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274 games like Joy the Pug

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01 Dadish 3 Cover

2022 · Android, Switch, PC

Dadish 3

90%

When his kids board a bus for a suspicious field trip, Dadish sets off to find them before they're turned into radish soup!

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Joy the Pug

90% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Gato Roboto Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, XONE

Gato Roboto

78%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship. Tiptoe outside the friendly...

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Joy the Pug

78% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Terror of Hemasaurus Cover

2022 · Switch, PC, PS4

Terror of Hemasaurus

76%

A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.

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Joy the Pug

76% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Dadish 2 Cover

2021 · Android, Switch, PC

Dadish 2

70%

He’s a dad, and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! After an impromptu “Bring Your Kids To Work Day” goes awry, Dadish sets off to find his missing children. Along the way he’ll wade through swamps, ride rockets, climb a big tree, and even vi...

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Joy the Pug

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Genopanic Cover

2024 · Switch, PC, PS4

Genopanic

70%

Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research co...

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Joy the Pug

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Solar Ash Cover

2021 · Switch, PC, PS4

Solar Ash

68%

Journey through a surreal, vivid and highly stylized world filled with mystery, wild high-speed traversal, endearing characters, and massive enemy encounters. The Void beckons…

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Joy the Pug

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Trover Saves the Universe Cover

2019 · Meta Quest 2, Switch, PC

Trover Saves the Universe

61%

Wonderful. Your dogs have been dognapped by a beaked lunatic who stuffed them into his eye holes and is using their life essence to destroy the universe. Does that make any sense? You've partnered with Trover, a little purple eye hole monster to save them. Fin...

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Joy the Pug

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Humanity Cover

2023 · Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, PC

Humanity

61%

A unique blend of puzzle-solving and action-platforming. Play a lone Shiba Inu charged with commanding massive, marching crowds to the goal in Story Mode, or browse a wide array of user-made levels crafted via the in-game Stage Creator!

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Joy the Pug

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

56%

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman in sin...

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Joy the Pug

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Rounds Cover

2021 · Switch, PC, PS4

Rounds

56%

Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.

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Joy the Pug

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Anderer Spielmodus als beim Ausgangsspiel · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Wall World Cover

2023 · Switch, PC, PS5

Wall World

55%

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

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Joy the Pug

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Broforce Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Broforce

54%

When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the o...

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Joy the Pug

54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Super Meat Boy Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Super Meat Boy

53%

Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control Meat Boy, a small, dark red, cube-shaped character who must rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl from the scientist Dr. Fetus. The game is divided into chapters containing over 300 levels, each requiring...

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Joy the Pug

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Shovel Knight Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, 3DS

Shovel Knight

53%

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has...

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Joy the Pug

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Katana Zero Cover

2019 · Android, Mac, Switch

Katana Zero

50%

Katana Zero is a fast paced neo-noir action platformer, focusing on tight, instant-death acrobatic combat, and a dark 80's neon aesthetic. Aided with your trusty katana, the time manipulation drug Chronos and the rest of your assassin's arsenal, fight your way...

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Joy the Pug

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

49%

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...

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Joy the Pug

49% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 Hollow Knight Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight

48%

A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the ki...

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Joy the Pug

48% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

48%

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...

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Joy the Pug

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Dead Cells Cover

2018 · Android, Linux, Mac

Dead Cells

48%

Dead Cells is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer combining roguelike and Metroidvania design. Players control the Prisoner, an immortal creature that possesses corpses and fights through procedurally generated levels filled with mutated enemies. Combat cent...

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Joy the Pug

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Hollow Knight: Silksong Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight: Silksong

48%

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to you...

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Joy the Pug

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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