Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition similar games & best alternatives

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Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Compelling and immersive story with meaningful choices
  • Improved graphics and gameplay especially in me1
  • All three games and dlc included in one package
  • Strong emotional attachment to characters and universe
  • High replayability with different playstyles and decisions

Things to keep in mind

  • Requires ea launcher which some users dislike
  • Some bugs and dated mechanics remain
  • No multiplayer included in me3 legendary edition
  • First game’s exploration and driving can feel clunky
  • Some players dissatisfied with original me3 ending

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • Mass Effect (2007)

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

  • Marvel's Midnight Suns

  • The Outer Worlds 2

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition but with less leadership over others

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • FINAL FANTASY XVI

  • BioShock Infinite

  • The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

  • Tides of Tomorrow 🌊

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

More competitive

Games that feels like Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition but with more competition against others

  • Gears 5

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Destiny 2

  • Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

  • STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

  • Resident Evil Revelations 2

Less social

Games that feels like Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE

  • The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

  • Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel

  • Dragon Age™ Inquisition

  • The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki III

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™

  • Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

  • Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition

  • Jade Empire™: Special Edition

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition. 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 Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition: 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 Leadership, Story, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026