29 Games with a fantasy setting like Mount & Blade: Warband that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Mount & Blade: Warband does: open world exploration, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and world: this one brings stealth mechanics.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — open world exploration, melee combat and fantasy world — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode and combat — its own ground is magic-based combat.

If Mount & Blade: Warband worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is game mode and visuals: magic-based combat.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade: Warband’s, and with it ranged combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is game mode and combat: magic-based combat.

Same family as Mount & Blade: Warband: fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and visuals.

Same family as Mount & Blade: Warband: melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a sci-fi setting and 3D presentation.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade: Warband’s, and with it open world exploration, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is game mode and visuals: co-op play.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade: Warband’s, and with it open world exploration, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings magic-based combat and skill tree progression.

It comes from the same genre as Mount & Blade: Warband and shares fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in progression and visuals — its own ground is loot and gear systems.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is progression and visuals: loot and gear systems.

Shelved next to Mount & Blade: Warband for good reason: open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on combat and progression: this one brings loot and gear systems, and stealth mechanics.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade: Warband’s, and with it fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings horror setting.

Same family as Mount & Blade: Warband: fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and visuals.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on game mode and visuals.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — tactical combat, fantasy world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus.