Games like Terraria
Closest overall match: Risk of Rain (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Hollow Knight at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Rain World at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Terraria — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are 2D, Full controller support and controller support. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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68%
1. Risk of Rain
Shares overlay, Replay Value, controller support, Survival and Pixel Graphics and 5 more tags; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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62%
2. Rogue Legacy
Shares Replay Value, controller support, role-playing, Pixel Graphics and Exploration and 5 more tags; about 9h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
3. Mark of the Ninja
Shares Replay Value, controller support, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
4. Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shares controller support, role-playing, Exploration, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
5. FEZ
Shares overlay, controller support, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and 2D and 4 more tags; about 13h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
6. Hollow Knight
Shares controller support, Exploration, Open World, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
57%
7. Broforce
Shares controller support, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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55%
8. Rain World
Shares overlay, controller support, Survival, Pixel Graphics and Exploration and 4 more tags; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
55%
9. Dead Cells
Shares Replay Value, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
55%
10. Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Shares controller support, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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55%
11. Deadlight
Shares Survival, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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55%
12. Super Meat Boy
Shares Replay Value, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- Indie, 83
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55%
13. Cuphead
Shares 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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54%
14. Spelunky
Shares overlay, Replay Value, controller support, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- Indie, 83
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54%
15. Shovel Knight
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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53%
16. Braid
Shares overlay, controller support, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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53%
17. Outlast
Shares controller support, Survival, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 12h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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53%
18. Castle Crashers
Shares Online multiplayer, Online Co-Op, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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52%
19. Kingdom: New Lands
Shares overlay, controller support, Survival, Pixel Graphics and Exploration and 7 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- Indie
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52%
20. Limbo
Shares controller support, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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52%
21. Starbound
Shares overlay, Online multiplayer, Survival, Pixel Graphics and Exploration and 6 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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52%
22. Blasphemous
Shares role-playing, Pixel Graphics, Exploration, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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52%
23. Don't Starve
Shares Replay Value, controller support, Survival, Exploration and Open World and 5 more tags; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- Indie
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52%
24. SteamWorld Dig
Shares controller support, Exploration, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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51%
25. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares controller support, role-playing, Pixel Graphics, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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What is the best game like Terraria?
On our similarity model, Risk of Rain is the closest match to Terraria — shares overlay, Replay Value, controller support, Survival and Pixel Graphics and 5 more tags; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
Which game like Terraria is rated highest?
Hollow Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,778 players.
Are there games like Terraria on Nintendo Switch?
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How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Terraria 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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