Sort 47 games:

47 Great Games Like God of War

Our experts have spent time searching for great games similar to God of War and have found the following:

You play super-strong Norse fantasy hero Kratos as he takes his son Atreus on a brutal quest in the wake of his mother’s death. The exploration, puzzle solving, climbing and fighting gameplay intertwines with a mythological family drama played out in a dramatic Scandinavian landscape. While Kratos confidently handles all manner of enemies, he struggles to find the strength to connect with his son, who is coming to terms with the loss of his mother.

Unfortunately, God of War is not available on Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme, and at a lower age rating:

God of War

Game Details

Release Date: 20/04/2018

Price: 50% off

Platforms: PS4

Content Rating: PEGI 18

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, Fighting (Action, Narrative, Role-Play, Shooting and Traversal)

Accessibility: 24 features

Components: 3D First-Person

Developer: Sony Santa Monica (@SonySantaMonica)

Costs: Purchase cost

6 Similar Games Short List

Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed God of War. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed God of War.

Sifu

Release Date: 22/02/2022, updated in 2022

Platforms: PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Sifu is a martial arts fighting game with a flowing control system and ageing protagonist. You fight with Kung-Fu combat designed with impact and authenticity in mind. The twist is, each time you die you age which means eventually you are too old to...

The Lords of the Fallen

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

The Lords of the Fallen is a fighting role-play game where you traverse two parallel worlds on a mission to defeat a resurrected god. As you explore the world and interact with characters, you use your lantern to switch between the realms of the living...

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Release Date: 11/10/2022

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars is a fighting adventure game where you explore and fight the monsters on a quest to find your father. Like Elden Ring, precise parries, dodges, and rolls are important but with more forgiving...

Knack 2

Knack 2 (Series)

Release Date: 12/09/2017

Platforms: PS4

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Knack is a platform action series where you control a shape-shifting robot called Knack. Through beautiful arcade-style battles and worlds, you collect Relics that enable you to grow bigger and gain more powers.

Gotham Knights

Release Date: 25/10/2022

Platforms: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Gotham Knights is an action-adventure game where you fight criminals and bring vigilante justice to the streets of Gotham City. Playing as one of the four Knights, you travel the city by land and air, finding criminal gangs and supervillains, using...

Resident Evil 4

Release Date: 11/01/2005

Platforms: Android, GameCube, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

Resident Evil 4 is a survival shooting game where you play U.S. government special agent Leon S. Kennedy, on a mission to rescue the President's daughter from a cult. You play by exploring the different areas, searching for equipment and fending off...

26 Similar Games Long List

Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed God of War. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed God of War.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Release Date: 21/08/2021

Platforms: PC, PS4 and PS5

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is an adventure about a young girl who travels to an abandoned village in the hope of finding a sacred mountain shrine. To get there she must find and grow a team of charming spirit companions called the Rot, enhancing their...

The Last Of Us Part II

Release Date: 19/06/2020

Platforms: PS4

Skill Rating: 16+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Day and Night

The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game set five years after The Last of Us. You control two characters in a post-apocalyptic United States. Ellie is out for revenge after suffering a tragedy, and Abby is a...

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Release Date: 19/11/2016, updated in 2017

Platforms: PS3 and PS4

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is an action-adventure game set several years after the events of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. You play Nathan Drake, a happily married former treasure hunter coaxed out of retirement by his brother. This leads into...

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Release Date: 14/05/2019, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

A Plague Tale: Innocence follows Amicia and her little brother Hugo as they use stealth to escape soldiers and swarms of rats. Against the stark threat and darkness of the world, the sibling relationship develops as the two learn to trust one another....

Ratchet & Clank

Ratchet & Clank (Series)

Release Date: 04/11/2002, updated in 2016

Platforms: PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5 and PSP

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Ratchet & Clank looks more cartoony but still offers the B-movie-style action. As Ratchet, you explore planets and space stations, battling enemies with a variety of weapons and gadgets. Sidekick Clank sits on Ratchet’s back and offers more abilities,...

