WWE 2K23 similar games & best alternatives

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WWE 2K23

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2023

Should you play it?

WWE 2K23 is Even Stronger with expanded features, gorgeous graphics and a deep roster of WWE Superstars and Legends. 2K Showcase returns as an interactive sports documentary focusing on the 20-year career of John Cena and WarGames is finally here!

What works

  • Extensive character creation and customization
  • Improved graphics and animations
  • Engaging story modes with branching paths
  • Varied match types including war games
  • Strong community content and creations

Things to keep in mind

  • Online multiplayer instability and server issues
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Limited depth in certain modes like myfaction
  • Repetitive elements in universe mode
  • Showcase mode criticized for linearity and pacing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • WWE 2K24

  • WWE 2K22

  • Wrestling Revolution 3D

  • Injustice™ 2

  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

  • Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

More dominating

Games that feels like WWE 2K23 but with more domination over others

  • Wrestling Empire

  • TEKKEN 7

  • Mortal Kombat X

  • ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3

  • Mortal Kombat 1

  • Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

More intimate

Games that feels like WWE 2K23 but with more focus on close relationships

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

  • STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

  • Champions Online

  • Fire Pro Wrestling World

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION

  • SAMURAI WARRIORS 4-II

Less social

Games that feels like WWE 2K23 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • SAMURAI SHODOWN

  • FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

  • SOULCALIBUR VI

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

  • UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION

Less violent

Games that feels like WWE 2K23 but with less combat and destruction

  • TIEBREAK+: Official Game of the ATP and WTA

  • Cricket 24

  • Total Football Online

  • Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions

  • House of Detention

  • Super Mega Baseball™ 4

Choose your own criteria ->

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with WWE 2K23. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • 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 WWE 2K23. These titles are not in What to play next.

WWE 2K23: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026