Games like Super Smash Bros. Melee on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (★ 4.3). Highest rated: Mario Kart: Double Dash at ★ 4.4.
We compared Super Smash Bros. Melee 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 true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer.
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81%
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
-
75%
2. Super Mario Sunshine
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
74%
3. Mario Kart: Double Dash
Shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 74%
-
73%
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 37h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
73%
5. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 78%
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71%
6. Bayonetta 3
Shares true exclusive and exclusive.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
68%
7. Luigi's Mansion 3
Shares true exclusive and exclusive.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
68%
8. Super Mario Maker 2
Shares true exclusive and exclusive.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
65%
9. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Finish rate
- 56%
-
65%
10. Super Smash Bros. (1999)
Shares Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 79
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
-
64%
11. Fire Emblem Awakening
Shares true exclusive and exclusive.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 86%
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Super Smash Bros. Melee on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the closest match to Super Smash Bros. Melee on Nintendo Switch — shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer.
Which game like Super Smash Bros. Melee is rated highest?
Mario Kart: Double Dash holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 289 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Super Smash Bros. Melee 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.