5 Games like Game of Thrones on Nintendo Switch that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Game of Thrones down to the 5 that fit the “Nintendo Switch” category. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords and The Pathless top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Game of Thrones.

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The best games like Game of Thrones on Nintendo Switch

5 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Game of Thrones. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicClosest overall match

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SoloMeleeTacticalNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 33KIGDB94· 9OC83· 34

Year 2003Dev BioWare · LucasArtsOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, open world exploration and stealth mechanics, while skipping setting medieval

Where it drifts furthest from Game of Thrones: setting.

It predates Game of Thrones by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith LordsClosest on combat

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SoloMeleeTacticalNarrativeThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 26KIGDB86· 6OC77· 22

Year 2004Dev Obsidian Entertainment · LucasArtsOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, open world exploration and setting scifi, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Game of Thrones: setting.

It predates Game of Thrones by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3The PathlessClosest on setting

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SoloMeleeNarrativeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 2.1KIGDB81· 9OC78· 87

Year 2020Dev Giant Squid · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, open world exploration and ranged combat, while skipping combat tactical

Where it drifts furthest from Game of Thrones: combat.

Released 8 years after Game of Thrones.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeThird PersonDark

Steam👍 87%· 25KIGDB73· 14OC71· 168

Year 2020Dev Blindside Interactive · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, deep simulation and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping combat tactical

You play the shark. Eat fish, wildlife and swimmers to evolve, upgrade your bite and hunt the hunters back, all narrated as a straight-faced wildlife documentary. The B-movie tone is the appeal and it commits to it. The recurring complaint is technical rather than creative: crashes, stutter and startup failures on modern Windows come up constantly, even from players who finished it.

Where it drifts furthest from Game of Thrones: tone.

Released 8 years after Game of Thrones.

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SoloFantasyThird Person

IGDB90· 4OC85· 142

Year 2022Dev PlatinumGames · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Both are third-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and fantasy world

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping strong narrative focus

The largest of the three by scale: kaiju summons fight alongside you and levels open up considerably. Core combat is as sharp as ever when the game lets you use it. That is the issue — demon sequences, side characters and setpiece variety cut into the moment-to-moment fighting, and the story is the weakest of the series.

Released 10 years after Game of Thrones.

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