RIFT similar games & best alternatives

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RIFT

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2011

Should you play it?

Dive into a world of epic adventure! Create your perfect hero thanks to a uniquely customizable class system. Collect, craft, and customize your gear. Go it alone or group up to challenge dungeons, raids, dynamic open-world content, and your fellow players.

What works

  • Flexible and deep class customization
  • Extensive content with dynamic world events
  • Fair free-to-play model with no pay-to-win
  • Strong community and cooperative gameplay
  • Rich world with exploration and puzzles

Things to keep in mind

  • Declining player population
  • Some grind and repetitive quests
  • Pvp balance and population issues
  • Occasional performance and optimization problems
  • Expensive dlcs and some paywall content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Borderlands 2

  • Onirism

  • Guild Wars 2®

  • Once Human

  • Champions Online

  • Monster Hunter: World

Less competitive

Games that feels like RIFT but with less competition against others

  • Dungeons & Dragons Online®

  • Dungeons of Sundaria

  • Warframe

  • REMNANT II®

  • EverQuest II

  • The Lord of the Rings Online™

More dominating

Games that feels like RIFT but with more domination over others

  • Conan Exiles Enhanced

  • Anarchy Online

  • Elsword

  • SMITE®

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Animyst

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  • 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.
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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 RIFT. These titles are not in What to play next.

RIFT: 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 Status, Competition, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026