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10 Games like Before Your Eyes on Nintendo Switch that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Before Your Eyes down to the 10 that fit the “Nintendo Switch” category. What Remains of Edith Finch, Blacksad: Under the Skin and Life is Strange: True Colors top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Before Your Eyes.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure
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NarrativeDarkSolo
Year 2021Dev Skybound Games

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Within the “Nintendo Switch” category, the closest game to Before Your Eyes is What Remains of Edith Finch — scoring 71/100 on our similarity scale. Blacksad: Under the Skin and Life is Strange: True Colors follow close behind.

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The best games like Before Your Eyes on Nintendo Switch

10 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Before Your Eyes. 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.

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What Remains of Edith Finch

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What Remains of Edith Finch
Closest overall match
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFirst PersonRanged
Year 2017Dev Giant Sparrow · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

It meets Before Your Eyes on strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. Its own ground is puzzle design and ranged combat.

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Blacksad: Under the Skin

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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Closest on tone
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFantasyExploration
Year 2019Dev Ys Interactive · MicroidsOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

It meets Before Your Eyes on strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.

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Life is Strange: True Colors

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Life is Strange: True Colors
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkMeleeFantasy
Year 2021Dev Deck Nine · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

It meets Before Your Eyes on strong narrative focus and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

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Twelve Minutes

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Twelve Minutes
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationIsometric
Year 2021Dev Luis Antonio · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

The thread back to Before Your Eyes runs through strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

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Late Shift

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Late Shift
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkThird Person
Year 2016Dev CtrlMovie · Wales InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · iOS

The thread back to Before Your Eyes runs through strong narrative focus and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

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Batman: The Enemy Within

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Batman: The Enemy Within
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkMeleeThird Person
Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

It meets Before Your Eyes on strong narrative focus and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

Genre100Game mode100Tone83Visuals0
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Florence

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Florence
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeCozyCasual2D
Year 2018Dev Mountains · Annapurna InteractiveOn Linux · Android · PC

Shelved next to Before Your Eyes for good reason: strong narrative focus and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and 2D presentation.

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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFirst PersonThird Person
Year 2012Dev Frogwares · AtlusOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

It meets Before Your Eyes on strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on tone: this one brings puzzle design and a third-person camera.

It predates Before Your Eyes by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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Thimbleweed Park

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Thimbleweed Park
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DPixel Art
Year 2017Dev Terrible ToyboxOn PS4 · Linux · Android

Genre puts it alongside Before Your Eyes, and so does strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is 2D presentation.

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Tales from the Borderlands

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Tales from the Borderlands
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeMeleeSci-FiThird Person
Year 2014Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

The genre is the same as Before Your Eyes’s, and with it strong narrative focus and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings a third-person camera.

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