6 Melee games like L.A. Noire that you should try

It shares the essentials of what L.A. Noire does: a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.

Same family as L.A. Noire: a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay and an isometric view.

On paper it is what L.A. Noire is — open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and combat: this one brings a space setting and resource management.

Same family as L.A. Noire: a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and combat: this one brings a space setting and resource management.

It comes from the same genre as L.A. Noire and shares strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and world: this one brings procedural generation and a first-person view.

Shelved next to L.A. Noire for good reason: open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is progression and combat: resource management.