Games like Shiny
Looking for games like Shiny? Here are top platformer recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Shu, Cookie Cutter or Everreach: Project Eden.
1 76%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, atmosphere77% User Score 142 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsWhen the great and terrible Storm destroys Shu's village, he embarks on a desperate journey to survive. On his travels he'll encounter stranded villagers survivors of the devastation that need his help. In return for his assistance, these peculiar characters will grant Shu unique special abilities that he can use to traverse the treacherous path ahead. Their only hope is to work together, in sear…
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79%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storystability, grinding78% User Score 724 reviewsCritic Score 90%11 reviewsLove turns to rage and chainsaws in Cookie Cutter, a techno-pop-punk 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania set to the backdrop of a bleak and beautiful dying world. Become Cherry, a rage-driven android on a quest to rescue her beloved creator, Doctor Shinji Fallon, from the clutches of a deranged mastermind.
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44%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, optimization49% User Score 375 reviewsCritic Score 36%5 reviewsEverreach: Project Eden is a fast-paced, story-driven action-RPG set on the visually stunning Planet Eden. In Everreach, you play as Nora Harwood, member of Everreach’s Security Division, on a mission to secure the colonization process of Eden and investigate mysterious incidents.
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82%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, grinding84% User Score 1,010 reviewsCritic Score 80%18 reviewsA challenging, atmospheric and hand-drawn platformer.
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79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability75% User Score 1,668 reviewsCritic Score 86%4 reviewsOutland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos. In-between Balance and Chaos stands one man, whose efforts will either bridge the ancient divide or doom the world to destruction. Outland is an ambitious 2D-platformer with a beautiful visual style and a unique, polarity-switching gameplay syst…
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76%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, replayability80% User Score 406 reviewsCritic Score 65%2 reviewsJourney to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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73%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding71% User Score 504 reviewsCritic Score 90%2 reviewsScrap Garden is a charming puzzle platformer about the adventures of Canny, a lonely robot, who awakens in a post-apocalyptic world to find all other robots shut down and seized up. What happened to the City? Why did all robots stop moving? Did anyone survive except him? Little rusty Canny has to do all he can to find answers to these questions... and try to fix it all.
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsmonetization, stability87% User Score 2,618 reviewsCritic Score 67%7 reviewsDiscover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure.
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68%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicreplayability, stability68% User Score 943 reviewsCritic Score 65%1 reviewsBig classic platformer with tons of power-ups and 12+ hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration. 8BitBoy is a tribute to all the greatest platformers of the 80s and 90s and a symbol of my endless love and passion for gaming.
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68%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability66% User Score 344 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsDiscover Nahucan, a world inhabited by masked beings. You're Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive as you save Nahucan from its biggest threat, the black plague.
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