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Games like Max & the Magic Marker

2010PC, PlayStation74 % positive

You literally redraw Max's world with his magic marker to stop a rampaging monster. Its appeal lies in reshaping each level on the fly while you jump through classic 2D platforming.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Pixel art
  • Interconnected level design
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

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In short: Games like Max & the Magic Marker

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Max & the Magic Marker special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Bomb Chicken

91 %Match

2018PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch87 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Max & the Magic Marker: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as interconnected level design.

You play a chicken that lays bombs after a freak accident and blast your way through tricky platforming stages. Its appeal lies in clever bomb-based puzzles and the goofy charm of its pixel art.

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ElecHead

Pixel art

You play Elec, a short-circuiting robot who charges whatever it touches, and use that ability to solve clever puzzles and navigate platforming sections. The appeal lies in experimenting with electricity and the environment in a compact pixel-art adventure.

Escape Goat

Puzzles and brain teasers

A tight puzzle platformer in which a goat wrongly jailed for witchcraft breaks out of prison using its horns, jumping skills and a magic mouse companion. Room-by-room puzzles with switches, blocks and traps are clever and charming in a pixel-art style.

Escape Goat 2

Jumping and platforming

A puzzle platformer where a goat hops and thinks its way through a huge fortress full of traps, using switches, machinery and a helpful mouse. Rooms are cleverly designed, with quirky humor and hidden secrets.

Mighty Switch Force!

Puzzles and brain teasers

In Mighty Switch Force! you solve clever room puzzles by flipping switch blocks that make platforms appear or vanish by color. The mix of precise jumping and brainteasers is what makes it stand out.

Wunderling

Jumping and platforming

You play a lowly villain minion who runs forward automatically and can only jump, so every move must be planned ahead. A humorous, precise platformer that cheekily flips the usual hero role.

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