Games like The Maw
Looking for games like The Maw? Here are top arcade platformer recommendations with a comedy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Lifeless Planet, Snake Pass or Kena Bridge of Spirits.
- 69%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding73% User Score 2,174 reviewsCritic Score 60%4 reviews
Lifeless Planet was inspired by Cold War era science fiction stories, posing questions about humankind's desire for space travel. What if you journeyed across the galaxy to another planet, only to find humans had already been there? What kind of person would sign up for a one-way mission, leaving behind planet Earth and everyone they've ever known and love... to go in search of an Earth-like plane… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeless Planet.
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- 76%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstory, grinding79% User Score 2,086 reviewsCritic Score 74%28 reviews
Welcome to Snake Pass; a physical action-puzzle game that sees the player slither, curl and climb their way through increasingly challenging worlds filled with evermore intricate obstacles and fiendishly mind-bending objectives! Snake Pass is the wriggling brain-child of Seb Liese, who originally came to Sumo from Holland to work on the LittleBigPlanet team. His prototype of ‘real snake physics’ … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snake Pass.
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- 87%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, grinding92% User Score 6,901 reviewsCritic Score 83%12 reviews
Buy Kena Bridge of Sprits on PS4 and PS5. Embark on a captivating adventure featuring a unique companion mechanic and thrilling combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kena Bridge of Spirits.
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- 71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability79% User Score 515 reviewsCritic Score 65%22 reviews
A joyous action adventure lovingly crafted in the image of all time classics such as Zelda, Jak and Daxter and Banjo Kazooie, The Last Tinker is a colorful journey through Colortown, a world built upon creativity, emotion and collaboration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Tinker: City of Colors.
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- 85%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability83% User Score 4,036 reviewsCritic Score 87%34 reviews
Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hood. Things spiral from bad to worse with the sudden appearance of sky pirates. What follows is a journey through monster infested ruins, with unexpected encounte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Owlboy.
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- 83%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization91% User Score 1,248 reviewsCritic Score 69%6 reviews
Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stacking.
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- 74%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability85% User Score 446 reviewsCritic Score 66%10 reviews
Super Lucky’s Tale is a delightful, playground platformer for all ages that follows Lucky, the ever-optimistic and lovable hero, on his quest to find his inner strength and help his beloved sister rescue the Book of Ages from the nefarious Jinx. Head back to the era of classic platformers with challenges players of all skill levels and all ages can enjoy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Lucky's Tale.
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- 78%Game Brain Scorestory, musicoptimization, replayability88% User Score 2,285 reviewsCritic Score 70%22 reviews
A third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments, containing puzzles and slight navigation challenges, to get to the bottom of why he's ended up there and to reach the end of the road he's inadvertently begun to travel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RiME.
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- 74%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, replayability90% User Score 3,141 reviewsCritic Score 59%16 reviews
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contrast.
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88%Game Brain Scoregameplay, humorcharacter development, grinding91% User Score 454 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsTales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions. You're a Blob of alien origin with mutant powers and an insatiable appetite. To the great horror of your former captors (and all of humanity), you have escaped into the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack.
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