6 Games like Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord on PS5 that you should try

Same family as Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings co-op play.

Genre puts it alongside Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, and so does open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in combat and visuals — its own ground is stealth mechanics.

The genre is the same as Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s, and with it open world exploration, melee combat and a medieval setting. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is combat and visuals: magic-based combat and fantasy world.

Same family as Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and combat: post-apocalyptic world.

It comes from the same genre as Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and shares melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings puzzle design and strong narrative focus.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 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.