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Games like Return to Monkey Island on Nintendo Switch

Closest overall match: Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren`s Call (★ 3.5). Highest rated: Pentiment at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: LEGO Builder’s Journey at about 1 hours.

We compared Return to Monkey Island against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 8 came closest. The strongest common threads are 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements.

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  1. Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren`s Call

    1. Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren`s Call

    Shares Pirates, Point & Click, 2D, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.

    Year
    2013
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Metacritic
    69
    Playtime
    5h
    Finish rate
    100%
    Shared genres
    3, 7, Casual

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  2. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

    2. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

    Shares Cartoony, Family Friendly, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2020
    Rating
    ★ 4.2
    Metacritic
    81
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    89%
    Shared genres
    3, Casual

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  3. Pentiment

    3. Pentiment

    Shares Stylized, Hand-drawn, Choices Matter, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; same release year.

    Year
    2022
    Rating
    ★ 4.3
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    75%
    Shared genres
    3, Casual

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  4. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

    4. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

    Shares Point & Click, 2D, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.

    Year
    2013
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Playtime
    4h
    Finish rate
    94%
    Shared genres
    3, 7, Casual

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  5. Thimbleweed Park

    5. Thimbleweed Park

    Shares Point & Click, Comedy, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same developer.

    Year
    2017
    Rating
    ★ 4.1
    Metacritic
    84
    Playtime
    7h
    Finish rate
    70%
    Shared genres
    3, 7

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  6. LEGO Builder’s Journey

    6. LEGO Builder’s Journey

    Shares Linear, Stylized, Colorful, Family Friendly and Full controller support and 3 more tags.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 3.8
    Metacritic
    78
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    73%
    Shared genres
    3, 7, Casual

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  7. Donut County

    7. Donut County

    Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2018
    Rating
    ★ 4.0
    Metacritic
    80
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    91%
    Shared genres
    3, 7, Casual

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  8. Distraint 2

    8. Distraint 2

    Shares 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2018
    Rating
    ★ 3.8
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    90%
    Shared genres
    3, 7, Casual

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Questions people ask

What is the best game like Return to Monkey Island on Nintendo Switch?

On our similarity model, Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren`s Call is the closest match to Return to Monkey Island on Nintendo Switch — shares Pirates, Point & Click, 2D, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.

Which game like Return to Monkey Island is rated highest?

Pentiment holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 135 players.

How this list is built

Every game in our catalog is scored against Return to Monkey Island 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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