Oxenfree

Release Date: 14/01/2016, updated in 2016

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Oxenfree is an adventure game where a teenagers’ beach party spirals into a supernatural story. You guide the outcome with your choices as the well-written dialogue reveals characters coming to terms with family breakdown, death of a sibling, blame...

Marvel's Avengers

Release Date: 04/09/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Marvel's Avengers is an action-adventure game based on the Avengers. You control the heroes from a third-person perspective on your own or with friends. Together you assemble a team of heroes to take on the game's main storyline, where you must clear...

Tell Me Why

Release Date: 27/08/2020

Platforms: PC and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person

Tell Me Why is a narrative game following the story of twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan, as they unravel the truth about their childhood and why they were separated. It's a story about the impact of families and the lengths we go to make them right.

Shadow Of The Colossus

Release Date: 18/10/2005

Platforms: PS2, PS3 and PS4

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

You play a young man who enters a forbidden land to defeat sixteen massive beings to restore the life of a girl he cares about. It sounds like any other video game, although in fact, Shadow of the Colossus stands apart in many ways.

Alan Wake

Release Date: 14/05/2010

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Bright Falls is the sleepy Midwest setting for this Twilight Zone-style horror game. The action focuses on surviving attacks from possessed ‘Taken’ locals. You use flashlights to burn away the possession before dispatching them with firearms. It’s...

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider (Series)

Release Date: 09/11/2015, updated in 2019

Platforms: GameCube, Mac, PC, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Tomb Raider is a longstanding series that has been rebooted in recent years. This means it not only gets a fresh coat of paint like a re-release but is built from the ground up. All the games feature Lara Croft as the titular hero. She shoots, runs,...

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Series)

Release Date: 30/09/2014, updated in 2017

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle-earth: Shadow of War is an adventure series set in Tolkein's fictional work, between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. You play Talion, a Ranger who sets out to avenge the deaths of his loved one. The...

Papo and Yo

Release Date: 14/08/2012

Platforms: Mac, PC and PS3

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

In the game Papo & Yo you play as a young boy, Quico, exploring a Brazilian city slum. As you solve puzzles and perform well-timed jumps to progress through the city, you must also deal with a monster – both real and metaphorically representing your...

Arise: A Simple Story

Release Date: 03/12/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person

Arise: A Simple Story is a narrative game about an old man living in a pre-agricultural tribe. He has just been cremated and as get travels to the next life, begins a pilgrimage of revisiting memories of his life.

Dragon Age

Dragon Age (Series)

Release Date: 03/11/2009, updated in 2014

Platforms: Android, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Components: 3D Third-Person

The Dragon Age series are narrative-driven role playing games with an emphasis on combat and player choices. You play the hero in the medieval fantasy world of Thedas, exploring the world and using your power to stop the impending darkness spread across...

Gears 5

Gears 5 (Series)

Release Date: 07/11/2006, updated in 2019

Platforms: PC and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person

Gears of War is a series of shooting game about a conflict between humanity, the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde, and their mutated counterparts, the Lambent. It's a big brash game franchise with six games, a comic book series...

Godfall

Release Date: 12/11/2020

Platforms: PC and PS5

Components: 3D Third-Person

Godfall is a fighting role-playing game that puts you in the role of a Valorian knight, masters of combat. The game revolves around loot mechanics, which mean the goal is to defeat enemies and collect the items they drop. These items are used to improve...

Heavenly Sword

Release Date: 12/11/2007

Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person

Heavenly Sword, similar to Enslaved, offers a heady mix of heroic storytelling and narrative. The fighting is styled on martial arts and the main character, Nariko, uses a weapon called the Heavenly Sword which changes into one of three forms depending...

Recore

Release Date: 26/08/2016, updated in 2016

Platforms: PC and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Recore is an adventure platform game where you control Joule Adams, one of the first volunteers for the utopian colony of Far Eden, who wakes after centuries in cryo-sleep to find that nothing has gone according to plan. With her three robotic machines...

