Hi,
I'm looking for games on Steam like Tomb Raider (similar gameplay, 3rd person, adventure/action, puzzle/riddle etc)
Male/female character doesn't matter.
Would be better if fully playable with a controller because of wrist injury.
Any idea?

3 years ago

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Horizon Zero Dawn comes to mind

3 years ago
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When I googled "games like Tomb Raider" I saw that Horizon Zero Dawn was often mentionned.
Did you play it, if yes, is there puzzle aspect in the game?

3 years ago
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There are very few puzzles unfortunately, i think in the 20 hours that i played so far i only encountered 1.

3 years ago
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Wouldn't recommend it. They are both 3rd person action adventures, yes. But besides main protagonist being female, that's where the similarities end.

3 years ago
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Stealth gameplay, using bows and lots of wall climbing comes to mind as some more similarities.
There are some puzzle solving elements for opening doors and such but it's not the focus and they are very easy.

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i literally just finished 100%'ing it only a few days ago. i love the tomb raider reboot series, played, beat and/or completed all three. i guess it's worth mentioning that i used a controller for both. while i'd be hard-pressed to think of a game exactly like tomb raider, horizon zero dawn does tick a lot of the boxes. it feels very similar due to the main use of a bow, 3rd person camera and sneak / sneak kills. while tomb raider has only human enemies with increasingly difficult weapons / styles, hzd has that but also machine enemies. the machines vary from wolf-sized all the way to giant t-rex-looking motherfuckers. basically there's a range of machine enemies that mimic real-world animals from present time, back to the dino age, mostly modern ones though. while hzd doesn't have any boss battles per se, the really big machines do scratch that itch, and they are absolutely so much fun to fight.. almost souls-like in a way how long some of these can take unless you know what you're doing and/or have really powerful gear. the map is similarly huge, with fast travel spots scattered everywhere - unlocked via campfires when you get close enough to one. unlike how tomb raider has individual areas with loading areas in between them, hzd is a completely open map. of course there are also collectibles - three types in the main game, and three types in the extra dlc part of the map.. though the ones in the dlc area have much fewer in total. for obvious reasons i don't wanna get into it much, but the story really shines in hzd. to sum up basically the intro area.. you were given to a tribe outcast to be raised because the elders are suspicious of your birth. shit happens and at the door to a locked off ancient bunker area, you find the image of someone who looks exactly like you, but with a different name, and that sets you on a journey to figure out who you (are your parents) actually are. that's really just the tip of the iceberg. wish i could gush about it here, but unfolding everything for yourself is always much more fun. to finally answer your question, no, there aren't really many puzzles. there are a few little ones in some ancient underground areas, but you aren't gonna be seeing any puzzle tags for this game. i love me some puzzlin', but i can't remember once thinking i wish hzd had more. it already has a lot of other high-quality things. i knew going in that "hzd is a really good game", and i really wasn't let down at any point.

tl:dr - i liked hzd

3 years ago
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old school or new

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Doesn't matter, but new if possible.

3 years ago
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Enslaved: Odyssey To The West is a great game

3 years ago
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I'll check that out. Thanks

3 years ago
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+1 for Enslaved Odyssey to the West

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It's not heavy on puzzles, but the gameplay is kinda fun :), I enjoyed it.

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-1 for it. The game has a nice story and very good facial expressions, but the gameplay is pretty doll and repetetive. I finish it just for the story.

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-1 for me too. Tried it many years ago, couldn't even get myself to finish it.

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Info: Probably its only my problem, have tried to play this game on several computers allready. On all of them was the movement buggy at some point of time (different levels). The game couldn't be continued to play. Te story is nice, but after a while of play get a gamebreaking bug.

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I highly recommend using a rumble (vibration-enabled) controller when playing the game, as several scenes rely mainly on giving you haptic feedback rather than visual feedback.

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I was going to say Uncharted but that's still trapped on PS3/PS4. :|

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West controlled a lot like TR to me.
Some of the newer Assassin's Creed games maybe?

3 years ago
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You should add PS5 for Uncharted series...

3 years ago
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Also Uncharted: Golden Abyss, for PS Vita.

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Yeah, I got a Vita with the specific reason to try this game. But it hurt my hands too much to use and I gave up on it, hoping they'd eventually port it to the home consoles since the Vita kinda flopped, but that'll probably never happen.

3 years ago
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You could buy a PSTV cheap-ish from ebay and hook it up to a proper tv and full size controller. Sweet deal if you are also willing to mod it.

3 years ago
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unfortunately, Golden Abyss used stuff like the back touchpanel so it might not be compatible with that.
but that would be interesting idea for the other stuff I did have on my account for Vita as long as it didn't get those "special features".

3 years ago
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Have they announced a new title for PS5? or you just saying for backwards compat?
I'm still stuck with only a PS3 myself so I haven't even got to play the PS4 titles yet.

3 years ago
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Backwards compatibility...

