6 Games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Xbox that you should try

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.

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.

Shelved next to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for good reason: fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: a first-person view.

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