Games like Terraria on Nintendo Switch
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 20 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, controller support and Pixel Graphics. Updated Oct 16, 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
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62%
3. Unepic
Shares controller support, role-playing, Pixel Graphics, Exploration and Online Co-Op and 5 more tags; about 10h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
4. 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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60%
5. 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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60%
6. TowerFall Ascension
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 12h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
7. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares overlay, controller support, role-playing, Pixel Graphics and Exploration and 6 more tags; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
8. 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
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59%
9. 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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58%
10. 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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57%
11. Owlboy
Shares overlay, controller support, Pixel Graphics, Open World and 2D and 5 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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55%
12. 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
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55%
13. 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%
14. 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
-
55%
15. 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%
16. 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%
17. 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%
18. Teslagrad
Shares controller support, Exploration, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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53%
19. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares controller support, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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53%
20. 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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What is the best game like Terraria on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Risk of Rain is the closest match to Terraria on Nintendo Switch — 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.
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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