5 Games like X3: Reunion on Nintendo Switch that you should try

If X3: Reunion worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: an anime aesthetic and 3D presentation.

On paper it is what X3: Reunion is — open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and world: this one brings action RPG combat and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

On paper it is what X3: Reunion is — melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a mythological setting.

It comes from the same genre as X3: Reunion and shares melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is 2D presentation.

Genre puts it alongside X3: Reunion, and so does melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: an anime aesthetic and 3D presentation.