Games like The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (★ 3.9). Highest rated: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are puzzles, Story and zelda.
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60%
1. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Shares puzzles; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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53%
2. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
Shares zelda, island, puzzles and Story; same developer; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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53%
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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52%
4. Luigi's Mansion
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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49%
5. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Shares zelda; same developer; rated 0.3 higher; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 96
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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48%
6. Back to the Future: The Game
Shares Story; rated 0.6 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7
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48%
7. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Same developer; about 15h longer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 33h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3
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48%
8. New Super Mario Bros.
Same developer; about 7h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 4
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48%
9. Super Mario Sunshine
Same developer; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
47%
10. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Shares Story; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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47%
11. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Same developer; rated 0.3 higher; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 99
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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47%
12. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Shares puzzles; same developer; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 7
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is the closest match to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on Nintendo Switch — shares puzzles; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is rated highest?
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 192 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 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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