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Games like Dash For Your Life

Looking for games like Dash For Your Life? Here are top platformer recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Culinary Wizard, Bo or Tears Fall Low.

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  1. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Embrace cooking techniques like never beforeAfter being fired from a previous job as a line cook, a young chef is hungry for new work. One morning a mysterious job offer appears that beckons you towards a mysterious, magical restaurant. Culinary Wizard is a traditional 2D action-platformer made in a cozy 32-bit pixel art style. Bring ingredients to life and travel between unique worlds, battlin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Culinary Wizard.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 917 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 22 reviews

    Bo is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania based in a colorful world of Japanese folklore. You play as a tiny fox spirit that grows from lotus blossom after being blessed by the moon god. Use your legendary bō staff to bounce and move fluidly through a delightfully-demonic east asian fever dream. Use the tight movement and reset system to reach areas efficiently and gracefully or recover chaotically while… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bo.

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  3. Unravel the mystery of a fallen tear on its journey back to the surface! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tears Fall Low.

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  4. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 3,772 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 31 reviews

    Discover Planet of Lana on the official PlayStation website - buy the game, learn about its characters and gameplay, view screenshots, watch trailers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet of Lana.

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  5. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 517 reviews

    About Love, Hate and the other ones“ is a mindbending puzzle game in which you take control of the two main characters Love and Hate. Guide them through 60 levels to take them back home to their beloved hill. You will encounter different Other Ones with unique behaviours, depending on whether Love or Hate interacts with them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to About Love, Hate and the other ones.

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  6. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 264 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 3 reviews

    Deleveled is a physics-based puzzle-platformer in which you simultaneously control two characters who fall in opposite directions. You must help them work together to get through dozens of tricky levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deleveled.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    89% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    THE SUPREME ACTION PLATFORMERTake your sword and engage in the most satisfying 2d combat ever put to screen. Between elite sword techniques, bombastic magical spells, and a plethora of movement techniques, your flimsy opponents don't stand a chance.ALPHA SORCERERThought to be dead for hundreds of years, a feared tyrant from ages past mysteriously awakens into an unfamiliar future filled with grote… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alpha Sorcerer.

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  9. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 2,692 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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  10. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Something Ate My Alien.

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  11. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 44 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 9 reviews

    Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces. Shadow Bug is a new kind of platformer game with emphasis on action and speedrunning. The control scheme of the game is specifically designed for all the game modes on Nintendo Switch. You play as Shadow Bug and try to stop the evil factory from pollutin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow Bug.

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  12. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 367 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Silence of the Sleep is psychological horror adventure game for PC. You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before. You will travel through the abstract world of Silence of the Sleep to find the very reason for your journey... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silence of the Sleep.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 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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  14. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 182 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

    Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panzer Paladin.

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  15. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    70% User Score Based on 7,940 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 5 reviews

    A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadlight.

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  16. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Cut through crowds in endless dance with dagger! Leave magic mayhem in your wake If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ritual: Sorcerer Angel.

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  17. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 104 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Enter the afterlife. Overcome fate. Reclaim what was lost. This challenging puzzle platformer weaves a heart-warming story through stunning artwork, emotive music and genre-bending mechanics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evergate.

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  18. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    80% User Score Based on 846 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 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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  19. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    80% User Score Based on 1,231 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 19 reviews

    Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle platformer developed by Rain Games. Released in 2013, it is set in a steampunk-inspired world and revolves around the use of magnetism and electricity to solve puzzles. Players control a young boy who must navigate through a mysterious tower, using magnetic powers to manipulate the environment and overcome obstacles. The game is characterised by its lack of dialogue, relyi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Teslagrad.

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  20. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 121 reviews

     ▼Summary Set in a hand-drawn world, this 2.5D action RPG blends metroidvania exploration, RPG elements, and a sprawling overworld map. With dungeon hubs, narrative depth, and level-up mechanics, it offers freedom and classic adventure in a richly crafted fantasy setting.  ▼Story The land of Speria is shrouded in darkness, with monsters ravaging villages. Survivors gather at Crescent Isle’s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twilight Monk.

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  21. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    96% User Score Based on 180 reviews

    in another Place, In another Time, There lived, far away from everything, from everyone, A small puppet made of oak and birch tree, hidden behind the forest. OverviewDecline's Drops is a beautiful hand-drawn 2D platform-brawler, in which you play as Globule, a wooden boxing-gloved Puppet who seeks revenge for her destroyed Garden. It brings the unique gameplay of famous platform-fighters (Super S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decline's Drops.

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  22. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 89 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 9 reviews

    Take a deep dive into the amazing art and music of The Stone of Madness with the Special Edition! The Stone of Madness Special Edition includes: - Digital Artbook - Original Soundtrack - The Stone of Madness If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stone of Madness.

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  23. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    95% User Score Based on 146 reviews

    Embody a violinist and awaken a gigantic, forsaken world in this highly poetic platformer! Using your violin and bow, move towards the core of the realm to understand your role in this universe and play the best Concerto! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Symphonia.

