Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry similar games & best alternatives

Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2014

Should you play it?

Play as Adewale, an ex-slave turned Assassin fighting for freedom with the help of his own Pirate crew.

What works

  • Engaging story with emotional depth
  • Solid combat and stealth mechanics
  • Beautiful graphics and sound design
  • Unique protagonist and setting
  • Ship and weapon upgrades tied to progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short campaign length
  • Limited open world and exploration
  • Some repetitive mission types
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Occasional bugs and optimization issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Scars Above

  • Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered

  • BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk

  • Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

  • Singularity™

  • Onimusha: Warlords

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows

  • Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

  • Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

  • Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

More social

Games that feels like Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Ryse: Son of Rome

  • Assassin's Creed® Syndicate

  • Evil West

  • Of Orcs And Men

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Rogue Trooper Redux

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Assassin's Creed Mirage

  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows

  • Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

  • Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition

  • Immortals Fenyx Rising

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026