Games like Before Dark
Looking for games like Before Dark? Here are top casual platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Minimal Escape, Mr. Run and Jump or Road to Ballhalla.
- 61%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability61% User Score 960 reviews
Survive from the nightmare on Earth ruined by pollution. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minimal Escape.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding92% User Score 75 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
Mr Run and Jump draws you in with precise level design, free-flowing gameplay, and formidable challenge. Silky controls encourage players to run, jump, dash, double jump, and roll to clear levels with style, making it a speedrunner’s dream. Collectibles hidden in tough-to-reach spots demand players use their wits as well as their dexterity. Dynamic Assistance options allow players to set the level… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr. Run and Jump.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability88% User Score 304 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Road to Ballhalla.
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- 55%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story55% User Score 234 reviews
Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.In the role of the ball, you must overcome more than 60 challenging levels.Can you do it? Features: 60 levels Difficult gameplay If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ball laB.
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- 82%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding84% User Score 1,010 reviewsCritic Score 80%18 reviews
A challenging, atmospheric and hand-drawn platformer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unbound:Worlds Apart.
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- 98%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding98% User Score 99 reviews
Join our Discord About the Game The Forest of Worlds is withering, and along with it; the creative spark of every living thing. Venture into fantastical levels, gather the Golden Leaves within, and use them to avert the fate of a world devoid of imagination! Tackle 66 finely-tuned screens built for newcomers and speed-runners alike. Collect Crystal Berries by clearing levels quickly… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unless.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding94% User Score 125 reviews
After many long years in incubation, Fowl Damage is out with another demo! The full release is slated for the later half of 2024. This atmospheric puzzle-platformer from the developers of Peglin and Friday Night Bullet Arena offers one-button platforming with incredible depth: carefully manage your jumps and falls to avoid becoming scrambled! Your adventure will have you escape from the factory,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fowl Damage.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, stability95% User Score 166 reviews
The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside the eye of an artist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Master's Pupil.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding86% User Score 267 reviews
Fly’N is a PC platformer in which players control four original characters with their own complementary abilities. They are the guardians of the World-Trees: the Buds. It’s only by combining and by playing with their powers that the Buds will be able to find the right path when the situation seems impossible… Save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fly'N.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story94% User Score 94 reviews
In a place where everything is constantly moving, you will have to face the dangers of the World In-Between to reach for the light. Dodge the most devious traps while relying on your reflexes, hoping for a better future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RUN: The world in-between.
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- 83%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding100% User Score 36 reviewsCritic Score 81%6 reviews
[Media 4326253] Gear up for grappling action with Get-A-Grip Chip Help Chip save the lost Battery Bots on a perilous journey through the treacherous depths of a robot assembly factory. The... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Get-A-Grip Chip.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding89% User Score 45 reviews
Tumblr | Patreon | YouTube (This version of the game is now outdated and cancelled, but is very different from the final version of the game Grey Area, so this version is being kept online for archival and for people to check out and play with if interested) An adventure platforming game in which you must explore a strange world between worlds as you try to get home and find your parents... Curre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grey Area.
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- 76%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization75% User Score 110 reviewsCritic Score 82%3 reviews
BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BOOR.
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- 63%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:music63% User Score 166 reviews
Plo goes on a journey to destroy the core of a horrible disease that infected his girlfriend Oth. Plokoth is an atmospheric 2D platforming game set in a mysterious jungle. For Speedrunners - can you beat the public highscore? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plokoth.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability92% User Score 64 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviews
Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom is a fiendishly fun action platformer that all takes place on one enormous screen. Run, dive and dodge through the twisting maze, evading spikes, saws, fireballs, portals and even more and escape the Tomb of Doom! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability91% User Score 3,669 reviews
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour. You explore a dangerous grey land, unearthing coloured fragments on a journey to find your missing mother. As obstacles match the background, they disappear, creating new and exciting puzzles - full of peril, mystery… and colours unseen If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hue.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability84% User Score 2,692 reviewsCritic Score 71%2 reviews
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror. Rendered in a distinct visual style that blends pixel art with paper and ink textures, They Bleed Pixels is a singular mix of intense platforming and fierce beat-em-up action. At the core of its fighting system is a simple one-button combat scheme with surprising depth and versatility. Butt… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to They Bleed Pixels.
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- 72%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability71% User Score 110 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
Follow the ray of hope in a world of darkening silhouettes as you help Elin save his friend and face his deepest fears. Immerse yourself in Elin’s childlike wonder, and witness each new puzzle, secret, sin, or dilemma unfold to discover the truth behind this shadowy world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soulless: Ray of Hope.
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- 55%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability51% User Score 171 reviewsCritic Score 70%2 reviews
Fate has bestowed Skully a second chance at life when an enigmatic deity reanimates the skull through the power of magical clay after it washes upon the shore of a secluded isle. Skully must hop, skip, and roll through this diverse island habitat teeming with obstacles and puzzles to intervene in a feud between the deity’s three siblings whose quarrel jeopardizes the place they call home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skully.
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- 77%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding83% User Score 140 reviewsCritic Score 69%6 reviews
iO is a physics platformer in which you control a ball. By growing or shrinking the ball you can influence its speed and weight. Use these mechanics to gain momentum and make your way through the levels. Toy with the laws of physics, solve the puzzles and reach the exit as quickly as possible. Can you win the gold medal in all levels? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to iO.
