
games like
Destiny 2
Destiny 2 leans Optimization (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.
Like Destiny 2, but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
12 games like Destiny 2
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on variance about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Dash-attack timing and dodging drive moment-to-moment fights.
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - Enemies scripted, no adaptive opponent
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Both lean on variance about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Movement and combo timing matter in endgame Steel Path content
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 3) - PvP siege battles reward reading opponents
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Both lean on reads about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Melee timing, dodges, headshots demanding
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - PvE co-op throughout with no meaningful adaptive opponent
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 3) - PvP encounters reward reading pilots
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - Scripted fantasy enemies, no reads
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Both lean on variance about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 4) - Greater Rift pushing has minor mechanical demand in builds
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Both lean on optimization about the same (8 vs 8). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 3) - Decoration drops are notorious RNG
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 5). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Same counter-heavy combat as its predecessor
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Both lean on variance about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: optimization (8 vs 6) - Artifact economy, routes, and stash knowledge converge
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- Released
- 2017
- Developer
- Bungie
- Franchise
- Destiny
- Platforms
- Stadia, Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5, XONE
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- IGDB critics
- 82/100
- IGDB users
- 74/100