Games like Dex on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Moon Hunters (★ 3.4). Highest rated: Hyper Light Drifter at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: Darkwood at about 2 hours.
These 11 games score highest on our similarity model for Dex — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Full controller support, 2D and role-playing. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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68%
1. Moon Hunters
Shares Kickstarter, overlay, achievements, Captions available and role-playing and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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66%
2. Victor Vran
Shares overlay, achievements, controller support, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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65%
3. Mercenary Kings
Shares Kickstarter, Side Scroller, Female Protagonist, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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65%
4. Knock-Knock
Shares Other, Kickstarter, controller support, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 57
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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64%
5. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, Nudity, controller support, Side Scroller and Female Protagonist and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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64%
6. Darkwood
Shares Other, Nudity, role-playing, Open World and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
64%
7. Wuppo
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
63%
8. Ghost of a Tale
Shares overlay, controller support, Stealth, role-playing and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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63%
9. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares Kickstarter, Metroidvania, controller support, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
62%
10. Lost Castle
Shares Nudity, Side Scroller, role-playing, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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62%
11. Hammerwatch
Shares Other, role-playing, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Dex on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Moon Hunters is the closest match to Dex on Nintendo Switch — shares Kickstarter, overlay, achievements, Captions available and role-playing and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Dex is rated highest?
Hyper Light Drifter holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 599 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dex 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.