9 Games like Heavy Rain on Nintendo Switch that you should try

What brings it close to Heavy Rain is exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on a first-person view. What it adds of its own: puzzle design and ranged combat.

It shares the essentials of what Heavy Rain does: exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is melee combat and fantasy world.

If Heavy Rain worked for you because of exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings puzzle design and fantasy world.

With Heavy Rain it shares strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is puzzle design and melee combat.

The thread back to Heavy Rain runs through strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals.

What brings it close to Heavy Rain is exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

Held in common with Heavy Rain: strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with puzzle design.

Its point of contact with Heavy Rain is strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings puzzle design and melee combat.

On paper it is what Heavy Rain is — strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is 2D presentation.