4 Games like Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines on PS5 that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and visuals.

What brings it close to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and visuals.

It shares the essentials of what Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings deep simulation.

On paper it is what Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is — fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: a sci-fi setting.