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2026PCPlayStationNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified29.99 €

A survival climbing game where you can scale any rock face of Mount Kami, placing each limb yourself and carefully rationing pitons, food and stamina along your chosen route. From The Game Bakers, it pairs a striking art style with a personal story about ambition and sacrifice.

Jumping and platforming
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Lots to discover
Challenging difficulty

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The closest matches for Cairn are The Long Dark, Don't Starve and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cairn special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Long Dark

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2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified90 % positive16.99 €

Lots to discover
Lavish presentation
Challenging difficulty

A lonely, unforgiving survival experience in the frozen Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster, where cold, hunger and wolves are your real enemies. Its painterly visuals and quiet atmosphere turn every trek into a tense, often melancholic journey.

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Don't Starve

Challenging difficulty

A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Jumping and platforming

A stylish skate, inline and BMX platformer set in a cel-shaded city full of graffiti, crews and a funky soundtrack. Fluid movement and exploring the city take center stage, in the spirit of Jet Set Radio.

The Deer God

Jumping and platforming

You play a reincarnated stag in an atmospheric 3D pixel world with a day and night cycle. Platforming, survival and karma drive this calm, meditative adventure.

Skate Story

Jumping and platforming

A surreal skateboarding adventure where you glide through a neon-lit Underworld as a glass-bodied demon. Tricks, grinds and flow take center stage, wrapped in a bold, stylish presentation.

Dredge

Distinctive, stylised art style

An atmospheric fishing adventure where you haul catches and upgrade your trawler by day while Lovecraftian dread creeps in with the night fog. Inventory-packing puzzles and eerie island stories give it a unique hook.

Jet Set Radio Future

Jumping and platforming

Skate at high speed as a graffiti artist through a cel-shaded future Tokyo, tagging turf and dodging the police, all to an unmistakable soundtrack of funk, electronica and hip-hop.

Praey for the Gods

Challenging difficulty

A lone hero crosses a frozen, dying island and must take down towering god-like colossi in the vein of Shadow of the Colossus. Cold, stamina and survival pressure turn every expedition into a harsh trial.

Insurmountable

Tactical depth

As a lone mountaineer you climb a randomly generated mountain, carefully managing stamina, gear and shifting weather. Each ascent is a tense planning and survival challenge with roguelike randomness.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Jumping and platforming

A reimagined version of the original Tomb Raider with redesigned levels where Lara Croft climbs, leaps and solves tricky environmental puzzles in ancient tombs. Occasional gunfights against animals and enemies break up the exploration.

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