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Games like Flashback

2013PCPlayStationXbox60 % positive9.99 €

You play Conrad Hart, hunting for clues about his lost memories on an alien-infested Earth. Paul Cuisset's remake blends cinematic platforming with clever puzzles, sneaky sequences and the tense feeling of narrowly escaping death.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for Flashback are Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition, Velocity 2X and Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Flashback special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

92 %Match

2011PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified85 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Flashback: jumping and platforming, a sci-fi setting as well as puzzles to figure out.

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.

Velocity 2X

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast sci-fi game that blends top-down shoot-'em-up stages with quick platforming and teleport-based puzzle sections. It's all about speed, precise control and chasing best times.

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Puzzles and brain teasers

A remake of the classic Abe's Oddysee in which you play Abe, an enslaved Mudokon sneaking and puzzling through a sinister meat factory, rescuing fellow workers via the GameSpeak system. Dark humor and a quirky world define the precise 2.5D platforming.

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast, old-school 2D action platformer where you play as Gunvolt and his rival Copen, tagging enemies and unleashing flashy lock-on attacks. It emphasizes tight stages, boss fights and score chasing with an anime flavor.

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

Action-packed real-time combat

As bounty hunter Jango Fett, you track down targets across the Star Wars galaxy in this third-person action game set before Attack of the Clones. Jetpack, dual blasters and gadgets drive the linear, mission-based levels.

Lunark

Lavish presentation

A cinematic 2D platformer in the spirit of classics like Another World and Flashback, with fluid rotoscope-style animation and a sci-fi tale spanning alien ruins and futuristic cities.

DeadCore

Challenging difficulty

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.

Inside

Lavish presentation

A wordless, oppressive puzzle-platformer in which a boy slips through a bleak dystopia, controlling bodies with his mind along the way. Masterful atmosphere and a disturbing finale make it unforgettable.

American Arcadia

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle-platformer set in a 70s retro-futuristic city that is secretly a deadly reality show. You try to escape the cameras and uncover the truth, alternating between 2D puzzles, stealth sections and 3D chase sequences.

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

Puzzles and brain teasers

A quirky puzzle-platformer where Abe sneaks, possesses enemies and uses GameSpeak to rescue enslaved Mudokons. Dark humor and an odd industrial dystopia meet unforgiving, trial-and-error puzzles.

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