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games like

Destiny

Destiny leans Execution (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.

Matched first against: Role-playing (RPG) - then ranked by cheat-test profile.

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

Like Destiny, but easier

Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.

12 games like Destiny

A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

New World: Aeternum cover art
New World: AeternumPracticed Mastery · action MMORPG

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: reads (3 vs 4) - Open-world PvP wars and outpost rush involve adaptive opponents

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance cover art
Kingdom Come: DeliverancePracticed Mastery · sim-RPG

Both lean on optimization about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 2) - Skill checks and durability rolls

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Castle Crashers cover art
Castle CrashersPracticed Mastery · co-op beat-em-up

Both lean on reads about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 2) - Enemy spawns follow scripted patterns with minimal randomness

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Guild Wars 2 cover art
Guild Wars 2Practiced Mastery · action MMORPG

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 6). Biggest difference: execution (7 vs 6) - Dodge timing and active combat define moment-to-moment play

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The Division 2 cover art
The Division 2Practiced Mastery · looter shooter

Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (7 vs 6) - Cover shooting and positioning demand consistent aim under pressure

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Remnant: From the Ashes cover art
Remnant: From the AshesPracticed Mastery · soulslike shooter

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: reads (3 vs 1) - Bosses are scripted movesets despite feeling adversarial.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic cover art
Star Wars: The Old RepublicPracticed Mastery · theme park MMORPG

Both lean on reads about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: execution (7 vs 5) - Operation combat has moderate GCD management and positional demands

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Black Desert cover art
Black DesertPracticed Mastery · sandbox MMORPG

Both lean on reads about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: optimization (6 vs 8) - grinding routes and builds are solvable

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cover art
Warhammer: Vermintide 2Practiced Mastery · co-op horde slasher

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: reads (3 vs 2) - Specials are scripted, not adaptive

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cover art
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Practiced Mastery · third-person action

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 2) - Tyranid swarm spawns vary run to run

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PlanetSide 2 cover art
PlanetSide 2Practiced Mastery · MMO FPS

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: reads (3 vs 4) - Human enemies adapt, diluted across hundreds

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Where Winds Meet cover art
Where Winds MeetPracticed Mastery · open-world wuxia RPG

Both lean on optimization about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 2) - Open-world events and drops add mild randomness

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Game details

Released
2014
Developer
Bungie
Platforms
PS3, PS4, X360, XONE
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
IGDB critics
78/100
IGDB users
72/100
ShooterRole-playing (RPG)ActionScience fictionWarfare