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Games Like Daydreamer: Awakened Edition

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Action, Platformer, 2D.

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Daydreamer is a classic platformer focused around Boss fights, blowing up Aliens and Robots, and using speed and abilities to evade attacks as you traverse mind-blowing alien landscapes.

Reviews: Positive — 90% — of 20 reviews
Released: 2015-08-20
Developer: RolandStudios
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Ghost in the Machine is about the player's escape from a run-down factory following a large explosion. In the dark factory there are many dangerous machines that must be minded in order to not be crushed or mechanically separated.

    Why similar: Action 39%, Platformer 34.2%, Indie 26.8%

  2. #2 Flem
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2015
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    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Action 35%, Platformer 25.6%, Indie 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, 2D 4%

  3. #3 Intrusion 2
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,224 reviews2012
    Dev: Aleksei Abramenko
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    Why similar: Platformer 24.9%, Action 19.6%, Indie 11.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Side Scroller 11.1%

  4. #4 Shadowcrypt
    95% matchMixed58% of 111 reviews2014
    Dev: One-bit Punch
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    Why similar: Action 39.1%, Platformer 36.8%, Indie 24.1%

  5. #5 Capsized
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,096 reviews2011
    Dev: Alientrap
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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    Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Action 19.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Shooter 10.9%, Indie 10.7%

  6. #6 The Forbidden Arts
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 reviews2019
    Dev: Stingbot Games
    Windows · Mac

    The Forbidden Arts is an old-school action adventure platformer with a focus on discovery and exploration. You play as Phoenix, a young boy who seeks to master the element of fire in a grand adventure of ancient magic.

    Why similar: Action 25.9%, Side Scroller 21.5%, Platformer 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Indie 15.9%

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    93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

    Why similar: Bullet Time 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 12.5%, Side Scroller 11.6%

  9. #9 A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
    92% matchMixed69% of 913 reviews2011
    Dev: Extend Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.

    Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Side Scroller 24.1%, Action 18.6%, Indie 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%

  10. #10 Life Lessons
    91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
    Dev: Ben Busby
    Windows · Mac

    A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.

    Why similar: Action 29.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Platformer 19.3%, Indie 18.8%, Funny 10.5%

  11. #11 #INNER UNIVERSE 1F0000
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    This 360° STG offers the tension of a dogfight and a turn-based strategy. As a hero with the superpower of time-stopping, you fight, talk, and maintain your aircraft in the inner universe, aiming to save everything in the world.

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  12. #12 Chaos Domain
    91% matchMostly Negative31% of 836 reviews2014
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    Median: 6 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 16%

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    88% matchVery Positive84% of 370 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%

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    87% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
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    86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,735 reviews2015
    Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
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    84% matchVery Positive93% of 999 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    Windows · Linux

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    80% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    78% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
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    75% matchNo user reviews
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    73% matchNo user reviews
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    79% matchNo user reviews2019
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    77% matchMostly Negative31% of 509 reviews2014
    Dev: Browny ApplicationPub: KISS ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    67% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2015
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    71% match8 user reviews78% of 8 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac

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    70% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    62% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    65% matchVery Positive89% of 3,501 reviews2019
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    68% matchVery Positive82% of 866 reviews2011
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