17 Games with a sci-fi setting 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 open world exploration, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on progression and world: this one brings skill tree progression.

It shares the essentials of what X3: Albion Prelude does: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and visuals: this one brings skill tree progression.

What brings it close to X3: Albion Prelude is melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.

Genre puts it alongside X3: Albion Prelude, and so does melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: 2D presentation.

Shelved next to X3: Albion Prelude for good reason: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings fantasy world.

Same family as X3: Albion Prelude: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is horror setting.

Shelved next to X3: Albion Prelude for good reason: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: post-apocalyptic world.

Same family as X3: Albion Prelude: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings an anime aesthetic.

Shelved next to X3: Albion Prelude for good reason: melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in progression and setting — its own ground is loot and gear systems.

Same family as X3: Albion Prelude: a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: action RPG combat.

It comes from the same genre as X3: Albion Prelude and shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is action RPG combat.

Genre puts it alongside X3: Albion Prelude, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is fantasy world.

The genre is the same as X3: Albion Prelude’s, and with it a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.