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  24. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Citadel Stormer 2 is an explosive retro-styled run & gun action platformer set in a world ruled by a tyrannical AI. Old School platformer action - Jump and dash past insta-kill traps. Blast through enemies. Collect ammo and health. Make it to the exit in one piece. And enjoy the fine balance between platforming and combat! 38 levels set in 6 unique environments - Eliminate all threats in the ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citadel Stormer 2.

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  25. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    88% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive... The only human city located on the space ark is subjected to an organized mutant invasion. For the sake of surviva… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anima Flux.

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  26. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 306 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 3 reviews

    After 34 years in the shadows, prepare to see this legendary action adventure in a new light! Looking and playing better than ever before, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn is Tengo Project’s remake of a cult classic, that the fans have been waiting for. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow of the Ninja Reborn.

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  27. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 708 reviews

    In this exploration-heavy 2D action game, use your demon sword to interfere with the past, create platforms, and shield yourself from danger to explore a dystopian cyberpunk world depicted in gorgeously animated pixel art. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLADECHIMERA.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 78 reviews

    When lost in the Depths, the only way to go is up. You will Escape- one way or another. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GERASCOPIA.

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  29. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Wishlist now! About the Game Explore Wizardonia, a magical world filled with danger and wonder in Fireball Wizard! As a powerful wizard, you'll explore a pixelated landscape filled with treacherous enemies and obstacles. Use your unique abilities to launch deadly fireballs, defeat fearsome bosses, and uncover secrets hidden in mysterious forests, caves, and castles. Fireball Wizard offers a uni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fireball Wizard.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    63% User Score Based on 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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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    86% User Score Based on 22 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    A cave-in has separated Simon, the highly prepared archaeologist, from his equipment. With nothing but a head lamp and his wits, Simon would very much like to stay alive long enough to return his notes to The Academy for study. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventure Lamp.

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  32. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 440 reviews

    Pronty: Fishy Adventure" is an action-adventure game set in a future underwater city. In order to protect the city of the deep - Royla, command your javelin partner to battle with ferocious mutant trash fishes, and unravel the mysteries behind this new Atlantis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pronty.

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  33. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 646 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 3 reviews

    In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures as you make your way toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet! Solve complex puzzles and upgrade your ship with alien technology as you fight to save your home world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.

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  34. 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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  35. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 738 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 8 reviews

    Toki Tori 2 is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore a lush forest island inhabited by strange creatures. Whistle and stomp to influence their behavior, and solve the puzzles. But what's up with that black goo? It's threatening your home world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toki Tori 2.

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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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  37. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    64% User Score Based on 556 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 17 reviews

    PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PLANET ALPHA.

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  38. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    74% User Score Based on 419 reviews

    Eets Munchies is a reimagining of the award-winning puzzle game by Klei Entertainment. Featuring gorgeous animation and ridiculous creatures, players help an adorable hungry creature devour cake in increasingly devious puzzles. Replay the game forever with the Puzzle Maker and challenge your friends with your own mind-bending puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eets Munchies.

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  39. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    79% User Score Based on 472 reviews

    8Doors is Metroidvania style 2D action platformer game based on Korean afterlife world view. Explore 8 different area of purgatory by becoming the main character 'Arum'. Solve the mystery of happening on purgatory through fight against the specter and lead fugitive souls to the right path. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    82% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    When the whole world is against you, when even the nearest people leave you alone, wouldn't it be nice to wreck your offenders to death in a brand new action-packed rogue-like runner Nary, accompanied by glorious soundtracks? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nary.

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  41. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    94% User Score Based on 22,040 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 38 reviews

    The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. You must control powerful mechs from the future to hold off this alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game from the makers of FTL. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Breach.

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  44. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    60% User Score Based on 416 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 27 reviews

    The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path. Think of a more arcadey Another World, also with a very tight relationship between gameplay and story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise & Shine.

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  45. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 1,975 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 6 reviews

    Runner2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award winning BIT.TRIP RUNNER.,In the style of the BIT.TRIP series, Runner2 is a rhythm-music platforming game.,Players will run through fantastic environments, using brand new moves, to brand new soundtracks as they run, jump, slide, kick, and soar toward the goal of tracking down the Timbletot and thwarting his evil plans to destroy not o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.

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  46. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Dungeon Slime it's a challenging game. Every time you hit the walls you change the shape of Billy the Slime. Dodge sharp spines, go through narrow gaps, solve complicated logic and skill based puzzles to find a way out of this dungeon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Slime: Puzzle's Adventure.

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  47. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    93% User Score Based on 162 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 4 reviews

    In Out of Line, you follow the adventures of San, in his quest to escape the Factory that was once his home. Dive into a story set in mysterious world, find and help new friends as you journey through this beautiful 2D platformer! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out of Line.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 117 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Circles is an abstract puzzle game that takes your mind off things. No words, no distractions: an invitation to experiment. Relax, let your mind wander and discover the puzzling possibilities of circles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Circles.

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  49. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    86% User Score Based on 358 reviews

    Pureya is a different game every 10 seconds! Collect marbles and use them in the pachinko to unlock new minigames, music, and skins. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to pureya.

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  50. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 548 reviews

    RIVE is the metal wrecking, robot hacking shooter you've been waiting for! This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style. Endless variety: fight on land, underwater, in zero gravity or on a moving train! Gather hacks… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RIVE: Wreck, Hack, Die, Retry!.

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