Games like Sonic & Knuckles
Closest overall match: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Donkey Kong Country at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: NiGHTS into dreams... at about 1 hours.
We compared Sonic & Knuckles against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 11 came closest. The strongest common threads are sonic, NES and planet.
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64%
1. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Shares sonic; same developer.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 83
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53%
2. Donkey Kong Country
Same release year.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
50%
3. Super Mario Galaxy
Shares NES, planet and console; about 25h longer.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
50%
4. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 83
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49%
5. Super Mario 64
About 9h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
49%
6. NiGHTS into dreams...
Same developer; rated 1.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
48%
7. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 83
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48%
8. Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)
Shares sonic; same developer; rated 1.8 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 44
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
48%
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1992
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 83
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47%
10. Rayman Legends
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
42%
11. Sonic Adventure
Same developer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 49
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sonic & Knuckles?
On our similarity model, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) is the closest match to Sonic & Knuckles — shares sonic; same developer.
Which game like Sonic & Knuckles is rated highest?
Donkey Kong Country holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 386 players.
Are there games like Sonic & Knuckles on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like Sonic & Knuckles on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sonic & Knuckles 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.