Games like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
Closest overall match: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (★ 4.4). Highest rated: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Earthworm Jim 2 at about 1 hours.
We compared The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: zelda, princess and console.
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77%
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Shares NES, zelda, princess and console; same developer; about 10h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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58%
2. The Legend of Zelda
Shares zelda and princess; same developer; rated 0.3 lower; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 1986
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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55%
3. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Same developer; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 23h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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55%
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
Same developer; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 1988
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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54%
5. Luigi's Mansion
Shares console; same developer; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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53%
6. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Shares zelda, island, puzzles and Story; same developer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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52%
7. Super Mario Bros.
Same developer; about 12h longer.
- Year
- 1985
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 30h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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52%
8. Super Mario Bros. 2
Shares princess and puzzles; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 1988
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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51%
9. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Shares puzzles; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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51%
10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Shares console.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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51%
11. Earthworm Jim 2
About 17h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 45
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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51%
12. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Same developer; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)?
On our similarity model, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the closest match to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) — shares NES, zelda, princess and console; same developer; about 10h longer; released within 2 years.
Which game like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) is rated highest?
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 376 players.
Are there games like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) 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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