Games like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Streets of Rage 2 (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I at about 1 hours.
We compared Sonic the Hedgehog 2 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 9 came closest. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, 2D and Partial Controller Support.
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69%
1. Streets of Rage 2
Shares Partial Controller Support, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 1992
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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61%
2. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Shares 1990's, Colorful, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 83
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59%
3. Golden Axe
Shares Partial Controller Support, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 1989
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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57%
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
Shares Colorful, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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57%
5. Earthworm Jim
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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55%
6. Comix Zone
Shares 1990's, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4
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55%
7. Crazy Taxi (1999)
Shares Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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52%
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; about 16h longer.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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51%
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)
Shares cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 11
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Streets of Rage 2 is the closest match to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Nintendo Switch — shares Partial Controller Support, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
Which game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is rated highest?
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 276 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sonic the Hedgehog 2 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.