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If Super Smash Bros. Ultimate left you wanting more, this list of 48 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — fighting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world — and the NextGameLike editorial team ranks them by a similarity score computed across 10 attributes. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U comes closest (77/100).
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The closest game to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U — scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.
It meets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on fantasy world, single-player focus and 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with ranged combat and offline play.
Same studio: Sora.
Its point of contact with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is single-player focus and 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with ranged combat.
It predates Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by 17 years, with what that implies technically.
What carries over from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is fantasy world, single-player focus and 2D presentation.
Its point of contact with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is multiplayer gameplay and 2D presentation. What it adds of its own: melee combat and offline play.
The thread back to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate runs through single-player focus and 2D presentation. What it adds of its own: melee combat and offline play.
Same studio: Sora.
It shares the essentials of what Super Smash Bros. Ultimate does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on setting: this one brings melee combat.
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is pixel art.
What carries over from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is dark, oppressive atmosphere, fantasy world and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on tone: this one brings strong narrative focus.
Released 5 years after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
On paper it is what Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is punishing difficulty and pixel art.
The thread back to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate runs through dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with melee combat.
The thread back to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate runs through fantasy world, single-player focus and 2D presentation.
It predates Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by 20 years, with what that implies technically.
It meets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on fantasy world, single-player focus and 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with deep RPG systems.
Its point of contact with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is multiplayer gameplay and 2D presentation. Its own ground is melee combat and pixel art.
It predates Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
It meets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on single-player focus and 2D presentation. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.
It predates Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by 19 years, with what that implies technically.
What carries over from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with melee combat.
It predates Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by 23 years, with what that implies technically.
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