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I was going to say Uncharted but that's still trapped on PS3/PS4

That sucks :(

3 years ago
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You can try to play them via PS Now (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-now/ps-now-games/)

3 years ago
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Uncharted saga for PlayStation is a must if you like the genre imho

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Not steam unfortunatly :(

3 years ago
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I've been playing Control recently and I'd say it has a pretty similar feel to Tomb Raider (2013) which I'd been playing last month.

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Ok Thanks

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I don't know what makes you say that, I feel like that game has zero connection to anything TR related. Control has magic-like combat and superpowers, has vague storytelling, takes place entirely in a building, has no puzzles, no archeology, no platforming, almost no exploration, and it also has a much darker tone and has a lot of themes related to lovecraftian beings, "the new weird" and human psychology.

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I'd argue that Control does in fact have some platforming despite what you say and there's in fact some puzzle solving, as many times you need to figure out specific things to do in order to progress. There's some fair exploration in order to find secrets and collectibles, just like in Tomb Raider, and movement/combat is also quite similar between both games. Settings are quite clearly very different, but having played both, I do get pretty similar vibes from them.

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Now I feel like we played separate games entirely. Control's movement and combat is basically a power fantasy, it's the opposite of the Tomb Raider's stealth like combat.

3 years ago
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An hat in time
Batman arkham knight
Control
Legacy of kain
Max Payne
Prince of persia series
Quantum Break
Recore
Rime
Sekiro shadows die twice
Shadow of mordor\war
Shenmue
Styx
Splinter cell series

This said,Bubba n' Stix is beat them all,and can not care about tr,bubban'stix is best,the future.

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Batman arkham knight

Or Arkham Asylum, Origins or City. they are pretty great!

3 years ago
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Will check everything, thank you.

3 years ago
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Thanks!

3 years ago
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He'll be hard pressed to play Legacy of Kain. That game's full with annoying block puzzles.

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Can configure Steam for hold on button feature on joystick\controller\mouse or keyboard button,so that then only press button 1 time and it will remain hold on,then move block with analogic stick or arrow,when finish single press button hold on configured ¯_(ツ)_/¯

3 years ago
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You have the first 2 Darksiders games in your library (looks like you only farmed them for cards?). Gameplay is somewhat similar to Tomb Raider, with puzzles etc. ;) You should give them a chance since you already own them. =)

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+1
Enjoyed the last 3 TR games, played through the 3 'normal' Darksiders games and enjoyed those as well

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I don't see the similarities between a hack-and-slash game and a third person shooter.
Maybe because I didn't play darksiders enough, but I didn't like the first few hours I did (I actually don't like hack and slash, and thought the game would be different). And I felt Darksiders is not as open world as (the new) Tomb Raider is.

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His criteria for action adventure with puzzles etc works for DS. I would consider DS to be somewhat a cross between Zelda and Tomb Raider, but with much more intuitive puzzles than Zelda. I played the first game myself, but not the second one.

Oh and don't let my Steam hours fool you, I used to be a console gamer and never played a PC game til a few years ago, so some games I own due to bundles, but haven't played on Steam, but have played elsewhere. =)

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looks like you only farmed them for cards?

Indeed :S

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=)

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/414340/Hellblade_Senuas_Sacrifice/ <- Hellblade perhaps ? Third person. Controller support. And I think it had some puzzles now and then as well. I just remember the story, but I think asides fighting there where stuff to figure out to get further in the game.

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I've done Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice already, I hope Hellblade II will be even better.

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Well, the trailer was GODLIKE. I really can't want to see what will come.

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Trust me on this one... If you liked the gameplay and level desing of the new Tomb Raider trilogy be sure to check out Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Even if you don't care about Star Wars at all, you'll enjoy it. Those games follow very same game design principles, except one focuses on gunplay and the other swordplay, but both are high-quality action adventures.

Both games share:

  • similar level desing (skill-gated semi-open world)
  • tombs with environmental puzzles
  • simple yet captivating story told within cinematic cutscenes (with additional lore in text based collectibles)
  • upgrading of skills and weapons
  • enjoyable platforming

edit: and yes, the game is fully playable with gamepad controller... it's actually recommended by the devs (and me)

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That's a good idea, thank you.

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someone told me that Fallen Order had a real Dark Souls influence, so it was really brutal hard .. is that true?

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It has a difficulty setting, so you can just play it on easy.

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No. Dark Souls is difficult in an annoying way. Fallen Order is difficult in a satisfying way, meaning the game starts really hard but gets easier as you get better as a player and upgrade your character. People get this idea because the death system is the same as in Dark Souls, as in you die and need to go back to your place of death to recover your stuff. But that's really about it. I can't even begin to describe how different this very system is implemented in each game. It's all in the nuances. Besides, as oginer said, it has a difficulty setting that can be adjusted at any time without any loss (there aren't even achievements for completing the game in a certain difficulty).

