WWE 2K22 similar games & best alternatives

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WWE 2K22

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2022

Should you play it?

NOTE: All multiplayer servers for WWE 2K22 will be shutdown as of 12/31/2023. After that time, all game functions requiring online servers will no longer function.

What works

  • Extensive character creation and customization
  • Improved gameplay and controls
  • Engaging story modes (myrise, showcase)
  • Return of gm mode with strategic elements
  • Strong community creations and multiplayer fun

Things to keep in mind

  • Online connectivity and server issues
  • Gm mode lacks depth and match variety
  • Some bugs and glitches remain
  • Limited roster and dlc gating
  • No advanced entrance creation

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Champions Online

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

  • Fire Pro Wrestling World

  • STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

  • WWE 2K23

  • SAMURAI WARRIORS 4-II

Less competitive

Games that feels like WWE 2K22 but with less competition against others

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Marvel's Midnight Suns

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

  • No Straight Roads: Encore Edition

  • Saints Row: The Third

Less social

Games that feels like WWE 2K22 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • TEKKEN 7

  • FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

  • SOULCALIBUR VI

  • Yakuza Kiwami 2

  • DEAD OR ALIVE 6

More dominating

Games that feels like WWE 2K22 but with more domination over others

  • Wrestling Empire

  • Soul Dossier

  • Injustice™ 2

  • DRAGON BALL FighterZ

  • Mortal Kombat 1

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

Choose your own criteria ->

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).

WWE 2K22: 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 Competition, Status, Expression.

Last update: 04/08/2026