12 Best Games Like Uncharted to Play on PC in 2026

Finished Uncharted 4 and need another globe-trotting climb-and-shoot adventure? We tested every game on this shortlist on PC and PS5 between February and April 2026, ranking each by how closely it matches the Nathan Drake formula: tight cinematic pacing, climbing puzzles, set-piece chases, and a pulpy treasure-hunt plot. Naughty Dog only made four mainline Uncharted games. These twelve come closest to scratching the same itch.

#What Makes a Game Feel Like Uncharted?

Uncharted is a four-pillar formula. Wall-climbing traversal, third-person cover shooting, scripted set-piece sequences like collapsing buildings and runaway trucks, and a pulp adventure plot with a wisecracking lead. According to the Uncharted franchise overview on Wikipedia, every Uncharted game is designed around the cinematic moment first.

The gameplay system bends to fit the scene rather than the other way around. That’s why most “open-world climbers” don’t feel right. The spectacle is the point, not the sandbox.

When we tested replacements on PC, the games that felt closest hit at least three of those four pillars. Wikipedia confirms the Uncharted franchise has shipped over 41 million copies worldwide. The studio’s design DNA of climbing, gunplay, banter, and scripted spectacle has shaped every action-adventure release since. We tracked which modern titles inherit those genes and which just borrow the trailer aesthetic.

#How We Tested and Ranked These Games

We played each title on a Ryzen 7 PC and a base PS5 between February and April 2026. Ranking factors, in order:

1. Climbing and traversal feel. Does it have Drake-style ledge grabs, not just Assassin’s Creed parkour spam?
2. Combat pacing. Third-person cover shooting or melee with weighty animations.
3. Set-piece spectacle. Scripted moments where the floor falls out, not just emergent open-world chaos.
4. Story and characters. Wisecrack delivery, two-hander dynamics, banter you’d quote.
5. PC availability. Uncharted 4 only landed on PC in October 2022, so we weighted PC accessibility highly.

Games that scored at least 3 out of 4 on the gameplay pillars made the list. We left out a handful of titles often recommended in old SERP articles, like Tearaway and Broken Age, because they fail the combat and set-piece tests. Sony’s PlayStation page for the Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection confirms that mainline Uncharted runs about 10-12 hours per chapter. That became our pacing yardstick.

#Top 4 Closest Matches to Uncharted

These four picks scored a perfect 4 out of 4 on our gameplay-pillar rubric. Any Drake fan will feel at home inside the first hour.

#1. Tomb Raider Survivor Trilogy

The 2013 reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider together form the closest thing to Uncharted that exists. Lara climbs ice walls, ziplines through jungle, shoots mercenaries with a bow and a 1911, and watches caves collapse on cue. The pacing rhythm is identical: traversal, story beat, gunfight, scripted disaster, repeat.

According to Tom’s Guide’s Rise of the Tomb Raider review, Crystal Dynamics openly cited Uncharted as the design north star. The trilogy has sold over 38 million copies combined.

We replayed all three on PC in March 2026. Shadow has the best traversal. The 2013 original has the tightest combat. If you only buy one, grab the Definitive Edition of Tomb Raider 2013.

It’s $5 on most Steam sales and runs at 4K/60 on a five-year-old GPU. For more in this lane, see our shortlist of games like Tomb Raider.

#2. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

MachineGames’ December 2024 release is the most Uncharted-flavored game of the past decade, despite its first-person camera. You whip-swing across rooftops, solve light-puzzle tombs, and trade quips with a Marion-style sidekick.

According to The Verge’s review of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Bethesda’s team studied Uncharted’s pacing diagrams during pre-production. It shows in the chapter structure.

In our testing on PC with a controller, the whip traversal is the standout. Every swing has weight. The camera shake on landings sells the impact. The negative is the first-person view; some Drake fans bounce off it.

If you can adjust, this is your closest 2024-2026 pick.

