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<\/h2>\nLook, we get it. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake looks incredible on Nintendo Switch 2, so PC players can be forgiven for feeling a little green-eyed. Nintendo’s 1998 action-adventure classic has never received an official PC release, but its influence can be felt across plenty of games that are available on the platform.<\/p>\n
Some recreate its lock-on combat and gadget-led progression; others channel its puzzle-filled dungeons, themed temples or sense of adventure. From Okami HD and Darksiders to Tunic and beyond, these are some of the best PC games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nOriginally released during the console generation that followed the Nintendo 64, Michel Ancel’s Beyond Good & Evil shares plenty of Ocarina of Time’s design DNA. As action-reporter Jade, players investigate the mysterious DomZ attacks on the planet Hillys, mixing exploration, combat, stealth and photography along the way.<\/p>\n
Its puzzle-filled areas rely on switches, careful timing and projectile-based interactions, while Jade’s hovercraft opens up a colourful world packed with hidden routes and health-boosting secrets. The 20th Anniversary Edition also adds improved visuals and controls, making this the best way to experience one of the era’s most distinctive action-adventure games on PC.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nImagine a dark fantasy adventure that combines Hollow Knight’s melancholy atmosphere with Ocarina of Time’s 3D combat and temple exploration, and you will have a good idea of what Blue Fire offers. Its visual identity leans closer to Hollow Knight, but its structure owes a clear debt to Nintendo’s classic.<\/p>\n
Combat uses a familiar lock-on system, supported by shield parries and nimble dodges, while the world is filled with ancient temples, distinctive enemies and imposing bosses. Precision platforming plays a much larger role here, giving the familiar action-adventure formula a faster and more demanding edge.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nDo not let the apocalyptic comic-book styling fool you: beneath its heavy-metal exterior, Darksiders is a full-throttle homage to Ocarina of Time. First released in 2010, it casts players as War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, after he is framed for bringing about the End of Days too soon. To clear his name and restore the balance between Heaven and Hell, he must return to a ruined Earth and uncover who set him up.<\/p>\n
Many of War’s tools have clear Zelda equivalents. The Abyssal Chain works much like Link’s Hookshot, while the Crossblade recalls the boomerang, locking onto several targets to strike enemies or trigger switches in sequence. Dungeons introduce signature items and new abilities, then test them through layered puzzles, hidden keys and bosses that demand more than brute force.<\/p>\n
Add War’s spectral horse, Ruin, and the game’s large interconnected spaces, and the comparison becomes impossible to miss. More than 16 years after its original release, Darksiders remains a bold, thoroughly enjoyable love letter to one of Nintendo’s greatest adventures.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nIf the original Darksiders is a broad homage to Ocarina of Time, its sequel places an even greater emphasis on dungeon design. This time, players control Death, another of the Four Horsemen, as he sets out to clear War’s name.<\/p>\n
Darksiders II sends Death through a succession of vast, visually distinct dungeons filled with traversal challenges and more elaborate puzzles. The Soul Splitter, for example, divides Death into two controllable forms, allowing players to hold pressure plates and manipulate mechanisms from different positions. RPG-style loot and skill trees broaden the formula, but its puzzle-box dungeons remain the clearest link to Link’s classic quest.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nDeath’s Door trades the intimate over-the-shoulder view for an isometric camera, but its kinship with Ocarina of Time is still easy to see. Its small crow protagonist acquires familiar adventure-game tools, including a hookshot and bombs that can break through weakened walls and open new routes.<\/p>\n
The similarities extend to arena encounters, where exits remain sealed until every enemy is defeated, and to thematically distinct regions and bosses built around recognisable patterns. It is more compact and streamlined than Ocarina of Time, but it captures the same pleasure of gaining a new ability and immediately seeing the world differently.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nWith its lush forests, magical corruption and beautifully animated fantasy world, Kena: Bridge of Spirits feels comfortably at home alongside modern Zelda adventures. Its strongest connection to Ocarina of Time, however, lies in its third-person combat and tool-based exploration.<\/p>\n
As the young Spirit Guide Kena, players cleanse corrupted areas while using a staff, Spirit Bow and bomb abilities to fight enemies, solve environmental puzzles and reveal new paths. The comparison is not as direct as it is with Darksiders, but the mix of exploration, combat and environmental restoration should feel immediately inviting to Zelda fans. It also remains a strikingly beautiful game.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nIts painterly visuals and roots in Japanese folklore give Okami a character all its own, yet its adventure structure draws heavily from Nintendo’s 1998 classic. Where Link uses the ocarina as both an instrument and a magical tool, the sun goddess Amaterasu wields the Celestial Brush, allowing players to paint directly onto the world.<\/p>\n
Brush techniques can create bombs, slash through obstacles, restore broken bridges and summon vines that function much like Link’s Hookshot. Amaterasu’s tiny companion, Issun, also provides guidance in a role reminiscent of Navi, while Shinshu Field serves as a natural counterpart to Hyrule Field. Defeating enemies and cleansing cursed zones gradually restore the landscape, revealing new routes and secrets along the way.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nLike Death’s Door, Tunic swaps an over-the-shoulder viewpoint for an isometric camera while retaining many of the ingredients that define Ocarina of Time. Its fox hero can lock onto enemies, circle-strafe and raise a shield before looking for the right moment to counterattack.<\/p>\n
Progress is similarly gated by key items and abilities that open previously inaccessible areas, but Tunic’s cleverest trick is its in-game instruction manual. Collecting and decoding its pages turns discovery itself into a puzzle, while later secrets use directional input sequences that evoke the note patterns played on Link’s ocarina. Few games capture the same sense that an apparently familiar world is hiding something just out of sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"