10 games similar to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, a Shooter, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
01Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games pair action-shooter combat with comedy and space exploration across alien worlds. Borderlands 3 shares Guardians' nomination for best action-adventure game and structures its story around stopping a charismatic cult threat to the galaxy. Where Guardians emphasizes narrative choices and character banter, Borderlands 3 leans into cooperative play and procedurally generated loot, but both deliver irreverent humor alongside sci-fi stakes.
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02Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games combine action-shooter gameplay with sci-fi storytelling across space settings populated by aliens. The Outer Worlds shares Guardians' narrative focus, winning the same Game Awards category for best narrative. Where Guardians emphasizes story through Star-Lord's leadership choices, The Outer Worlds lets you shape outcomes through character creation and faction encounters, making your decisions drive the plot forward in similar ways.
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03Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games blend third-person action with RPG progression in science fiction settings. Immortal: Unchained adopts a souls-inspired structure where combat requires tactical positioning and timing, similar to how Guardians emphasizes tag-team coordination and careful use of abilities. While Guardians leans comedic and narrative-driven, Immortal offers a grittier take on the same core loop of exploring hostile worlds and engaging challenging enemies through deliberate, skill-based combat.
04Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterGene Rain shares Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy's foundation as a third-person action shooter set in a science fiction setting. Both games emphasize linear narrative progression through futuristic worlds, delivering story-driven experiences where combat and exploration intertwine. Gene Rain's focus on visual spectacle and world-building echoes Guardians' cinematic approach to presenting alien environments and sci-fi action sequences.
05Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games cast you as a roguish leader navigating space with a ragtag crew and morally gray choices. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw shares the first-person and third-person perspective options and action-shooter combat across alien worlds. Where Guardians emphasizes story and dialogue choices through a linear narrative, Outlaw lets you ignore its storyline entirely to forge your own path as a mercenary or pirate in an open-world sector.
06Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games combine action-shooter gameplay with story-rich narratives set in science fiction settings. Cyberpunk 2077 shares Guardians' emphasis on dialogue choices that shape your journey, though it trades the cosmic comedy for a dystopian crime story. Each game lets you customize your character and playstyle while navigating branching consequences that affect how the world responds to your decisions.
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07Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games are story-rich action-adventures set in science fiction worlds that earned Game Awards nominations for best action-adventure. Death Stranding emphasizes exploration across a post-apocalyptic landscape while Guardians focuses on space-faring chaos, but each prioritizes narrative and character development through single-player campaigns. Both feature strong voice acting and award-winning scores that anchor their atmospheric, character-driven storytelling.
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08Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games deliver action-adventure gameplay centered on superhero teams navigating science fiction threats. Guardians emphasizes leadership and dialogue choices within a story-rich campaign, while Avengers builds its narrative around reassembling fractured heroes and features role-playing progression across multiple characters. Each game grounds its superhero spectacle in character-driven storytelling and third-person combat across expansive scenarios.
09Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games cast you as a captain leading a ragtag crew through space-based adventures filled with action and science fiction. Star Control: Origins shares the role-playing structure of assembling an unlikely team to navigate galactic chaos, though it emphasizes strategy and exploration over Guardians' linear combat. Each game centers on dialogue and crew dynamics as you navigate alien encounters across the cosmos.
10Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games blend third-person action shooting with RPG progression across hostile alien worlds. Guardians emphasizes story and dialogue choices while Remnant focuses on combat intensity and weapon customization, but each structures its adventure around a ragtag crew fighting overwhelming odds in space or interdimensional settings. If you want the shooter-adventure formula with high stakes and exploration, Remnant delivers similar adrenaline without the comedy.
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10 games similar to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Borderlands 3, The Outer Worlds, Immortal: Unchained, Gene Rain, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, Marvel's Avengers.
Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Science fiction and Shooter with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
