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Games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Want more open-world adventure games with physics-driven exploration? Below are the games most like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — the titles that inspired it, the games sharing its DNA, and the ones it went on to influence. The interactive graph above lets you keep exploring from any of them.

Games similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

  • Final Fantasy XV cover
    Final Fantasy XV
    2016

    Play as Noctis, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, as you seek to reclaim your homeland from the imperial army. With your closest friends along for the ride, you’ll travel through the breath-taking world of Eos, encountering larger-than-life beasts and unforgiving enemies.

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover
    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    2015

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red. Set in a dark fantasy world, the game follows Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter searching for his adopted daughter, Ciri, while navigating political conflicts and supernatural threats

  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End cover
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    2016

    Several years after his last adventure, retired fortune hunter, Nathan Drake, is forced back into the world of thieves. With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. His greates

  • Horizon Zero Dawn cover
    Horizon Zero Dawn
    2017

    Welcome to a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines. As a young machine hunter named Aloy, you must unravel the mysteries of this world and find your own destiny.

  • God of War cover
    God of War
    2018

    God of War is the sequel to God of War III as well as a continuation of the canon God of War chronology. Unlike previous installments, this game focuses on Norse mythology and follows an older and more seasoned Kratos and his son Atreus in the years since the third game. It is in

  • Death Stranding cover
    Death Stranding
    2019

    Death Stranding is an action game set in a post-apocalyptic United States. Players control Sam Porter Bridges, a courier tasked with reconnecting isolated cities via a communication network while delivering essential cargo. The gameplay blends traversal, resource management, and

  • Marvel's Spider-Man cover
    Marvel's Spider-Man
    2018

    Starring the world’s most iconic Super Hero, Spider-Man features the acrobatic abilities, improvisation and web-slinging that the wall-crawler is famous for, while also introducing elements never-before-seen in a Spider-Man game. From traversing with parkour and utilizing the env

  • The Last of Us Part II cover
    The Last of Us Part II
    2020

    The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game set five years after the events of The Last of Us. The player traverses post-apocalyptic environments such as buildings and forests to advance the story. They can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against ho

  • Super Mario Odyssey cover
    Super Mario Odyssey
    2017

    Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his new ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure. Use amazing new abilities, like the power to capture and control objects, animals, and enemies to collect Power Moons so you can power up th

The The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild series & family

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials
    2017

    DLC pack 1 cannot be purchased outside of the expansion pass. This first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild doesn't include any story additions but does include new side quests, armour, features and a new trial. Master mode is a new game mode which makes all mon

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Champions' Ballad cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Champions' Ballad
    2017

    DLC Pack 2 cannot be purchased outside of the expansion pass. The Champions' Ballad. Following the guidance of an unseen voice, Link encounters a new test: the Divine Beast Tamer's Trial. Take hold of the One-Hit Obliterator to clear out monster encampments, discover new shrines

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
    1998

    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous web

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past cover
    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
    1991

    Venture back to Hyrule and an age of magic and heroes. The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom. Only you can prevent his evil plot from shattering the land of Hyrule. In your quest, you'll venture into twistin

  • Super Smash Bros. Melee cover
    Super Smash Bros. Melee
    2001

    Super Smash Bros. Melee is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to the Nintendo 64 title. It includes all playable characters from the first game, and also adds characters from franchises such as Fire Emblem, of which no games had been released

  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker cover
    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
    2002

    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube and also the first in the series to employ cel-shading, a lighting and texturing technique that results in the game having a cartoon-like appearance. Like its predecessors, The Wind Waker is an

  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate cover
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
    2018

    Legendary game worlds and fighters collide in the ultimate showdown—a new entry in the Super Smash Bros. series for the Nintendo Switch system! New fighters, like Inkling from the Splatoon series and Ridley from the Metroid series, make their Super Smash Bros. series debut alongs

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    2023

    An epic adventure across the land and skies of Hyrule awaits in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch. The adventure is yours to create in a world fueled by your imagination. In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you'll decide your ow

  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
    2000

    The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, it utilizes the same engine and visual style as its predecessor. The game retains the traditional elements of Zelda games as well as those introduced in Ocarina of Time, such as active blocking with a shiel

  • The Legend of Zelda cover
    The Legend of Zelda
    1986

    The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe. The player controls Link and must make his way through the forests, graveyards, plains and deserts of the Otherworld to find the

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds cover
    The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
    2013

    The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is the first Zelda game made exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an indirect sequel to A Link to the Past with the same version of Hyrule but with new characters and gameplay elements. Unlike the series' tradition, many areas of the

  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
    2006

    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the last Zelda game for GameCube, it was highly anticipated by many members of the gaming community and was regarded as finally fulfilling the dreams of those who wanted a much more realistic and mature game than the ones before. The art

About The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the Wild does not impose a specific order in which quests or dungeons must be completed. While the game still has environmental obstacles such as weather effects, inhospitable lands, or powerful enemies, many of them can be overcome using the right method. A lot of critics ranked Breath of the Wild as one of the best video games of all time.

FAQ

What games are similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
Some of the closest matches are Final Fantasy XV, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Death Stranding. Scroll back up to keep exploring in the interactive graph.
What inspired The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sits inside the Puzzle / Adventure tradition. Shared themes, mechanics, and studio history all show up in the graph — see how we score the matches.

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