Games like Recursion
Looking for games like Recursion? Here are top casual platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Thomas Was Alone, LOVE 2: kuso or VVVVVV.
- 86%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, replayability93% User Score 6,924 reviewsCritic Score 75%6 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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- 96%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, stability96% User Score 174 reviews
Kuso, the sequel to Love, is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. You find yourself in a minimalist world and with only the ability to run and jump, as well as the option to leave a checkpoint on any solid ground. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, and swinging axes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOVE 2: kuso.
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- 91%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, stability97% User Score 8,302 reviewsCritic Score 80%4 reviews
Flip gravity and save the universe! From the creator of Super Hexagon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VVVVVV.
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- 47%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, stability43% User Score 348 reviewsCritic Score 52%9 reviews
Uncover the mystery of the Shadow If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drawn To Life: Two Realms.
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- 78%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability78% User Score 265 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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- 49%Game Brain Score49% User Score 3 reviews
Snakeloop is a challenging puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snakeloop.
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- 100%Game Brain Scorehumor, emotionalmusic, grinding100% User Score 2,496 reviews
A game of strange jigsaws. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strange Jigsaws.
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- 49%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, replayability82% User Score 11 reviews
Note: After multiple updates and months of zero sales, I'm no longer updating this game and have dropped the price to $3. It's about 1-2 hours long without using the level editor. The servers will also be taken down, preventing level sharing via code (levels can still be shared by sending files). Thank you. Hi, I'm Bowser, a solo indie dev. I wanted to create something that exists somewhere bet… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cartridge the Tiger.
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- 99%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding99% User Score 5,805 reviews
This is a puzzle game with twenty small mazes. They're good mazes, though. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 20 Small Mazes.
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- 77%Game Brain Scoregraphicsgameplay, music94% User Score 33 reviews
A retro style simple platforming adventure! A small cute cat must save their world from an ancient Nanobot Virus. Explore a beautiful pixel art land as you try and find the source of this destruction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Neat Cat.
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