Unlikely connections video games, ranked by your taste
Video games about bonds no one saw coming: every game on Boxlist tagged with the unlikely connections story theme, the same taste attribute as on films and TV. 104 games on Boxlist.
See which ones match your tasteAlso in films and TV, and books:
The 100 best rated unlikely connections video games

Baldur's Gate III
Strategy · 2023
95 / 100

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
RPG · 2024
95 / 100

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Platformer · 1995
94 / 100

Persona 5
RPG · 2016
93 / 100

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Shooter · 2004
92 / 100

Chrono Trigger
RPG · 1995
92 / 100

Persona 4
RPG · 2008
91 / 100

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Platformer · 1997
91 / 100

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Platformer · 2023
91 / 100

Metaphor: ReFantazio
Strategy · 2024
90 / 100

Subnautica 2
Adventure · 2026
90 / 100

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Platformer · 2020
89 / 100

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
RPG · 2000
89 / 100

Super Mario 3D World
Platformer · 2013
89 / 100

Forza Horizon 5
Racing · 2021
89 / 100

Persona 3 Reload
RPG · 2024
89 / 100

Doki Doki Literature Club!
Visual novel · 2017
88 / 100

Day of the Tentacle
Point-and-click · 1993
88 / 100

LittleBigPlanet
Platformer · 2008
88 / 100

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Puzzle · 2011
87 / 100

Spiritfarer
Platformer · 2020
87 / 100

Doom
Shooter · 2016
86 / 100

Final Fantasy VIII
RPG · 1999
86 / 100

Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Simulation · 2020
86 / 100

Rayman Origins
Platformer · 2011
86 / 100

Risk of Rain 2
Shooter · 2020
86 / 100

Luigi's Mansion 3
Adventure · 2019
86 / 100

Omori
RPG · 2020
86 / 100

Forza Horizon 6
Racing · 2026
86 / 100

Big Walk
Platformer · 2026
86 / 100

Half-Life 2
Shooter · 2004
85 / 100

Dragon Age: Inquisition
Tactics · 2014
85 / 100

Pokémon Black Version
Strategy · 2010
85 / 100

Night in the Woods
Platformer · 2017
85 / 100

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
RPG · 2011
85 / 100

Super Mario Maker
Platformer · 2015
85 / 100

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Hack and slash · 2024
85 / 100

Battlefield 1
Shooter · 2016
84 / 100

Crash Team Racing
Racing · 1999
84 / 100

Crusader Kings II
Strategy · 2012
84 / 100

Wii Sports Resort
Racing · 2009
84 / 100

Tomb Raider
Shooter · 2013
83 / 100

Sonic the Hedgehog
Platformer · 1991
83 / 100

Halo 4
Shooter · 2012
83 / 100

Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Hack and slash · 2023
83 / 100

Bulletstorm
Shooter · 2011
83 / 100

Worms Armageddon
Shooter · 1999
83 / 100

Kingdom Hearts III
Hack and slash · 2019
83 / 100

Super Mario 64 DS
Platformer · 2004
83 / 100

BattleBlock Theater
Platformer · 2013
83 / 100

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Strategy · 2007
83 / 100

Borderlands 2
Shooter · 2012
82 / 100

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Hack and slash · 2014
82 / 100

South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Strategy · 2017
82 / 100

FlatOut 2
Racing · 2006
82 / 100

Streets of Rage 2
Hack and slash · 1992
82 / 100

Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Platformer · 2020
82 / 100

The Last Guardian
Platformer · 2016
81 / 100

Reanimal
Puzzle · 2026
81 / 100

Until Dawn
Adventure · 2015
80 / 100

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Platformer · 1995
80 / 100

Gears of War 4
Shooter · 2016
80 / 100

Final Fantasy XV
Hack and slash · 2016
79 / 100

Borderlands 3
Shooter · 2019
79 / 100

Saints Row IV
Shooter · 2013
79 / 100

Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Platformer · 2014
79 / 100

Unravel Two
Platformer · 2018
79 / 100

Until Dawn
Adventure · 2024
79 / 100

Castle Crashers
Hack and slash · 2008
78 / 100

Fortnite
Shooter · 2020
77 / 100

Among Us
Strategy · 2018
77 / 100

Oxenfree
RPG · 2016
77 / 100

Mortal Kombat II
Fighting · 1994
77 / 100

Raft
Simulation · 2022
77 / 100

Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Adventure · 2017
76 / 100

Remnant: From the Ashes
Shooter · 2019
76 / 100

Don't Starve Together
Strategy · 2016
76 / 100

Sonic Generations
Platformer · 2011
76 / 100

Donut County
Puzzle · 2018
76 / 100

LEGO The Lord of the Rings
Adventure · 2012
76 / 100

Total War: Rome II
Strategy · 2013
75 / 100

My Time at Portia
RPG · 2019
75 / 100

My Friend Pedro
Shooter · 2019
74 / 100

Sons of the Forest
Simulation · 2024
74 / 100

The Outlast Trials
Adventure · 2024
74 / 100

Alice: Madness Returns
Platformer · 2011
73 / 100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Shooter · 2017
73 / 100

Back 4 Blood
Shooter · 2021
73 / 100

Little Nightmares III
Platformer · 2025
73 / 100

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Shooter · 2012
72 / 100

Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Shooter · 2015
72 / 100

Sonic Frontiers
Platformer · 2022
72 / 100

TheHunter: Call of the Wild
Shooter · 2017
72 / 100

Magicka
Strategy · 2011
71 / 100

Kirby's Adventure
Platformer · 1993
71 / 100

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Adventure · 2019
70 / 100

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Platformer · 2001
69 / 100

Gothic 3
RPG · 2006
69 / 100

Five Nights at Freddy's
Strategy · 2014
69 / 100

Sonic Heroes
Platformer · 2003
64 / 100
See all 104 unlikely connections video games in the games grid (filter, sort and rank by your match)
Games and ratings from IGDB.com. Ratings are critic and player scores, not fit.