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2023PEGI 3Nintendo Switch

You guide Captain Olimar and swarms of colour-coded Pikmin across a huge alien planet to recover his scattered ship parts. Real-time squad management, light puzzles and exploration are tied together by a tense 30-day oxygen clock.

  • Resources and survival
  • A party of several characters
  • Economy and management
  • Interconnected level design
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Pikmin 1 special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Oxygen Not Included

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2019PC, Steam Deck verified96 % positive22.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Pikmin 1: scarce resources and survival, economy and management as well as a party of several characters.

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

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Space Crew: Legendary Edition

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Slime Rancher

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As rancher Beatrix, you vacuum up adorable slimes on a distant planet, feed them and sell their plorts to expand your ranch. It pairs a laid-back farming loop with relaxed exploration of a colorful world full of secrets and new slime species.

Hammerting

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A vertical dwarven mining colony sim where you lead a clan of colorful dwarves, dig deep, forge weapons and supply goods for a war raging on the surface.

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Resources and survival

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Masters of Anima

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