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Games like Dragon's Dogma 2

If Dragon's Dogma 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Hunter Wilds, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and Tales of Sintra: The Dark Vortex — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its combat feels uniquely impactful, emergent events surprise players and challenging. 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.

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Dragon's Dogma 2 is a 2024 action RPG set in a fantasy world where players create their Arisen character and select from various vocations that determine combat abilities and playstyle. The game features an innovative climbing system that allows combat encounters to escalate vertically, while AI-controlled pawns accompany players throughout their journey. Emergent events create dynamic encounters, and the physics-driven interactions mean environmental elements influence gameplay significantly. Players highlight the class system for providing extensive customization, noting combat delivers satisfying impact, and the open world responds meaningfully to character choices. Reviewers describe the experience as both challenging and contemplative, with an epic scope. The game carries a $69.99 price tag, requires manual saves, and is not currently supported on Steam Deck.

About Dragon's Dogma 2: 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.

2024ActionRPG69.99 USDMetacritic 88Windowsby CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Dragon's Dogma 2 — Steam game cover
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Steam players who put hours into Dragon's Dogma 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Monster Hunter Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Second-strongest match for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tales of Sintra: The Dark Vortex

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Tales of Sintra is a VR action-adventure with sword, shield, and bow combat. Explore ancient ruins, solve puzzles, and face the Dark Vortex in this upgraded PCVR version with enhanced visuals.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hogwarts Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, an immersive single-player RPG.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Avalom: Ancestral Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Ranked #6 for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Based on the RPG book, set in a huge open world, Avalom: Ancestral Heroes presents a rewarding action combat experience.

    2021AdventureRPG17.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. MONSTER HUNTER RISE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Ranked #7 for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

    2022Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Divinity II: Developer's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dragon's Dogma 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Dragons: they have been hunted, they have been slain, but now the hour to strike back has come.

    2012RPG19.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dragon's Dogma 2

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Monster Hunter Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

    2011RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Monster Hunter: World

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

    2018Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    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.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

    WHY THIS

    Shares class specialization and an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.

    2026AdventureRPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.

    2020ActionRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Crimson Desert

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Reviewers of Dragon's Dogma 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure set on the continent of Pywel. Join Kliff on his journey to rebuild the Greymane faction and to save the land from a looming threat. From vast wilderness and cities to ruins and the mysterious Abyss, forge your path through battles and discovery.

    2026ActionAdventure69.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dragon's Dogma 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 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.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Priced ~43% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    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.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 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.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 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.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

Other recommendable Steam games by CAPCOM Co., Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Monster Hunter: World

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

    2018Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Monster Hunter Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Resident Evil 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

    2019Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Devil May Cry 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.

    2019Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Resident Evil Village

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.

    2021Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Resident Evil Requiem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

    2026ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Resident Evil 3

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Dragon's Dogma 2. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.

    2020Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hogwarts Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, an immersive single-player RPG.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. MONSTER HUNTER RISE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dragon's Dogma 2.

    Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

    2022Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dragon's Dogma 2

Does Dragon's Dogma 2 work on Steam Deck?
Dragon's Dogma 2 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Dragon's Dogma 2 cost?
Dragon's Dogma 2 is listed on Steam at 69.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dragon's Dogma 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dragon's Dogma 2 are Monster Hunter Wilds, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Tales of Sintra: The Dark Vortex.
Who developed Dragon's Dogma 2?
Dragon's Dogma 2 was developed by CAPCOM Co., Ltd..

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