Games Like OpenMW (Series) Similar Role-playing Games & Action RPG Games like OpenMW (Series)

OpenMW is described as 'Free and open-source game engine recreation that reimplements the one powering Bethesda Softworks' 2002 open-world role-playing game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind' and is a role-playing game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to OpenMW for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Playstation, Linux and Xbox apps. The best OpenMW alternative is The Elder Scrolls. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Daggerfall Unity or The Dark Mod. Other OpenMW like games are The Witcher, Assassin's Creed, Horizon Game Series and Gothic.

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  1. The Elder Scrolls icon

    The Elder Scrolls

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    The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing open world fantasy video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

    62 The Elder Scrolls alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Wine
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch Online
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    • The Elder Scrolls is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to OpenMW.

    • The Elder Scrolls is the most popular commercial alternative to OpenMW.

    • The Elder Scrolls is Paid and ProprietaryOpenMW is Free and Open Source
  2. The Witcher icon

    The Witcher

     43 likes

    The Witcher is a series of games created by or based on a license from CD PROJEKT RED. The series is based on the novel series of The Witcher by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

    38 The Witcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Epic Games Store
    • EA App
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  4. Assassin's Creed icon

    Assassin's Creed

     40 likes

    Assassin's Creed is an action-adventure stealth video game franchise created by Patrice Désilets, Jade Raymond and Corey May, developed and published by Ubisoft using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives.

    31 Assassin's Creed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Origin
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Uplay
    • Xbox
    • Stadia
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  5. Daggerfall Unity icon

    Daggerfall Unity

     4 likes

    Daggerfall Unity is a fan-made open source project to recreate Daggerfall in the Unity engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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    • Daggerfall Unity is the most popular Linux alternative to OpenMW.

    • Daggerfall Unity is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OpenMW.

    • Daggerfall Unity is Free and Open SourceOpenMW is also Free and Open Source
  6. Horizon Game Series icon

    Horizon Game Series

     2 likes

    Explore a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines. As a young machine hunter named Aloy, you must unravel the mysteries of this world and discover your own destiny.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
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  7. Gothic icon

    Gothic

     16 likes

    ** Get the community patches as the games are ridden with bugs**

    Gothic: The game takes place in a Medieval fantasy world, in which humans are losing the war against the orcs. The hero, a young nameless man, is forced to work in the Penal Colony, because of his crimes. In order.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Java Mobile
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  9. Thief icon

    Thief

     15 likes

    Thief is a series of stealth video games in which the player takes the role of Garrett, a master thief in a fantasy/steampunk world resembling a cross between the Late Middle Ages and the Victorian era, with more advanced technologies interspersed.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PlayOnLinux (PlayOnMac)
    • Wine
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  10. Risen icon

    Risen

     11 likes

    Risen series are single-player, fantasy-themed action role-playing games by the German company Piranha Bytes, and published by Deep Silver. Piranha Bytes itself developed the Windows version, which was released on October 2, 2009, along with the European version of the Xbox 360...

    31 Risen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. The Dark Mod icon

    The Dark Mod

     11 likes

    The Dark Mod is a FREE, first-person stealth game inspired by the original Thief series by Looking Glass Studios. In it you play a hooded figure slinking through the shadows of a gothic steampunk city, hunting priceless valuables while avoiding the swords and arrows of those...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Kingdom Come: Deliverance icon

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

     7 likes

    Bohemia – located in the heart of Europe, the region is rich in culture, silver, and sprawling castles. The death of its beloved ruler, Emperor Charles IV, has plunged the kingdom into dark times: war, corruption, and discord are tearing this jewel of the Holy Roman Empire apart.

    16 Kingdom Come: Deliverance alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  13. Sudeki icon

    Sudeki

     7 likes

    Sudeki is an action role-playing game developed by Climax Studios and initially published by Microsoft Game Studios as an Xbox exclusive in 2004. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows, released by Zoo Digital Publishing.

    32 Sudeki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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  14. Aardwolf icon

    Aardwolf

     2 likes

    Aardwolf RPG is a unique and free text based roleplaying game. Aardwolf is based in the fantasy world of Andolor where magic is common and there are hundreds of exotic realms to explore, puzzles to solve and quests to complete.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Aardwolf is the most popular Web-based alternative to OpenMW.

    • Aardwolf is Free and ProprietaryOpenMW is Free and Open Source
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