Games like ICO
Closest overall match: God of War: Ghost of Sparta (★ 4.2). Highest rated: Spyro: Year of the Dragon at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for ICO — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Action-Adventure.
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73%
1. God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Shares Action-Adventure.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4
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58%
2. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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56%
3. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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56%
4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Shares Action-Adventure; same release year.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 96
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 4
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54%
5. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Shares Action-Adventure; rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 70
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4
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53%
6. Crash Bandicoot
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 20h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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53%
7. Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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52%
8. Shadow of the Colossus
Shares Action-Adventure; same developer.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
51%
10. Yakuza 4
Shares Action-Adventure.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 4
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51%
11. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
Shares Action-Adventure; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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50%
12. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
Shares Action-Adventure; rated 1.2 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like ICO?
On our similarity model, God of War: Ghost of Sparta is the closest match to ICO — shares Action-Adventure.
Which game like ICO is rated highest?
Spyro: Year of the Dragon holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 199 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against ICO 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.