10 games similar to Mass Effect, a Shooter, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Mass Effect.
01Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterMass Effect 3 continues the squad-based real-time combat and over-the-shoulder shooter mechanics of the original, letting you command alien companions in tactical encounters against the Reapers. Both games center on assembling a diverse military team across a sci-fi galaxy and making choices that determine which characters survive. The third installment escalates the stakes while preserving the party system and moral weight that defined the series.
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02Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games blend third-person shooting with RPG progression in science fiction settings. Immortal: Unchained takes a souls-inspired approach to real-time combat, emphasizing tactical positioning and enemy patterns rather than squad commands. Where Mass Effect builds narrative through crew relationships and galaxy-spanning missions, Immortal focuses on methodical, challenging encounters. Both reward players who adapt their approach to different enemy types.
03Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterGene Rain shares Mass Effect's foundation of third-person sci-fi shooting in a futuristic setting. Both games blend action with role-playing mechanics in single-player campaigns. Gene Rain's linear narrative and visual storytelling echo Mass Effect's approach to world-building, though on a smaller scale without the squad system or branching choices that define Shepard's journey.
04Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games combine third-person shooting with real-time squad tactics and character progression in hostile environments. Remnant: From the Ashes shares Mass Effect's over-the-shoulder combat perspective and emphasizes weapon modification and gear customization to handle varied enemy types. Where Mass Effect builds narrative through crew relationships, Remnant focuses on cooperative survival and procedurally-generated exploration, but both reward tactical loadout choices against escalating threats.
05Shares Role-playing (RPG)Both games build narratives around a customizable protagonist assembling a crew of recruitable companions whose loyalty shifts based on player choices and dialogue decisions. Real-time combat lets you pause to issue tactical orders to your party, and both explore themes of racism and slavery within their worlds. Dragon Age II shares Mass Effect's focus on companion relationships and moral complexity across a branching story.
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06Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games cast you as a customizable mercenary navigating a sprawling science fiction universe through real-time combat and exploration. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw shares Mass Effect's emphasis on conversation choices that shape your story, letting you pursue the main narrative or chart your own course across multiple star systems. Each game rewards building your own playstyle within a space-faring setting where your decisions matter.
07Shares Role-playing (RPG)Both games build squad-based real-time combat where you pause to issue tactical orders, then watch your party execute them. Character creation and recruitable companions drive the narrative forward, with your choices shaping relationships and story outcomes across multiple endings. Dragon Age shares Mass Effect's focus on assembling a diverse team to tackle escalating threats, grounded in rich world-building and moral complexity around racism and power.
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08Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterThe Outer Worlds shares Mass Effect's blend of action-focused shooting and character-driven RPG progression across a sci-fi setting populated by aliens. Both games let you shape outcomes through dialogue choices and faction interactions, with your character decisions rippling through the story. Where Mass Effect emphasizes squad tactics, The Outer Worlds leans into first-person exploration and dialogue-heavy problem-solving in a conspiracy-laden narrative.
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09Shares Role-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth Borderlands and Mass Effect blend action shooter combat with RPG progression, letting you customize your character and tackle side quests across alien worlds. Each game emphasizes squad tactics and looting, though Borderlands shifts to first-person perspective and procedurally generated weapons. Both feature military factions as antagonists and support cooperative play, delivering sci-fi settings where mercenaries confront corporate and alien threats.
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10Shares ShooterBoth games pit you against alien invaders in real-time combat across devastated environments. Mass Effect emphasizes squad tactics and dialogue choices, while Crysis 2 focuses on solo combat enhanced by the Nanosuit's upgradable abilities. Where Mass Effect unfolds across the galaxy, Crysis 2 concentrates its alien conflict in a ruined New York City. Each delivers science fiction action with mercenary protagonists fighting for humanity's survival.
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10 games similar to Mass Effect: Mass Effect 3, Immortal: Unchained, Gene Rain, Remnant: From the Ashes, Dragon Age II, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, Dragon Age: Origins, The Outer Worlds.
Most of these games share Action, Role-playing (RPG), Shooter and Science fiction with Mass Effect, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Mass Effect.