Similar games to Skyrim: The best alternatives

Few role-playing games have excited the masses like Skyrim. Yet there are many games similar to Skyrim that are just as great – if not better. We present three excellent alternatives to you.

Games like Skyrim: Enderal

For every Skyrim fan, Enderal is an absolute must. The Steam game is 100% based on The Elder Scrolls:Skyrim.

• Enderal: Forgotten Stories is actually a mod for Skyrim. But don’t worry – they’re not modding Skyrim, it has so many followers that it’s now available for free as its own game on Steam.
• The interface, inventory, combat mechanics and much more is just like Skyrim. One detail expands Enderal with more options for players. For example, there is a completely new skill system.
• Over 100 hours of gameplay await you as you explore the richly detailed open world fantasy world.
• Enderal tells its own main story – even Skyrim fans often find it more interesting and logical than that of the main game.
• The side characters have their own stories, especially the companions, with whom you can also form love relationships.
• The difficulty level of the fights picks up a bit compared to Skyrim. Especially at the beginning, every enemy is a serious threat.

Open World Role Playing Game like TES – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

While Witcher 2 was an excellent game, it didn’t really offer an open world. This is where Witcher 3 catches up:

• Unlike in Skyrim, you are not allowed to create your own character. The Witcher’s story revolves around Gerald of Rivia, a popular Polish novel character.
• However, you are allowed to choose from a large treasure trove of skills and specialise your character as you wish. Witcher magic, the use of the silver sword and, above all, the mixing of powerful potions are among your skills.
• The world of Witcher attempts to mix dark medieval daily life full of injustice and intrigue with numerous fantastic monsters and a great evil.
• So beyond the story itself, there is always more than enough for experienced monster hunters to do. The hunt is not limited to simple hacking, but already resembles detective work and often presents you with additional difficult moral decisions.
• The world is a good 20 percent larger than that of Skyrim, but thanks to your brave horse, you always make fast progress.
• The CD Project Red development team has released a lot of additional content from the beginning and still offers the game without copy protection. Both are important unique selling points of the Witcher series.
• To help you get started, we have compiled the most important tips on Witcher 3 for you.

Skyrim alternative: Dark Souls II

Dark Souls II, like Skyrim, offers an open world that you are free to explore. However, the world is more dangerous and inspires a large fan community precisely because of this

• Dying is an essential part of Dark Souls. You could of course finish the game without a single death – but due to the nasty traps and demanding enemies, this is unlikely.
• Deaths here are not permanent like in Skyrim, but have various negative consequences. Above all, you lose all the souls you have collected. At least if you don’t manage to return to the place of your death weakened – without dying again.
• Dark Souls thus quickly creates a tense atmosphere in its generally very gloomy scenario, which lets you explore this fantasy world differently than any other. You will especially learn to love armour and shields.
• But it’s these challenges that make every opponent, no matter how easy, an exciting fight, every victory more satisfying and thus also make exploring the world something special. And it has a lot to offer as well, with its convoluted story and character-rich locations.
• If, despite all your enthusiasm, you find the game too difficult, you may request help from other players, who will then accompany you as a good spirit. Others use a similar multiplayer function to attack you as an evil spirit.
• The ability to see strange deaths in small soul sequences can also save your life and is an interesting feature that makes Dark Souls unique.
• Dark Souls itself is a sequel to Demon’s Souls. Due to its enormous success, Dark Souls 3 has also already been announced for 2016. So should Dark Souls become your new Skyrim, there will be plenty of material.

RPG with dragons – Dragon Age: Inquisition

Like Wild Hunt, Dragon Age: Inquisition is a third part and also breaks away from the rather rigid paths of its predecessors. In Inquisition, an open world saves you.

• For the first time in the Dragon Age series, you get to explore a gigantic open world.
• In doing so, BioWare and Electronic Arts have tried to take the best from both predecessors and expand on it.
• Most importantly, this means you get to mix the action-packed combat style from Dragon Age 2 with a Dragon Age Origins-style tactics mode at will.
• Your heroes are not only externally complex, but may also choose from various classes and thus a number of specializations and numerous abilities.
• So equipped, you assemble a perfect team from the companions you find over time and explore gigantic and beautiful worlds.
• Dragon battles in particular are always a special challenge – just like in Skyrim – which are far above the predecessors in terms of staging.
• Much more, over time you manage various fortresses and associated agents who complete missions for you and bring you closer to your goal. It’s all part of your role as Inquisitor.
• BioWare games are also known for the excellent stories and especially the romantic options your character has. Especially the handling of LGBT issues and general sex positivity is much praised.
• All of this combined creates a vibrant role-playing world that many fans consider to be the best part of the Dragon Age series.
• To help you get started, we’ve put together some beginner tips for Dragon Age Inquisition.