Star Control: Origins cover art

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Star Control: Origins

Star Control: Origins 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), Simulator, Strategy - then ranked by cheat-test profile.

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

12 games like Star Control: Origins

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

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art
The Witcher 3: Wild HuntPracticed Mastery · narrative action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Loot rolls and minor combat variance only.

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Fallout 4 cover art
Fallout 4Pure Optimization · action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Loot and legendary rolls

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor cover art
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorPracticed Mastery · open-world action

Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (4 vs 5) - Counter-timing combat and stealth execution

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Assassin's Creed Origins cover art
Assassin's Creed OriginsPracticed Mastery · action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Loot rarity rolls present.

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Death Stranding cover art
Death StrandingPure Optimization · traversal sim

Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (4 vs 3) - Balance and traversal inputs, modest demands.

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night cover art
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightPure Optimization · metroidvania RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Item drops and rare gear

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Final Fantasy XV cover art
Final Fantasy XVPracticed Mastery · action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Loot and ascension variance

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Assassin's Creed Rogue cover art
Assassin's Creed RoguePracticed Mastery · stealth action

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Some naval weather and patrol noise

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Yakuza 0 cover art
Yakuza 0Practiced Mastery · action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Minor drop randomness

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Transistor cover art
TransistorPure Optimization · tactical action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Limited randomness.

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla cover art
Assassin's Creed ValhallaPracticed Mastery · action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Loot rolls and raid encounters vary mildly.

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Gothic cover art
GothicPure Optimization · open-world RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Creatures and NPCs follow fixed behaviors

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Game details

Released
2018
Developer
Stardock
Platforms
PC
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB critics
70/100
IGDB users
68/100
Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyAdventureIndieActionScience fiction