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Games like Red Dead Redemption
10 games similar to Red Dead Redemption, a Shooter, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Red Dead Redemption.
01Shares AdventureShooterBoth games build sprawling open worlds where third-person action and shootouts drive the story forward, with auto-aim making combat accessible during intense sequences. Like Red Dead Redemption's journey across the frontier, Grand Theft Auto V lets you inhabit multiple characters navigating a corrupt landscape, completing missions that test your moral boundaries. The banter during gameplay and dynamic artificial intelligence make each world feel alive and reactive to your choices.
Games like Grand Theft Auto V →
02Shares ShooterBoth games follow hardened protagonists navigating violent worlds through third-person action and shootouts, with banter punctuating gameplay and bloody confrontations. Red Dead Redemption's open frontier and Max Payne 3's linear Brazilian setting share a noir sensibility where morally compromised men pursue redemption amid criminal underworlds. Each game emphasizes narrative momentum and character-driven storytelling over pure sandbox freedom.
Games like Max Payne 3 →
03Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games cast you as a capable protagonist navigating morally complex revenge narratives across detailed worlds. Red Dead Redemption's open-world freedom parallels Dishonored's flexible approach to eliminating targets, where your choices shape outcomes. Each game emphasizes artificial intelligence and environmental interaction, rewarding creative problem-solving over linear solutions. The action-adventure structure and emphasis on moral consequence give both games similar weight and consequence.
Games like Dishonored →
04Shares AdventureShooterBoth games drop you into sprawling open worlds where you pursue targets across cities and countryside, using cover-based shooting and vehicle chases to complete missions. Red Dead Redemption's frontier manhunt mirrors Watch Dogs 2's hacker conspiracy plot, where you systematically take down enemies tied to a larger scheme. Each game rewards exploration and offers multiple approaches to objectives within their sandbox environments.
Games like Watch Dogs 2 →
05Shares AdventureShooterBoth games drop you into sprawling open worlds where you pursue personal vengeance through a series of targets, using cover-based combat and third-person shooting to complete missions. Watch Dogs swaps the Wild West frontier for a networked Chicago, but shares Red Dead's sandbox structure of hunting down enemies across a living city filled with side activities and mini-games. Each game lets you navigate justice on your own terms.
Games like Watch Dogs →
06Shares AdventureShooterBoth games cast you as an anti-hero navigating an open-world sandbox through third-person shooting and driving, with a cover-based combat system. Red Dead Redemption follows a former outlaw hunting his gang for the government, while Mafia II traces a Sicilian immigrant's rise through organized crime. Each grounds its story in a specific historical period and uses era-appropriate settings to shape how you move through the world.
Games like Mafia II →
07Shares AdventureShooterBoth games are action-adventure shooters built around a gruff protagonist protecting someone they care about across a hostile landscape. The Last of Us shares Red Dead Redemption's third-person perspective and emphasis on banter during gameplay, creating character development through dialogue. Both feature artificial intelligence-driven enemies and moral weight to their narratives, though The Last of Us trades the open frontier for linear, survival-focused environments.
Games like The Last of Us →
08Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)ShooterBoth games cast you as a hardened protagonist assembling allies to complete a high-stakes mission, with banter between characters shaping your journey. Each combines third-person shooting with RPG progression and dialogue choices that affect your crew's loyalty and survival. Mass Effect 2 trades the frontier for space, but maintains the same focus on recruiting companions and managing relationships under pressure.
Games like Mass Effect 2 →
09Shares AdventureShooterBoth games drop you into vast open worlds where you pursue targets across hostile terrain, using stealth, combat, and environmental tactics to complete missions. Red Dead Redemption's bounty hunting and Metal Gear Solid V's infiltration missions share that freedom of approach. Each game layers in a revenge narrative, animal encounters, and a day-night cycle that shapes how enemies behave and how you plan your moves.
Games like Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain →
10Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pair third-person action-adventure shooting with survival in hostile environments where you hunt for resources and face wildlife like boars and deer. Red Dead Redemption's open-world structure mirrors Tomb Raider's sandbox exploration, where progressing the story requires navigating dangerous terrain and encountering human enemies. Each game emphasizes combat and traversal as central to its narrative of a protagonist pushed to their limits.
Games like Tomb Raider →
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10 games similar to Red Dead Redemption: Grand Theft Auto V, Max Payne 3, Dishonored, Watch Dogs 2, Watch Dogs, Mafia II, The Last of Us, Mass Effect 2.
Most of these games share Action, Shooter, Adventure, Sandbox and Open world with Red Dead Redemption, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Red Dead Redemption.