Games like Galaga (1981) on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Need for Speed: Underground 2 at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Galaga (1981)? Our model ranked 20 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Singleplayer.
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71%
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
-
71%
2. Ultimate Spider-Man
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
71%
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 23h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
-
70%
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
-
69%
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
-
68%
6. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
68%
7. Resident Evil (2002)
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
66%
8. Need For Speed Carbon
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 20h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 11
-
66%
9. Going Under
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
66%
10. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 11
-
65%
11. Super Mario Bros.
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 1985
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 30h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
65%
12. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 11
-
65%
13. Another World
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 11
-
65%
14. Metroid Prime
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
65%
15. Spider-Man 3
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
64%
16. Need for Speed: Underground 2
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 46h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 11
-
64%
17. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
63%
18. Super Mario Bros. 3
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 1988
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
63%
19. TMNT
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 56
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
63%
20. Need for Speed: Underground
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 11
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What is the best game like Galaga (1981) on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the closest match to Galaga (1981) on Nintendo Switch — shares Singleplayer.
Which game like Galaga (1981) is rated highest?
Need for Speed: Underground 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 1,285 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Galaga (1981) 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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