Games like Dragon Age: Origins
If Dragon Age: Origins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition, Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening and Tyranny — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices have irreversible consequences, dark and epic. 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 →Dragon Age: Origins is a dark fantasy RPG released in 2009 by BioWare, set in the war-torn world of Thedas. The game features a consequence-driven narrative where player choices carry irreversible weight, and an origin system that shapes how the world responds to the protagonist. Combat combines real-time action with tactical pause mechanics, allowing for strategic party positioning. Players can develop characters through multiclassing and must manage companion approval, as relationships influence story outcomes. Reviewers highlight party banter as a window into character depth. With a massive campaign and a 91% positive rating from over 3100 Steam reviews, the game is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About Dragon Age: Origins: When history tells the story of the Fifth Blight, what will be said about the hero who turned the tide against the darkspawn? Determine your legacy and fight for Thedas as a noble dwarf, an elf far from home, a mage apprentice, or a customized hero of your own design.
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Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
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Shares tactical pause combat and a grim mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Top pick for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.
Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening
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Shares a grim mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Second-strongest match for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
From the Makers of the Best RPG of 2009, Dragon Age™: Origins, comes the first official expansion pack. For centuries, the Grey Wardens—the ancient order of guardians, sworn to unite and defend the lands—have been battling the darkspawn forces.
Tyranny
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Shares a grim mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Third-strongest match for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Pillars of Eternity
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Ranked #4 for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
Gjallarhorn
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Shares an immersive mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Ranked #5 for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Two years following the Second Great War, the Osirian Empire wrestles with finding a new ruler. While each faction sees a different future for their people, decisions are made by strength, not through ideals, and only the dead have seen the end of war.
Avaria: Iron Rule
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Ranked #6 for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
An isometric, party-based, real-time with pause RPG exploring the taboos of colonialism, power, punishment and the rule of law. Set in a rich fantasy world, Avaria: Iron Rule offers complex choices, deep dialogues and intense tactical battles inspired by classics of the genre.
RPGSteam ↗Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Ranked #7 for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Rediscover the beloved RPG classic— now enhanced for modern adventurers! Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.
Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
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Shares a dark mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Ranked #8 for Dragon Age: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.
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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
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It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?
Mass Effect (2007)
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
FINAL FANTASY® XIII
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Final Fantasy XIII is a fantasy RPG in which a band of brave humans struggle against fate in the utopian sky city of Cocoon and the primeval world of Pulse. Follow stylish heroine Lightning's fast paced battles and high adventure in a mysterious new world.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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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.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Shares an immersive mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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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.
Dragon's Dogma 2
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
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Shares an immersive mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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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!
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares tactical pause combat and a grim mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Another title from BioWare, the studio behind Dragon Age: Origins. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
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Shares an immersive mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Another title from BioWare, the studio behind Dragon Age: Origins. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
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WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Shares an epic mood with Dragon Age: Origins.
Another title from BioWare, the studio behind Dragon Age: Origins. Shares RPG with Dragon Age: Origins.
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Frequently asked about Dragon Age: Origins
- Does Dragon Age: Origins run on Steam Deck?
- Dragon Age: Origins is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- What games are most similar to Dragon Age: Origins?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dragon Age: Origins are Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition, Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening, Tyranny.
- Who developed Dragon Age: Origins?
- Dragon Age: Origins was developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts.
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