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It shares approach to level building (interconnected paths, opening shortcuts), but the fighting itself is very simple in JFO, nowhere near the depth and complexity of Dark Souls (I wish!… but no such luck). They tried to copy some of Sekiro's mechanics, but looks like ran out of time to do it well (which can be said a lot about this game — it is very unpolished, but still great). And I agree with OP, in a way it is very similar to TR. Didn't even think about it till now.

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it has a souls-like feel, but i found fallen order to be much less 'frustratingly difficult' if you know what i mean.

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Influence yes but it's nowhere near Dark Souls.

Sekiro is much closer to Dark Souls series than SW ever be.

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  • Blades of Time is probably the closest you'll get to Tomb Raider... it feels like a low budget version with the same concept, you don't get those super fancy graphics becaue the game's a bit older, but it's still very playable. I don't know about controller support.
  • Kari is free, works well with a controller and might be what you're looking for on the puzzle side, though it's not an action adventure.
  • Remember Me also comes very close to Tomb Raider. No clue about controller support.
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Kari looks different but why not, thanks.

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Funny, I just finished "Remember Me" yesterday, and enjoyed it a lot. Possibly helpful comments:

-- Yes, it worked just fine with my PS4 controller under Big Picture (if you do not mind that the prompts are A-B-X-Y);
-- Indeed, some things are very "Tomb Raider-y" -- strong female protagonist, a good dose of climbing around to find your way, some light puzzles.
--- But, two big differences: game is quite linear (not a bad thing, but Tomb Raider seemed a lot more open to me), and combat is almost all "brawling" instead of shooting -- think the Batman Arkham games. Combat does NOT require frantic button pressing, but you will be pressing a lot of buttons (especially A-X-Y), hopefully this is ok with your wrist.

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I played Remember Me on my PS3 so you'd hope they left the controller support in for the PC version. but Steam'll show that on the store page I guess.

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Long ago I've played Remember me on PC and I'm 99% sure that it worked fine with my "old but still rocking" xbox 360 gamepad. Good game by the way, only drawback is that is very lineal

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Thanks I didn't know about this game.

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Play ELEX at the moment, feels in some way similay to the tomb raider (last 3 games)

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I am also playing, seems to be more 3rd person action based and not much in the way of puzzles.

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Yup I have this in my wishlist.

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elex is not that great, risen 1 and gothic 3 (even risen 3) are better

risen 3 would be somewhere close to tomb raider, lots of adventuring

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Prince of persia came in mind 😀

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👍

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For the combat I would say maybe Quantum Break. Great graphics, similar combat, but with cool time manipulation powers. But it has barely any puzzle sections.

Maybe you could try the Batman Arkham series. It's not a shooter, but it has cool brawler gameplay, also a bunch of stealth, some light detective sections, boss fights, an open world and a great story line.

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Adam's Venture
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Prince of Persia series

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You could try Submerged, it's pretty similar to the TR Legend trilogy in terms of controls, exploration, and puzzles. It has no combat tho, and the world is set like the new TR games as one big map.
Also, in case you haven't played them, you should give a try to the Lara Croft spin-offs. They change genre but maintain the spirit and feel of the main series.

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Looks good, thank you

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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - I'm playing it at the moment and some parts (exploring tombs with some slight puzzles, climbing up walls etc) give Tomb Raider vibes.
Also the pirate quests give you treasure maps to find the items on the huge world map ha

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If you don't mind old school:

  • Beyond Good & Evil.
  • The Legacy of Kain series (Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2 and Blood Omen 2 are very similar to the Tomb Raider games in their mechanics. Defiance kinda too, but they change the camera, and it's pretty bad)
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Arx Fatalis
Gothic

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Besides the Batman: Arkham games, I'd suggest DmC: Devil May Cry. A lot of people hated it because they didn't like seeing the main character that way (much different than the other DmC games, I'm told), but it's a solid game, and the combat is just gorgeous! Some of the content is just nauseating, but it didn't push me over the edge.
Review if you're interested: https://steamcommunity.com/id/genkicoll/recommended/220440?snr=1_5_9__402

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If you want something like Tomb Raider, you can't go wrong with Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. I finished it last month for the second time. I think it holds up pretty good for a game from 2003. The hand-to-hand combat is the highlight. It's punchy, meaty, enemies react expressively (they twist and turn at every hit). It's awesome. It pre-dates the second Tomb Raider reboot (Legend, Anniversary and Underworld) and Uncharted. I think both games took notes from the Emperor's Tomb. The shooting is meh, but you can shoot your way through the whole game. You don't get enough ammo. Hand-to-hand combat is more fun than the shooting.

I'm not sure if you can play it with a controller. The game looks like a console port, a good one, but it didn't detect my Xbox 1 controller. You have to see in the Steam or GOG forums for that.

You also need to tinker to make it run in 1080p and 60 FPS Limit it to 60, don't unlock it. You can't beat the first level if the game is above 60. PCGamingWiki can help you with that. It's not something difficult.

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Oh, I might be wrong, but it feels like it will better with a controller.

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Thank you for your suggestions

3 years ago
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Try Enslaved, if you haven't already...

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👍

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