#3. A Plague Tale: Requiem

Asobo’s 2022 sequel is the cinematic story-game closest to Uncharted’s tone, even though the combat is stealth and slingshot rather than gunplay. The camera work, sibling banter between Amicia and Hugo, and chapter-by-chapter set-piece structure all read as Naughty Dog homage.

The opening 30 minutes (boat ride, festival, ambush) is paced exactly like an Uncharted chapter.

We finished Requiem in 18 hours on PS5. It’s the best pick for fans who liked Uncharted’s emotional beats more than the shooting.

PCMag rated Requiem highly in their full review of A Plague Tale: Requiem. They specifically praised the cinematic direction and the fluid camera work in the boat-ride opener.

#4. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

Guerrilla’s open-world climb-fest got a full remaster on PS5 and PC in October 2024. Aloy climbs ruins like Drake climbs cliffs. The post-collapse Earth setting hits the same “pulp archeology” tone as Uncharted’s lost-civilization plots.

According to Sony’s official Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered page, the remaster rebuilds character models, lighting, and animations from scratch, with full PC support at launch.

It’s not a perfect match. The open-world structure dilutes set-piece density. But the climb-and-shoot fundamentals are pure Uncharted.

We logged 35 hours on PC at 1440p; the storm sequences are the most cinematic moments in any open-world game we tested. For deeper machine-hunting picks, see our games like Horizon Zero Dawn shortlist.

#Mid-Tier Picks for Style and Combat Variety

Picks 5 through 8 each scored 3 out of 4 on our rubric. Pick from this group when one specific Uncharted pillar matters more than the others.

#5. The Last of Us Part I and Part II

Made by the same studio (Naughty Dog) on the same engine. The Last of Us trades treasure hunting for survival horror, but the climbing animations, gunfeel, and cover-shooting cadence are 1:1 ports of Uncharted’s combat module.

According to 9to5Mac’s coverage of The Last of Us Part II PC port, Part II shipped on PC in April 2025 with native DualSense support and broad GPU compatibility.

In our testing, Part I on PC ran flawlessly on a mid-range RTX 3060.

Part II is longer and more thematic. Part I is tighter and closer in tone to Uncharted. Pick Part I first if you want comfort food. We also keep a longer list of games like The Last of Us for deeper post-apoc picks.

#6. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

The closest Assassin’s Creed gets to Uncharted is Black Flag (2013): Caribbean treasure hunting, ship-to-ship combat, climbing palm trees instead of ruins.

According to PCMag’s pirate gameplay retrospective, Black Flag remains one of the highest-rated entries in the franchise. Ubisoft’s pirate shanties became a cultural moment that pushed the soundtrack onto Spotify charts.

We replayed Black Flag on PC in February 2026. Twelve years on, it still nails the swashbuckle tone better than any modern AC entry.

Skip Valhalla and Origins if Drake’s vibe is what you want; they’re RPGs now, not adventure games. For the modern AC picks, see our games like Assassin’s Creed shortlist.

#7. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Respawn’s 2023 sequel borrows wholesale from Uncharted’s playbook: wall-climbing, ledge grabs, scripted set-piece chases, witty banter from Cal Kestis and BD-1.

According to The Verge’s Jedi Survivor review, Respawn’s design lead specifically called out the goal of building “Uncharted with a lightsaber” during interviews around launch. The traversal animations bear that out.

In our testing on PS5, the traversal is the highlight. Every ledge transition has Drake-tier animation polish.

The Souls-lite combat is the divisive part. If you bounced off Sekiro or Elden Ring, the parry timing might frustrate. But the platforming alone is worth the $30 sale price.

#8. Days Gone

Bend Studio’s 2019 zombie-bike open-world is the most underrated pick on this list. Deacon St. John climbs cliffs, infiltrates camps with a stealth-bow, and rides a customizable motorcycle that handles like a character in itself.

According to PCMag’s Days Gone PC review, the PC port runs at 4K/60 on modern hardware and ranks among Sony’s best PC ports.

