Games like Horace on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Iconoclasts (★ 3.8). Highest rated: Shovel Knight at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Rain World at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Horace? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Metroidvania and Pixel Graphics.
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66%
1. Iconoclasts
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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61%
2. SteamWorld Dig 2
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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61%
3. Metal Unit
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
4. Rain World
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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61%
5. Blasphemous
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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60%
6. Shovel Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Comedy, Pixel Graphics, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 1.1 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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60%
7. Axiom Verge
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 higher.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
8. PLANET ALPHA
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
9. Gato Roboto
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
60%
10. The End Is Nigh
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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60%
11. Xeodrifter
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
12. Inmost
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Horace on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Iconoclasts is the closest match to Horace on Nintendo Switch — shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
Which game like Horace is rated highest?
Shovel Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 480 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Horace 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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