Games Like Baldur’s Gate 3: 15 RPGs to Play Next in 2026

The closest games like Baldur’s Gate 3 are Larian’s own Divinity: Original Sin 2, which shares BG3’s turn-based combat and four-player co-op, and Solasta: Crown of the Magister, which is built on the same Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition rules. For a longer party RPG, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader come next, and the original Baldur’s Gate games are where Minsc and Jaheira first joined the party.

Platforms, release years, combat styles and multiplayer modes checked as of October 2026.

Baldur’s Gate 3 in brief

Larian Studios both made and self-published Baldur’s Gate 3. It launched on PC on August 3, 2023 and reached PS5 on September 6, 2023, and the Xbox Series X|S version went live right after The Game Awards on December 7, 2023; it also runs on Mac, but not on any Nintendo console. Its rules are Larian’s interpretation of D&D 5th edition, and combat switches to turn-based mode whenever a fight starts. At The Game Awards 2023 it won six awards: Game of the Year, Best Role Playing, Best Multiplayer, Best Community Support, Players’ Voice and Best Performance for Neil Newbon. It also collected seven Golden Joystick Awards that November, including the overall game of the year prize. Patch 8, released in April 2025, was Larian’s last major update.

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How the picks compare

Platform lines cover computers and consoles; several picks also have mobile versions.

Larian’s own games

1. Divinity: Original Sin 2

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the game Larian finished just before Baldur’s Gate 3, and nothing else on this list feels closer in a fight. PC Gamer’s 2019 preview described BG3 as the best of Divinity combined with D&D 5th edition, and this is the Divinity half: turn-based battles in which positioning on high ground and chaining elemental effects often decide the outcome, with room for four players in online co-op. Character building is where it parts ways: Larian’s FAQ confirms the system is its own rather than BG3’s, and instead of a fixed class and subclass, any character can draw on 12 skill schools, with preset classes only as a starting point.

Released: 2017 (Definitive Edition 2018). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2. When the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 editions launched on December 15, 2025, most existing console owners could upgrade free. Combat: Turn-based. Co-op: Up to four players online, plus couch co-op.

2. Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition

Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin first came out in 2014, and the Enhanced Edition of 2015 added full voice acting and split-screen. It suits BG3 fans who played mostly with one partner, since a friend can join online or share the screen. The flip side is that a group of three or four cannot play together, and on consoles it only exists for PS4 and Xbox One.

Released: 2014 (Enhanced Edition 2015). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS4, Xbox One. Combat: Turn-based. Co-op: Two players, online or split-screen.

RPGs built on Dungeons & Dragons rules

3. Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is the pick for BG3 players who care most about the rules. Tactical Adventures licensed the 5th edition System Reference Document (SRD 5.1) from Wizards of the Coast and sticks closer to it than BG3 does, since Larian adapted the rules rather than porting them, so tabletop players will recognize the math behind every roll. Height matters more than in most tactics games, too: fights spread across ledges and chasms, and pushing an enemy over an edge can end a fight early. There are no scripted companions, however: you create all four party members yourself, so nothing like BG3’s camp drama develops. Its sequel, Solasta II, entered Steam early access on March 12, 2026 on the newer SRD 5.2 rules, added online co-op for up to four players in September 2026, and is PC only for now.

Released: 2021. Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS5. Combat: Turn-based. Co-op: Online.

4. Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions

Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions are Beamdog’s updated versions of the 1998 and 2000 games that started the series. The appeal for BG3 players is continuity: Minsc and Jaheira, who both turn up again in BG3, can join your party here, and the first game is set on the same Sword Coast. The systems show their age. Both use 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, battles unfold live unless you stop the clock to hand out commands, and the console versions have no multiplayer.

Released: 1998 and 2000 (console versions 2019). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS4, Xbox One, Switch. Combat: Real-time with pause. Co-op: Online on PC; single-player on PS4, Xbox One and Switch.

5. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition revives a 2002 Forgotten Realms RPG that uses D&D 3rd edition rules. It appeals to the tabletop side of BG3 fans: the PC version comes with the Aurora toolset for building adventures and a Dungeon Master client for running them live, and community-run persistent worlds keep its online side active. Console reviews found it showing its age in both looks and controller handling, and both the toolset and the Dungeon Master client are listed as Windows only.

