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Games like The Cycle (McGameJam 2026 - Best Gameplay Design Winner)

Looking for games like The Cycle (McGameJam 2026 - Best Gameplay Design Winner)? Here are top tactical strategy recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with WildCraft, Birthright or The Planetologist.

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  • Wildcraft: Embark on a Thrilling Journey of Online Survival Crafting Wildcraft is an immersive online survival crafting game that takes players on a captivating adventure in a vast and beautifully rendered 3D environment. With its focus on online multiplayer gameplay, extensive exploration, cooperative play with friends, and intricate crafting mechanics, Wildcraft offers an unforgettable gaming e…

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    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    - Alpha Version - BIRTHRIGHT Embark on a thrilling journey through the captivating world of Naarth in Birthright, a groundbreaking narrative-driven tabletop role-playing game that masterfully blends the allure of fantasy with the intrigue of science fiction. Prepare yourself for high-stakes adventure, unforgettable characters, and heart-pounding action as you uncover the hidden truths of a realm s…

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  • 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    The Planetologist is a top down shooter game in which you are a scientist who has to travel with your spaceship through different planets and with a portable scanner laboratory to collect all the information that your sensors can collect. Survives the dangers of different alien environments and finds in the confines of the galaxy a crew to help you survive your adventures. Game Design and Programm…

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  • Save Christmas night!   Take control of Santa or one of his helpers, ride a magical flying sleigh, and deliver presents to homes across a beautifully decorated town before sunrise. Navigate winding streets, icy rooftops, and bustling Christmas markets while solving clever puzzles and overcoming seasonal obstacles. Race against the clock as you dodge mischievous enemies, gather scattered gifts,…

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  • A SOULSLIKE METROIDVANIA — WITH WINGS Soar. Explore. Conquer! A handcrafted 2D action-RPG metroidvania where you fly, fight, and forge your legacy through a seamless world shaped by darkness and light. Explore a richly interconnected realm with no loading screens. Master strategic soulslike combat — on land and in the skies. Absorb the essence of your enemies to evolve, combine elemental Nature…

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  • 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Game Description Take a ride through a magical forest full of wonder and hidden treasures! Embody the flying squirrel, Ratatosk from the Nordic mythology and glide through a mysterious world, with the wind rushing through your fur as you hunt for tasty treats.  But watch out, little friend - it´s a treacherous path! Trees and enemies are blocking your progress, so stay sharp and be ready to dash!…

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  • ✩ Story ✩ Mille and her team aboard the starship ‘Celestial Ark’ have just 3 days to explore and save as many creatures as they can from a soon to be doomed planet. In accordance with galaxy law, any planet that does not have intelligent life forms may be colonized by any humans, including the group on the way, notorious for stripping all resources from a planet and moving on. ‘Project: Ark’ was s…

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  • This Game was created in 2023 in a timeframe of 8 Weeks by students of Games Academy. About the Game Electrify them, burn them, impale them and shoot them - demons must be fought no matter how you do it in this dark fantasy action strategy game by Elevenexus. As a powerful demon hunter with deadly crossbows, tower and traps at hand, defend the Nexus against a rampaging herd of demonic foes cons…

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  • 55%Game Brain Score
    gameplay, character development
    music, story
    91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    "Cyber Bay" is a 2D rhythm action roguelike. The player takes on the role of the last surviving human on Earth, fighting against a zombie apocalypse caused by artificial intelligence (AI) that has decided that humans don't deserve to live. The player's main objective is to survive in a world overrun by zombies and find ways to destroy the AI. The player will explore various locations, f…

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  • "Our last sighting was four years ago... Now, it's your turn to brave the unknown."The Perilous North is a survival-strategy RPG in early development made by Anna and Morgan, a husband and wife team with a dream to see this project's potential fully realized. Set during the golden age of polar exploration, dieselpunk machinery meets creeping Lovecraftian dread. You captain the crew of a…

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