The closest games to Dragon's Dogma 2 are Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Monster Hunter: World and Elden Ring. Below, 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Dragon's Dogma 2, and what does not.
Dragon's Dogma is about climbing things that are bigger than you, and about pawns — AI companions you hire from other players who learn your habits and shout advice. There is no fast travel worth speaking of, monsters own the roads at night, and the game is uninterested in making your evening convenient.
Dragon's Dogma 2 released on the PC & Modern Multi-Platform. The list below is not restricted to that console — a recommendation is only useful if you can actually play it, so it spans generations and platforms.
The first one, and Bitterblack Isle is still the series' best content.
The same studio, and the closest thing to the climbing-a-monster fantasy.
Open-world fantasy that rewards curiosity rather than marking it.
Where climbing something enormous as the whole game comes from.
A world that refuses to be convenient, played straight.
No quest markers, real travel, and survival pressure on every journey.
If you want the fantasy exploring with building attached.
Big-creature combat at a much higher production standard.
The open-world fantasy with the best writing.
Several of these have their own page here: games like Elden Ring, games like Shadow of the Colossus, games like Enshrouded, games like Horizon Forbidden West.
The 4 of these picks that have a page here, and the console each is catalogued under. Most are on more platforms than one — remasters and back catalogues move constantly — so treat this as where to start looking rather than a complete availability list.
| Game | Catalogued under |
|---|---|
| Elden Ring | PS5 |
| Shadow of the Colossus | PS2 |
| Enshrouded | PC |
| Horizon Forbidden West | PS5 |
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. The first one, and Bitterblack Isle is still the series' best content.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Monster Hunter: World and Elden Ring are the closest. The full list of Dragon's Dogma 2 similar games is on this page — 9 of them, each with the reason it is here rather than a genre tag that happens to match.
Yes — Enshrouded is catalogued on the PC here. The PC list further down has more from that library.
Because the thing you liked about Dragon's Dogma 2 is not a property of the hardware. Restricting the list to one console would drop most of the good answers, so the picks above span platforms and eras. If you specifically want more from that library, the PC list further down is the place to start.
By hand, one game at a time, on what the source game actually does — its pacing, its movement, its difficulty, its tone. Genre tags alone put Dragon's Dogma 2 next to games that feel nothing like it, so they are not the basis for this list. Each pick carries the reason it is here so you can judge it yourself.
No. The whole list is on this page, free, with no sign-in and no email. We earn a small affiliate commission if you buy through a retailer link, which is what pays for the site.
If you already know what kind of answer you want, these are the same list cut by genre — and each one says what it leaves out as well as what it includes:
More from the PC & Modern Multi-Platform library, each with its own recommendations page: