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10 Best Sci-Fi Games Like Mass Effect
Polygon recommends ten science-fiction games for players seeking elements of Mass Effect, particularly meaningful choices, memorable companions, romance, morality systems and the feeling of leading a crew through a vast universe. The list matters because it distinguishes between close predecessors and games that share only selected strengths, such as player agency, squad dynamics or space exploration.
– Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare’s earlier space RPG, with choices, companions, romance and morality systems that helped form Mass Effect’s blueprint. – The Outer Worlds — a smaller-scale, satirical space RPG with planetary exploration, companions and consequential choices. – Fallout: New Vegas — not set in space, but recommended for its factions, player agency and choices that alter the story’s outcome. – Cyberpunk 2077 — included as a science-fiction RPG exploring isolation and self-discovery.
In short
- Ten games offer Mass Effect-style choices and companions.
- Knights of the Old Republic is its clearest predecessor.
- The recommendations vary in scale, setting and combat.
Explained simply
Mass Effect is a science-fiction role-playing game series from BioWare. Players guide a central character through a large space-faring story, make decisions that can affect events, and build relationships with a crew of companions.
The games mentioned share some of those features, though they are not all close matches. BioWare’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic helped shape Mass Effect’s approach to choices and companions; The Outer Worlds also combines space exploration with a crew, while Fallout: New Vegas focuses on factions and decisions away from space.
Cyberpunk 2077 offers a different kind of science-fiction story, centred on isolation and self-discovery. Comparing these games helps show that the appeal of Mass Effect can come from several parts of the experience, including relationships, consequential choices or exploring an imagined future.