Games like Alpha Protocol™
If Alpha Protocol™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012), Recordbooks and Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 →Alpha Protocol is a 2010 espionage RPG from Obsidian Entertainment that combines action and role-playing mechanics in a spy thriller setting. Players take on the role of agent Michael Thorton and navigate branching dialogue systems where choices carry real consequences throughout the narrative. The game features faction politics, character upgrades, intel collection, and skill-based combat that rewards specialization. Players describe the atmosphere as dark, immersive, and contemplative, with faction politics and NPC motives feeling reactive to their actions. Mission order and intel gathered throughout the experience unlock hidden narrative paths, and the global impact of player decisions is revealed in end credits. Currently priced at $9.99 USD and playable on Steam Deck, the game holds an 84% positive rating from over 2,500 Steam reviews.
About Alpha Protocol™: Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.
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Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)
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Shares an immersive mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Top pick for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Earth is burning. The Reapers have taken over and other civilizations are falling like dominoes. Lead the final fight to save humanity and take back Earth from these terrifying machines, Commander Shepard.
Recordbooks
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Second-strongest match for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Survive in Toxic Gas and Fights . Kill First or Die First . Experience Bodycam Game First time Ever . Play as a secret agency agent at Mysterious Area whose duty is to solve Complex and Mysterious cases of duty area .Your Detective and Tactical skill is needed to solve these complex cases.
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
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Third-strongest match for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Hitman: Blood Money
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Shares an immersive mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Ranked #4 for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Shrouded Frontier
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Ranked #5 for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Play as a low level bounty hunter known as Wraith. Customize the character with different gadgets and weapons that you find or purchase to hunt bounty contracts from multiple entities any way you desire. Bring them in dead or alive for different payouts and extensive freedom of approach gameplay.
Lost Planet® 2
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Ranked #6 for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Lost Planet 2, the sequel to Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, the landmark third-person shooter that sold over 2.3 million units worldwide, is now available on Steam!
Immortal: Unchained
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Ranked #7 for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Unleashed and unforgiving. Can you rise to the challenge? Immortal: Unchained is the latest addition to the genre of ultra-hardcore action RPGs. Take the role of a living weapon, unleashed to stop the source of a cataclysmic event threatening to end all worlds.
Warframe
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Shares an immersive mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Ranked #8 for Alpha Protocol™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
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Mass Effect (2007)
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Shares an immersive mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
BioShock™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
Shadowrun Returns
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Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.
System Shock® 2 (1999)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
Dishonored
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Reviewers of Alpha Protocol™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alpha Protocol™ at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
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Priced ~80% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~90% under Alpha Protocol™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
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 Alpha Protocol™.
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.
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 with Alpha Protocol™.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Obsidian Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Obsidian Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
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Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares Action and RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.
The Outer Worlds
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
Grounded 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares Action with Alpha Protocol™.
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Pillars of Eternity
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
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.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Alpha Protocol™.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Alpha Protocol™. Shares RPG with Alpha Protocol™.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Frequently asked about Alpha Protocol™
- Does Alpha Protocol™ run on Steam Deck?
- Alpha Protocol™ 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 Alpha Protocol™ cost?
- Alpha Protocol™ is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alpha Protocol™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alpha Protocol™ are Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012), Recordbooks, Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition.
- Who developed Alpha Protocol™?
- Alpha Protocol™ was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by SEGA.
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