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Games like A Ruthless World

Looking for games like A Ruthless World? Here are top casual platformer recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Linebound, Eternal Hope or Comit the Astrodian.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    91% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    Linebound is free-to-keep for the first month post launch! Grab it while you can! One player draws; the other navigates. Together, you reach each exit. Linebound is a local, asymmetric, co-operative puzzle platform game for two players. One of you is the Artist, drawing platforms directly into the pages of a living sketchbook in real time. The other player is Sketch: a hand-drawn character who i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Linebound.

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  2. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    74% User Score Based on 149 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 5 reviews

    [Media 3898499] Social media Steam | Discord | Twitter | Facebook Follow us on Game Jolt for our latest news and updates!! Available NOW on Steam! A story of love and hope "Perhaps you’d be... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Hope.

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  3. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    80% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Platformer based on a 22 year old blueprint. Help Comit boost his was through several planets in an attempt to stop the evil space pirate Krater from taking over the Star System. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Comit the Astrodian.

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  4. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    100% User Score Based on 28 reviews
    Critic Score 45%Based on 2 reviews

    In Rift Racoon you play as a cute racoon who has to teleport his way through tough platforming challenges. Jump, climb, slide and teleport across beautiful pixel art environments filled with dangers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rift Racoon.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Obsolete is a short 2D platformer with a calm atmosphere in a very strange world where everything is deteriorating quickly. Cross the abandoned caves of this fallen world in search of an answer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obsolete.

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  6. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 103 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Embark on a sparkling journey in this long-awaited sequel to SUNSOFT’s legendary 8-bit platformer Gimmick! Solve puzzles, trick enemies, and explore a physics-based playground. Yumetaro is back! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gimmick! 2.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 188 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    Explore strange new worlds and enjoy unique adventures in Mimpi! Mimpi is fantastic new adventure, puzzle, and platformer game.
 The game is like a psychedelic illustration come alive. 
Mimpi the dog is searching for his master in eight diverse worlds. The environment is seldom repetitive, the puzzles are always new. 
The story is told without words by the game world itself. The game can be played… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mimpi.

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  8. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 298 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 17 reviews

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Semblance.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    ParaLily is one little girl’s adventure to retrieve her dear stuffed dinosaur Patches, who in the middle of the night sprung to life and took off through a mysterious door. This strange journey will take Lily through a set of dangerous and terrifying parallel universes, as she attempts to retrieve her little stuffed runaway. Lily can shift between the parallel universes at will; which will help he… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ParaLily.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    93% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Put on a lizard and go for an adventure! Six different ones are scattered across the land, each with a special ability. Carefully hop your way to the top of an active volcano. Surf down a surging river. Swim an underwater lake. Ascend a snowy mountaintop. Can you unravel the mysteries of Lizard? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lizard.

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  11. Run, jump, and bark your way through beautiful South American locations helping the adventurer puppy, Paws, reach their goals and complete their missions. Customize Paws' appearance with different colorful accessories and furs.Join the adventureTraverse more than 20 hand-crafted levels, solve simple puzzles, and help the puppy find their way to fulfill their objectives. Collect all special items t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jumpy Paws - World Adventures.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    62% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    A Squirrel rages through the end of its dying world in this chaotic depiction of the beginning and the end. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Osk.

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  13. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 7,808 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

    Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thomas Was Alone.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    90% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Koala Kids is a puzzle-platformer game, in the style of retro games like Lode Runner. Includes Hot-seat Coop and Level Editor. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Koala Kids.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    88% User Score Based on 26 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    In a post-apocalyptic future where Earth's resources have been consumed, Kyle Seed tries to recover capsules containing special seeds and the energy needed to save humanity's future. Big Earth is a platform game with challenging puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Big Earth.

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  16. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    64% User Score Based on 524 reviews

    Camera Obscura takes the beloved platforming gameplay from the 80's and 90's and adds an innovative "afterimage" mechanic that allows you to clone the world around you in order to span gaps, create staircases, and freeze moving platforms in place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Camera Obscura.

