ELEX similar games & best alternatives

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ELEX

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

What works

  • Rich open world and lore
  • Meaningful player choices and faction systems
  • Challenging and rewarding combat progression
  • Immersive companions with personal quests
  • Long playtime and high replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and punishing early combat
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Steep learning curve
  • Limited character customization (no gender choice)
  • Ui and map could be improved

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Risen 2: Dark Waters

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • Windrose

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Less intimate

Games that feels like ELEX but with less focus on close relationships

  • Risen 3 - Titan Lords

  • Gothic 1

  • ELDEN RING

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Star Wars Outlaws

  • ELEX II

Less social

Games that feels like ELEX but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered

  • Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • BLACKTAIL

More relaxing

Games that feels like ELEX but with a more relaxing feel

  • Valheim

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Enshrouded

  • Voidtrain

  • STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • ELEX II

  • Risen 2: Dark Waters

  • Risen 3 - Titan Lords

  • Gothic II: Gold Edition

  • Risen

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with ELEX. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with ELEX. These titles are not in What to play next.

ELEX: A very typical example of its motivational profile. 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, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026