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2007PCSteam Deck playable89 % positive7.99 €

Geralt's first outing stands out for its mature, morally grey world where decisions often pay off hours later. Its quirky rhythm-based combat with stances and potions takes getting used to, but the Slavic-flavored atmosphere is unforgettable.

Choices with consequences
Melee combat with weapons or fists
Fantasy setting
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for The Witcher are The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Witcher special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

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2011PCXbox90 % positive19.99 €

Choices with consequences
Melee combat with weapons or fists
Fantasy setting

Geralt of Rivia is drawn into a web of regicide and political intrigue, and one early decision splits the entire second act into completely different locations and storylines. Demanding real-time combat and a grim, morally grey world define the experience.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Strong, story-driven narrative

As a newly turned vampire, you navigate clan intrigue in nighttime Los Angeles. Your choice of clan reshapes both dialogue and playstyle, most famously with the unhinged Malkavian. The game earned cult status through its sharp writing, dense atmosphere and unforgettable quests.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Strong, story-driven narrative

An open fantasy world with outstanding side quests and choices that have lasting consequences.

Kult: Heretic Kingdoms

Choices with consequences

You play a young female inquisitor in a world where God is dead and faith counts as heresy, caught between two secret societies. The game blends grim intrigue with real-time combat and choices that shape the story.

Risen

Choices with consequences

A classic Piranha Bytes RPG in the spirit of Gothic: as a nameless castaway you explore a dense, handcrafted volcanic island, join a faction and claw your way from weakling to hero. Tough combat and a believable, lived-in world are its core strengths.

Dragon Age: Origins

Choices with consequences

A grim fantasy RPG where you lead a band of memorable companions as a Grey Warden against the Blight. Tactical pausable combat, distinct origin stories and weighty moral choices shape the fate of Ferelden.

Gothic II

Choices with consequences

A handcrafted, densely populated fantasy island where the Nameless Hero rises from weakling to champion, joins a faction, and has to earn every bit of progress the hard way. The cult classic thrives on its believable world, gruff dialogue and a superb sense of discovery.

Gothic

Choices with consequences

As a nameless prisoner dumped into a mining colony sealed by a magic barrier, you claw your way up from nobody with no quest markers, joining one of three camps and learning skills only from trainers. Its harsh, believable world full of gruff characters and its unforgiving, clunky combat made it a cult classic.

Vampyr

Dark, serious atmosphere

As a doctor turned vampire in flu-ravaged 1918 London, you choose which citizens to heal and which to feed on for power, and those choices visibly shape the city's districts. Brooding gothic atmosphere and moral dilemmas take centre stage, backed by real-time action combat.

The Blood of Dawnwalker

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim open-world action RPG set in medieval Europe, where Coen is a human by day and a vampire by night. That shift shapes how you fight and explore, and your choices steer the fight to save his family.