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51 Great Games Like The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is an action-adventure game in the Zelda series. It's the seventeenth game and spiritual successor to the 1991 game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. A more open adventure with a novel world-jumping mechanic makes this an unusual and popular game in the series.

Unfortunately, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Game Details

Release Date: 22/11/2013

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Action, Adventure (Collecting, Fighting and Simulation)

Accessibility: 18 features

Components: Open World

Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)

Costs: Purchase cost

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Release Date: 21/11/2019, updated in 2020

Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: Open World

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Series)

Release Date: 01/01/1999, updated in 2019

Platforms: Game Boy and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Open World

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Legend Of The Skyfish

Legend Of The Skyfish (Series)

Release Date: 24/02/2017, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

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Release Date: 24/03/2003, updated in 2013

Platforms: GameCube and Wii U

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: Day and Night and Open World

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Release Date: 10/06/2021, updated in 2021

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5 and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Release Date: 03/03/2017

Platforms: Switch and Wii U

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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Release Date: 18/06/2019

Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Day and Night and Open World

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Release Date: 21/11/1991

Platforms: GBA, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Open World

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an adventure game in a long "Zelda" series. Like the other games, you play Link, who must defeat an evil force in the land of Hyrule. You do this by exploring the world, killing spawning enemies and finding a...

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Release Date: 23/11/2011, updated in 2021

Platforms: Switch, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Day and Night and Open World

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Release Date: 16/03/2022, updated in 2022

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Release Date: 11/08/2021

Platforms: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: Open World

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Release Date: 23/02/2021

Platforms: PC and Switch

Components: Open World

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Oceanhorn

Oceanhorn (Series)

Release Date: 14/11/2013

Platforms: Android, Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

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Release Date: 19/11/2006, updated in 2016

Platforms: GameCube, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: Open World

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Release Date: 13/06/2019

Platforms: Switch

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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King

Release Date: 28/03/2017

Platforms: PC and Switch

Components: Open World

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Release Date: 22/04/2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

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Release Date: Coming soon

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Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Release Date: Coming soon

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Release Date: 12/10/2017

Platforms: PC and Switch

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8 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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51 Great Games Like The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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