11 Games like Mass Effect on Xbox that you should try

Held in common with Mass Effect: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere.

It shares the essentials of what Mass Effect does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world and 2D presentation.

It shares the essentials of what Mass Effect does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere.

If Mass Effect worked for you because of melee combat, a sci-fi setting 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 fantasy world.

With Mass Effect it shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is fantasy world.

If Mass Effect worked for you because of melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera, the same is here. The distance is in setting — its own ground is an anime aesthetic.

With Mass Effect it shares single-player focus and a third-person camera.

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Mass Effect on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. What it adds of its own: puzzle design.

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

What brings it close to Mass Effect is strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings 2D presentation.

What brings it close to Mass Effect is melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and skill tree progression. Where the two diverge is progression and setting: loot and gear systems.