5 Games like Batman: Arkham Asylum on Nintendo Switch that you should try

If Batman: Arkham Asylum worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera and horror setting. Its own ground is horror tension and punishing difficulty.

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Batman: Arkham Asylum on genre, game mode and tone. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on combat: this one brings shooting mechanics.

The resemblance to Batman: Arkham Asylum is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in combat — its own ground is deep simulation.

What carries over from Batman: Arkham Asylum is single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

What brings it close to Batman: Arkham Asylum is strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: a medieval setting and crafting mechanics.