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2009PCXbox83 % positive9.99 €

You guide a hungry purple alien creature on a leash as Frank through short levels, gaining new abilities like fire-breathing or flight by eating objects and enemies. A light, humorous platform-puzzle adventure.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Lots of humour
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Cosy, great for unwinding

The closest matches for The Maw are Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, Quantum Conundrum and Pikuniku. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Maw special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

96 %Match

2012PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable94 % positive10.25 €

Brings what grabs you about The Maw: jumping and platforming, a sci-fi setting as well as plenty of humour.

You play a growing alien blob that rolls through levels devouring everything and getting bigger and more powerful. A humorous B-movie puzzle-platformer with a cartoon look and clever mutation abilities.

Quantum Conundrum

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle game set in an eccentric professor's mansion where you shift dimensions to change objects' weight, gravity and time to solve test chambers. It has dry humor and a cartoonish look.

Pikuniku

Cosy, great for unwinding

A charming, absurdly funny puzzle-platformer where you play a little red creature who rolls, kicks and swings through a quirky world while uncovering a silly conspiracy. Its bold minimalist look and gentle difficulty make it very approachable.

LocoRoco

Cosy, great for unwinding

Instead of controlling the character, you tilt the world to roll, bounce and grow cheerful singing blobs through vivid levels. Charming, relaxed, and full of unmistakable style and music.

LocoRoco 2

Cosy, great for unwinding

A bright, cheerful platformer where you tilt the landscape to roll, bounce and sing blobby creatures through stages. Charming music and a gentle pace make it a warm, feel-good experience.

Yupitergrad

Sci-fi setting

A VR platformer set in a Soviet-flavored dieselpunk space, where you swing through zero gravity with grappling hooks. Quirky humor and tricky skill-based puzzles define the experience.

A Boy and His Blob

Cosy, great for unwinding

A charming puzzle-platformer where a boy feeds jellybeans to his shapeshifting blob companion to turn it into bridges, trampolines and other tools. Its hand-drawn look and gentle tone make for a relaxed adventure.

De Blob 2

Distinctive, stylised art style

As a colorful blob you bounce and roll through drab cities, painting them back to life with color and music. A light, humorous mix of platforming and puzzle challenges against the color-stealing Inkies.

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