Games like Dying Light on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Dying Light 2 Stay Human (★ 3.6). Highest rated: South Park: The Stick of Truth at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara at about 1 hours.
These 19 games score highest on our similarity model for Dying Light — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Zombies, Horror and Survival.
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66%
1. Dying Light 2 Stay Human
Shares night, city, Parkour, Zombies and Horror; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 23h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
57%
2. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
About 15h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
57%
3. How to Survive
Shares Zombies and Survival; rated 1.1 lower; about 19h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
56%
4. Vampyr
Shares Horror; rated 0.6 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
56%
5. Call of Cthulhu
Shares Horror; rated 0.6 lower; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
6. Remnant: From the Ashes
Rated 0.5 lower; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
7. Darksiders III
Rated 0.7 lower; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
8. Ashen
Rated 0.6 lower; about 19h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
9. Darksiders Genesis
Rated 0.5 lower; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
10. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Rated 0.7 lower; about 21h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
11. Portal Knights
Shares Survival; rated 1.1 lower; about 18h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
12. Dragon Quest Builders 2
About 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
13. Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Rated 0.4 lower; about 19h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
14. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Shares Zombies, Survival and Horror; rated 0.4 lower; about 18h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
54%
15. The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Shares Zombies, Survival and Horror; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
53%
16. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Zombies, Survival and Horror; rated 0.3 lower; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
53%
17. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Rated 0.7 lower; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
53%
18. Watch Dogs
Shares Parkour; rated 0.5 lower; about 6h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
53%
19. South Park: The Stick of Truth
Shares Zombies; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG
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What is the best game like Dying Light on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Dying Light 2 Stay Human is the closest match to Dying Light on Nintendo Switch — shares night, city, Parkour, Zombies and Horror; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
Which game like Dying Light is rated highest?
South Park: The Stick of Truth holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 1,726 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dying Light 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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