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26 Great Games Like Hey! Pikmin

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Hey! Pikmin is a spinoff game from the Pikmin series. In this game Captain Olimar crash lands on a planet and needs to find fuel to escape, leading a group of Pikmin through 2D side scrolling levels collecting the Sparklium. Players enter a level and use the Pikmin they find in that level whilst exploring.

If you enjoyed Hey! Pikmin, there are other games in the Pikmin franchise you should try. Unfortunately, Hey! Pikmin is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Hey! Pikmin

Game Details

Release Date: 28/07/2017

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS

Content Rating: PEGI 3

Players: 1

Genres: Action, Platform (Adventure, Collecting, Puzzle and Traversal)

Accessibility: 6 features

Components: 2D Side-On

Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)

Costs: Purchase cost

6 Similar Games Short List

Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Hey! Pikmin. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Hey! Pikmin.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Release Date: 08/10/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a side-on running and jumping game starring the characters from the 3D platform game Yooka-Laylee. You control Yooka, a male chameleon, and Laylee, a female bat and take on a level...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Series)

Release Date: 11/03/2015, updated in 2020

Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Both Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps place you in control of a diminutive elfish spirit called Ori. You run, jump and solve platforming challenges to progress through the world. As you do new powers are unlocked that allow you...

Yoku's Island Express

Release Date: 29/05/2018

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Open World

Yoku's Island Express combines pinball and running and jumping games. You run, bounce and collect special items, engage in battles with fantasy enemies and explore a large open-world. Just like a classic pinball machine you use paddles and bumpers...

Unravel

Unravel (Series)

Release Date: 09/02/2016, updated in 2018

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Unravel and the two-player Unravel Two are a pair of jumping and swinging platform games where you control a character made out of wool. As well as making him look super cute, the wool is used to swing around and interact with objects.

Pikuniku

Release Date: 24/01/2019

Platforms: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Pikuniku is an adventure where you play a red creature, Piku, on a mission to harvest the colourful world's resources. You interact with different objects to trigger switches and open doors. You can also lasso your legs to swing from hooks or curl into...

Journey to the Savage Planet

Release Date: 28/10/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4, Stadia, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

Journey to the Savage Planet is an adventure-shooting game played from a first-person perspective. You explore a planet to catalogue various alien flora and fauna and collect the resources you need to craft items and upgrades like jetpacks and grappling...

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Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Hey! Pikmin. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Hey! Pikmin.

Terraria

Release Date: 25/11/2013, updated in 2019

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Day and Night, Pixels and Weather

Terraria looks like a 2D, lesser, version of Minecraft. However, this is a game every bit as complex and creative as the better-known block building game. To the world-crafting and survival it adds hundreds of items to collect, characters to defeat and...

Limbo

Release Date: 05/06/2013, updated in 2015

Platforms: Android, PS Vita, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One and iOS

Components: 2D Side-On

Control a small boy as he runs, jumps and climbs through a dark, silhouetted forest that clanks and hums with foreboding. As the age-rating suggests, he is killed in all manner of gruesome ways. But this is not without reason. Rather than violent...

Treachery in Beatdown City

Release Date: 31/03/2020

Platforms: PC and Switch

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Treachery in Beatdown City is a fighting game with a retro pixelated art style. It combines the popular beat'em up mechanics from games like Double Dragon, where you take on enemy characters with fists, kicks and weapons, with role play elements....

Steamworld Dig

Steamworld Dig (Series)

Release Date: 31/08/2017

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Mac, PC, PS Vita and PS4

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

The SteamWorld Dig series are action platform games where you play steam-powered robots trying to recover their lost civilisation. The two games in the series draws on classics like Dig Dug, Rick Dangerous, Repton and Boulderdash.

16 Video Games Like Hey! Pikmin Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Hey! Pikmin. This includes games from the Puzzle, Action, Adventure, Platform, Collecting and Traversal genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

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Celeste

Cuphead

Eagle Island

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Rainbow Islands

Grapple Dog

VVVVVV

Greak: Memories of Azur

Pompom

Rayman Legends

Rayman Origins

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Kuro: A Shadow's Dream

9 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Hey! Pikmin

If you like the sound of Hey! Pikmin but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Hey! Pikmin Accessibility Report.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Yoku's Island Express

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Journey to the Savage Planet

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26 Great Games Like Hey! Pikmin

Game Details

6 Similar Games Short List

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Series)

Yoku's Island Express

Unravel (Series)

Pikuniku

Journey to the Savage Planet

4 Similar Games Long List

Terraria

Limbo

Treachery in Beatdown City

Steamworld Dig (Series)

16 Video Games Like Hey! Pikmin Based on Genre

9 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Hey! Pikmin

Hey! Pikmin is in These Lists

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Difficulty Options:	Simple and Full Version No Memorisation Advantage No Hidden Information No Deceit Advantage No Colour Advantage No Mathematics Advantage No Weighing Decisions

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Assistance Getting Started:	Clear Manual Electronic Version of Manual Electronic Version of Manual for Screen Readers Getting Started Video Digital Version Reference Aid
Assistance Progressing:	Play Order Tokens (Or play order doesn’t change) Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Low Impact Catch Up Rule

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Necessary Text Visibility:	Large Clear Text on Board (Or no text required) Large Clear Text on Cards (Or no text required) High Contrast Text (Or no text required) QR Code For Text (Or no text required) Primary and Secondary Text Distinguishable (Or no text required) Information Orientation Clear Icons

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Pieces:	Components are Distinguishable by Touch Components are Replaceable No Non-Standard Dice (Or No Dice) No Tiny Pieces No Paper Money No Sprawl
Cards:	Large Card Size Standard Card Shape Limited Hand Management No Excessive Card Shuffling No Right-Handed Advantage
Placement:	No Unbound Placement Player Components Not Shared No Fiddly Placement Easily Verbalised Actions

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Communication:	Audio Cues Mirrored Visually (Or no critical audio signals) No Pressured Reveals No Pressured Communication Playable Without Hearing

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