Games like The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda: first released 1986 by Nintendo.

In the series: The Legend of Zelda (1986), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023).

44 games inspired by The Legend of Zelda

• 2 Ship 2 Harkinian: Unofficial PC port of Majora's Mask from decompiled code; needs your own copy.
• Alwa's Awakening: The 8-Bit Edition: NES port of the NES-style metroidvania Alwa's Awakening.
• Anodyne: Surreal Game Boy Zelda-style adventure by a two-person team.
• Anodyne 2: Return to Dust: Mixes PS1-style 3D overworld with 2D Zelda-like dungeons.
• Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King: Top-down action adventure modeled on A Link to the Past.
• Death's Door: Isometric action adventure with Zelda-style dungeons.
• Defi de Zeldo: Two-chapter French Zelda parody on Solarus.
• Dink Smallwood: Top-down tile RPG, freeware and open source since 2003, given away from RTsoft's site.
• Dusklight: PC port project for Twilight Princess.
• Hyper Light Drifter: Kickstarted action RPG drawing on 16-bit Zelda.
• Infernax: Gory NES-style action adventure with branching moral choices.
• Lenna's Inception: Procedural Zelda-style action RPG that glitches between 8-bit and 32-bit worlds.
• Loonyland 2: Winter Woods: Action RPG sequel to Loonyland.
• Loonyland: Halloween Hill: Top-down action adventure sold from Hamumu's site, later on itch.io.
• Mina the Hollower: Game Boy Color-styled action adventure from the Shovel Knight team.
• Ocarina of Time Unreal Engine 5 Remake: Unreal Engine 5 fan remake released as free demos through the creator's Discord.
• Ocean's Heart: Commercial top-down adventure in the A Link to the Past mold, built with Solarus.
• Panzer Paladin: NES-style action platformer about a pilot and her mech.
• Secrets of Grindea: Co-op pixel action RPG made over 13 years as a tribute to Secret of Mana and SNES classics.
• Ship of Harkinian: PC port of Ocarina of Time built from the decompilation; needs the ROM.
• Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove: NES-style action platformer that set the bar for modern 8-bit throwbacks.
• Solarus: Free open-source action RPG engine made for Zelda-style fan games, with its own quest library.
• The Adventures of Green Guy!: RPG inspired by EarthBound and Zelda.
• The Labors of Zeldo: Comic Zelda parody built with Solarus.
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Dream: Remake of Link's Awakening in A Link to the Past style on Solarus.
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Solarus remake): Recreation of A Link to the Past on the Solarus engine, available as a demo.
• The Legend of Zelda: Book of Mudora: Complete fan game with eight dungeons and a large open world.
• The Legend of Zelda: Forgotten Legend: Solarus fan game available as a demo.
• The Legend of Zelda: Mercuris Chest: Large Solarus fan sequel, available as a demo.
• The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX: Fan sequel to A Link to the Past and the first game built on the Solarus engine, remaking a 2002 RPG Maker original.
• The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus XD: Short parody April Fools spin-off of Mystery of Solarus DX.
• The Legend of Zelda: Oni-Link Begins: Second game of Jouillat's Zelda fan trilogy.
• The Legend of Zelda: Onilink Begins SE: Solarus edition of the second Roth trilogy game.
• The Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ROM hack): An all-new, much harder Hyrule with new dungeons and story on the A Link to the Past engine.
• The Legend of Zelda: Region of Deseraph: Solarus Zelda fan game available as a demo.
• The Legend of Zelda: Return of the Hylian SE: Solarus edition of the first game of the Roth trilogy, set after A Link to the Past.
• The Legend of Zelda: Time to Triumph: Final game of Jouillat's Zelda fan trilogy.
• The Legend of Zelda: XD2 Mercuris Chess: Comic Solarus follow-up to Mystery of Solarus XD.
• Treasure Adventure Game: Free open-world 8-bit-style adventure, later remade as Treasure Adventure World.
• Tunic: Isometric adventure built around the feel of the first Zelda.
• Tunics: Roguelike Zelda-style game with randomly generated dungeons on Solarus.
• zelda3: Reimplementation of A Link to the Past in C.
• Zelda30Tribute: Free browser-based 2.5D tribute remake of the first Zelda.
• ZQuest Classic (Zelda Classic): Free open-source engine and editor born as a NES Zelda replica, with hundreds of fan-made quests.