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Release Date: 18/10/2022

Platforms: PC, PS5, Switch and Xbox Series X|S

Components: 3D Third-Person

A Plague Tale: Requiem is an action adventure where you play a pair of siblings Hugo and Amicia. The story continues from the first game's discovery of the plague of rats and Hugo's latent abilities. Standing out again for weaving the sibling...

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

Release Date: 19/04/2023

Platforms: PS5

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is an action-adventure expansion for the Horizon Forbidden West game that continues your journey into post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and Hollywood. Play is similar to the main...

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Release Date: 23/11/2010

Platforms: PS3 and Xbox 360

Components: 3D Third-Person

Enslaved, similar to Heavenly Sword offers a heady mix of heroic storytelling and narrative. You control a character called Monkey (played by Andy Serkis) in a third-person perspective and use power-staff combat moves, running...

God of War Ragnarök

PEGI 18 Video Game Age Rating for God of War Ragnark in UK and Europe

God of War Ragnarök

Release Date: 09/11/2022

Platforms: PS4 and PS5

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

God of War Ragnarök, the sequel to 2018's God of War, is a hard-hitting fighting narrative game where you traverse the world to battle Norse creatures and gods to prevent Ragnarök, the prophesied end of the world. It...

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

Release Date: 17/03/2023

Platforms: Switch

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is a narrative adventure game where you explore a forbidden forest in search of the power to save your mother. A prequel to the other Bayonetta games, but rather than the...

Atomic Heart

Release Date: 20/02/2023

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

Atomic Heart is a shooting adventure game set in an alternative history where the Soviet Union wins World War 2 and you are a special agent fighting back against rogue robots. Play involves traversing the utopian world and using the environment and...

Lost Ark

Release Date: 14/12/2019, updated in 2022

Platforms: PC

Components: 3D Third-Person

Lost Ark is an online role-play fighting game set in the mystical realm of Akrasia. You work alone or in teams to fight enemies, complete dungeons and upgrade your characters. It combines Lord of the Rings (and Indiana Jones) fantasy adventures with...

20 Younger Content Rating than God of War

If God of War is not age appropriate for your child, here are similar games ordered by age rating so you can find an age-appropriate alternative that’s also a game they will love.

Arise: A Simple Story

Ratchet & Clank

Papo and Yo

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Knack 2

Shadow Of The Colossus

Recore

Oxenfree

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Heavenly Sword

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Alan Wake

15 Easier Skill Rating than God of War

If you like the sound of God of War but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Ratchet & Clank

Papo and Yo

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Knack 2

Shadow Of The Colossus

Recore

Oxenfree

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

Marvel's Avengers

Sifu

Resident Evil 4

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Alan Wake

16 Video Games Like God of War Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to God of War. This includes games from the Role-Play, Fighting, Action, Adventure, Shooting, Narrative and Traversal genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

Crimson Desert

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Batman: Arkham Knight

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed Revelations

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Unturned

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham City

Assassin's Creed Origins

Assassin's Creed Identity

Batman: Arkham Origins

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Mortal Shell

Gotham Knights

9 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than God of War

If you like the sound of God of War but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our God of War Accessibility Report.

God of War Ragnarök

The Last Of Us Part II

Gears 5

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Marvel's Avengers

Tell Me Why

God of War is in These Lists

In addition to the similar games listed above, which have been linked to this game specifically in the database, you may find games with a similar theme to God of War in the following lists:

New Yorker's Games of the Years

LIST

Gaming Projects: Photography

LIST

Be The Villain

LIST

Perfect Parry, Definitive Dodge-Roll

LIST

The Game Awards

LIST

Grandparent Heroes

LIST

Walk in Someone Else's Shoes

LIST

Games Picked For Taming Gaming Book

LIST

Gaming 101: Big Budget Games

LIST

The Besties Podcast's Games of the Years

LIST

Space For Grief

LIST

Curated lists:
Game genre:
Style of Play:
Components:

