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Games like Yury

2014PC57 % positive

Yury is a deliberately retro platform and arcade action game that pairs classic mechanics and tough challenge with the eerie mood of sci-fi survival horror.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Pixel art
  • Dread and tension
  • Sci-fi setting

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In short: Games like Yury

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Yury special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Will You Snail?

86 %Match

2022PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive10.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Yury: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as a demanding difficulty.

A punishing precision platformer where you play a snail dodging traps from a malicious AI that anticipates your moves. Tight jumps, optional puzzles and a dark simulation mystery drive the experience.

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Sonic.EXE

Dread and tension

A short fan-made horror platformer that twists Sonic's cheerful world into a nightmare: as Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik you flee a malevolent Sonic through eerie, lifeless levels.

Abuse

Dread and tension

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.

Blackthorne

Jumping and platforming

A grim cinematic platformer in the vein of Prince of Persia: as Kyle Blackthorne you climb, take cover and shotgun your way through mines and fortresses on the planet Tuul. Precise timing, cover-based gunfights and light puzzles define its unforgiving pace.

Intrusion 2

Jumping and platforming

A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.

Blitz Breaker

Jumping and platforming

You guide the tiny robot Blitz through a hostile factory using nothing but jumps and four-directional air dashes. The minimal control scheme turns every stage into a satisfying test of precise timing.

MO:Astray

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

Mutant Mudds

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A tight retro platformer where you hover with a jetpack and blast mutant mud monsters while hopping between three depth layers in each level. Its pixel art and precise controls evoke the 8- and 16-bit era.

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