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  17. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    88% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    An adventurous engineer, a diesel-punk world divided by endless conflict, and a whole lot of colossal guns. Sounds like a good time! With massive war machines threatening your home, will you be the one small cog that brings it all to a halt? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Shot.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 46 reviews

    Play as Beep, a brave yet cavalier robot who is on a mission to escape from the strange tech facility that he and his fellow bots are being held captive in. Using just your wits and the items you find around you, will you help Beep find a route to safety? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beep's Escape.

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  19. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 96 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    Explore a seemingly safe and woven world where stuffed animals live. Continuously re-knit & customize your character to solve puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Woven.

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  20. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Help Petey Pedro get back home after falling into a magical world where the SWEETS he chose over a healthy BEET are now his worst nightmare. A nostalgic game for those RAD 80's and 90's kids. Easy to pick up, hard to master play style. (Full Game Arrives in Late Summer 2025) WISHLIST Today If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Petey Pedro unBEETable Adventure.

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  21. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    In an age of faster-than-light travel and advanced cyber-robotics, brave explorers known as Cosmobreeders travel to forgotten worlds and study alien creatures. Play as a lone Cosmobreeder shot down over Planet Tutone, a world fallen to ruin and haunted by ancient betrayal. Your comrades have been captured, your equipment stolen. Armed with only your wits, traverse ancient service tunnels, eerie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmobreeder Yiffai.

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  22. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 293 reviews

    Caput Mortum is a short first-person horror experience inspired by retro 3D dungeon crawlers and survival horror games. It focuses on exploration and atmosphere while providing puzzles, simple combat, and light resource management. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caput Mortum.

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  23. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    89% User Score Based on 70 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

    Experience puzzle-platforming the way it’s meant to be. Designed and built on 90’s hardware, Tanglewood is a 16-bit love letter to the golden age of gaming. Guide Nymn home through a forest filled with danger, in classic 2D pixel-art style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tanglewood.

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  24. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Use the spheres power to light the torches and complete the level. But it won't always be easy: you'll need to aim your throws well and launch them before the time limit runs out... Uncover Enid's story as you recover the forgotten fragments, or team up with a friend to unravel all the secrets of the two-player campaign. Each campaign has its own levels! Each campaign features 4 worl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Fragments.

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  25. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    96% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Bubble Frog DX is a fun and challenging short Action Puzzle game where you take on the role of a Frog in a Bubble who's been tasked to save 160 Onigiri from all kinds of hazards across 50 levels and 4 colorful zones in this retro throwback title! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bubble Frog DX.

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  27. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Garden Trills is a cozy puzzle-platforming game following the adventures of a little sparrow through a world of dreamy gardens. Freely reshape the scenery through gardening to reach new destinations! Enjoy up to 10 hours of relaxing exploration, bird quests and flower acrobatics in the whimsical town of Vernubiel. Immerse yourself as a little bird exploring a vast world of floating gardens, f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Garden Trills.

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  28. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    91% User Score Based on 136 reviews

    Surmount is a free-flowing, physics-based platforming adventure where you’ll experience the joys of mountain climbing. Make your perilous ascent through the various handcrafted and procedurally generated challenges of Mount Om, all the while following a silly story with eccentric folks along the way. Master your own unique style of climbing either alone or with a friend, upgrade and customize your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure.

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  29. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    95% User Score Based on 161 reviews

    The mountains are calling! Complete routes of varying difficulty to scale summits in this wholesome yet ribbiting first-person climbing sim. Overcome obstacles, unlock upgrades, explore a mountain paradise, and get chummy with Valley Peaks’ froggy inhabitants as you climb to your heart’s content. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valley Peaks.

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  30. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    A fun 16-bit style platformer where you play a caveman fighting against bandits and dinosaurs. It is perfect for carefree gaming and a must for kids as well as for those who want to experience that 1990s nostalgia! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caveman Ransom.

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  31. 88%Game Brain Score
    95% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 2 reviews

    Things are different at night. Familiar objects behave strangely. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night Lights.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    89% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pocket Kingdom.

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  33. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 372 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, magical items and ancient secrets. By upgrading your magic, any way forward is right in this non-linear adventure game full of exploration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alwa's Legacy.

