Games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Closest overall match: Super Smash Bros. Melee (★ 4.4). Highest rated: StarCraft at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: StarCraft at about 1 hours.
We compared The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 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: exclusive, true exclusive and Singleplayer.
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73%
1. Super Smash Bros. Melee
Shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; about 37h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4
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72%
2. Super Mario Sunshine
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 37h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4
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71%
3. Bayonetta 3
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4
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70%
4. StarCraft
Shares exclusive, cooperative and Singleplayer; about 36h shorter.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4
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68%
5. Mario Kart: Double Dash
Shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; same developer; about 37h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 74%
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67%
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4
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67%
7. inFamous
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; rated 0.3 lower; about 35h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4
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66%
8. Bayonetta 2
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 4
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66%
9. Luigi's Mansion 3
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 37h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4
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65%
10. Mario Kart Wii
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 25h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 79%
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63%
11. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 37h
- Finish rate
- 61%
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63%
12. Super Mario 3D Land
Shares true exclusive and exclusive; same developer; about 20h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 89%
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker?
On our similarity model, Super Smash Bros. Melee is the closest match to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — shares true exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; about 37h shorter; released within 1 year.
Which game like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is rated highest?
StarCraft holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 681 players.
Are there games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 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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