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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay52% User Score 42 reviews
Six towers - each hiding a mask that grants the power of a natural element. Obtain them all by navigating through a set of increasingly-difficult twists and turns in Linked Mask, a captivating call-back to the olden days of the Game Boy era. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Linked Mask.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story95% User Score 40 reviews
No jumping, no walking. Raven's Hike is a unique 2d platformer in which all movement is based on her Grappling Hook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Raven's Hike.
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- 79%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability79% User Score 926 reviewsCritic Score 76%1 reviews
Pid was developed by Might and Delight for PC, Mac, X-Box, and PlayStation and released in 2012. It is a story-driven platformer that includes a variety of puzzles. It was praised for the artwork, presentation, and soundtrack; and received the 2012 European Games Award in the Innovate Newcomer category. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pid.
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- 61%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story75% User Score 32 reviews
Explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Help Oirbo navigate a metroidvania inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action-platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore and enemies to dismantle. The choices are yours to make, how will you unravel the twisted story? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oirbo.
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- 70%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics93% User Score 27 reviews
A precision platformer where you master your skills to unveil the dark secrets of a strange and twisted universe. Jump, run, and roll through hundreds of handcrafted challenges in a sprawling, interconnected world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pale Piper.
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- View Game85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability85% User Score 82 reviews
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Archaeogem.
- 74%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding74% User Score 162 reviews
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genopanic.
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- 69%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:music, stability88% User Score 33 reviewsCritic Score 62%3 reviews
Space Tail is a 2.5D adventure platformer, which immerses the player in a deep, emotional plot, and lets him explore new planets and interact with alien civilizations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding94% User Score 72 reviews
LAPIN is a 2D precision platformer game featuring a group of brave rabbit explorers. Five rabbits used to live under a park, but construction forced them to leave their beloved burrow. Help Liebe and her friends to explore the world with precise controls and hop on to the end of the adventure If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LAPIN.
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- 88%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding92% User Score 51 reviewsCritic Score 77%3 reviews
Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once Upon A Puppet.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability93% User Score 101 reviewsCritic Score 80%2 reviews
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this game inspired by the best 3D platformers If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Promenade.
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- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding80% User Score 456 reviewsCritic Score 58%4 reviews
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Munin.
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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability89% User Score 276 reviews
Bob Was Hungry is a challenging precision platformer with many levels designed to truly test your platforming skills. Play alone or online with 2-8 player co-op and make your way through countless perils to feed your bob! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bob Was Hungry.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability88% User Score 288 reviewsCritic Score 77%5 reviews
A retro-style video game set in a manga-ish absurd world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Garlic.
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- 79%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding79% User Score 1,081 reviews
INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INK.
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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music97% User Score 68 reviews
Uncover the truth about the Ghostland Yard investigators disappearance in this challenging 2D platformer. Travel across the world in more than 250 handcrafted levels to find your friends! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghostland Yard.
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- 68%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability70% User Score 293 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviews
Etherborn is an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice calls to you, patiently awaiting your arrival. As your first thoughts emerge, you realise your journey has just begun. You must reach this ethereal voice to fully understand your own existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Etherborn.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability97% User Score 92,552 reviewsCritic Score 90%9 reviews
A single-player platformer about climbing a mountain. Battle your inner demons and climb through more than 250 devious stages to reach the summit. It won't be easy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celeste.
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- 83%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization87% User Score 563 reviewsCritic Score 79%19 reviews
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grapple Dog.
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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:music70% User Score 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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- 88%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, stability93% User Score 55 reviewsCritic Score 78%4 reviews
In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sockventure.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability87% User Score 2,684 reviewsCritic Score 74%34 reviews
Unravel is a game about Yarny, a tiny character born from a single thread. Yarny embarks on a big adventure into the nature, inspired by the beauty of Northern Scandinavia. Without any spoken words, the character will have to solve puzzles and use tools to overcome tough challenges. All this, in order to find memories of his lost family. Only Yarny can be the bond that ties everything together in … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unravel.
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- 70%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding70% User Score 108 reviewsCritic Score 70%7 reviews
The whole city has been plunged into darkness. After an accident at the power station, a living electric spark must restore electricity to the city and give citizens back their safe and carefree lives. TurnOn tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms. Featuring a charmin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TurnOn.
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- 83%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability83% User Score 531 reviews
An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mushroom 11.
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- 80%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding84% User Score 136 reviewsCritic Score 76%8 reviews
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Thor.
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- 82%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization86% User Score 397 reviewsCritic Score 76%6 reviews
Our submission to #gbjam3 Story: You're a T-rex with rocket boots. Gameplay: While avoiding obstacles, navigate jumpjet rex through the various rings throughout the level, fly through them all... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to JumpJet Rex.
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- 74%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization92% User Score 3,330 reviewsCritic Score 9%2 reviews
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control of Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the "end of the world." Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant creatures and help aid his final epic quest... to simply make a friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The End Is Nigh.
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- 71%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability80% User Score 846 reviewsCritic Score 55%6 reviews
Find out the dark story that befell the once-calm and peaceful forest, turning it into a creepy place filled with evil. Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepy Tale.
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- 70%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability71% User Score 258 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviews
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Fungeon.
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- 79%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability79% User Score 96 reviews
Mekazoo is a 2D platformer set in a vibrant 3D world with fast-flowing gameplay and a cast of kinetically-diverse mechanized animals. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mekazoo.
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