31 Games like Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on PlayStation that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch down to the 31 that fit the “PlayStation” category. Hogwarts Legacy, GreedFall and Risen 3: Titan Lords top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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The best games like Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on PlayStation

31 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.

#1Hogwarts LegacyClosest overall match

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SoloMagicOpen 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 open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

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.

Released 12 years after Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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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 open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

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.

Released 8 years after Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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#3Risen 3: Titan Lords

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SoloMagicOpen 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 open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

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.

Released 3 years after Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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#4Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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SoloMagicOpen 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 open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and melee combat

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#5The Witcher 3: Wild HuntClosest on progression

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SoloMagicOpen 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 open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

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.

Released 4 years after Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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#6South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

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SoloMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 98%· 72KRAWG👍 91%· 1.7KMC84IGDB80· 14OC85· 72

Year 2014Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat

South Park: The Stick of Truth is an action RPG based on the American animated series South Park. Players assume the role of the New Kid, who moved to eponymous fictional town in Colorado State with his parents.

Released 3 years after Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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#7Dragon's DogmaClosest on combat

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SoloMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

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Year 2012Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: setting.

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#8Persona 4

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SoloMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

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Year 2008Dev AtlusOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, strong narrative focus and melee combat

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#9Darksiders II

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SoloOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person

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

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

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and loot and gear systems, while skipping combat magic

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#10Vagrant Story

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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: open world exploration.

It predates Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Dark Cloud

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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, adventure storytelling and combat magic

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping open world exploration

Same studio: LEVEL-5.

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#12Infamous 2

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

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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 combat magic

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.

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#13The Amazing Spider-Man

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

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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 combat magic

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.

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#14Breath of Fire IV

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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 open world exploration

It predates Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicFantasyThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 68%· 4.0KIGDB57· 11OC56· 69

Year 2014Dev Spiders · Focus EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping open world exploration

Where it drifts furthest from Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: progression.

Released 3 years after Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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