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CONTROL Ultimate Edition

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

What works

  • Unique and immersive world with surreal atmosphere
  • Engaging combat with satisfying powers and physics
  • Rich story and lore with strong narrative immersion
  • Freedom to explore and approach challenges creatively
  • Well-designed progression and upgrade systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive combat and enemy variety at times
  • Confusing map layout and navigation
  • Some boss fights criticized for difficulty spikes
  • Limited character customization and social features
  • Occasional minor bugs and technical issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

  • Bleak Faith: Forsaken

  • Dolls Nest

  • NieR:Automata™

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™

Less expressive

Games that feels like CONTROL Ultimate Edition but with less self-expression and customization

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

  • Quantum Break

  • The Chant

  • Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition

  • Akimbot

  • Luna Abyss

More intense

Games that feels like CONTROL Ultimate Edition but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • The Evil Within

  • Fear The Timeloop

  • GRIME

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Quantum Break

  • Alan Wake

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

  • Alan Wake's American Nightmare

  • Max Payne

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).

CONTROL Ultimate Edition: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 06/08/2026