Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition similar games & best alternatives

Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.

What works

  • Engaging and flexible combat system
  • Deep customization and skill variety
  • Large explorable worlds and planets
  • Strong narrative and character interactions
  • High value for playtime especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Initial launch bugs and animation issues
  • Some repetitive side quests and backtracking
  • Story weaker than original trilogy
  • Limited squadmate control
  • Requires origin launcher

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Abyssus

  • CODE VEIN

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

  • Shadow Warrior 2

  • Dead Space™ 3

More competitive

Games that feels like Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition but with more competition against others

  • Gears 5

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Shatterline

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Destiny 2

  • Hellpoint

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition but with more leadership over others

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

  • Mass Effect (2007)

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Less intimate

Games that feels like Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Borderlands 3

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

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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.
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  • 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).

Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition: 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 Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 06/08/2026