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Games like Paradox!

Looking for games like Paradox!? Here are top platformer recommendations with a comedy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Paradox! Stuck in the Past, Unit 404 or True Hate.

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  1. Play in the past, then help yourself from the future. Paradox! lets you travel through time, breaking the rules of traditional puzzle platformers to create a challenging, yet rewarding adventure where every level is played twice: then, and now!Play Every Level Twice!In the first phase, you play as the sprightly young professor. Your task is to collect all the scattered time crystals while dodging … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradox! Stuck in the Past.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    Find a way out of the abandoned sci-fi complex through solving various puzzles. The game has more than 70 handcrafted levels with various game mechanics and visual themes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unit 404.

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  3. Die again and again, to start all over again, the taste of victory is sweeter if the path to it is through pain and suffering... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to True Hate.

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  4. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    89% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Get ready for the adventure, put on your space suit and charge your jetpack! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Expedition.

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  5. 26%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    25% User Score Based on 126 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

    Sleeping Valley - a new arcade platformer game In Sleeping Valley you only have one life to live and it's your job to see how far you can take this cute character on his brutally hard journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sleeping Valley.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    57% User Score Based on 307 reviews

    Gish isn't your average hero. In fact, he's not your average anything...you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground. Following Brea's calls for help, Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gish.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    GatePass is a 2D platformer game with strong puzzle elements. Escape the 100-level labyrinth and return home safely. About Knot The main character, Knot, is a young man of the dwarf race, 30 cm tall. While napping at home, a wild slime invades and transforms into the door of his room, imprisoning him in a different space. The goal of his journey is to understand the natural laws of the l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GatePass.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 456 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 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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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    81% User Score Based on 420 reviews

    A first-person puzzle game. Simply walk to the door. Create your own check point. 30 Levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disoriented.

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  10. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    74% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Move the cube and find the best path to your destination. Solve tricky puzzles and escape malicious traps. The difficulty is between challenging and easy. The gameplay varies between action platforming and puzzle solving. Touch other cubes so they follow you and direct them to triggers. Floating platforms will fly away if you don’t pay attention when you are stepping off them. Move crates in front… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cube Mission.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    73% User Score Based on 195 reviews

    Gravity Cat - it's a puzzle-platformer. You play as a cat who has an ability to change the gravity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity Cat.

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  12. 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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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Theorem is an abstract relaxing isometric 3d puzzle game in which you roll a cube in order to reach a goal, but one of its faces is forbidden. Each colored tile has its own behavior - you can enable/disable mecanics, teleport yourself on another place, climb up blocks, make use of impossible geometry, etc. 50 levels are available. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Theorem.

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  14. Parasite is a non-linear retro platformer with a mix of action and puzzles. The player controls an alien worm wanting to get rid of a human space colony on his planet. There are multiple shapes to unlock and to switch between to facilitate the navigation and sabotage the complex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Parasite.

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  15. Slime's have always been the bottom of the gaming food chain. But that is about to change. Slime's revenge is a short but challenging 2D platformer where you can fling yourself and stick to near any surface to reach the end of each level and fight back against the 'heroes'. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slime's Revenge.

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  16. Experience the time-travel puzzle-platformer! A branching story with over eight hours of mind-melting puzzles awaits you. Learn to use time-portals to overcome challenges in ways you have never done before. Uncover the secrets of time-manipulation and take control of the world's fate. Every problem can be solved with the manipulation of time. Harness these unique tools that are at your disposal… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Temporadox.

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  17. This game is designed to be played on a retro ZX Spectrum Next computer or emulator that is included in a Downloadable file. Disclamer: This game is created as a fanfic and has no relation to the original game or its developer. We claim no rights to the original game and do not infringe on the copyrights of the original game or its creators. About the Game It's hard to find a gamer today who… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lone Lunner.

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  18. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Important notice for Mac players who are using O/S Catalina or greater: You will need to pass the app from being quarantined before you can play the game.  Unpack the Tommy Gunn zip file.Use finder to move "Tommy Gunn.app" to your Applications folder.Do NOT start the game yet, or it will be quarantined!Open terminal and copy/paste the line below then press enter:sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quaranti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tommy Gunn.

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  19. A fun and simple pixel platforming puzzle game where you play as a small telekinetic knight, and your goal is to escape the dungeon in which you are held. Also has 30 levels and usually takes around 20 mins to an hour to complete. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DungeonKnight.

