Games Like Jade Empire
Quick Answer
The closest games to Jade Empire are Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, Sifu, Nine Sols and Dragon Age: Origins. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Jade Empire, and what does not.
What Made Jade Empire Work
Jade Empire is BioWare's martial-arts RPG — real-time fighting styles instead of a dice-rolled combat system, a wuxia setting nobody else has used properly, and a morality axis that is not simply good and evil. It is short for a BioWare game, and the setting is why people remember it.
Jade Empire is BioWare's 2005 Xbox action RPG, released on PC in 2007 as a Special Edition. Set in a fantasy world inspired by Chinese mythology, it follows a martial-arts student through a story shaped by the Way of the Open Palm and the Way of the Closed Fist. Combat is real-time, using martial arts, weapon and magic styles, and companions join through conversation. Fans usually want BioWare-style storytelling or more martial arts combat.
9 Games Like Jade Empire
1.Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
The same studio and the same structure, with the better story.
Why it fits: BioWare's 2003 RPG for Xbox and PC uses a similar structure of companions, dialogue choices and a light/dark morality path.
What is different: Combat is pause-and-queue rather than real-time martial arts, and the setting is Star Wars, not mythic China.
Where to play it: Xbox and PC; later on iOS, Android and Switch.
More about this game →2.Mass Effect
Where BioWare took the dialogue wheel and the companions next.
Why it fits: BioWare's 2007 sci-fi RPG introduced the dialogue wheel and Paragon/Renegade choices, carried through a trilogy.
What is different: A cover shooter in space, with guns and powers instead of fighting styles.
Where to play it: Xbox 360, PC and PS3; the Legendary Edition on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
More about this game →3.Sifu
If the martial arts were the appeal, this is the best version of them.
Why it fits: Sloclap's 2022 action game is built around Pak Mei kung fu; when you die, you come back older, stronger and closer to the end.
What is different: No dialogue, companions or choices; it is pure kung fu combat with a harsh ageing mechanic.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switch.
More about this game →4.Nine Sols
A wuxia-flavoured action game with genuinely excellent combat.
Why it fits: Red Candle Games' 2024 2D action game, set in a 'Taopunk' world of Taoist philosophy and science fiction, is built around parrying.
What is different: A hard 2D action game built on parrying, with little in the way of dialogue choices.
Where to play it: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch.
More about this game →5.Dragon Age: Origins
BioWare at its most complete, if you want the RPG side deepened.
Why it fits: BioWare's 2009 fantasy RPG has companions with their own views and a story with major choices.
What is different: Western fantasy with tactical party combat you can pause, and far longer than Jade Empire.
Where to play it: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
More about this game →6.Sleeping Dogs
Modern setting, but the hand-to-hand combat carries the same feel.
Why it fits: United Front Games' 2012 open-world game, set in Hong Kong, has hand-to-hand combat inspired by kung fu films.
What is different: A modern crime story in an open city, with guns and cars; there is no magic and no morality system.
Where to play it: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360; the Definitive Edition on PS4 and Xbox One.
More about this game →7.Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Chinese mythology and deflection-based combat.
Why it fits: Team Ninja's 2023 action game is set in a dark fantasy version of the Three Kingdoms era, with deflection-based combat.
What is different: A hard soulslike with no dialogue choices or companions to romance; the story is thin.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →8.The Outer Worlds
Companion-led RPG with the same conversational shape.
Why it fits: Obsidian Entertainment's 2019 RPG has companions, dialogue choices and faction reputation in a satirical sci-fi colony.
What is different: A first-person shooter RPG in space; the tone is satire, not myth.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →9.Black Myth: Wukong
The biggest-budget game ever set in this mythology.
Why it fits: Game Science's 2024 action RPG is based on the Chinese classic Journey to the West, featuring the Monkey King.
What is different: A linear boss-heavy action game with no dialogue choices or party; it is much harder.
Where to play it: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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Where to Start
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is the closest BioWare game in structure. If you want the martial arts, Sifu is the pick. Black Myth: Wukong is the choice for Chinese mythology at a larger scale.
How We Picked These Games
We split the picks between BioWare-style RPGs with companions and choice, and action games rooted in martial arts or Chinese mythology. Each pick needed at least one of those, and we favoured games still available on current hardware.
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How These Picks Match Jade Empire
Jade Empire is catalogued here as a Western RPG and action-adventure on the Microsoft Xbox. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — six RPGs, five action games and four adventures among them.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, nine can be played on PC, eight can be played on a PlayStation, four can be played on a Nintendo system and nine can be played on an Xbox. Sifu and Nine Sols are from small or self-published studios.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Jade Empire | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | RPG, Adventure, Strategy | RPG, Adventure | Xbox and PC; later on iOS, Android and Switch. |
| Mass Effect | RPG, Shooter, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | Xbox 360, PC and PS3; the Legendary Edition on PS4, Xbox One and PC. |
| Sifu | Fighting, Action, Indie | Action | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switch. |
| Nine Sols | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch. |
| Dragon Age: Origins | RPG, Strategy | RPG | PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. |
| Sleeping Dogs | Action, Adventure, Fighting | Action, Adventure | PC, PS3 and Xbox 360; the Definitive Edition on PS4 and Xbox One. |
| Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty | Action, RPG | RPG, Action | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. |
| The Outer Worlds | RPG, Shooter, Adventure | RPG, Adventure | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Black Myth: Wukong | Action, RPG | RPG, Action | PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. |
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