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Games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Co-op

Closest overall match: Torchlight II (★ 3.8). Highest rated: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Lord of the Rings: War in the North at about 3 hours.

We compared The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 5 came closest. What ties them together most: Action RPG, Third Person and Fantasy.

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  1. Torchlight II

    1. Torchlight II

    Shares Moddable, Character Customization, Action RPG, Steam Workshop and role-playing and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 36h shorter; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2012
    Rating
    ★ 3.8
    Metacritic
    88
    Playtime
    10h
    Finish rate
    51%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG

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  2. Dark Souls II

    2. Dark Souls II

    Shares Medieval, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG, Third Person and Fantasy and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 4.0
    Metacritic
    91
    Playtime
    43h
    Finish rate
    74%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG

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  3. Lord of the Rings: War in the North

    3. Lord of the Rings: War in the North

    Shares Medieval, Action RPG, Third Person, Fantasy and Open World and 3 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; about 43h shorter; same release year.

    Year
    2011
    Rating
    ★ 3.4
    Metacritic
    66
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    60%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG

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  4. Monster Hunter Rise

    4. Monster Hunter Rise

    Shares Dragons, Character Customization, Action RPG, Third Person and Fantasy and 3 more tags; about 31h shorter.

    Year
    2021
    Rating
    ★ 4.2
    Metacritic
    87
    Playtime
    15h
    Finish rate
    59%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG

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  5. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    5. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    Shares Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 15h shorter.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 4.3
    Metacritic
    86
    Playtime
    31h
    Finish rate
    60%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG

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What is the best game like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim?

On our similarity model, Torchlight II is the closest match to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — shares Moddable, Character Customization, Action RPG, Steam Workshop and role-playing and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 36h shorter; released within 1 year.

Which game like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is rated highest?

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 1,173 players.

How this list is built

Every game in our catalog is scored against The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 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.

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