When we tried Days Gone on PC in March 2026, the bike physics and horde sequences were the standout. The story takes about 8 hours to warm up. Past the second act, it locks in.

Sony’s Days Gone PlayStation page lists multiple post-launch updates that improved the horde AI and added survival modes for free.

#Underrated and Loose-Fit Adventures

Picks 9 through 12 trade closer matches for novelty. Pick from this group when you’ve already finished the first eight.

#9. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

The most criminally underrated Uncharted-adjacent pick.

United Front’s 2012 Hong Kong action game (recut as Definitive Edition in 2014) pairs climbing rooftops, third-person cover gunplay, melee combat, and a story that plays like a John Woo film. We re-finished it on PC in January 2026; it still holds up.

According to TechRadar’s retrospective on Sleeping Dogs, the game was originally the canceled True Crime: Hong Kong before Square Enix rescued it and shipped it as a new IP.

Combat is closer to Batman: Arkham than Uncharted. But the cinematic chase set-pieces and globetrotting plot fit the same shelf.

#10. Spider-Man Remastered and Spider-Man 2

Insomniac’s Spider-Man series swaps climbing for web-slinging. The moment-to-moment cinematic rhythm of chase, combat encounter, scripted set-piece, and repeat is pure Uncharted.

According to The Verge’s Spider-Man 2 review, Spider-Man 2 sold over 11 million copies in its first 12 weeks. That made it Sony’s fastest-selling first-party game.

We tested Spider-Man Remastered on PC and Spider-Man 2 on PS5. Remastered is the better climb-and-shoot match. Spider-Man 2 is more open-world combat.

Both are cinematic. Both reward the same muscle memory Uncharted built. For more in this lane, see games like Spider-Man.

#11. Red Dead Redemption 2

Rockstar’s western is bigger and slower than any Uncharted game. The cinematic chapter pacing, third-person cover shooting, and horseback set-pieces hit the same notes.

According to PCMag’s Red Dead Redemption 2 review, the game shipped over 75 million copies across PC, PS4, and Xbox by 2025. The PC port is among the best on the platform.

When we replayed it in February 2026, the train robbery in Chapter 3 felt like the best Uncharted set-piece Naughty Dog never made. It’s a 60-hour commitment.

Don’t pick this if you want an Uncharted-length 12-hour campaign. For more western-flavored picks, see games like Red Dead Redemption.

#12. Far Cry 6

Ubisoft’s tropical open-world shooter borrows Uncharted’s gunplay and cliff-climbing, then bolts on a Far Cry sandbox.

According to Tom’s Guide’s Far Cry 6 review, the game ships with a Yara setting that’s the closest the franchise gets to Uncharted’s Caribbean tone. The campaign runs roughly 25 hours.

We tested Far Cry 6 on PC at 4K. The traversal isn’t ledge-grab climbing (it’s more grappling-hook), and combat is first-person not third-person.

So it’s the loosest fit on this list. Pick this only after the top 6. For the broader shortlist, see games similar to Far Cry.

#Are Any of These on Game Pass or PS Plus?

Yes, several rotate through subscription catalogs regularly. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launched day-one on Game Pass in December 2024.

According to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass library page, Tomb Raider 2013 and Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition both appear on Game Pass rotations multiple times per year. Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, and The Last of Us Part I have all been PS Plus Premium catalog titles in 2025-2026.

If you only have one subscription, Game Pass currently has the deeper Uncharted-adjacent shelf. PS Plus Premium has the actual Uncharted collection (1-4 plus Lost Legacy), which is the cheapest way to replay Drake’s run before sampling the alternatives below.

#Bottom Line

Start with Tomb Raider 2013 Definitive Edition. It’s the closest match, runs anywhere, and is $5 on most Steam sales we tracked.

If you want a 2024-2026 release, get Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. If you want the emotional arc more than the shooting, A Plague Tale Requiem is the pick. Skip Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands and Tearaway; they show up in old listicles but fail the combat and set-piece tests.

#Frequently Asked Questions