BioShock Infinite similar games & best alternatives

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BioShock Infinite

PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360 • 2013

Should you play it?

Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.

What works

  • Deep and engaging story
  • Beautiful and immersive world design
  • Strong emotional ai companion
  • Innovative combat with vigors and skyrails
  • High replay value with dlc expansions

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can feel repetitive
  • Some players find story complex and confusing
  • Limited weapon carrying capacity
  • Lack of multiplayer or social competition
  • Some graphical inconsistencies and minor bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • Beyond Good and Evil™

  • The Last Hero of Nostalgaia

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Half-Life 2: Episode One

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

Less intimate

Games that feels like BioShock Infinite but with less focus on close relationships

  • Prey

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order

  • Dishonored 2

  • BioShock™ Remastered

  • Dead Space

  • Crisol: Theater of Idols

Less social

Games that feels like BioShock Infinite but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • BioShock™

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Lies of P

  • Advent Rising

  • Metro Exodus

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like BioShock Infinite but with more leadership over others

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • The Outer Worlds

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

  • Saints Row: The Third

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BioShock Infinite: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026