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Games like Mass Effect 2

2021PC, PlayStation, Xbox

You lead Commander Shepard through a space saga where your decisions shape the crew and the outcome. Recruiting a team and the cinematic presentation make this 2021 remaster of the classic especially compelling.

  • Companions and relationships
  • Choices with consequences
  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Emotional impact

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In short: Games like Mass Effect 2

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mass Effect 2 special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

Binary Domain

90 %Match

2012USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable86 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Mass Effect 2: companions you grow fond of, a sci-fi setting and good gunplay.

A third-person squad shooter set in 2080 Tokyo where you dismantle enemy robots piece by piece. Its squad trust system and story about human-like robots set it apart.

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Emotional impact

As Star-Lord you lead the bickering Guardians through a linear, cinematic space adventure packed with banter and an '80s soundtrack. In combat you direct your team's special moves. Its real strength is a heartfelt, funny story about a found family.

The Outer Worlds

Choices with consequences

Obsidian's satirical space RPG drops you into a corporate-run colony where your dialogue choices and allegiances decide the fate of its factions. Biting humor, likeable companions and first-person gunplay define the experience.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Choices with consequences

A sprawling Warhammer 40K role-playing game where you command a voidship, a crew of eccentric companions and a trade empire as a Rogue Trader. Turn-based battles, deep character builds and weighty decisions define the journey.

Torment: Tides of Numenera

Choices with consequences

A text-heavy RPG set in the strange far-future world of Numenera, serving as a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment and probing questions of identity and mortality. Conversations and choices matter far more than the rare turn-based combat.

BioShock Infinite

Emotional impact

A first-person shooter set in the floating city of Columbia, mixing fast combat with Vigors and skyline rails with a mind-bending tale of alternate realities. Companion Elizabeth and the stunning finale make it a standout narrative experience.

Tyranny

Choices with consequences

You serve as an enforcer for an all-powerful overlord in a world where evil has already won. Your decisions and loyalties reshape factions, companions and the story, while you manage real-time-with-pause tactical combat.

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