Games like Catan on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: RISK (★ 3.4). Highest rated: Mario Party at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: RISK at about 1 hours.
These 10 games score highest on our similarity model for Catan — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Board Game and exclusive.
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63%
1. RISK
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
60%
2. Catan Universe
Shares Board Game; same developer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
55%
3. Pandemic: The Board Game
Shares Board Game; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
51%
4. James Cameron's AVATAR: The Game
Shares exclusive; rated 0.4 lower; about 16h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 59%
-
51%
5. Space Hulk
Shares Board Game; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
50%
6. Battle vs Chess
Shares Board Game; rated 0.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
46%
7. Mario Party
Shares exclusive; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- Board Games
-
45%
8. Carcassonne
Shares exclusive; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 63
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
45%
9. Armello
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
44%
10. Drawful 2
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Catan on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, RISK is the closest match to Catan on Nintendo Switch — shares Board Game.
Which game like Catan is rated highest?
Mario Party holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 81 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Catan 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.