Games like Monster Hunter
Closest overall match: Dragon’s Dogma 2 (★ 3.8). Highest rated: Dark Souls III at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara at about 1 hours.
We compared Monster Hunter: World against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. The strongest common threads are Third Person, Action RPG and Character Customization.
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66%
1. Dragon’s Dogma 2
Shares Character Customization, Action RPG, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Third Person and 4 more tags; same developer; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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65%
2. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Shares JRPG, Character Customization, Hack and Slash, Action RPG and Exploration and 5 more tags; same developer; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
63%
3. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Shares JRPG, Action RPG, Action-Adventure, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags; about 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
63%
4. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Shares Character Customization, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Exploration and Third Person and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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63%
5. The Surge 2
Shares Souls-like, 3rd-Person Perspective, Hack and Slash, Action-Adventure and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
6. God Eater 3
Shares Hunting, 3rd-Person Perspective, Character Customization, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
7. Lords of the Fallen (2014)
Shares Souls-like, Character Customization, Hack and Slash, Action RPG and Action-Adventure and 8 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
8. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Shares Open World, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
60%
9. Scarlet Nexus
Shares JRPG, Character Customization, Action RPG, Action-Adventure and Fantasy and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
60%
10. Marvel’s Avengers
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, Third Person, Online Co-Op, Fantasy and Open World and 2 more tags; rated 1.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
60%
11. Monster Hunter Rise
Shares Hunting, Character Customization, Action RPG, Third Person and Online Co-Op and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
60%
12. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Shares Character Customization, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Exploration and Third Person and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
60%
13. Risen 3: Titan Lords
Shares Action RPG, Exploration, Third Person, Fantasy and Open World and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
59%
14. Evil West
Shares Hack and Slash, Action-Adventure, Third Person, Online Co-Op and cooperative and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
59%
15. Darksiders III
Shares Hack and Slash, Action-Adventure, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; about 10h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
59%
16. ELEX
Shares Third Person, Fantasy, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
59%
17. Remnant: From the Ashes
Shares Souls-like, Online Co-Op, cooperative and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 8h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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59%
18. Dragon Quest Builders 2
Shares JRPG, stats, Third Person, Online Co-Op and cooperative and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
59%
19. Gotham Knights
Shares Character Customization, Action RPG, Action-Adventure, Third Person and Online Co-Op and 3 more tags; rated 1.4 lower; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
59%
20. Dark Souls III
Shares Replay Value, Character Customization, Action RPG, Exploration and Third Person and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 14h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 29h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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58%
21. How to Survive 2
Shares Third Person, Online Co-Op, Open World, cooperative and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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58%
22. Steelrising
Shares Souls-like, Action RPG, Exploration, Third Person and Fantasy and 1 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
58%
23. The Council
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 11h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
58%
24. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Shares Online Co-Op, Fantasy, cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.6 lower; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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58%
25. Warhammer: Chaosbane
Shares Online Co-Op, cooperative and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Monster Hunter: World?
On our similarity model, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the closest match to Monster Hunter: World — shares Character Customization, Action RPG, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Third Person and 4 more tags; same developer; about 7h longer.
Which game like Monster Hunter: World is rated highest?
Dark Souls III holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,806 players.
Are there games like Monster Hunter: World on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 9 games like Monster Hunter: World on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Monster Hunter: World 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.