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  34. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 543 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

    Utterly unique and spellbindingly beautiful, PixelJunk Eden welcomes you to a psychedelic world unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before. As a tiny, silk-spinning “grimp,” it is up to you to collect the lost “Spectra” that have been scattered across all the gardens of Eden. Swing and jump between plants and rock formations, collect pollen to seed new plants and explore the incredible garden… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixelJunk Eden.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 553 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 2 reviews

    Vessel is a game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life, and all the consequences that ensue. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vessel.

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  37. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    100% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Play in a cosmical toybox packed with arcade platforming, rhythmical contraptions and colourful worlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amberial Dreams.

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  38. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Two Parsecs From Earth gameplay is remarkable interactive and adaptive to you! Choose 3 abilities during the exploration and experience your adventure in 8 different ways according to your own decisions, accompanied by music that adapts to your abilities choices. Once the adventure is over, you have the opportunity to do it again differently in the unique "New game+" mode integrated into the story… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Two Parsecs From Earth.

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  39. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    93% User Score Based on 176 reviews

    The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Corruption Within.

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  40. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    66% User Score Based on 122 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 4 reviews

    The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flat Kingdom.

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  41. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 490 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 4 reviews

    A mysterious hidden realm. Two precocious kids fleeing hardship. Magical creatures and an oddball order of guardians who have lost their way. A stygian evil imprisoned. Welcome to the Deep Woods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wild at Heart.

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  42. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 297 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 7 reviews

    The Spirit of 1980's home computer RPGs revived for contemporary audiences and platforms. Dig your way through 100 handcrafted levels into the ancient depths of Dreadrock Mountain. Relive memories of oldschool dungeon crawlers, like Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder. Play short sessions on your mobile phone or tablet, and fight and puzzle over hours of playtime. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeons of Dreadrock.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    74% User Score Based on 78 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    SAMUDRA is an environmentally focused, hand-illustrated, 2D puzzle game that follows a child's adventure across a polluted sea. Players encounter underwater creatures to uncover truths about “surface-dweller” actions causing the polluted deep-sea world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SAMUDRA.

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  44. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 248 reviews

    Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucius Demake.

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  45. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 104 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

    Help Jack survive his voyage of self-discovery! A local troublemaker makes series earth-shattering discoveries on the day he is supposed to leave home for a new life in the city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mayhem in Single Valley.

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  46. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 56 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 4 reviews

    Unleash your summoning powers to defeat the Cyclops Lord! Along with four unusual companions, you must journey through a dangerous land to save your mother, who suffered a terrible curse. A challenging adventure awaits! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ravva and the Cyclops Curse.

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  47. Far away there's a planet whose laws are governed by a mystical Core deep within its heart. Life, death, time and the functionality of frozen dessert machines at fast food restaurants are all governed by this powerful artefact. Unfortunately, it isn't exactly the most reliable piece of hardware, and so it is protected by a mysterious, shrouded people known as the Bouncers. Whimsical, curious, quic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dashbounce.

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  48. You are the Monchling and hatch into the world not able to do too much.. But not to worry! You can consume creatures that have been distorted by a mysterious power and acquire abilities to help you through the journey ahead! Key Features: Monch a variety of creatures to gain their abilities. Use them to navigate and interact with the world in new ways as you unlock and upgrade them! Relax whi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monch!.

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  49. Faded Memories is an exciting, 2D action-adventure game. It has the spice of a rogue-like, the options of a sandbox, and the brain flexing moments that come from good trivia. Use these mechanics to embark on a magical journey to save your sister, your mother, and the whole Mouse Kingdom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Faded Memories: Video Game Edition.

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  50. Save the Sacred TreeArthur is a squirrel who lives doing what he loves most: eating watermelons. But one day, an evil witch steals the Sacred Tree of his favorite fruit and casts a curse that forces him to jump constantly. Now, unable to stop, Arthur must embark on a dangerous adventure across 5 different worlds to recover the stolen tree and restore his life. Game Features 2D Platforming with Pi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arthur Loves Watermelon.

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