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More about this game →If NHL 17 left you wanting more, this list of 39 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — sports simulation and offline — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 6 attributes. Mario Golf comes closest (64/100).
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The closest game to NHL 17 is Mario Golf — scoring 64/100 on our similarity scale. NBA 2K11 and Mario Tennis follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to NHL 17. Each one has been evaluated across 6 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.
✓ Both are sports games — sharing sports simulation, offline and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping co op
It predates NHL 17 by 17 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: co op.
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
It predates NHL 17 by 16 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: co op.
Same studio: EA Canada.
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: co op.
It predates NHL 17 by 16 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: co op.
It predates NHL 17 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of sports games: sports simulation, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Its own twist: visual isometric, while skipping offline
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: co op.
It predates NHL 17 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of sports games: sports simulation, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Its own twist: visual first person and visual isometric, while skipping offline
Where it drifts furthest from NHL 17: visuals.
Same studio: EA Canada.
✓ Fits the sports games cluster, with sports simulation, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Stands apart with visual isometric and visual 2d, while skipping offline
Where it drifts furthest from NHL 17: visuals.
Same studio: EA Canada.
✓ Both are sports games — sharing sports simulation, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Where it differs: brings visual isometric, while skipping offline
✓ Both are sports games — sharing sports simulation, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Its own twist: visual isometric, while skipping offline
Same studio: EA Canada.
✓ Both are sports games — sharing sports simulation, offline and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping co op
It predates NHL 17 by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are sports games — sharing sports simulation, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Its own twist: visual isometric, while skipping offline
Same studio: EA Canada.
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: co op.
It predates NHL 17 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
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