22 Melee games like Sons Of The Forest that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Sons Of The Forest on genre, combat and setting. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. They part company on tone: this one brings online features.

What brings it close to Sons Of The Forest is strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, combat and world. The common ground extends to base building and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and game mode: a sci-fi setting.

What brings it close to Sons Of The Forest is strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, combat and world. Both also lean on base building and a first-person view. The distance is in tone and game mode — its own ground is a sci-fi setting.

What brings it close to Sons Of The Forest is dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and co-op play. The distance is in visuals and progression — its own ground is stealth mechanics and a third-person camera.

Held in common with Sons Of The Forest: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

What brings it close to Sons Of The Forest is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.

If Sons Of The Forest worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

On paper it is what Sons Of The Forest is — strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to single-player focus and crafting mechanics. Where the two diverge is visuals and progression: ranged combat and a sci-fi setting.

If Sons Of The Forest worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to a first-person view and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is game mode: puzzle design and punishing difficulty.

On paper it is what Sons Of The Forest is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and game mode: a third-person camera.

What brings it close to Sons Of The Forest is dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, tone and setting. To that it adds crafting mechanics and a first-person view. They part company on game mode and combat: this one brings stealth mechanics.

Genre puts it alongside Sons Of The Forest, and so does dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is ranged combat and a third-person camera.

What brings it close to Sons Of The Forest is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and progression: this one brings a third-person camera.

On paper it is what Sons Of The Forest is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds an early-access release and multiplayer gameplay. They part company on world and progression: this one brings procedural generation and a sci-fi setting.

Genre puts it alongside Sons Of The Forest, and so does strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds a first-person view and single-player focus. They part company on game mode and progression: this one brings puzzle design and tactical combat.