Games like The Evil Within 2
Closest overall match: The Evil Within (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: STAR WARS Battlefront II at about 4 hours.
We compared The Evil Within 2 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Third-Person Shooter and Violent. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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69%
1. The Evil Within
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Horror and Singleplayer; same developer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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63%
2. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Shares Survival Horror, Violent, Horror and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
60%
3. Sniper Elite 4
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Violent and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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60%
4. STAR WARS Battlefront II
Shares Third-Person Shooter and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; about 7h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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59%
5. Hitman 3
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Violent and Singleplayer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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59%
6. Hunt: Showdown
Shares Violent and Horror; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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59%
7. Resident Evil 5
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
8. Dead Space 3
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Violent, Horror and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
9. Control
Shares Singleplayer; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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58%
10. Sunset Overdrive
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Violent and Singleplayer; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
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58%
11. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Shares Violent, Horror and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
12. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Shares Horror and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Evil Within 2?
On our similarity model, The Evil Within is the closest match to The Evil Within 2 — shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Horror and Singleplayer; same developer; about 5h shorter.
Which game like The Evil Within 2 is rated highest?
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 2,002 players.
Are there games like The Evil Within 2 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like The Evil Within 2 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Evil Within 2 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.