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2001 Classic

As tiny astronaut Olimar, you lead a swarm of little Pikmin to retrieve the pieces of your crashed ship. You juggle time pressure, resource gathering, combat and puzzles in a charming miniature world.

What defines Pikmin:

  • A party of several characters
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Tactical depth
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

The closest matches for Pikmin are LEGO Rock Raiders, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and Oxygen Not Included. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Pikmin special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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LEGO Rock Raiders

89 %

1999 PC

  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth

You command a crew of LEGO miners through underground caverns, constructing buildings, digging up energy crystals and rescuing stranded teammates. A charming, approachable real-time strategy game with base-building and resource management.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Tactical depth

Tactical battles with Mario, Luigi and the Rabbids: you move freely around the battlefield, shoot, jump and use Sparks with special powers. Planets to explore, puzzles and plenty of slapstick humor round it out.

Oxygen Not Included

Tactical depth

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

Snap & Grab

Tactical depth

A heist game where you photograph treasures and threats with a camera, then combine the photos into a clever plan your crew carries out.

Star Birds

Bright, upbeat tone

A cheerful base-building and resource management game where you mine asteroids, build production chains and lead a colony of spacefaring birds toward new stars.

Autonauts

Puzzles and brain teasers

You colonise an alien planet by teaching little robots, through simple visual scripting, to gather resources and run whole production chains. The relaxed tinkering and optimising slowly grows into a sprawling robot empire.

Fallout Shelter

A party of several characters

As overseer of a Vault-Tec bunker, you expand rooms, assign dwellers to jobs and send them into the Wasteland. You keep resources balanced, all wrapped in the charming, darkly humorous cartoon style of the Fallout series.

Haven

A party of several characters

Haven follows Yu and Kay, a couple stranded on an alien planet. You glide across colorful floating landscapes, gather resources and fight in a semi-paused combat system, carried by warm dialogue, humor and a great soundtrack.

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