Games like Skyrim on PS5
Closest overall match: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (★ 4.6). Quickest to finish: Overlord II at about 2 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 20 came closest. What ties them together most: Action RPG, Third Person and Dark Fantasy.
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67%
1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Shares Medieval, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and Third Person and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.6
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 43h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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66%
2. Dark Souls III
Shares Lore-Rich, Dark Fantasy, Character Customization, Action RPG and Third Person and 5 more tags; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 29h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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66%
3. Fallout 4
Shares Action RPG, Third Person, First-Person, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.6 lower; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 38h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
65%
4. 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
-
64%
5. Bound by Flame
Shares Dark Fantasy, Character Customization, Action RPG, role-playing and Third Person and 7 more tags; rated 1.4 lower; about 40h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 56
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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64%
6. 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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62%
7. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Shares Medieval, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and Third Person and 7 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 33h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
62%
8. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Shares Lore-Rich, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and Third Person and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 33h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
62%
9. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Shares Dragons, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Character Customization and Action RPG and 9 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 39h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
62%
10. Risen 2: Dark Waters
Shares Dark Fantasy, Action RPG, Third Person, Fantasy and Open World and 5 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 42h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
61%
11. Mass Effect
Shares Dark Fantasy, Character Customization, Action RPG, Third Person and Open World and 2 more tags; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
61%
12. Mass Effect 2
Shares Character Customization, Action RPG, Third Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; about 24h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
60%
13. Overlord II
Shares Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG, Third Person and Fantasy and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 44h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
60%
14. 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
-
60%
15. Diablo III
Shares Fantasy; rated 0.3 lower; about 12h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 58h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
60%
16. Styx: Master of Shadows
Shares Magic, Dark Fantasy, Third Person, Fantasy and Open World and 5 more tags; rated 1.3 lower; about 43h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
59%
17. Fallout: New Vegas
Shares Moddable, Character Customization, Action RPG, Third Person and First-Person and 4 more tags; about 34h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
59%
18. Mass Effect 3
About 16h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 30h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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58%
19. NieR:Automata
Shares Open World, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 33h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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58%
20. 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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What is the best game like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PlayStation?
On our similarity model, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the closest match to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PlayStation — shares Medieval, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and Third Person and 4 more tags.
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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