Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) similar games & best alternatives

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Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

What works

  • Deep and strategic turn-based combat
  • High player freedom and autonomy
  • Rich, immersive fantasy world
  • Excellent co-op multiplayer
  • Extensive crafting and customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Some bugs and technical issues in early versions
  • Lack of voice acting in many dialogues
  • Complex quest navigation without markers
  • Limited multiplayer party size (2 players)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

  • Frosthaven

  • Gatewalkers (Alpha)

Less social

Games that feels like Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Stoneshard

  • Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

  • King's Bounty: Crossworlds

  • The Hand of Merlin

  • Tower of Time

  • Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

  • Baldur's Gate 3

  • Divinity: Dragon Commander

  • Divine Divinity

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).

Divinity: Original Sin (Classic): Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Creativity, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026