9 Skyrim alternatives on Steam that will make the wait for the sequel bearable
As fans of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, you’ve been waiting for a sequel for a long time – and you’ll probably have to wait a few more years. In the meantime, luckily, you can while away the time with these 9 Skyrim alternatives on Steam.
What Makes The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special? Is it the lovingly designed world? The fights full of action with sword and magic? It’s probably just the mix of size and attention to detail that makes Bethesda’s role-playing game made it such a worldwide success. If you’re looking for games that take a very similar line, you might find a new game in our photo gallery that will keep you busy forever.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning features magic, monsters, and an open world. You can choose between many weapons, armor and skills to fight the way you want it. Naturally exciting side quests should not be missing. Alongside bestselling author RA Salvatore, the lead designer from Skyrim’s predecessor The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion also worked on Kingdom of Amalur: Re-Reckoning.
In Fallout: New Vegas there is no magic or fantasy monsters, but instead there is a contaminated post-nuclear America in which lots of bizarre characters walking around. In the Las Vegas desert, you can mess with mutant creatures and join different factions fighting for supremacy. If you like the setting, you can also try Fallout 3 and Fallout 4, developed by Bethesda itself.
Like Fallout: New Vegas, The Outer Worlds was developed by Obsidian Entertainment. This time, however, you’ll end up on a space colony, where you’ll be drawn into a devastating conspiracy. On your adventure you will meet companions who can join your crew and they too own motives and missions to have. Of course, there are also alien monsters just waiting to be spanked.
What would be a better Skyrim alternative than a Skyrim mod made into its own game? Enderal completely changed Bethesda’s role-playing game. There is a new world, a new story and also new game mechanics such as a overhauled skill system and even survival elements.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen has exactly what Skyrim fans need: a large, open fantasy world and action-packed combat with different skills and weapons. You can also choose from nine careers for your character. This also influences the choice of your companions, who are always at your side in the dark world.
Outward mixes one open world with survival elements with a combat system reminiscent of Dark Souls. What is interesting here is that you can also experience the game together with a friend. You can gamble both online and locally with split-screen.
In Kingdom Come: Deliverance, you won’t find as big a world as in Skyrim. On the other hand, medieval Bohemia is full of details and represents the landscape with its Villages, burgers and forests even very realistic. However, you have to do without magic in the role-playing game. In Kingdom Come: Deliverance there are only the weapons and armor that were actually used in battle.
If you’re looking for an iconic role-playing game from Germany, all you have to do is check out the Gothic series. Although Gothic 2 has clearly aged graphically, it still offers a lively world with numerous characters whose fate you can influence with your decisions. With Elex 2, the developer Piranha Bytes also recently released a new sci-fi role-playing game.
Of course, for a Skyrim alternative, you can try the other games in The Elder Scrolls series first. The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is showing its age both graphically and in terms of gameplay, but the sequel The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion has already introduced many features that were later expanded in Skyrim. Cyrodill is also full of adventures and the Shivering Isles expansion takes you into one completely insane worldruled by the Daedra Sheogorath.
