10 Games Like Smite
Our list of games like Smite features other multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games for you to master with a focus on fast paced third person options.
With MOBA games on the rise Smite decided to change up the genre by shifting the usual isometric perspective into a third person one with a 2014 Windows release in the genre. Separating itself from the leaders in the genre at the time Smite created its own niche with this popularity allowing it to expand to the console MOBA market.
Beyond the unique third person perspective Smite follows a familiar MOBA fame formula as players take control of their own diverse hero against an opposing team. With their own attacks, traits and abilities a strategic team configuration and macro map strategy are central to victory. These heroes in Smite are called Gods with inspiration drawn from the mythos of many ancient cultures and categorised based on their assassin, guardian, hunter, mage or warrior playstyle.
The MOBA games like Smite below focus on highly popular competitive games in the genre, options with third person perspective gameplay or other unique mechanics that goes beyond the standard MOBA genre formula.
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm delivers Blizzard’s attempt at the popular Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre supported by a wealth of characters from other Blizzard franchises to attract countless fans into the arena. With a healthy beta development period before a full release Heroes of the Storm is no exception to Blizzard’s approach to developing high quality games and opts to take the genre in new directions while still catering to the veteran crowd. Often referred to as a hero br...[Read Review]
League of Legends
League of Legends (LoL) is the king of the MOBA genre, growing rapidly from a release in 2009 to become the most popular and widely known in the genre. The game stays very true to the original DotA experience but manages to be fairly new player friendly in comparison. Not only has League of Legends seen plenty of success online it has also become one of the leaders on the eSports scene where professional gamers compete for large prize pools. Before every match players will get to select one of t...[Read Review]
Dota 2
Dota (Defense of the Ancients) 2 is a free to play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) developed by the Valve Corporation. Available on Steam the game is one of the titans in the MOBA genre peaking at an all time high of over a million players with a consistent concurrent player count over half a million ensuring a new match is never far away. Dota 2 serves as the sequel to the original MOBA game which grew from humble beginnings as a mod for the popular Warcraft III strategy video game and g...[Read Review]
Heavy Metal Machines
Opting for an action packed game centred around car battles Heavy Metal Machines offers up something akin to a MOBA with car theme. Set within a world of madness Heavy Metal Machines features a healthy roster of machines and pilots for players to command in 4v4 style matches which centre around delivering the bomb to the enemies base. Said task is by no means easy as the player carrying the bomb must speed through a race track while being attacked by the opposing team. Each machine comes with th...[Read Review]
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a realistic action based game that lets players battle each other in medieval combat. The game launched in 2012 and has proven to be a very successful multiplayer experience. The game is set in medieval times with each map featuring two warring factions. Your experience in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare will mostly be a melee orientated one but does include the standard ranged weapons of the era. Players can jump into the battlefield in either a first or third person pe...[Read Review]
AirMech
AirMech (Airmech Arena for console) puts a new spin on the MOBA genre offering a unique strategy experience. AirMech (sometimes AM) is based on a free to play model and is being developed by Carbon Games for the Windows platform. The game has many aspects that are similar to the popular MOBA genre currently sweeping the gaming industry but is considered more of a real time strategy experience similar to that of Herzog Zwei. In the game players take control of a mechanical robot that has the abil...[Read Review]
Panzar
Panzar is another one of the MOBA games adopting a third person perspective rather than an isometric one. Like many in the genre it’s a free to play experience and promises plenty of depth. Panzar is set in a game world that simply exists for the lust of war. You’ll join in on this world as four ancient races (orcs, humans, elves and dwarves) to battle on behalf of dark gods within a number of grim environments (which are all beautifully presented). This beauty comes from the CryEngine 3 which b...[Read Review]
Pirates, Vikings and Knights II
Pirates, Vikings and Knights II (PVK) is a free to play action game that uses medieval style combat. The game is actually a modification for Half Life 2 and as such requires a Source game to play (see Steam for the full list of games that meet this requirement). Pirates, Vikings and Knights II focuses on multiplayer gameplay in a team based environment. As the name suggests it follows a war between three different factions, the pirates, the vikings and the knights. Each of these factions has the...[Read Review]
Heroes of Newerth
Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is one of the big MOBA game franchises and originally launched as a paid title in 2010 before going free to play approximately a year later. Developed by S2 games HoN features all the staples of the franchise with a 5v5 map, diverse champion pool and objective based hero battles. Like the many other multiplayer online battle arena titles on the market HoN receives regular updates and gameplay changes to keep the experience fresh. As a MOBA title you can also expect to see...[Read Review]
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Xbox 360 users can get their taste of the action strategy genre with Guilty Gear 2: Overture, a game that belongs to the Guilty Gear series but takes a totally different direction. The games appeal is definitely tenfold for followers of the long running Guilty Gear franchise but don’t let that turn you off if you haven’t even heard of the franchise before as you’ll still enjoy what the gameplay brings. Story wise the game is set half a decade after the first game and features Sol from the origin...[Read Review]
