Deus Ex: Mankind Divided similar games & best alternatives

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

What works

  • Varied mission approaches and high player freedom
  • Detailed and immersive cyberpunk world
  • Engaging stealth and combat gameplay
  • Rich side quests and exploration
  • Strong audio-visual atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Main story considered short and incomplete
  • Technical issues including optimization and bugs
  • Microtransactions and dlc criticized
  • Some players find combat and progression unbalanced
  • Loading times and transitions can be frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dishonored 2

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Dishonored

  • Prey

  • ADACA

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

Less expressive

Games that feels like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided but with less self-expression and customization

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

  • GYLT

  • SCP: Fragmented Minds

  • SiN Gold

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

More intense

Games that feels like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Ghostrunner 2

  • The Evil Within

  • The Evil Within 2

  • Metro 2033 Redux

More story-driven

Games that feels like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • BioShock™

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

  • The Sinking City Remastered

  • Hell is Us

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Thief

  • Tomb Raider Game of the Year

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

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).

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026