Lost Ark similar games & best alternatives

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Lost Ark

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Embark on an odyssey for the Lost Ark in a vast, vibrant world: explore new lands, seek out lost treasures, and test yourself in thrilling action combat in this action-packed free-to-play RPG.

What works

  • Engaging and skillful combat
  • Vast content and progression
  • Beautiful graphics and sound
  • Free to play with fair progression
  • Challenging and rewarding raids

Things to keep in mind

  • Toxic and gatekeeping community
  • Grind-heavy endgame progression
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Pay-to-win elements in cash shop
  • Long queue times and server issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink

  • Borderlands 2

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

  • RIFT

  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom

Less competitive

Games that feels like Lost Ark but with less competition against others

  • Warframe

  • REMNANT II®

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Dungeons of Sundaria

  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy

More intimate

Games that feels like Lost Ark but with more focus on close relationships

  • Guild Wars 2®

  • Destiny 2

  • Dungeons & Dragons Online®

  • Anarchy Online

  • Neverwinter

  • The Elder Scrolls® Online

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Lost Ark but with less leadership over others

  • Wuthering Waves

  • ELDEN RING

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast

  • Nioh: Complete Edition

  • Hellpoint

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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).

Lost Ark: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence, Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026