Games Like Uncharted 4

What Made Uncharted 4 Work

Uncharted 4 is a set-piece adventure held together by writing and performance. The climbing is generous rather than difficult, the shooting is fine rather than great, and the reason people finish it is the four characters. Recommendations that miss the acting miss the game.

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is Naughty Dog's 2016 PlayStation 4 game, directed by Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, and later released on PS5 and PC in the Legacy of Thieves Collection. Nathan Drake is pulled out of retirement by his brother Sam to chase the pirate Henry Avery's treasure, with Elena and Sully alongside. The play is climbing, rope-swinging, cover shooting and long vehicle chases, but what people come back for is the cast and the dialogue between the set pieces.

Also written as Uncharted, Uncharted 4 A Thief's End — same game, same list.

9 Games Like Uncharted 4

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   1.The Last of Us Part II(2020)

   Same studio at the height of its performance-capture work.

   Why it fits: Naughty Dog's 2020 PlayStation 4 game, directed by Neil Druckmann, remastered for PS5 in 2024 and released on PC in 2025. It uses the same studio's performance-capture pipeline and the same mix of climbing, cover and scripted sequences, pointed at a revenge story set in Seattle.

   What is different: Very dark and violent; the humour and adventure-serial warmth of Uncharted are absent.

   Where to play it: PS4; remastered for PS5 and PC.

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   2.Tomb Raider(2013)

   The 2013 reboot is Uncharted's closest peer and openly borrows from it.

   Why it fits: Crystal Dynamics' 2013 reboot, published by Square Enix on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, strands a young Lara Croft on the island of Yamatai. It borrowed Uncharted's structure directly — climbing, cover shooting, collapsing scenery — and added bow hunting and light upgrade systems.

   What is different: More survival and brutality, with a lonelier lead and less banter.

   Where to play it: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; Definitive Edition on PS4 and Xbox One.

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   3.Rise of the Tomb Raider(2015)

   The best of the reboot trilogy for traversal and set pieces.

   Why it fits: The 2015 sequel from Crystal Dynamics launched on Xbox One and Xbox 360, then came to PC and PS4 in 2016. Lara follows her father's research to Siberia; the optional challenge tombs are the closest thing in the reboot trilogy to Uncharted's puzzle rooms.

   What is different: More open hubs and optional tombs; the story is weaker than Uncharted's.

   Where to play it: Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

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   4.A Way Out(2018)

   If the character relationship was the hook, this is built entirely on one.

   Why it fits: Hazelight Studios' 2018 game, directed by Josef Fares and published through EA Originals, follows two prisoners, Leo and Vincent, through a split-screen escape and its aftermath. The whole story depends on two characters talking and working together, which is the Nate and Sam dynamic made into a mechanic.

   What is different: Co-op only — two players are required, locally or online.

   Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One and PC.

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   5.Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order(2019)

   Cinematic traversal and combat in the same shape.

   Why it fits: Respawn Entertainment's 2019 game, published by EA, follows the Jedi survivor Cal Kestis across several planets. Wall-running, rope swings and climbing between planets' ruins give it the same traversal rhythm, with lightsaber combat in place of cover shooting.

   What is different: Soulslike lightsaber combat and Metroidvania backtracking; no gunplay.

   Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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   6.Indiana Jones and the Great Circle(2024)

   The genre's actual source material, done properly.

   Why it fits: MachineGames' 2024 adventure, published by Bethesda on Xbox Series X|S and PC and on PS5 in 2025, is set in 1937 between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. Uncharted was built as an homage to Indiana Jones; this is the original character, with whip traversal, tomb puzzles and globe-trotting.

   What is different: First-person, with more stealth and puzzles than shooting.

   Where to play it: Xbox Series X|S, PC and PS5.

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   7.Horizon Zero Dawn(2017)

   Sony's other big-budget adventure, with far better combat.

   Why it fits: Guerrilla Games' 2017 PlayStation 4 game follows Aloy through a post-apocalyptic world of machine animals. It is the Sony first-party adventure with the most in common structurally — third-person, cinematic, heavily performance-captured — while trading linear chapters for an open world.

   What is different: An open world with RPG systems and a far less playful tone; climbing is scripted and simple.

   Where to play it: PS4; remastered for PS5, and on PC.

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   8.Detroit: Become Human(2018)

   If the performances were the reason you played.

   Why it fits: Quantic Dream's 2018 PlayStation 4 drama, released on PC in 2019, follows three androids — Kara, Connor and Markus — whose choices branch the story. It is built almost entirely on performance capture of its lead actors, which is the part of Uncharted it takes furthest.

   What is different: A branching choice-driven drama with almost no action gameplay.

   Where to play it: PS4 and PC.

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   9.God of War(2018)

   The 2018 game is the best-written PlayStation adventure of that generation.

   Why it fits: Santa Monica Studio's 2018 soft reboot, directed by Cory Barlog, came to PS4 and to PC in 2022. Kratos and his son Atreus travel through Norse myth in a single unbroken camera shot, and the banter on the journey plays a similar role to Drake and Sully's.

   What is different: Melee combat and a slower, heavier tone; one continuous camera shot rather than chapters.

   Where to play it: PS4 (plays on PS5) and PC.

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Where to Start

If it was the writing and the cast, The Last of Us Part II is the closest thing Naughty Dog has made. If it was the climbing and set pieces, the Tomb Raider reboots are the direct answer, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the most fun of the recent ones.

How We Picked These Games

Each pick had to match at least one of two things: a big-budget third-person adventure built around traversal and set pieces, or a story carried by performance-captured acting. We kept one pure drama, Detroit, for readers who played Uncharted for the actors, and one co-op story, A Way Out, for readers who played it for the relationship between brothers.

Which One to Play, by What You Liked

If you liked Uncharted 4 for climbing, puzzles and set pieces, try Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The reboot Tomb Raider borrowed Uncharted's structure; Indiana Jones is the character Uncharted was paying homage to.

If you liked Uncharted 4 for Nate and Sam's relationship, try A Way Out and God of War. Two games where the story is two people on the road together.

If you liked Uncharted 4 for Naughty Dog's storytelling, try The Last of Us Part II. The studio's next game after Uncharted 4, built with the same performance-capture pipeline.

If you liked Uncharted 4 for exploring ruins acrobatically, try Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Wall-running and rope swings through ancient tombs, with a lightsaber instead of a pistol.