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Games like Shiny

2016PCPlayStationXbox9.99 €

You guide the little robot Kramer 227 across a dying planet, collecting energy to keep your battery alive. A classic platformer mixing exploration, light puzzles and time pressure.

Jumping and platforming
Sci-fi setting
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat

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Best alternative overall: Scrap Garden 88% match – Jumping and platforming
Without combat: Mushroom 11 88% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Motorslice 85% match – released 2026

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Scrap Garden

88 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified76 % positive8.19 €

A charming puzzle-platformer where you guide a small robot named Canny through an abandoned, frozen city, uncovering the mystery of why everything stopped.

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Mushroom 11

Pure single-player experience

You guide a shapeless organism by erasing its cells, and that is how you move through a ruined world. The unusual control scheme turns each puzzle into a creative experiment.

Magnetic By Nature

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced indie platformer where you play the last robot and use magnetism to swing through forgotten ruins instead of hopping across traditional platforms. Fluid movement, split-second decisions and light puzzles define it.

Laraan

Pure single-player experience

Laraan sends you exploring a deserted science-fiction world where jumping challenges and puzzles blend together. Its minimalist low-poly look and strong soundtrack make the loneliness of the landscape palpable.

Solar Ash

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

You skate as Rei through a surreal black hole, scaling colossal bosses in a vivid, highly stylized world. Fast, fluid traversal and epic boss encounters are the heart of the game.

SteamWorld Dig 2

Pure single-player experience

A Metroidvania where you play a steambot digging through the earth, uncovering treasure and secrets while upgrading your gear. Digging, platforming and puzzles mesh smoothly, making exploration highly compelling.

Iconoclasts

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

As mechanic Robin you shoot, jump and wrench your way through a crumbling world. This pixel-art adventure stands out with tough boss fights and a personal story about faith and purpose.

Out There Somewhere

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A stranded space explorer must reach the core of a hostile alien planet with limited fuel. The game blends clever puzzles with platforming action in an otherworldly setting.

Motorslice

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A parkour action-adventure set in the ruins of a megastructure, where you climb enormous bosses and track down construction machines. Movement and exploration appear to be the focus.

Space Station Silicon Valley

Pure single-player experience

As Evo, a microchip, you possess robotic animals and use their unique abilities to get through platforming and puzzle sections on a rogue space station. Its quirky humor and creature-swapping mechanic make it stand out.