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176 games like The Countdown

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01 Hollow Knight Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight

34%

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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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

02 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

34%

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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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

03 Journey Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, PS4

Journey

34%

A third-person adventure game in which the player, controlling a robed figure, makes a pilgrimage through a desert landscape to a rugged mountain with a beacon of light in the distance while uncovering the history of their people, rescuing and cooperating with...

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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

04 Super Meat Boy Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Super Meat Boy

34%

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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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

05 Dead Cells Cover

2018 · Android, Linux, Mac

Dead Cells

34%

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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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

06 Shovel Knight Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, 3DS

Shovel Knight

34%

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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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

07 Hollow Knight: Silksong Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight: Silksong

34%

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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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

08 Oxenfree Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Oxenfree

34%

Oxenfree is a single-player graphic adventure game played from a 2.5D perspective, with the player controlling a teenager named Alex. Its central mechanic is a "walk and talk" system, where dialogue appears as speech bubbles and the player chooses responses in...

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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

09 Mark of the Ninja Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, PC

Mark of the Ninja

34%

Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling action stealth video game developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. It was announced on February 28, 2012 and later released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on September 7, 2012. A Microsoft...

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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
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10 Night in the Woods Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Night in the Woods

34%

Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town. Mae's a cat so the roofs and ledges and powerlines are all her playground, and she's not the only one up there by a long sho...

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The Countdown

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

11 A Short Hike Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

A Short Hike

32%

A Short Hike is an exploration adventure game set in Hawk Peak Provincial Park. Players control Claire, a young bird who sets out to reach the summit of Hawk Peak while waiting for an important phone call. The game allows players to climb, glide and explore t...

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The Countdown

32% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
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12 Firewatch Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Firewatch

31%

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start t...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
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13 The Stanley Parable Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Stanley Parable

31%

A first-person exploration game built around branching narrative choices and an omniscient narrator who reacts to the player's decisions. Players navigate an office environment, choosing whether to follow or defy the narrator's directions, with each choice lea...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

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

14 Outlast Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Outlast

31%

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enou...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
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15 Subnautica Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Subnautica

31%

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
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16 Among Us Cover

2018 · Android, Switch, PC

Among Us

31%

Play with 4-15 player online or via local WiFi as you attempt to prepare your spaceship for departure, but beware as one or more random players among the Crew are Impostors bent on killing everyone! Originally created as a party game, we recommend playing wit...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Cover

2017 · Android, Linux, Mac

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

31%

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA a...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

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

18 Garry's Mod Cover

2004 · Linux, Mac, PC

Garry's Mod

31%

Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze o...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode
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19 Castle Crashers Cover

2008 · Mac, PC, PS3

Castle Crashers

31%

This four player RPG adventure will let you hack, slash, and smash your way to victory. Featuring hand-drawn characters, Castle Crashers delivers unique hi-res illustrated visuals and intense gameplay action. Play with up to three friends and discover mind-bog...

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The Countdown

31% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

20 Undertale Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Undertale

30%

A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging...

Your match for

The Countdown

30% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Side view Perspective
Trade-offs

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

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