Released: 2002 (Enhanced Edition 2018; consoles December 2019). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS4, Xbox One, Switch. Combat: Real-time, with pausing. Co-op: Online, up to 64 players on Switch.

Party-based CRPGs with deep tactics

6. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is Owlcat Games’ 2021 adaptation of Paizo’s Pathfinder First Edition, a tabletop system that grew out of the D&D 3.5 rules. BG3 players who love planning builds get far more to tinker with: 25 classes, nine Mythic Paths that can turn your hero into something like an angel, a lich or a demon, and more than 10 companions. The combat mode is your call as well, and it can be changed in the middle of a fight. There is no co-op, and on Switch it is only available as a cloud version. Owlcat’s earlier Pathfinder: Kingmaker (2018) mixes in kingdom management and offers the same two combat modes, on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

Released: 2021 (consoles 2022, PS5 2024). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Switch (cloud version). Combat: Turn-based or real-time with pause, switchable. Co-op: None.

7. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Owlcat followed Pathfinder with Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader in 2023, made in partnership with Games Workshop. It is the Owlcat game that plays most like BG3: combat is turn-based only, built around cover and positioning, and online co-op shipped on PC in 2023 and reached PS5 and Xbox in a December 2024 update. The Koronus Expanse is yours to explore from a giant personal voidship, and in fights your companions’ abilities often decide the result. The catch is the setting, the bleak far future of Warhammer 40,000 rather than high fantasy, and the Switch 2 store listing shows single-player only.

Released: 2023 (Switch 2 in December 2025). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2. Combat: Turn-based. Co-op: Online on PC, PS5 and Xbox.

8. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Obsidian’s 2018 sequel, puts the party on a ship and makes sea travel between islands the backbone of the campaign. BG3 players who enjoyed companion banter get seven companions, and Deadfire keeps track of how they feel about each other as well as about you. PCGamesN compared its turn-based mode, added by a free patch in January 2019, to the fights in Divinity: Original Sin 2; before that, real-time with pause was the only option. It is single-player only, and its console versions are for PS4 and Xbox One.

Released: 2018 (consoles 2020). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS4, Xbox One. Combat: Turn-based or real-time with pause, picked at the start. Co-op: None.

9. Wasteland 3

inXile Entertainment’s Wasteland 3 sends a squad of Arizona Desert Rangers north into a frozen, post-nuclear Colorado. It is the pick for BG3 players who want turn-based fights with a modern arsenal: you create up to six Rangers and can bring an upgradable armored truck into battle. Your decisions shift Colorado’s politics and how its factions treat you, and a friend can join the full campaign online. The post-apocalyptic setting will not suit players who came for magic and dragons, and co-op is limited to two players.

Released: 2020. Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS4, Xbox One. Combat: Turn-based. Co-op: Two players online.

Story, dialogue and companions

10. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is ZA/UM’s 2019 detective RPG, reissued in 2021 with full voice acting. Picture BG3’s dialogue skill checks with everything else stripped away: 24 skills decide what you notice and what you can say, each acting as a voice in your character’s head, and the rare fights are settled through checks in conversation rather than on a battle map. There are no party tactics and no multiplayer.

Released: 2019 (The Final Cut 2021). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch. Combat: No tactical combat; conflicts resolve through skill checks. Co-op: None.

11. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition updates Black Isle Studios’ 1999 RPG, set in the planar city of Sigil from D&D’s Planescape setting. It is the choice for BG3 players who exhausted every conversation. The hero, the Nameless One, comes to on a mortuary slab with no memory of who he is, and most of the game is spent piecing that together through long, sometimes wordy conversations that reviewers still rank as its strength, where choices can also shift his class and alignment. Combat is the weak point, simple point-and-click fighting in real time with pause, and the game is single-player.

Released: 1999 (Enhanced Edition 2017; consoles 2019, bundled with Icewind Dale). Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS4, Xbox One, Switch, iOS, Android. Combat: Real-time with pause. Co-op: None.

12. Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins is BioWare’s 2009 fantasy RPG, and Eurogamer’s review saw it as a follow-up to Neverwinter Nights and Baldur’s Gate in everything but the D&D license. The companions are the reason to play. Each one, from the Grey Warden Alistair to the witch Morrigan, has an approval rating that moves with your choices, and winning someone over leads to a personal quest and, with several of them, a romance, much like the bonds BG3 players build at camp. Combat runs in real time, but you can pause at any moment and queue orders for the whole party, a style of play Eurogamer’s review described as quasi-turn-based. EA’s listing today covers only PC and Xbox.

