11 Games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Nintendo Switch that you should try

The genre is the same as The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker’s, and with it puzzle design, ranged combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a sci-fi setting and 2D presentation.

On paper it is what The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is — puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is historical setting and 2D presentation.

What carries over from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a first-person view.

Held in common with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker: puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings an isometric view.

The thread back to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker runs through puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a first-person view.

With The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker it shares puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting: historical setting.

It comes from the same genre as The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and shares puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a cartoon aesthetic and 2D presentation.

Same family as The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker: puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a sci-fi setting and 2D presentation.

On paper it is what The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is — puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a cartoon aesthetic and a first-person view.

It meets The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on puzzle design, single-player focus and a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: deep RPG systems and strong narrative focus.

The thread back to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker runs through puzzle design, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.