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1994PC

A grim cinematic platformer in the vein of Prince of Persia: as Kyle Blackthorne you climb, take cover and shotgun your way through mines and fortresses on the planet Tuul. Precise timing, cover-based gunfights and light puzzles define its unforgiving pace.

Jumping and platforming
Challenging difficulty
Dark, serious atmosphere
Shooting and gunplay

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The closest matches for Blackthorne are Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition, DeadCore and Flashback. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Blackthorne special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition 89% match – Jumping and platforming
Newest alternative: Will You Snail? 86% match – released 2022

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Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

89 %Match

2011PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified85 % positive9.99 €

An iconic, minimalist sci-fi adventure: you are stranded on an alien planet as a scientist and survive without a word of dialogue through puzzles, precise jumps and desperate escapes. The anniversary edition adds reworked visuals that you can switch back to the original look at any time.

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DeadCore

Jumping and platforming

DeadCore is a fast first-person platformer with guns, in which you climb a massive, fog-shrouded tower. Precise jumping, timing and speedrun appeal take center stage, wrapped in a dreamlike sci-fi atmosphere.

Flashback

Jumping and platforming

Flashback is the remake of the 1992 classic: a cinematic sci-fi platformer with fluid, rotoscoped-style animation, hand-drawn backdrops and an agent trying to recover his lost memory. Precise jumping, shooting and light puzzles define the experience.

Tomb Raider

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

The classic that made Lara Croft famous: precise grid-based jumping and climbing through vast, lonely tombs, mixed with lever puzzles and gunfights against wild animals and mythical creatures. The quiet, eerie atmosphere of ancient ruins defines the experience.

Will You Snail?

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A punishing precision platformer where you play a snail dodging traps from a malicious AI that anticipates your moves. Tight jumps, optional puzzles and a dark simulation mystery drive the experience.

Ultrakill

Shooting and gunplay

Ultrakill is an extremely fast retro first-person shooter that blends style-ranking from character action games with brutal carnage. You heal by bathing in enemy blood and must fluidly chain weapons, movement and combos.

Mega Man X6

Jumping and platforming

A fast 2D action platformer with robot bosses, selectable stage order and swappable armor parts. Known for its steep, sometimes unfair difficulty and the Nightmare system.

Intrusion 2

Shooting and gunplay

A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.

MO:Astray

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

Abuse

Shooting and gunplay

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.