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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.

What works

  • Engaging story and character development
  • Strong voice acting and dialogue
  • Vibrant graphics and detailed environments
  • Excellent soundtrack with 80s music
  • Fun team-based combat mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Some technical bugs and glitches
  • Combat can become repetitive
  • Linear gameplay with limited exploration
  • Short game length with low replayability
  • Controller preferred for some sections

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition

  • Mass Effect (2007)

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • Marvel's Midnight Suns

  • Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy but with less leadership over others

  • BioShock Infinite

  • CODE VEIN

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • The Darkness II

  • Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

More competitive

Games that feels like Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy but with more competition against others

  • Gears 5

  • Destiny 2

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Grounded 2

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Tomb Raider Game of the Year

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).

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Intimacy.

Last update: 04/08/2026