Games like Undertale on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Child of Light (★ 3.8). Highest rated: Stardew Valley at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Ghost of a Tale at about 2 hours.
We compared Undertale against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 20 came closest. What ties them together most: role-playing, Singleplayer and Great Soundtrack. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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62%
1. Child of Light
Shares Cute, role-playing, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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59%
2. Chained Echoes
Shares role-playing, Pixel Graphics and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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58%
3. Stardew Valley
Shares Dating Sim, overlay, Cute, role-playing and Pixel Graphics and 3 more tags; about 8h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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56%
4. Darkest Dungeon
Shares overlay, Dark, role-playing, Horror and 2D and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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56%
5. The Banner Saga 2
Shares overlay, Choices Matter, role-playing, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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56%
6. Oxenfree
Shares overlay, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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55%
7. Chroma Squad
Shares Memes, role-playing, Comedy, Pixel Graphics and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
-
55%
8. Rogue Legacy
Shares Replay Value, role-playing, Pixel Graphics, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
-
54%
9. The Banner Saga
Shares Choices Matter, role-playing, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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54%
10. Beholder
Shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Dark, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
-
53%
11. Battle Brothers
Shares Replay Value, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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53%
12. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares role-playing, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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53%
13. Nuclear Throne
Shares Bullet Hell, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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53%
14. Crawl
Shares overlay, role-playing, Pixel Graphics, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
-
53%
15. Disco Elysium
Shares role-playing and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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53%
16. Salt and Sanctuary
Shares Dark, role-playing, Horror, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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52%
17. Shovel Knight
Shares Comedy, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- Indie
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52%
18. Ghost of a Tale
Shares overlay, Cute, role-playing, Horror and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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52%
19. Sheltered
Shares role-playing, Pixel Graphics, Horror, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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52%
20. NieR:Automata
Shares Bullet Hell, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; same developer; about 8h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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What is the best game like Undertale on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Child of Light is the closest match to Undertale on Nintendo Switch — shares Cute, role-playing, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
Which game like Undertale is rated highest?
Stardew Valley holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,486 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Undertale 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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