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  20. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    A classic genre reimagined Amazing Maze brings new elements and challenges to the classic "roll a ball" genre, in a colorful, fun and pleasant experience, where you must capture the yellow cubes and find the way out, in beautiful 3D mazes. Use your creativity and logical thinking to overcome obstacles or use them to your advantage. Be quick and put your name on the top of the global leaderboards!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amazing Maze.

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  21. 10%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    10% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Emma is a 2D puzzle platformer that revolves around a potent central mechanic: all the platforms and walls start disappearing when the player touches them. This creates a series of challenges around this idea. Also, the player only needs to focus on jumping and reacting to its environment as he runs automatically. The game is all about overcoming one-screen puzzles with skill and ingenuity. Emma a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emma Lost in Memories.

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  22. Stick Nightmare is a simple puzzle-platform game where you control yourself after having some drinks at a local bar. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stick Nightmare.

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  23. A girl in a white dress wakes up in a ruined city. She uses her light to light up mysterious cocoons, reverse time, and restore the city to its former splendor. You take on the role of this mysterious girl. As you restore Amber City, more and more of its history will unfurl before you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amber City.

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  24. The Story So Far...Santa has been through a real crisis over the last few years. He started off happily dropping presents down chimneys, but got complaints about the wrong presents going to the wrong families.  So, he installed the Gift-o-Matic 5000 to help with present sorting. This was very unpopular with the over-worked elfs and rumour has it that they sabotaged the device, causing it to explod… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Santas Present Drop 4 - Grunch's Revenge.

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  25. An alien spacecraft just entered the solar system, but all that's on board is a video game?As the world's Preeminent Video Game Scientist you've been tasked with solving this mystery. But you won't be alone; the unseen snarky narrator will be at you side the whole time, making sure you don't get all the credit and glory.GameplayEach level is a navigation puzzle: how do I find the exit while collec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Video Game Scientist.

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  26. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    52% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    Tired of sitting on the ground? Take a sky-high journey with your friends in Only Climb: Better Together! Touch the clouds with your own hands and find out what's behind them, but remember, there are no easy paths… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Only Climb: Better Together.

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  27. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    56% User Score Based on 32 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

    Players protect their house by any means necessary, as relentless hordes of alien invaders seek to devour the innocent little orphans inside in this take on the tower defense genre. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gunhouse.

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  28. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    79% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Jumpman is a platform game written by Randy Glover and released by Epyx in 1983. Originally developed for the Atari 8-bit family, versions were also released for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, and ColecoVision. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jumpman.

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  29. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 189 reviews

    In Terrian Saga: KR-17 players take control of a lone Military Drone, #17, as it mysteriously gains sentience when activated for war. Players can use an assortment of upgradable weapons including their laser, flame thrower, grenades and KR's home-skillet and guided missile J1M. Gamers must fight their way through hordes of deadly drones while exploring intricate levels to find the path that uncove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terrian Saga: KR-17.

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  30. 31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    31% User Score Based on 209 reviews

    Chew your way through 120 levels of addictive puzzle gameplay, where your only goal is to devour everything but your own wormy self. It's quick, tasty, and hard to resist. Just like a late-night snack. How hard can it be to grab a bite? Quite hard, when you're an abominable serpent dwelling in a cemetery. Collect keys, open doors, and plan your every move so you don't paint yourself into a corner… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NecroWorm.

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  31. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 829 reviews
    Critic Score 8%Based on 1 reviews

    Quadrilateral Cowboy is a single-player adventure in a cyberpunk world. Tread lightly through security systems with your hacking deck and grey-market equipment. With top-of-the-line hardware like this, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quadrilateral Cowboy.

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  32. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    61% User Score Based on 248 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Super Mustache is a vintage styled platformer, filled to the brim with 8 bit pixel art juice! Join Captain Super Mustache in a journey to save the planet Uranus. If you enjoyed classic platformer games from the golden era of video games, then you’re going to love this. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Mustache.

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  33. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 3,350 reviews

    Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving. Kara, our heroine, has access to a unique gameplay mechanic that she uses to manipulate the world around her. She has a gun that is able to alter the laws of physics through the creation of pockets of gravity and anti-gravity. By mastering the use of these abilities Kara is able to au… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defy Gravity Extended.

