7 Games like Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on PS5 that you should try

What brings it close to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and a sandbox world, and the two track each other on combat, game mode and tone. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in genre and progression — its own ground is puzzle design.

Its point of contact with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is shooting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on genre and tone: this one brings co-op play and a first-person view.

It meets Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in genre and progression — its own ground is puzzle design and co-op play.

Its point of contact with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is shooting mechanics, strong narrative focus and open world exploration. To that it adds melee combat and a sci-fi setting. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings survival mechanics and post-apocalyptic world.

Its point of contact with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is shooting mechanics, strong narrative focus and open world exploration. The common ground extends to melee combat and a sci-fi setting. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: roguelike runs and procedural generation.

It shares the essentials of what Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. The common ground extends to skill tree progression and a third-person camera.

The genre is the same as Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’s, and with it open world exploration, stealth mechanics and historical setting. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in game mode and progression — its own ground is deep RPG systems.