I’m looking for any games on PC (preferably Steam) that plays like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Mainly, I’m looking for large, open-world games, with lots of things to do, with an over-arching narrative/destination available. Think Minecraft, with but an actual definitive objective to complete.
I’m aware of Fromsoft’s work (Elden Ring), but I’m looking for non-soulslike games.
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Horizon zero dawn is live action breath of the wild
Avowed
Crimson Desert is very inspired by BOTW/TOTK, and a bunch of other games, rolled into one. It’s also on PC*.
*it uses Denuvo tho.
I want to play it so vadly but I just can’t afford it :( Also can’t use a hyprland bypass as I play via cloud streaming.
*it uses Denuvo tho.
and AI-generated art during its development :/
Switch emulator with eden and play the other two newer zelda games. I stopped playing them cuz they seemed like the same exact game as botw. They even have mods for zelda games on emulators.
Here is a few I can think of that are a bit similar
- Sable
- Bastion
- Planet of Lana
- A Short Hike
- Spirit of the North
- TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight
- AER Memories of Old
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Btw, you should definitely try Elden ring if you haven’t already
Planet of Lana, while kinda neat, is a linear story. There are almost no places to explore other than the scripted path. It’s not even a Metroidvania, so I don’t think it belongs on this list. With that said, the story is pretty interesting and I played and beat it and look forward more to PoL 2.
I really enjoyed Sable. It’s not the biggest or most complicated game, but it’s beautiful, thoughtfully written, and really pulls you into its world. I loved just zooming across the wastes on my bike wondering what I would explore next. Incredibly chill.
Bastion is so fucking good
Pine? Pine
I came here to say Pine, but also to say Pine isn’t very good. I played 5 hours, and it just was not that good.
The reviews are mostly positive, do you want to expand on why you didn’t enjoy it? Is it a poorly made game, or is it just not a game genre you don’t like? Poor art, slow controls, or a boring story?
Wait wait, I remember. It was a combination of the load screens and the combat. Combat felt unfair. I even looked up guides. And every time you died… Load screen. Very long load screen. I even tried turning down graphics to a minimum to improve load times. Didn’t help much.
It’s been years. I remember playing it after BoTW and hoping it would be similar, but just being very disappointed about everything. It felt clunky. The visuals are noticably worse, but that didn’t really bother me. I don’t remember why, but I think the sticking point was the combat. Ultimately I didn’t care enough about it at the time to even give a proper review, I just gave it a thumbs down on steam.
Not the MOST open world but the new tomb raider games are pretty great. Exploration, crafting, axing badguys in their stupid faces. Friendship, Bow and arrows. It’s a good set of games.
Agreed! Not something I’d think of or expect to be recommended but definitely fits. Lots of exploration, puzzle solving, secret finding, hunting etc.
No Mans Sky comes to mind
I wasn’t exactly crazy about the story personally, but its there, and the game feels fairly Minecraft-y to me since you also mentioned that game.
I didn’t play it at launch, and I know that left a bit of a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths, but in its current state I think its pretty amazing.
Witcher 3 Ghost of Tsushima Crimson Desert Dragons dogma 1/2 Skyrim Oblivion Kingdom come deliverance 1/2 Lego Batman? Guild Wars 1/2 Genshin/wuwa/ open world gacha of choice
Not quite Minecraft but open world and lots to do.
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Palworld full release is coming next month
TUNIC! Play Tunic!
This is a really good game that is almost completely unlike BotW.
Darn, my brain read Zelda and ignored the botw part. I see Zelda I think top down isometric spelunking.
That’s understandable. I enjoy the 2d Zelda’s more than the 3d ones I think, and everyone needs to play tunic.
Not even remotely like BotW
I love Tunic but it’s probably not what OP is looking for. If “Minecraft with a goal” is what you want I’ll recommend Terraria. It’s dirt cheap for the amount of content you get.
Elder scrolls games (Morrowind, oblivion, Skyrim) are classic examples and games that came after they inspired like cyberpunk.
Skyrim
Admittedly it’s a bit older
older? it just released like 5 years ago, and 8 years ago, and 12 years ago
Aer: Memories of Old was pretty excellent. I think the scale might be not quite what you’re looking for, but the inspiration from Zelda is very apparent.
It’s on sale for like $2. I’m giving it a shot.
Enshrouded
Enshrouded and Palworld feel a lot like BotW/TotK to me, but better overall gameplay and worse dungeon puzzles!
I went straight from BotW to Elden Ring and ER was like exploring BotW but every part of the map had interesting things everywhere, made BotW feel really empty in comparison.
This game keeps on giving.
Ugh I got to the last biome and loved it sooo much, then got HEAVY (like 80+ hours a week, recovering from almost dying irl lul) into modding Valheim after playing 200 hours of vanilla. I’m now almost 1000 into Valheim and taking a lil break.
Waiting now for Enshrounded to go 1.0, and starting over. Sooooo psyched!
dude, glad you made it! 🤘
