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Games like Unexpected Shift

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  1. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    89% User Score Based on 338 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Ovivo is mesmerizing platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in the metaphoric world filled with illusions and hidden messages awaits you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OVIVO.

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  2. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 228 reviews

    Now available on Steam! Every itch.io purchase comes with a Steam key.An indie platform game about keys, running, jumping, doors and nonsense. Another Perspective follows the adventure of someone who is looking for something that they can't remember. Then they work out they can warp themselves into other bodies and things get a bit confusing. Check out the official launch page and trailers! htt… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Another Perspective.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    72% User Score Based on 265 reviews

    OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OneShift.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,074 reviews

    404Sight is a free game made in support of net neutrality. It’s a 3D playground runner influenced by parkour running with the addition of a special ping ability that reveals areas that can speed the player up or slow them down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 404Sight.

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  5. 88%Game Brain Score
    95% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 2 reviews

    Things are different at night. Familiar objects behave strangely. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night Lights.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    65% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Darkness. Falling. Light. A metallic, geometric cavern surrounds you. A single source of light beckons you forward, up – towards the only exit. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metamorphic.

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  7. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    75% User Score Based on 1,746 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Airscape is a fast-paced, ultra-challenging 60 level action platformer. You play a deep-sea octopus, kidnapped by a mechanical alien race. Jump, dodge, and swim through a skybound environment full of floating islands, water formations, and robotic terrors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airscape: The Fall of Gravity.

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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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  10. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 589 reviews

    Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows is a minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out. The core of your movement is simple: move, jump, and climb, with your ability to turn into liquid allowing you to squeeze through tight spaces and dash across the rooms at high speeds. As you play, you'll discover abilities which let yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    98% User Score Based on 751 reviews

    Perspective is a platforming title in which players must utilize two incarnations of the protagonist - switching back and forth between them - to progress. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perspective.

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  13. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    100% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    94% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    MONUMENTUM is a metroidvania-rage-puzzle-platformer-pinball-like where you control both the environment and the player character. Overcome platforming challenges, climb upwards, and activate new mechanisms of movement to reach the top! FEATURES 1-2 hours of playtime 100+ platforming challenges 5 mechanism abilities to discover and activate Activate and utilize long dorman… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MONUMENTUM.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story
    100% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    A perspective-shifting puzzle game Find the Keys Collect the Tapes Switch Gravity  Over 100 levels  Axyz is a vaporwave-flavoured tribute to 90s cult classic Kula World. Use your environmental and spacial awareness to find the key, reach the exit and beat the level. Replay levels as many times as you want to collect everything and record your best time! Each level has 5 tapes to co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Axyz.

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  16. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    Rated among the top 1% of games in the 2025 GMTK Game Jam, Sisyphus Is a Bug is a knowledgevania about a dung beetle's eternal punishment... now expanded with a new campaign! Sisyphus, the dung beetle, happily rolling his ball of dung, found himself among the gods in Mount Olympus. Zeus, upon seeing the wretched creature dirtying his marble halls, condemns Sisyphus to roll his ball of dung up the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sisyphus Is a Bug.

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  17. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Art of Reflection.

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  18. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Break the laws of physics, dash and shoot your way through levels full of hazards and machines gone rogue. In this retro game, you control Project Gravity Storm an advance machine able to control gravity itself; however, the mother computer will not make things easy for you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity Storm: First Mission.

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  19. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 385 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

    Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOVE ETERNAL.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Leo: The Square is a minimalist 2D platformer that focuses heavily on atmosphere and level design. As players explore various locations, they will encounter diverse challenges, solve puzzles, and progress through the storyline. Key Features Varied levels: Each level introduces new obstacles and conditions. Progression requires adapting to different challenges. Atmospheric music: Filled with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leo: The Square.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    90% User Score Based on 208 reviews

    Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Janosik.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 232 reviews

    FAMAZE is a retro themed roguelike puzzle adventure game. Choose the the dashing Knight, the cunning Thief, or the mystical Wizard each with unique special powers. Delve into The Mad King's ever changing dungeon to rescue the rutabagas! Never the same game twice! Music by Disasterpeace and Art by Oryx. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Famaze.

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  23. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 211 reviews

    Moose Lost in the Woods is a cozy 3D platformer without a language barrier. Explore by running, leaping, bouncing, and splashing around in Swedish forest environments, whilst stuffing your backpack with goodies! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moose Lost in the Woods.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    66% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Proto Raider is a single screen auto-running puzzle platformer covered in ASCII beauty. Immerse yourself in this colorful and imaginative world. Ride waterfalls, fly into tornadoes, solve puzzles, and fight monsters to complete quests and collect your treasure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Proto Raider.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    78% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    The Basilisk is a genre-swapping horror platformer that focuses on you, a supercomputer, as the last hope to save mankind from an unknown virus. If you suffer from mental health issues, play at your own risk. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Basilisk.

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  26. 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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  27. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 868 reviews

    You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Have 10 Seconds.