How long to play:
User-generated content:	No
Accessibility features:	Yes

Controls
Gamepad:
Mouse And Keyboard:
Touchscreen:
Motion:	Motion Aiming Motion Pointing Motion Tilting Motion Gesture Motion Camera
Remap Controls:
Button Combinations:	Holding Down Buttons Optional Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional No Simultaneous Buttons
Controller Vibration:
Sensitivity:

Getting Started
Onboarding Before Play:
Assistance Getting Starting:	Tutorials Practice Area View Control Mapping Assistance With Controls Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Adjust Speed No Jump Scares
Assistance For Progressing:	Guaranteed Progress With God Mode Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints Assisted Progress With Boosts Assisted Progress With Hints Assisted Recall for Characters Assisted Recall for Narrative and Dialogue Save Progress Anytime

Reading
Reading Level:
Text Visibility:	Large Clear Text High Contrast Text
Subtitles:
Captions:
Voice Acted:

Navigation
Clarity:
Head-Up Display:
Menu Navigation:

Visual
Contrast:
Interactive Elements:
Visual Distractions:
Audio Cues for Visual Events:
Narration for Visual Elements:
	Motion Sickness Friendly
Colour Options:
Play Without Sight:
Violence:

Audio
	Balance Audio Levels
Audio Events:
	Play Without Hearing

Communication
Player-to-Player Online Communication:
Online Communication Assistance:

Difficulty
Difficulty Options:	Simple and Full Version No Memorisation Advantage No Hidden Information No Deceit Advantage No Colour Advantage No Mathematics Advantage No Weighing Decisions

Getting Started
Assistance Getting Started:	Clear Manual Electronic Version of Manual Electronic Version of Manual for Screen Readers Getting Started Video Digital Version Reference Aid
Assistance Progressing:	Play Order Tokens (Or play order doesn’t change) Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Low Impact Catch Up Rule

Reading
Reading Level:
Necessary Text Visibility:	Large Clear Text on Board (Or no text required) Large Clear Text on Cards (Or no text required) High Contrast Text (Or no text required) QR Code For Text (Or no text required) Primary and Secondary Text Distinguishable (Or no text required) Information Orientation Clear Icons

Physical
Pieces:	Components are Distinguishable by Touch Components are Replaceable No Non-Standard Dice (Or No Dice) No Tiny Pieces No Paper Money No Sprawl
Cards:	Large Card Size Standard Card Shape Limited Hand Management No Excessive Card Shuffling No Right-Handed Advantage
Placement:	No Unbound Placement Player Components Not Shared No Fiddly Placement Easily Verbalised Actions

Visual
Printed Visibility:	Colour Blind Friendly Design Double-Coding Colour High Contrast Colours
Component Identifiability:	Outline Key Elements No Busy Backgrounds Easily Verbalised Game State No Close Inspection Disadvantage Playable Without Sight

Audio
Communication:	Audio Cues Mirrored Visually (Or no critical audio signals) No Pressured Reveals No Pressured Communication Playable Without Hearing

Search:
Type:

In-game purchases:
Cost:
Released:

Difficulty
Difficulty Options:
Adjust After Setting:

Gender and Sexuality
Gender and Sexuality Choices:
Gender Representation:
Sexual Orientation Representation:

Search by game

Search by interaction

Refine for your family

Video Game Accessibility Filters

Controls

Difficulty

Getting Started

Reading

Navigation

Visual

Audio

Communication

Board Game Accessibility Filters

Difficulty

Getting Started

Reading

Physical

Visual

Audio

Diversity and Inclusion Filters

Gender and Sexuality

47 Great Games Like God of War

Game Details

6 Similar Games Short List

26 Similar Games Long List

20 Younger Content Rating than God of War

15 Easier Skill Rating than God of War

16 Video Games Like God of War Based on Genre

9 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than God of War

God of War is in These Lists

Subscribe to our free newsletter