4 Games like Shadowgrounds 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 Shadowgrounds down to the 4 that fit the “Nintendo Switch” category. World War Z, Borderlands 4 and Guns, Gore & Cannoli top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Shadowgrounds.

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The best games like Shadowgrounds on Nintendo Switch

4 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Shadowgrounds. Each one has been evaluated across 15 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.

#1World War ZClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedDarkHorror

Steam👍 83%· 31KIGDB74· 12OC71· 129

Year 2019Dev Saber Interactive · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, survival mechanics and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping setting scifi

A co-op horde shooter whose swarm tech is the draw: hundreds of zombies climb over each other into structures, and the class system rewards coordinating rather than scattering. Levels are short and replayable. The shooting itself is functional but unremarkable, and the campaign chapters are thin connective tissue between the set-piece swarm moments.

Where it drifts furthest from Shadowgrounds: visuals.

Released 14 years after Shadowgrounds.

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#2Borderlands 4Closest on setting

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