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We filtered the 50 games similar to Mika and the Witch's Mountain down to the 28 that fit the “PlayStation” category. Dragon's Dogma, Dark Cloud and TMNT top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Mika and the Witch's Mountain.

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The best games like Mika and the Witch's Mountain on PlayStation

28 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Mika and the Witch's Mountain. Each one has been evaluated across 17 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.

#1Dragon's DogmaClosest overall match

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SoloMagicNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

IGDB77· 10

Year 2012Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom

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

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone and setting.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Dark CloudClosest on setting

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SoloMagicFantasyThird PersonDark

Year 2000Dev LEVEL-5 · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3TMNT

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SoloThird PersonSci-Fi

IGDB53· 2

Year 2007Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, precision platforming and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: setting.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchClosest on progression

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SoloMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

IGDB84· 10

Year 2011Dev LEVEL-5On PlayStation 3 · Switch

✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and open world exploration.

≠ Missing: deep simulation.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Hogwarts Legacy

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SoloMagicNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 366KRAWG👍 75%· 935IGDB85· 9OC84· 176

Year 2023Dev Avalanche Software · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~30hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

The castle is the achievement: densely built, worth exploring on its own terms, and full of small detail. Spell-chaining combat is more involved than expected. Outside it, the open world follows a familiar checklist of camps and puzzles, and the main story resolves in a rush that leaves several threads sitting unfinished.

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

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SoloMagicNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 22KIGDB71· 11OC74· 124

Year 2019Dev Spiders · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

A mid-budget RPG with a colonial-era setting that is genuinely unusual, and diplomacy that can resolve most quests without combat if you invest in it. Faction reputation matters. Production values show the budget — environments repeat heavily between regions, animation is stiff, and combat never becomes more than adequate.

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Mika and the Witch's Mountain.

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#7The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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SoloMagicNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 97%· 869KRAWG👍 93%· 7.2KMC92IGDB92· 26OC93· 179

Year 2015Dev CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~43hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

The third game in a series, it holds nothing back from the player. Open world adventures of the renowned monster slayer Geralt of Rivia are now even on a larger scale.

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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SoloMagicNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 13KIGDB79· 11

Year 2012Dev 38 Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, melee combat and loot and gear systems, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Risen 3: Titan Lords

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SoloMagicNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 6.4KIGDB51· 7OC60· 41

Year 2014Dev Piranha Bytes · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

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

An old-school European RPG: three factions with genuinely different magic schools, a world that does not scale to your level, and exploration that rewards wandering into places you are not ready for. Combat is its weakest link — stiff, poorly telegraphed, and frustrating in the early hours before your character is competent at anything.

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Mika and the Witch's Mountain.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Vagrant Story

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicFantasyThird Person

Year 2000Dev Square Product Development Division 4 · Square Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3

✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and combat magic.

≠ Missing: deep simulation.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Darksiders II

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SoloNarrativeOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

IGDB86· 16

Year 2012Dev Vigil Games · Spike ChunsoftOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: tone.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 55%· 3.2KIGDB64· 5

Year 2010Dev Spellbound Entertainment · DreamCatcher InteractiveOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

A Gothic sequel by a different studio that traded the series' hostile, systems-heavy world for a conventional open-world action RPG with accessible combat and a clear quest structure. Taken on its own terms it is a competent, slightly janky European RPG. Taken as Gothic it is widely rejected, and the PC build still has unresolved resolution and display bugs on current Windows.

Where it drifts furthest from Mika and the Witch's Mountain: progression and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Mika and the Witch's Mountain.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMagicFantasyThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 76%· 488IGDB80· 1

Year 2000Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and combat magic

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Mika and the Witch's Mountain.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Infamous 2

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB85· 6

Year 2011Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

Open-world traversal built around electricity: you climb, grind rails and fight in the same continuous motion, and it rarely asks you to stop moving. Combat stays readable even when the screen fills up. The karma system is the weak part — choices are signposted as obviously good or evil, so the moral framing lands flatter than the moment-to-moment play.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15The Amazing Spider-Man

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB65· 6

Year 2012Dev Beenox · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, while skipping deep simulation

Web-swinging is the whole appeal here, and it works: momentum carries between buildings without breaking, and the city is built to be crossed rather than walked. Combat is Arkham-style freeflow, simplified. The open world is thin — collectibles and repeated crime events fill it, and the indoor stealth missions stop the traversal dead every time they appear.

It predates Mika and the Witch's Mountain by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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