space Sim, Trading, Exploration, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.5 lower; about 13h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 13%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 14
-
50%
23. Defiance
Shares mmo, Online Co-Op, First-Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; rated 1.7 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 11%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
-
50%
24. ELEX
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
49%
25. Rust
Shares mmo, Online Co-Op, First-Person and Open World; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Elite Dangerous?
On our similarity model, Rebel Galaxy is the closest match to Elite Dangerous — shares Space Sim, Trading, Exploration, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; about 12h shorter; same release year.
Which game like Elite Dangerous is rated highest?
Dishonored holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,755 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Elite Dangerous 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.