11 Shooter games like Mount & Blade: Warband that you should try

What brings it close to Mount & Blade: Warband is open world exploration, melee combat and a medieval setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. What it adds of its own: third-person shooting and skill tree progression.

It comes from the same genre as Mount & Blade: Warband and shares exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is co-op play.

It shares the essentials of what Mount & Blade: Warband does: open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

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.

It shares the essentials of what Mount & Blade: Warband does: open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on setting: this one brings first-person shooting and strong narrative focus.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade: Warband’s, and with it fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: third-person shooting.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in combat and visuals — its own ground is third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

It shares the essentials of what Mount & Blade: Warband does: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. The distance is in setting and world — its own ground is a sci-fi setting.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade: Warband’s, and with it ranged combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in progression and setting — its own ground is crafting mechanics.

Genre puts it alongside Mount & Blade: Warband, and so does single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a sci-fi setting.