Nevertheless, those special cases are the exception, not the rule. Most of the time the pattern matching really is just a more convenient switch statement.
I agree that matching on multiple levels in one statement isn't common, if that's what you were talking about. But performing bindings in a match is very common, and not something that's part of a switch statement (except in those languages where a switch statement is doing pattern matching more generally anyway).
Nevertheless, if that was the only benefit of it, one might argue it’d be more of a party trick. But it’s simply one more facet of a very powerful, simple-to-use technique for expressing how your code reacts to the shape of your data.
I’m curious how much exposure you’ve had to languages which support it — you might find it more useful than you think.
I wouldn't call it a party trick, but I also wouldn't say it's the most common use of case by a long shot. I don't expect that you disagree.