Games Like Star Wars Jedi Survivor
Quick Answer
The closest games to Star Wars Jedi Survivor are Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, God of War Ragnarok, Metroid Dread and Lies of P. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Star Wars Jedi Survivor, and what does not.
What Made Star Wars Jedi Survivor Work
Jedi Survivor is a soulslike-adjacent action game with metroidvania traversal, and the lightsaber stances are the real progression. The planets open up as you unlock movement, and the combat asks for parries rather than dodges. Star Wars is the setting; the design is Souls plus Metroid.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is Respawn Entertainment's 2023 action-adventure for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, published by EA. Five years after Fallen Order, Cal Kestis explores planets such as Koboh, unlocking traversal abilities that open new paths, and fights with five lightsaber stances, including crossguard and blaster. Combat uses parries and blocks with a soulslike rhythm. Fans usually want either the parry-based combat or the exploration.
Also written as Jedi Survivor — same game, same list.
9 Games Like Star Wars Jedi Survivor
1.Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The first one, and you should play it before this.
Why it fits: Respawn's 2019 game introduces Cal Kestis, with the same mix of parries, exploration and planet-hopping.
What is different: The first chapter: smaller, more linear planets and fewer lightsaber stances.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and Xbox One; later PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →2.Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Where the parry system comes from, done better.
Why it fits: FromSoftware's 2019 game is built around deflecting attacks to break an enemy's posture.
What is different: Harsher, with posture-breaking sword duels, a grappling hook and no difficulty options.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
More about this game →3.God of War Ragnarok
The other big-budget action adventure with this exact shape.
Why it fits: Santa Monica Studio's 2022 game combines weighty combat, exploration and a strong story in a similar way.
What is different: An axe and chained blades instead of a saber, Norse gods for enemies, and a stronger focus on father and son.
Where to play it: PS4, PS5 and PC.
Games like this →4.Metroid Dread
The traversal half, at its purest.
Why it fits: MercurySteam and Nintendo's 2021 Switch game is a 2D Metroidvania where new abilities open new routes.
What is different: 2D and ranged, with near-unbeatable robots hunting you through parts of the map.
Where to play it: Switch.
More about this game →5.Lies of P
A parry-heavy soulslike with a strong sense of place.
Why it fits: Round8 Studio's 2023 soulslike rewards perfect guards and has a strong sense of place.
What is different: A harder Soulslike with a puppet hero, and weapons you assemble from separate blades and handles.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
Games like this →6.Control
Powers plus a building that unlocks as you get them.
Why it fits: Remedy Entertainment's 2019 game has you explore a shifting building while unlocking powers like telekinesis and levitation.
What is different: Telekinesis and a shape-shifting gun in a strange office building; no melee duels at all.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and Xbox One; later PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →7.Hollow Knight
Ability-gated exploration at its very best.
Why it fits: Team Cherry's 2017 Metroidvania has a large world that opens up as you gain abilities.
What is different: Hand-drawn 2D with a bug knight, and finding your way round the map is harder than most fights.
Where to play it: PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One.
More about this game →8.Stellar Blade
Parry-driven combat with handcrafted areas.
Why it fits: Shift Up's 2024 PS5 game uses parry-heavy combat in handcrafted areas.
What is different: Parry-heavy sword fighting with a science-fiction heroine, and a more linear route with a few open zones.
Where to play it: PS5 and PC.
Games like this →9.Star Wars Outlaws
If it is the Star Wars rather than the combat that you want.
Why it fits: Massive Entertainment's 2024 open-world game follows scoundrel Kay Vess, focusing on the Star Wars underworld.
What is different: A scoundrel with a blaster, no Force and no lightsaber; stealth and open planets instead of duels.
Where to play it: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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Where to Start
Play Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order first if you have not. Sekiro is the pick if you want to master parrying. Metroid Dread is the choice if the ability-gated exploration was what you enjoyed.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick shares Jedi Survivor's soulslike combat, its ability-gated exploration or its Star Wars setting. We gave priority to games that combine combat and exploration in a similar way.
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How These Picks Match Star Wars Jedi Survivor
Star Wars Jedi Survivor is catalogued here as an action-adventure on the PlayStation 5. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine action games and seven adventures among them.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, eight can be played on PC, eight can be played on a PlayStation, two can be played on a Nintendo system and six can be played on an Xbox. Hollow Knight is from a small or self-published studio.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Star Wars Jedi Survivor | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Action, Adventure, Platformer | Action, Adventure | PC, PS4 and Xbox One; later PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure | PC, PS4 and Xbox One. |
| God of War Ragnarok | Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure | PS4, PS5 and PC. |
| Metroid Dread | Platformer, Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure | Switch. |
| Lies of P | Action, RPG | Action | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. |
| Control | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Action, Adventure | PC, PS4 and Xbox One; later PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. |
| Hollow Knight | Platformer, Action, Indie | Action | PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One. |
| Stellar Blade | Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure | PS5 and PC. |
| Star Wars Outlaws | Action, Adventure, Shooter | Action, Adventure | PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. |
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