22 Great Games Like Aurascope on Mac

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Aurascope is a retro running and jumping game that combines elements from other genres. The platform action is central but you also have a lot of collecting and exploration to do. As much as the gameplay, the game stands out for its fast skill-based action and rich ways to interact with the world as you run, jump and puzzle your way around. The result is a game that harks back to classics like Turrican, Fire and Ice and Sonic, while also offering new twists of its own.

Aurascope

Game Details

Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: PC

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Action, Platform (Collecting and Puzzle)

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Developer: Aurascope Game (@AurascopeGame)

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 Aurascope. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Aurascope.

Towerfall

Release Date: 25/06/2013, updated in 2017

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Towerfall is a fighting platform game where each player selects a pixelated knight and fights to eliminate opponents by shooting them with arrows or jumping on their heads. The arena is a single shared screen. What makes it so competitive is the limited...

Celeste

Release Date: 23/01/2018, updated in 2023

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Celeste is a platform game that requires players to use jumping and climbing moves to ascend an increasingly challenging two-dimensional mountain. You play Madeline, who is, perhaps unsurprisingly, haunted by self-doubt at the task in hand. She presses...

Axiom Verge 2

Axiom Verge 2 (Series)

Release Date: 31/03/2015, updated in 2017

Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Wii U and Xbox One

Coming Soon: Mac

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Axiom Verge is a series of running, jumping and fighting games where you play as Trace, a scientist who wakes up in an unknown ancient world. It's similar to retro games like Metroid and Contra where you explore levels, collect items and progress your...

Cave Story

Release Date: 20/12/2004, updated in 2018

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, PC, Switch and Wii

Coming Soon: Mac

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Cave Story is a running and jumping game styled after classic Metroid and Castlevania games of the 1980's. Unusually, it was initially overlooked until it gained popularity on the internet and then received widespread critical acclaim. The simplicity,...

Lunark

Release Date: 30/03/2023

Out Now: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Coming Soon: Mac

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Lunark is a platform game with simple pixelated graphics that tell a cinematic story. It's similar to games like Flashback that were popular in the 80s and 90s. You run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through mysterious alien ruins, a...

Cyber Shadow

Release Date: 26/01/2021

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Cyber Shadow is a retro running and jumping game where you defeat enemies and dodge obstacles. It combines classic 90's platforming games with modern controls and checkpoints that make it more enjoyable and approachable. Dodge and attack midair to...

6 Similar Games Long List

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

A Hat in Time

Release Date: 05/10/2017, updated in 2019

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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

A Hat in Time is a running, jumping and exploring game inspired by retro platform games like Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro the Dragon and Psychonauts. As you explore each of the worlds, you discover characters to talk to, enemies to battle and an...

Dead Cells

Release Date: 10/05/2017, updated in 2023

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Coming Soon: PS5

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Dead Cells is a running, jumping and fighting game where you are escaping a prison. In a bright pixelated world you must accurately time attacks and dodges to defeat a wide range of enemies. It's intentionally hard, and you will die a lot. But each time...

Savior

Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Savior is an action adventure game with hand-animated pixelated graphics. You play as Sam, a mysterious woman with hidden powers and innate acrobatic skills who has lost her memory and all possessions. Use diplomacy, parkour, and intricate combat to...

Carrion

Release Date: 23/07/2020

Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On

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Dandara: Trials of Fear

Release Date: 23/01/2018, updated in 2020

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Flinthook

Release Date: 14/04/2017

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Flinthook is running, swinging and shooting game where you get around using a grappling hook. It stands out for its focus on movement flow. As you learn how to move around quickly, you progress through a series of three ship-based levels to find and...

1 Easier Skill Rating than Aurascope

If you like the sound of Aurascope but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.

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16 Video Games Like Aurascope Based on Genre

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

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OCO

PEGI 3 Video Game Age Rating for OCO in UK and Europe

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Dandara: Trials of Fear

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22 Great Games Like Aurascope on Mac

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6 Similar Games Short List

Towerfall

Celeste

Axiom Verge 2 (Series)

Cave Story

Lunark

Cyber Shadow

6 Similar Games Long List

A Hat in Time

Dead Cells

Savior

Carrion

Dandara: Trials of Fear

Flinthook

1 Easier Skill Rating than Aurascope

16 Video Games Like Aurascope Based on Genre

Aurascope is in These Lists

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