8 Games like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition on PS5 that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. It sets itself apart with exploration and discovery, and horror tension.

It shares the essentials of what Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a mythological setting.

What brings it close to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings shooting mechanics and open world exploration.

If Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: deep simulation and open world exploration.

It shares the essentials of what Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting: post-apocalyptic world.

It shares the essentials of what Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting: open world exploration and magic-based combat.

With Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition it shares fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

If Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a cyberpunk setting.