Games like Animal Crossing: New Leaf on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Tomodachi Life (★ 3.9). Highest rated: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Mario Kart Wii at about 12 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Animal Crossing: New Leaf — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are true exclusive and exclusive.
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87%
1. Tomodachi Life
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; about 37h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 71
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 14, Casual
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79%
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 26h
- Finish rate
- 88%
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78%
3. Super Mario 3D Land
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 20h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 89%
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76%
4. Mario Kart Wii
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 25h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 79%
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76%
5. Luigi's Mansion 3
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- Family
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76%
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- Casual
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73%
7. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 14
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71%
8. Fire Emblem Awakening
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 37h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 86%
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70%
9. Super Mario Party
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; rated 0.6 lower; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- Family
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70%
10. Wii Sports
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 18h longer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 55h
- Finish rate
- 71%
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69%
11. Super Mario Sunshine
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 71%
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66%
12. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Finish rate
- 82%
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Animal Crossing: New Leaf on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Tomodachi Life is the closest match to Animal Crossing: New Leaf on Nintendo Switch — shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; about 37h shorter; released within 2 years.
Which game like Animal Crossing: New Leaf is rated highest?
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 374 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Animal Crossing: New Leaf on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.