16 Games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on PlayStation that you should try

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.

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.

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.

With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation.

The thread back to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate runs through fantasy world, single-player focus and 2D presentation.

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.

Its point of contact with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is single-player focus and 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is visuals: an isometric view.

The thread back to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate runs through dark, oppressive atmosphere, single-player focus and 2D presentation. What it adds of its own: adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.

The thread back to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate runs through fantasy world, single-player focus and 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is setting: deep simulation.

It comes from the same genre as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and 2D presentation. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate it shares single-player focus and 2D presentation.

It meets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on single-player focus and 2D presentation. Its own ground is melee combat.

What carries over from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is single-player focus and 2D presentation. What it adds of its own: magic-based combat.