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4 Games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows on Nintendo Switch that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows down to the 4 that fit the “Nintendo Switch” category. Kingdom: New Lands, Bad North and Bloons TD 5 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense
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Year 2015Dev Game in a Bottle
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Within the “Nintendo Switch” category, the closest game to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is Kingdom: New Lands — scoring 61/100 on our similarity scale. Bad North and Bloons TD 5 follow close behind.

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The best games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows on Nintendo Switch

4 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows. Each one has been evaluated across 5 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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Kingdom: New Lands

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Kingdom: New Lands
Closest overall match
StrategyTower Defense
SoloFantasyNarrativeHardcoreProcedural
Year 2016Dev Licorice · Raw FuryOn PS4 · Linux · PC

Shelved next to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows for good reason: fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a medieval setting and pixel art.

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Bad North

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Bad North
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeTacticalCozyProcedural
Year 2018Dev Plausible Concept · Raw FuryOn PS4 · PC · Mac

Same family as GemCraft - Chasing Shadows: melee combat and single-player focus. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings tactical combat and historical setting.

Released 3 years after GemCraft - Chasing Shadows.

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Bloons TD 5

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Bloons TD 5
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeMultiplayerCo-opOnline
Year 2011Dev Ninja KiwiOn PS4 · Android · PC

On paper it is what GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is — melee combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings tactical combat and multiplayer gameplay.

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Kingdom Two Crowns

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Kingdom Two Crowns
StrategyTower Defense
SoloFantasyMultiplayerCo-opOffline
Year 2018Dev Noio · Raw FuryOn PS4 · Linux · Android

Same family as GemCraft - Chasing Shadows: fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is a medieval setting and multiplayer gameplay.

Released 3 years after GemCraft - Chasing Shadows.

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