5 Games like Mass Effect 2 on PS5 that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Mass Effect 2 does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on tone and progression: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere.

The genre is the same as Mass Effect 2’s, and with it a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and skill tree progression. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and progression — its own ground is loot and gear systems, and post-apocalyptic world.

What carries over from Mass Effect 2 is a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is fantasy world.

What brings it close to Mass Effect 2 is strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: 2D presentation.

Same family as Mass Effect 2: strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: a cyberpunk setting.