7 Shooter games like Mass Effect 2 that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Mass Effect 2 on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on single-player focus and skill tree progression. What it adds of its own: open world exploration.

Its point of contact with Mass Effect 2 is strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere.

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. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and an anime aesthetic.

It shares the essentials of what Mass Effect 2 does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: post-apocalyptic world and 2D presentation.

The thread back to Mass Effect 2 runs through a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

Held in common with Mass Effect 2: single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

Genre puts it alongside Mass Effect 2, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and skill tree progression. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: loot and gear systems, and fantasy world.