Games like Inscryption on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Balatro (★ 4.3). Highest rated: Dispatch at ★ 4.4. Newest: Dispatch (2025). Quickest to finish: Kentucky Route Zero at about 2 hours.
These 20 games score highest on our similarity model for Inscryption — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Horror and 2D. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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56%
1. Balatro
Shares Card Battler, deckbuilding, Card Game, Roguelite and Roguelike and 5 more tags; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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56%
2. Black Book
Shares Card Game, Roguelite, Roguelike, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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52%
3. Cult of the Lamb
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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51%
4. Kentucky Route Zero
Shares Surreal, Point & Click, Horror, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 6h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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51%
5. Subnautica: Below Zero
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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51%
6. A Short Hike
Shares Singleplayer; about 6h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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50%
7. For The King
Shares Roguelite, Roguelike, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
50%
8. Beholder
Shares Dark, Point & Click, Horror, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
49%
9. Neon White
Shares 3D, First-Person, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
10. Dispatch New
Shares Dark, Pixel Graphics and Horror; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
49%
11. Subnautica
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
12. Return Of The Obra Dinn
Shares Horror, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
13. Yuppie Psycho
Shares Surreal, Pixel Graphics, Horror, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
14. Last Day of June
Shares Point & Click, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
49%
15. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Shares 3D, Horror, First-Person, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
48%
16. This Is the Police 2
Shares Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
-
48%
17. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Shares Psychological, Dark, Horror, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
48%
18. Wargroove
Shares 2D, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
-
48%
19. Astroneer
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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48%
20. Dungeon of the Endless
Shares Roguelite, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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What is the best game like Inscryption on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Balatro is the closest match to Inscryption on Nintendo Switch — shares Card Battler, deckbuilding, Card Game, Roguelite and Roguelike and 5 more tags; about 6h longer.
Which game like Inscryption is rated highest?
Dispatch holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 244 players.
Is there a new game like Inscryption in 2026?
Dispatch is the most recent match, released October 2025.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Inscryption 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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