Games like Skyrim on Switch
Closest overall match: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (★ 4.6). Quickest to finish: Gothic at about 1 hours.
We compared The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 10 came closest. What ties them together most: Action RPG, Magic and Dark Fantasy.
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67%
1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Shares Medieval, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and Third Person and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.6
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 43h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
65%
2. Torchlight II
Shares Moddable, Character Customization, Action RPG, Steam Workshop and role-playing and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 36h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
62%
3. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Shares Dragons, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Character Customization and Action RPG and 9 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 39h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
60%
4. Diablo III
Shares Fantasy; rated 0.3 lower; about 12h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 58h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
59%
5. Gothic
Shares Medieval, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and role-playing and 5 more tags; about 45h shorter.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
59%
6. Mass Effect 3
About 16h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 30h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
58%
7. NieR:Automata
Shares Open World, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 33h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
58%
8. Monster Hunter Rise
Shares Dragons, Character Customization, Action RPG, Third Person and Fantasy and 3 more tags; about 31h shorter.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
58%
9. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Shares Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 31h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
58%
10. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Shares Third Person, Open World, Partial Controller Support, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 31h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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What is the best game like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the closest match to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Nintendo Switch — shares Medieval, Magic, Dark Fantasy, Action RPG and Third Person and 4 more tags.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 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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