Rank 01Games like Defiance
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The closest matches to Defiance: Fallen Earth Classic, PlanetSide 2, Tom Clancy’s The Division™, Destiny 2, and PIONER. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares vehicle combat and open world exploration with Defiance.
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Trion Worlds
- 72% of 1,629 reviews
- Genres: Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play
- Metacritic 64
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Creative elementally empowered weapons
- Exciting world events
- Sizable open world
- Challenging
- Dark
- Cooperative play
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About Defiance
The closest matches to Defiance: Fallen Earth Classic, PlanetSide 2, Tom Clancy’s The Division™, Destiny 2, and PIONER. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Defiance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fallen Earth Classic, PlanetSide 2 and Tom Clancy’s The Division™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and dark, and single out its cooperative play and environmental weapons. 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.
Defiance is a free-to-play open-world third-person shooter released in 2014 by Trion Worlds, combining action, RPG, and massively multiplayer elements. The game is set on a transformed future Earth where players cooperate to explore a sizable open world, collect loot drops, and engage in vehicle combat alongside environmental weapons. Reviewers highlight the dark and challenging atmosphere, with players drawn to creative elementally-empowered weapons and the appeal of participating in exciting world events. The cooperative online play supports long sessions, while the blend of shooter mechanics and RPG progression provides sustained engagement. The title holds a 72% positive rating from over 1,600 Steam reviews.
About Defiance: Join the futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology.
Is Defiance worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 72% of 1,629 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 160 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 47 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Creative elementally empowered weapons
- Exciting world events
- Sizable open world
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This was a good game tied in with the television show. I am not recommending this because the servers have been taken offline and the game can no longer be played.”
“It was an alright game and was really interesting to see the pre-release beta evolutions. way back when. Sadly it's a dead game, so if you can somehow purchase it, don't. You are in every possible way wasting your money.”
People who play it also play: Fallen Earth Classic, PlanetSide 2, Tom Clancy’s The Division™
Frequently asked about Defiance
Can I run it?
Does Defiance have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Defiance supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Defiance?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defiance are Fallen Earth Classic, PlanetSide 2, Tom Clancy’s The Division™.
Who developed Defiance?
Defiance was developed by Trion Worlds.