7 Sandbox games like X3: Albion Prelude that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets X3: Albion Prelude on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds a first-person view and player trading.

It shares the essentials of what X3: Albion Prelude does: open world exploration, melee combat and a space setting. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: tactical combat and 3D presentation.

If X3: Albion Prelude worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and visuals: this one brings loot and gear systems.

What brings it close to X3: Albion Prelude is a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and progression: this one brings loot and gear systems, and fantasy world.

If X3: Albion Prelude worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and visuals: this one brings adventure storytelling.

If X3: Albion Prelude worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is an anime aesthetic and 3D presentation.

If X3: Albion Prelude worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: loot and gear systems, and horror setting.