5 Ranged games like The Last of Us that you should try

It shares the essentials of what The Last of Us does: loot and gear systems, melee combat, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in tone and progression — its own ground is exploration and discovery, and strong narrative focus.

Genre puts it alongside The Last of Us, and so does melee combat, post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and game mode: a sci-fi setting and offline play.

It shares the essentials of what The Last of Us does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

It shares the essentials of what The Last of Us does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, stealth mechanics and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is progression and setting: exploration and discovery, and a sci-fi setting.

Same family as The Last of Us: melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and game mode: this one brings fantasy world and co-op play.