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 on steam. Amazing game. Open world. I haven’t played the second one yet but I need to.
I really don’t get the appeal of Horizon Zero Dawn. I made it more than halfway through and then I quit.
It just felt like I have played the exact same game before just with another coat of paint. It felt completely uninspired gameplay-wise.
You shoot dinosaurs with a bow. Also, the storytelling.
The story gets really dumb at the end. Plus, the final boss is a type of robot you kill about a dozen of on the way to it, yet for some reason it’s super powered
Agreed, Horizon: Zero Dawn is a truly excellent game. It’s saddled with the usual Ubisoft design elements (map full of things to tick off, towers to unlock areas, etc), but none of that gets in the way of how fun the gameplay is and how good the story is.
It’s one of the few video game stories that has really, really stuck with me. Some moments in that game are genuine gut punches that will leave you reeling.
They both check the boxes here. First one I got near complete. The second one I’m still working through. Lots to do.
I believe it’s the first 3D game I ever got all of the things in. All the little items and collectathon stuff. Germany I don’t do that I don’t really care enough but I just enjoyed walking around the world and sniping and setting traps enough that it was worth it. Even the DLC was great and worth it
How I understand. I can’t imagine having to collect every item in Germany
lol I didn’t even notice that. I believe I meant generally. But I guess now I got to take a flight and it’s going to be a while. Wish me luck
Viel glück ! Auf wiedersehen !
Slowly working on my newgame+ run. This game is 10/10
There was one called Immortals Fenyx Rising that I remember being quite similar to BotW. Unfortunately it’s Ubisoft
Occasionally Ubisoft will make something worth playing. Immortals: Fenix Rising is one of them. It’s BotW without weapon breaking and no weather to make travel miserable.
I worked on that one, it still makes me happy to see good comments about it, and annoyed that ubi went on to cancel the sequel.
And refreshingly light and humourous dialogue
Ubisoft makes good games that they then riddle with bloat and grindy upgrade paths to encourage micro transactions.
That’s a fun one. The DLC is pretty cool too.
Just looked it up on wikipedia, one of the negative comments on it was that it was considered too similar to BoTW 😂
Unfortunately it’s Ubisoft
The reason why I don’t buy and play the game on Steam is, it “Requires 3rd-Party Account: Ubisoft Connect Account”. Didn’t even bother purchasing it for 4 Euros because of that.
In my opinion it is good that we have alternatives on other platforms, not just buying switch.
I would imagine horizon zero dawn and the Witcher would be what you’re looking for.
I kind of cringe at suggesting this, but Genshin Impact is if Breath of the Wild used a gatcha payment model instead of $60 up front.
But with a lot more yapping
I played for a couple of hundred hours a few years ago and didn’t spend any money at all on it. It’s perfectly fine to just ignore the gatcha stuff outside of the free pulls (or whatever it’s called) you get every now and then. I also don’t like Anime at all but this was one of the few things where it was alright.
yeah I’m not into anime art, but Genshin’s landscapes are breathtakingly atmospheric
I’ve found Palworld to be a lot like that, and it’s hitting 1.0 in July or so.
Palworld is so good. Feels like everyone forgot about it but the game just gets better and better
Palworld isn’t bad, but I feel like it doesn’t respect my time with how grindy it is. It’s about as grindy as some major MMOs, which isn’t what I’m looking for right now.
I don’t recall it being any more grindy than Minecraft, but I absolutely get that. No point in working all day, then coming home and doing something that feels like just as big a chore.
As I played I slowly increased the exp rate via the settings so that it wasnt such a grind. There are also mods that can help reduce the grind of different things not just experience related
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
Bastion is so fucking good
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.
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.
Have you tried Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for PC? They even have it for Steamdeck. I love my Nintendo Steamdeck. I even got a Nintendo Steamdeck 2.
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Nice try, Nintendo…
Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Sable
It’s like Breath of the Wild without combat.
Enshrouded
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! 🤘
Thank yoooou! <3 It was very interesting!
Never tried an opiate before (by choice—I’ve tried everything else!) but they asked me if I wanted something for pain, and after my partner chastising me a lil bit about me minimizing my pain (“oh, I’m at a six or so” “RAI, you’ve been curled into a ball crying for two days. YOU’RE IN HOSPITAL!” “…okay, maybe a nine. I’m still conscious so it’s probably fine”) I said I’d love that. They injected me with morphene which was neat, then a later nurse was like “oh strange, they marked you down to get (other type of thing with morphene in the name but more words before it), do you want to change or stay with what you’ve got? It’s quite a bit stronger.” I figured I’ll proooobably (and very hopefully) never have that chance/option again, so I happily agreed. That was a very floaty week.
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.
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.
Waiting for it to be >$20 in a few years myself
*it uses Denuvo tho.
and AI-generated art during its development :/
Crimson desert. You’ll never finish it.
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Skyrim
Admittedly it’s a bit older
older? it just released like 5 years ago, and 8 years ago, and 12 years ago
I just tried to mod Skyrim earlier, but doing so on Linux is really painful.
Mod Organizer 2 (MO2) runs fine under Proton, but it doesn’t support collections, so I would need to manually install hundreds of mods, which is not worth my time.
As for Vortex, I couldn’t even get it to install.
So, I gave up on modded Skyrim. For comparison, on Windows: It’s click, install, done. I wish it was the same on Linux under proton.
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.
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.
Not even remotely like BotW
It’s not exactly the same because of the turn-based nature of it, but play Baldur’s Gate 3 if you haven’t.
It’s a massive world with a shitload of things to do and a definite objective (or rather 3 as each act has a major one)
With respect, Baldur’s Gate 3 is nothing like what OP is asking for.
