Games like The Gardens Between on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Slipstream (★ 3.2). Highest rated: Manifold Garden at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Slipstream at about 1 hours.
We compared The Gardens Between against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 10 came closest. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Full controller support and 1980s.
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75%
1. Slipstream
Shares 1980s, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- Indie
-
65%
2. TOHU
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
64%
3. Crossing Souls
Shares 1980s, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
64%
4. 198X
Shares 1980s and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
63%
5. Manifold Garden
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
61%
6. Donut County
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
61%
7. Etherborn
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
61%
8. Evan's Remains
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
60%
9. Reventure
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
60%
10. Afterparty
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Gardens Between on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Slipstream is the closest match to The Gardens Between on Nintendo Switch — shares 1980s, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
Which game like The Gardens Between is rated highest?
Manifold Garden holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 81 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Gardens Between 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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