Released: 2009. Platforms: PC (Windows); the Xbox 360 version also plays on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S through backward compatibility. Combat: Real-time with pause. Co-op: None.

13. Tyranny

Obsidian’s Tyranny (2016) opens after the conquest is all but complete: Kyros the Overlord rules nearly the whole world, and you work for the regime as a Fatebinder, a judge sent to settle disputes in the Tiers, the last region Kyros conquered. It suits BG3 players who enjoyed the darker routes. Character creation includes a board-game-style Conquest mode in which you decide what you did during the invasion, and those choices, along with the factions you side with later, change how the world reacts to you, which companions stay with you and which abilities you can use. It is PC only, single-player, and fights in real time with pause.

Released: 2016. Platforms: PC (Windows, Mac, Linux). Combat: Real-time with pause. Co-op: None.

Newer RPGs on PC and consoles

14. Metaphor: ReFantazio

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a 2024 fantasy RPG from Atlus, the makers of the Persona series, and it won Best RPG at The Game Awards 2024. BG3 players who liked swapping party roles will find the same appeal in its Archetypes, class-style powers that each party member can change, and fights begin in real time out in the field, where landing hits first gives the party an advantage once the battle switches to turn-based commands. The differences are sharp, though: you play a set male lead whom you can name but not design, days pass on a calendar so time management matters, and it is single-player.

Released: 2024. Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S; Switch 2 from November 12, 2026. Combat: Turn-based, mixed with real-time action. Co-op: None.

15. Avowed

Avowed is a 2025 action RPG from Obsidian, set on the Living Lands, a frontier island in Eora, the same world as the Pillars of Eternity games. It suits BG3 players who would rather swing the sword themselves. Combat is real-time and plays in first person by default, with a third-person camera available, and weapon loadouts can be swapped mid-fight, for example from a pair of pistols to a sword and shield. Companions join the fights and react to your decisions, though unlike BG3 none of them can be romanced. There is no co-op, and players who mainly loved BG3’s tactical battles should look elsewhere.

Released: 2025 (PS5 on February 17, 2026). Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5. Combat: Real-time action, first person by default with an optional third-person camera. Co-op: None.

What is next from Larian

Larian revealed its next game, titled Divinity, at The Game Awards in December 2025. It returns to Rivellon, the world of the Original Sin games, but Larian calls it a new story rather than Divinity: Original Sin 3, one that requires no experience with its earlier games. Swen Vincke has said combat will be turn-based again, on a new rule set. In a Bloomberg interview he pointed to an early access start, but said a 2026 release was unlikely. As of October 2026, Larian has not announced a release date or window.

Frequently asked questions

What is the closest game to Baldur’s Gate 3?

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the closest overall, since it comes from Larian and shares BG3’s turn-based combat, environmental tactics and four-player online co-op. For the same D&D 5th edition rules, Solasta: Crown of the Magister is the closer match.

Is Divinity: Original Sin 2 like Baldur’s Gate 3?

Partly. Fights and co-op feel close, since BG3 grew out of that design, but the character system is Larian’s own rather than D&D 5th edition. Preset classes exist only as starting templates, and any character can mix abilities from 12 skill schools.

Are there games like Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5, Xbox or Switch?

Yes. On PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, the strongest picks are Divinity: Original Sin 2, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Solasta: Crown of the Magister and Metaphor: ReFantazio, with Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous on PS5 and Xbox One. Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Rogue Trader are also on Switch 2, Metaphor joins them on November 12, 2026, and the original Switch has Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II, Neverwinter Nights and Disco Elysium.

Which games like Baldur’s Gate 3 have co-op?

Divinity: Original Sin 2 handles a group of four over the internet and also works on one TV. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and Solasta can be shared online, while Wasteland 3 and the first Original Sin are two-player games in co-op. The Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Editions offer online multiplayer on PC, and Neverwinter Nights has it on every platform. For co-op beyond RPGs, see these games like It Takes Two.

Will there be a Baldur’s Gate 4?

None has been announced as of October 2026. Larian said in March 2024 that it would not make expansions for BG3 or a Baldur’s Gate 4, and a Hasbro executive said in April 2024 that the company was looking for the right partner to continue the series.

Lead photo: Polyhedral dice of the kind used to play Dungeons & Dragons. Photo: Lydia from West Midlands, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).