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Games like Red Dead Redemption 2

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10 games similar to Red Dead Redemption 2, 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 2.

  1. Death Stranding cover
    Death Stranding 2019 ★ 85
    Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Shooter

    Both games are third-person action-adventures set across vast, explorable American landscapes where survival hinges on resource management and traversal. Red Dead Redemption 2 follows an outlaw gang fleeing across the heartland, while Death Stranding tasks a courier with reconnecting isolated cities through dangerous terrain. Each emphasizes methodical movement through hostile environments and the weight of your journey across a transformed continent.

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  2. Horizon Zero Dawn cover
    Horizon Zero Dawn 2017 ★ 88
    Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Shooter

    Both games are third-person action-adventure shooters set in vast open worlds where you play as an outcast protagonist uncovering mysteries through exploration and combat. Red Dead Redemption 2 follows Arthur Morgan's moral reckoning with his gang, while Horizon Zero Dawn traces Aloy's quest to understand her origins in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Each emphasizes narrative depth and environmental storytelling across sprawling, dangerous terrain.

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  3. The Last of Us Part II cover
    Shares AdventureShooter

    Both games center on protagonists driven by personal codes through morally complex journeys across hostile terrain. Red Dead Redemption 2 follows Arthur Morgan's internal conflict between gang loyalty and ideals, while The Last of Us Part II tracks Ellie's pursuit of vengeance and its emotional toll. Each game uses third-person action and shooting to explore how violence shapes character, grounding narrative weight in player-driven consequence.

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  4. Marvel's Spider-Man cover
    Shares Adventure

    Both games center on adult male protagonists navigating open-world action in third person, balancing personal struggles with high-stakes drama. Red Dead Redemption 2 and Spider-Man structure their narratives around a protagonist torn between competing loyalties, using their respective settings (frontier America and Manhattan) as playgrounds for combat and exploration. Each game earned major award recognition for its direction and storytelling scope.

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  5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover
    Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)

    Both games are sprawling open-world action RPGs where a hardened male protagonist navigates moral complexity while pursuing a personal mission across a richly detailed landscape. The Witcher 3 shares Red Dead's emphasis on exploration and combat, with third-person perspective and horse riding as core traversal methods. Each game prioritizes atmospheric storytelling and player choice within its narrative framework, rewarding engagement with the world beyond main quests.

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  6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover
    Shares Adventure

    Both games are sprawling action-adventures that prioritize exploration and player freedom across vast open worlds. Each emphasizes environmental interaction and survival, whether through hunting and fishing or crafting and cooking. Breath of the Wild shares Red Dead's use of bullet time during combat, and both feature horseback travel as a core traversal method. The sense of being a capable protagonist navigating hostile terrain ties them together.

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  7. Borderlands 3 cover
    Borderlands 3 2019 ★ 79
    Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Shooter

    Both Red Dead Redemption 2 and Borderlands 3 are action-adventure shooters built around outlaw narratives and open-world exploration. Red Dead follows Arthur Morgan's gang fleeing across America; Borderlands 3 sends Vault Hunters across alien planets to stop twin cult leaders. Each game emphasizes cooperative and single-player modes, gunplay, and character-driven storytelling within sprawling environments where survival depends on combat and theft.

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  8. Rust cover
    Rust 2018 ★ 74
    Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Shooter

    Both games drop you into vast open worlds where survival hinges on resource gathering and combat. Rust shares Red Dead's emphasis on hostile wildlife, including bears, and first-person shooting mechanics. Where Red Dead follows a narrative of outlaws on the run, Rust strips away story for pure player-versus-player conflict across a procedurally generated landscape, letting you build bases and form clans instead of following a gang's arc.

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  9. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End cover
    Shares AdventureShooter

    Both games center on male protagonists confronting moral choices tied to loyalty and survival. Red Dead Redemption 2 and Uncharted 4 share action-adventure gameplay with third-person shooting and exploration across richly detailed environments. Each follows a protagonist pulled into one final score or heist, forced to weigh personal ideals against obligations to those closest to them, with escalating stakes threatening everything they've built.

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  10. Fortnite cover
    Fortnite 2020 ★ 77
    Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Shooter

    Both Red Dead Redemption 2 and Fortnite combine third-person action gameplay with open-world exploration and shooting mechanics across multiplayer and single-player modes. While Red Dead emphasizes narrative-driven outlaw drama, Fortnite channels survival tension through its battle royale structure, where players compete to be the last standing. Both support controller play and deliver large-scale, action-focused experiences.

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10 games similar to Red Dead Redemption 2: Death Stranding, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last of Us Part II, Marvel's Spider-Man, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Borderlands 3, Rust.

Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Open world, Shooter and Role-playing (RPG) with Red Dead Redemption 2, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Red Dead Redemption 2.

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