Clash: Artifacts of Chaos similar games & best alternatives

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2023

Should you play it?

Hunted by mercenaries of an enemy with untold power, the fighter Pseudo and the creature under his protection begin a perilous quest to the edges of strange lands.

What works

  • Unique and striking art style
  • Deep and satisfying combat system
  • Engaging and heartfelt story
  • Immersive and interconnected world
  • Excellent soundtrack and voice acting

Things to keep in mind

  • Navigation and map can be confusing
  • Lack of fast travel can cause tedious backtracking
  • Some minor bugs and glitches reported
  • Combat difficulty may frustrate some players
  • Ritual dice game mechanic underwhelming for some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • God of War

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

  • Arboria

Less intimate

Games that feels like Clash: Artifacts of Chaos but with less focus on close relationships

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

  • Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

  • Shadow Warrior

  • Stonemachia

  • Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Zeno Clash

  • The Eternal Cylinder

  • The Deadly Tower of Monsters

  • Zeno Clash 2

  • Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break

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).

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026