Games like Red Dead Redemption 2
If Red Dead Redemption 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Red Dead Online, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced and The Legend of California — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Red Dead Redemption 2: Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Red Dead Online
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Top pick for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Second-strongest match for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
The Legend of California
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
The Legend of California is an open world, action-survival shooter set on the mythical Island of California during the gold rush era. Explore a vast, untamed frontier and forge your legacy alone or with friends.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ranked #4 for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Sniper Elite 5
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ranked #5 for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
Gears 5
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Ranked #6 for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ranked #7 for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
GUN™
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ranked #8 for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
When life robs Colton White of all that matters, the only thing left he can trust is his GUN. From award-winning developer, Neversoft, and accomplished screenwriter, Randall Jahnson (The Mask of Zorro, The Doors), GUN follows Colton on his quest for discovery as he seeks to exact vengeful justice on those who have wronged him.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Red Dead Redemption 2
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
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Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares character development and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
Mass Effect (2007)
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Shares an emotional mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Reviewers of Red Dead Redemption 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Red Dead Redemption 2 at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Rockstar Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Rockstar Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.
Red Dead Online
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.
Grand Theft Auto III
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.
Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Dead Redemption 2.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Red Dead Redemption 2.
It all starts in Liberty City. With revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.
Frequently asked about Red Dead Redemption 2
- Does Red Dead Redemption 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Red Dead Redemption 2 cost?
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Red Dead Redemption 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Red Dead Redemption 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Red Dead Redemption 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Red Dead Redemption 2 are Red Dead Online, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, The Legend of California.
- Who developed Red Dead Redemption 2?
- Red Dead Redemption 2 was developed by Rockstar Games.
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