8 Games like Race The Sun on Xbox that you should try

The thread back to Race The Sun runs through punishing difficulty, procedural generation and melee combat. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

It shares the essentials of what Race The Sun does: strong narrative focus, procedural generation and melee combat. Both also lean on post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and game mode — its own ground is adventure storytelling and crafting mechanics.

It comes from the same genre as Race The Sun and shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: deep RPG systems and horror setting.

It comes from the same genre as Race The Sun and shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and game mode: a sci-fi setting.

Same family as Race The Sun: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on setting and tone: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

The genre is the same as Race The Sun’s, and with it strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is setting and game mode: horror setting.

The genre is the same as Race The Sun’s, and with it strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and game mode: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world.

On paper it is what Race The Sun is — strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is a sci-fi setting and an isometric view.