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  28. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    A surreal 3D platformer about a marble girl named Jessica. Roll around, explore the multiverse, hack computers, dodge lasers, and eat cake! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica.

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  29. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    98% User Score Based on 447 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    [Media 3047109] [Media 3046874] Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHEEPO.

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  30. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 7,808 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 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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  31. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 543 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

    Swing, climb, and jump your way through massive “gardens” of vibrant other-worldly plant-life in this truly organic platformer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixelJunk Eden.

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  32. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    70% User Score Based on 293 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Etherborn is an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice calls to you, patiently awaiting your arrival. As your first thoughts emerge, you realise your journey has just begun. You must reach this ethereal voice to fully understand your own existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Etherborn.

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  33. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    55% User Score Based on 234 reviews

    Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.In the role of the ball, you must overcome more than 60 challenging levels.Can you do it? Features: 60 levels Difficult gameplay If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ball laB.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, music
    84% User Score Based on 282 reviews

    The store page for Vectromirror™ is live! If you enjoy our free game, Vectromirror 0™, you're going to love the next chapter, Vectromirror. New levels, new features, Virtual Reality support, and more! Head to our new store page and add the game to your Steam Wishlist to get it when it releases October 13th! Click here to go to our new store page! Experiment Report #279Our primary objective conti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vectromirror 0™.

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  35. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 128 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

    The Sun And Moon Made for Ludum Dare #29. Works best in Chrome and Opera. May contain bugs.If you use another browser please consider downloading the Windows Version. Now on Steam! A + D / Left + Right: move left and rightW / Up / Spacebar: jumpL Shift / R Shift / Z: actionEsc: exit to level select / exit to title screenR: restart levelM: mute/unmute audio twitter | email If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sun And Moon.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    98% User Score Based on 132 reviews

    Lose yourself in the relaxing solarpunk breeze of Re:Fresh, a 3D exploration-platformer collectathon game where you collect materials to help repair your town after a torrential storm!Estimated playtime: 1.5 hours.Explore at your own pace in the open-ended environment and collect solar cells to upgrade your movement options. Solar cells are your main source of energy for jumping and dashing, so ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Re:Fresh.

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  37. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    88% User Score Based on 26 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 7 reviews

    Constant C is a 2D puzzle platformer with two core gameplay mechanics - Gravity Shifting and the Time Field. Using these two mechanics in the game, the player controls the momentum of various objects to complete each level. Dive into the world of Constant C, where rules of fundamental physics no longer apply. In a space station far away from Earth, mysterious events have triggered the distortion o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Constant C.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 454 reviews

    Chronology is a mind-bending mix of puzzle, adventure and platform game where you defy time by manipulating the past and the future, in order to fix the present. Play as the Old Inventor and his sidekick The Snail, and take advantage of their special abilities - travel back and forth in time, stop time, manipulate objects and solve puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chronology.

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  39. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 169 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Beholgar is a classically styled 2D action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beholgar.

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  40. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    75% User Score Based on 145 reviews

    Jelly Killer - Retro Platformer The Adventures Of A Young Bioweapon. In this game you will act like the young bioweapon. You will encounter lots of traps and puzzles. You will have to possess human bodies to pass the game to the end. Good luck! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jelly Killer.

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  41. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    62% User Score Based on 453 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Starseed Pilgrim is a puzzle game where the player adds blocks with different proporties to each other, trying to get as far as possible as the blocks disappear. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to starseed pilgrim.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 494 reviews

    Cube Runner is a 3d action platformer that's simple to learn, exciting to play, and deep enough to challenge even the greatest gamers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cube Runner.

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    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 28 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 2 reviews

    Come explore the world of Phiohm, where up can be down, left can be right, and the way forward is never what it seems. Guide newly cognizant Ano on a journey of self-discovery by learning how to manipulate this ever-changing world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly 1729.

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  44. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    73% User Score Based on 94 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 5 reviews

    Can a dream transcend its owner? Follow the beautiful tale of Line, an endearing character formed from paper, in an atmospheric adventure where challenges and danger are waiting every step of the way. Experience the story of Line and then embark on three prequel chapters, featuring a different paper protagonist with its own origami shapeshifting abilities and tale to tell If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tale of Paper.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    72% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    Cybercube is a fun platformer with many colorful levels. The goal of the game is avoiding obstacles with various mechanics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cybercube.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    You are the last hope of a ruined world, capable of restoring the severed Ley Lines. Throughout the ruined temple of Miria's Heart, attune to and master five unique powers, allowing you to alter gravity, slow time, shift space, and much more. Unique puzzles scattered throughout the temple's remains can be overcome in a variety of ways by using and combining your world-bending abilities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ley Lines.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 110 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 1 reviews

    Eqi is a trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles, and a synthwave soul. You find yourself in a digital world that twists and changes around you, challenging your senses, focus, and reflexes. Interface with the great mystery and transcend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EQI.

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  49. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 454 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Tales 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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  50. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 9,004 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 29 reviews

    Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FEZ.

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