Games like CrossCode on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA (★ 4.3). Highest rated: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at ★ 4.6. Quickest to finish: Ghost of a Tale at about 2 hours.
We compared CrossCode against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 20 came closest. The strongest common threads are role-playing, controller support and Anime.
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58%
1. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Shares JRPG, Action RPG, role-playing, Anime and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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56%
2. The Vagrant
Shares Anime, Early Access, Female Protagonist, 2D and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
3. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Shares overlay, JRPG, controller support, Action RPG and role-playing and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
4. NieR:Automata
Shares JRPG, Anime, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; about 8h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
5. Ghost of a Tale
Shares in development, overlay, controller support, role-playing and Early Access and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
6. N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7
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55%
7. Crawl
Shares overlay, controller support, Action RPG, role-playing and Early Access and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
54%
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Shares controller support, Action RPG, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; about 38h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.6
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 43h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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54%
9. Dex
Shares overlay, Cyberpunk, controller support, role-playing and Female Protagonist and 3 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
10. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares overlay, controller support, role-playing, Anime and Female Protagonist and 6 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4
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53%
11. Torchlight II
Shares overlay, Action RPG, role-playing and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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53%
12. Slime Rancher
Shares in development, controller support, Anime, Early Access and Female Protagonist and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4
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53%
13. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares controller support, role-playing, Female Protagonist, Pixel Graphics and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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53%
14. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares controller support, Anime, Female Protagonist, Pixel Graphics and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
52%
15. Valkyria Chronicles 4
Shares JRPG, role-playing, Anime and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
52%
16. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Shares JRPG, role-playing, Anime, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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52%
17. Ys Origin
Shares JRPG, controller support, Action RPG, role-playing and Anime and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
18. Transistor
Shares Cyberpunk, Action RPG, role-playing, Female Protagonist and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
19. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares controller support, Action RPG, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
20. EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic
Shares overlay, JRPG, controller support, role-playing and Exploration and 3 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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What is the best game like CrossCode on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA is the closest match to CrossCode on Nintendo Switch — shares JRPG, Action RPG, role-playing, Anime and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like CrossCode is rated highest?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.6/5 from 7,289 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against CrossCode 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.
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