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Games like Dragon Age: Origins

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  • Updated May 4, 2026

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The closest matches to Dragon Age: Origins: Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening, Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 02
    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2016

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Dragon Age: Origins

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening

    Also Real-Time with Pause and Party-Based RPG, like Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 96% of 52 reviews
  2. 2
    Tyranny

    Genres: Adventure, RPG

    • 86% of 6,291 reviews
  3. 3
    Pillars of Eternity

    Genres: RPG

    • 87% of 10,642 reviews
  4. 4
    Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

    Genres: Adventure, RPG

    • 92% of 5,603 reviews
  5. 5
    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

    Same epic mood as Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 87% of 11,477 reviews
  6. 6
    Mass Effect (2007)

    Genres: Action, RPG

    • 94% of 9,548 reviews
  7. 7
    Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition

    Genres: Adventure, RPG

    • 76% of 17,605 reviews
  8. 8
    Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

    Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG

    • 88% of 21,988 reviews
  9. 9
    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition

    Also Party-Based RPG and Romance, like Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 82% of 17,959 reviews
  10. 10
    Grim Dawn

    Same dark mood as Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 95% of 39,041 reviews
  11. 11
    Drakensang

    Genres: RPG

    • 75% of 273 reviews
  12. 12
  13. 13
    Blackguards

    Also Dark Fantasy and Tactical, like Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 59% of 1,271 reviews
  14. 14
    GreedFall

    Genres: RPG

    • 76% of 10,619 reviews
  15. 15
    Wasteland 3

    Genres: Strategy, RPG

    • 85% of 11,050 reviews
  16. 16
    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

    Genres: RPG

    • 76% of 471 reviews
  17. 17
    Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

    Same grim mood as Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 88% of 17,436 reviews
  18. 18
    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Also Party-Based RPG and Dark Fantasy, like Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 97% of 97,746 reviews
  19. 19
    Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

    Genres: Strategy, RPG

    • 79% of 7,191 reviews
  20. 20
    Dungeon Siege

    Genres: RPG

    • 80% of 2,142 reviews
  21. 21
    Risen

    Genres: RPG

    • 84% of 2,271 reviews
  22. 22
    Bound By Flame

    Shares tactical pause combat with Dragon Age: Origins.

    • 64% of 1,519 reviews
  23. 23
    Jade Empire™: Special Edition

    Genres: RPG

    • 75% of 1,519 reviews
  24. 24
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Genres: RPG

    • 92% of 101,764 reviews
Dragon Age: Origins — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2009
  • Developer: BioWare
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 91% of 3,109 reviews
  • Genres: RPG
  • Metacritic 91
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Choices have irreversible consequences
  • Companion approval affects story outcomes
  • Party banter reveals character depth
  • Dark
  • Epic
  • Grim

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About Dragon Age: Origins

The closest matches to Dragon Age: Origins: Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening, Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Dragon Age: Origins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening, Tyranny and Pillars of Eternity — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as dark, epic and grim, and single out its approval rating and consequence driven story. 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.

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.

Is Dragon Age: Origins worth buying?

  • 91% of 3,109 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 129 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“[b]Delist EA[/b]. Forcing third-party accounts and banning for inactivity with no appeal is predatory.”
5 h played
“Buy this on GOG not steam or origin. SO yeah no reason to buy this version the Ultimate with all DLC frequently goes on sale cheap.”
19 h played
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People who play it also play: Dragon Age™: Origins Awakening, Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity

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Frequently asked about Dragon Age: Origins

Can I run it?

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 Awakening, Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity.

Who developed Dragon Age: Origins?

Dragon Age: Origins was developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts.