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A physics-driven action adventure where you play a plantling with a sentient backpack, exploring a blighted world, solving ancient puzzles and fighting monsters.
What defines Rootbound:
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The closest matches for Rootbound are Candle, Epistory: Typing Chronicles and Ōkami. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Rootbound special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
92 %
Best match
A hand-painted puzzle-platform adventure where you play Teku, whose left hand is a candle, lighting your way through trap-filled, dark areas to rescue your tribe's shaman.
92 % 14.99 €
Fantasy setting
You play a muse accompanied by a fox in an adventure where everything, from movement to combat, is driven by typing. The paper-craft world unfolds as you explore, telling the story of a writer who has lost her inspiration.
92 % 3.99 €
Lavish presentation
As the sun goddess Amaterasu in wolf form, you restore a mythical Japan from darkness by painting miracles onto the world with a celestial brush. Its ink-painting art style, inventive brush mechanics and warm humor make this Zelda-like adventure unforgettable.
91 % 9.99 €
Lavish presentation
A cel-shaded fairy-tale adventure where the Prince and the magical Elika acrobatically traverse a corrupted desert land, healing regions in a non-linear order. Elika saves you from every fall, making it a flowing, forgiving platformer carried by charming banter between the two.
91 % 14.99 €
Lots to discover
An underwater metroidvania where a girl pilots a submersible through the depths to find her missing father. Exploration and environmental puzzles take center stage, with fairly accessible combat.
91 % −80 %Lavish presentation
A colorful action-adventure where you play Vata and calm creatures with empathy rather than fighting them, healing a world ravaged by a spreading infection. Exploration and creature-based puzzles take center stage.
91 % 19.99 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
Figment is a quirky action-adventure set inside a human mind, where you play Dusty, fighting nightmares and solving puzzles. Its hand-drawn world, musical numbers and dry humor make it stand out.
90 % −67 %Puzzles and brain teasers
A colorful Metroidvania-style platform adventure where the hero transforms into different animals to solve puzzles and uncover hidden paths. It charmingly recalls the classic Wonder Boy games.
90 % 5.99 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
A uniquely audiovisual pixel-art adventure where you wander a mystical realm, fight in simple sword duels and solve musical puzzles. Jim Guthrie's soundtrack and the minimalist style create a dreamlike mood.
90 %
Fantasy setting
A colorful Alice-in-Wonderland-flavored action adventure in which a young girl steps through a mirror into a quirky kingdom and fights her way through monsters in real-time combat to topple the Caterpillar Queen.