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  34. 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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  35. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story
    71% User Score Based on 112 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 17 reviews

    Witness the rebirth of a genre in Lumo – a classic isometric adventure with a modern twist for gamers young and old alike! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lumo.

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  36. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    81% User Score Based on 26 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    It’s a challenging 2D arcade game where you are a master of time. Set it to past, present or future to control various mechanisms, and make sure that a mechanical bird will safely reach the end of the level. Prepare to die a lot – you will be sliced, squashed and crushed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Green Game TimeSwapper.

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  37. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 72 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 2 reviews

    Newt One rewards you for how much life you bring to the game world, not how much life you take from it. Embodying your progress through color and music, Newt One's purpose is to generate happiness. You play as Newt, a new tone in a musical land that has fallen to the Great Slumber. Awakening this sleeping, silent world is your rite of passage. Seek out your friends and find the missing Elders to r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Newt One.

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  38. 30%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    47% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    A brand new arcade puzzler from Gamesare Studios, Envoking the memory of classic arcade cabinet games but adding a new twist. Jump on the blocks as the titular character Quadle, changing the block colors till they are red. Once red they fall away. Eliminate all blocks on the screen to go to the next level. Be careful not to corner yourself into a situation where you can jump to the next block. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quadle.

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  39. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    47% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Yon Paradox ​is a survival puzzle game where the hardest puzzle is yourself. Set in a cyber dimension, an antimatter-powered time machine broke, causing periodycal time rewinds. You will have to solve riddles to repair the time machine, while avoiding your past alter-egos to not create paradoxes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yon Paradox.

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  40. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    75% User Score Based on 534 reviews

    When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation. You are the Tetrobot: a tiny robot that can drill blocks of matter one by one, collect them, and recycle them into new pieces of 4 blocks. You also have the possibility to destroy lines of 8+ blocks in a very «retro russian» game style. Sand, wood, stone, obsidian, iron, diamond: each matter ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blocks That Matter.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    60% User Score Based on 243 reviews

    Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Squirbs.

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  42. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    92% User Score Based on 48 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 5 reviews

    A giant Arcade-Adventure about eating, growing fat, fighting, and barfing. Eat all the balls to win, but as you get fat, you'll get stuck. Barf to squeeze through to solve levels! Fight through hundreds of action levels, explore strange space stations, and save the day! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pig Eat Ball.

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  43. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    81% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Help this cute cat jumping on tiles but don't fall down in this platformer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tricky Cat.

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  44. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 290 reviews
    Critic Score 25%Based on 1 reviews

    Unmechanical is a puzzle adventure that combines tricky puzzle solving, alluring exploration, and an engrossing atmosphere. Set in a fantastic world of flesh, rock and steel, your journey to freedom requires you to solve a great variety of puzzling challenges, and while it’s easy to pick up and play, later challenges may prove very difficult indeed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unmechanical.

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  45. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    60% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Take a ride through the cosmos with Starshot, the star juggler of the Space Circus. Your courage and skill will be challenged as you battle to overcome Wolfgang von Ravel, the evil boss of your crooked competitor - the Virtua Circus. Only you can save the Space Circus from extinction! Total freedom of movement in a world of rich 3D graphics! Starshot can walk, run, talk, jump, swim and fly, while … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starshot: Space Circus Fever.

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  46. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 282 reviews

    Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and great chiptune soundtrack. Try to get out of a dangerous dungeon full of enemies and traps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Escape.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    45% User Score Based on 132 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 2 reviews

    Laraan is a Science-Fiction game about exploration in a desolate world. Created with a minimalist low poly style. Accompanied by a splendid movie soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Laraan.

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  48. 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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  49. "Swing! Swing as if your life depended on it! Or at least your score." Some wise man, or something One pendulum. One map. One goal. Nothing else should be needed to get you excited. ALTERNATIV Is there anything else you need to get excited? In Pendelum, you cannot move on your own. Only gravity and external influences such as trampolines and fans can help you achieve your goal. Sometim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pendelum.

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  50. Current Early Access scope: Roughly 30 minutes of gameplay at this time (6/3/26).  A compact, replayable first chapter playable from start to finish. Fight through the graveyard, complete NPC objectives, collect flies, unlock the boss, and defeat the Nitro Necromancer. More quests, enemies, secrets, puzzles, polish, and content are planned after launch. Replayable in an arcade sense: beat your hi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pour Boy and the Nitro Necromancer.

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