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The Cub is a retro running and jumping game where you play a small child in the same post-environmental disaster as Highwater and Golf Wasteland. It's like playing a classic console platform game but with modern parkour movement and puzzles to bring it up to date.
If you enjoyed The Cub, there are other games in the Wasteland franchise you should try. Unfortunately, The Cub is not available on Android, Mac, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 19/01/2024
Price: 50% off
Out Now: PC
Players: 1
Genres: Narrative, Platform (Adventure and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Developer: Demagog Studio (@Demagog_Studio)
Costs: Purchase cost
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed The Cub. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed The Cub.
Contrast is a traversal puzzle game set in a surreal 1920s world of vaudeville, film noir and jazz clubs.
Contrast is a traversal puzzle game set in a surreal 1920s world of vaudeville, film noir and jazz clubs. To move through each area you use your light to create shadowy platforms that you can use to progress.
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Unravel Two is a jumping and swinging platform game where you control a character made out of wool.
Unravel Two is a jumping and swinging platform game 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.
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Chariot is a cooperative running and jumping game where you work with another player to haul a wheeled Chariot to the end of each level.
Chariot is a cooperative running and jumping game where you work with another player to haul a wheeled Chariot to the end of each level. Pushing, pulling or dragging with ropes, you need to use the real physics of the game to solve puzzles and time jumps to get the heavy objects to their destinations.
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Greak: Memories of Azur is running, jumping and sword fighting game.
Greak: Memories of Azur is running, jumping and sword fighting game. You play in a hand-animated world as three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel who travel through the lands of Azur.
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Planet Alpha is a running and jumping game.
Planet Alpha is a running and jumping game. You're a wounded hero hobbling across an alien planet, but how did he get into this state? Travel across beautiful, mysterious and often deadly landscapes, you unfold the story of your marooned astronaut.
Voyage is a cinematic adventure puzzle game, where you play alone or cooperatively to guide two survivors on their journey to unravel a mystery from the past and find their way home.
Voyage is a cinematic adventure puzzle game, where you play alone or cooperatively to guide two survivors on their journey to unravel a mystery from the past and find their way home. You move through the world without guidance and must experiment to interact and solve puzzles to make your way onward.
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed The Cub. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed The Cub.
Inside is from the same developer as Limbo.
Inside is from the same developer as Limbo. As such, you play another boy in a dark dream-light and horrific world.
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Limbo is a narrative traversal game where you control a small boy as he runs, jumps and climbs through a dark, silhouetted forest that clanks and hums with foreboding.
Limbo is a narrative traversal game where you 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.
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Valiant Hearts The Great War is an adventure game set during World War I.
Valiant Hearts The Great War is an adventure game set during World War I. You play four characters who help a young German soldier find his love in a story about survival, sacrifice and friendship.
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A Juggler's Tale is a running and jumping game where you guide Abby, a string puppet through a dangerous world where you need to solve puzzles and avoid traps.
A Juggler's Tale is a running and jumping game where you guide Abby, a string puppet through a dangerous world where you need to solve puzzles and avoid traps. You move crates, pull levers, jump over hazards and try to outrun chasers.
Yoku's Island Express combines pinball and running and jumping games.
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.
Another World (Out of This World in North America) is a retro cinematic running, jumping and shooting game about a young scientist who, as a result of a failed experiment finds himself in a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival.
Another World (Out of This World in North America) is a retro cinematic running, jumping and shooting game about a young scientist who, as a result of a failed experiment finds himself in a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival. The game was ahead of its time for the use of vector graphics to create a sense of character movement.
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Flashback is a running and jumping game with a strong narrative.
Flashback is a running and jumping game with a strong narrative. Made in the 90s it's similar to Another World and Prince of Persia.
Raji: An Ancient Epic is a running and jumping puzzle game drawing on Hindu and Balinese history.
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Rain World: Downpour, and Rain World are traversal and survival games where you play a half-cat, half-slug in a living breathing world.
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Somerville is an atmospheric platform game about a family in a warzone.
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Deadlight takes the monochrome running, jumping and shooting action in a more mature direction and with a deeper and coherent story.
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Golf Club: Wasteland is a golf game in an unusual setting.
Golf Club: Wasteland is a golf game in an unusual setting. You play on an earth decimated by an environmental catastrophe.
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Shelter and its sequels are traversal games where you play as a mother animal guiding her cubs to safety.
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If The Cub is not age appropriate for your child, here are similar games ordered by age rating so you can find an age-appropriate alternative that’s also a game they will love.
These are our hand-picked alternatives to The Cub. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Labyrinth. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
Cantaloop is a trilogy of goofy point-and-click adventure games in book form.
Cantaloop is a trilogy of goofy point-and-click adventure games in book form. It's set in 1976 where you play Oz "Hook" Carpenter who's just returned from exile and is seeking revenge.
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D or DnD) is an adventure role-playing game first released in 1974, which has been loved and refined by many since then.
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D or DnD) is an adventure role-playing game first released in 1974, which has been loved and refined by many since then. It's a tabletop game in that you play sitting around a table with a rulebook and figures.
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These are games of a similar genre mix to The Cub. This includes games from the Narrative, Puzzle, Adventure and Platform genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.
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Treasures of the Aegean is a Tin Tin-style tomb raiding adventure game.
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Neva is a narrative running and jumping game about a young woman's lifelong bond with a wolf.
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In addition to the similar games listed above, which have been linked to this game specifically in the database, you may find games with a similar theme to The Cub in the following lists: