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47 Great Games Like Another World

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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 on a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival.

Unfortunately, Another World is not available on Mac or PC. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Another World

Game Details

Release Date: 30/11/2019

Price: 60% off

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Android, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Content Rating: PEGI 12

Players: 1

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Narrative and Platform

Developer: Eric Chahi (@EricChahi)

Costs: Purchase cost

31 Hand Picked Video Games Like Another World

These are our hand-picked Video Game games similar to Another World. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Another World, or as younger rated alternatives for players not ready for PEGI 12 or ESRB TEEN games. These selections also include Video Game games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.

Stray

Release Date: 19/07/2022

Platforms: PC, PS4 and PS5

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

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Far: Lone Sails

Release Date: 02/04/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Far: Lone Sails is an exploration adventure video game. You pilot a ramshackle amphibious vehicle propelled by large sails to explore a post-apocalypse world.

Oxenfree

Release Date: 14/01/2016, updated in 2016

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

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Savior

Release Date: Coming soon

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

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...

Inside

Release Date: 29/06/2016, updated in 2018

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

Inside is from the same developer as Limbo. As such, you play another boy in a dark dream-light and horrific world. Here though, it's more modern-day and realistic.

Forgotton Anne

Release Date: 15/05/2018

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Forgotton Anne (Forgotten Anne) is a hand-animated adventure that combines cartoon (Ghibli-inspired) storytelling with running and jumping puzzles. You play as Anne, the enforcer who keeps order in the Forgotten Lands, as she sets out to squash a...

Limbo

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

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

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...

Voyage

Release Date: 19/02/2021, updated in 2022

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

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

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...

Far: Changing Tides

Release Date: 01/03/2022

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

Far: Changing Tides is an exploration adventure that follows Far: Lone Sail. You work to keep your dilapidated craft from breaking as you explore the ruins of a flooded world.

Ghost Trick

Release Date: 19/06/2010

Platforms: DS and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a game where you play a ghost that can stop time to solve crimes and save lives. You can inhabit and control objects and possess corpses to alter what happens. His ultimate aim is to use his memories to find out how he...

Little Orpheus

Release Date: 12/06/2020, updated in 2022

Platforms: Mac, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

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Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia (Series)

Release Date: 03/10/1989

Platforms: PS2, PS3, Xbox and Xbox 360

Prince of Persia is a long-standing game series dating back to the early 90's. The games all feature the titular prince who must escape a maze of platform-based levels. The game first impressed with its unusually fluid movement and life-like animation....

Somerville

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC and Xbox Series X|S

Somerville is an atmospheric platform game about a family in a warzone. A man, a woman, their child and their dog work to survive and progress through the landscape.

A Juggler's Tale

Release Date: 27/08/2020, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

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.

MO: Astray

Release Date: 25/10/2019, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, PC, Switch and iOS

MO:Astray is a puzzle, jumping and exploration game. Rather than control a character who runs, you control an amorphous blob. To get around you have to use the game's unique movement mechanics to take advantage of the cleverly designed levels.

Unto The End

Release Date: 09/12/2020

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

Unto The End is a cinematic combat-adventure where the fighting is modelled in a read-and-react style. It requires time to master the unusual system but offers many ways to take on foes. Tactics and intelligent decisions are as important for survival as...

Deadlight

Release Date: 10/07/2012, updated in 2016

Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Deadlight takes the monochrome running, jumping and shooting action in a more mature direction and with a deeper and coherent story. It draws on older (and equally excellent) platform games Another World and Flashback. You control Randall Wayne, a...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Release Date: 21/01/2021, updated in 2021

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

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a platform game based in a fictional world called Land's End. Rainfall has transformed all living things into monsters known as the Blighted. You control Lily, a bright white figure, who awakens as the last...

Replaced

Release Date: Coming soon

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

Replaced is a platform game set in a grim dystopian alternate 1980s America. You play as an Artificial Intelligence trapped inside a human wanting to escape.

Flashback

Release Date: 01/10/2013, updated in 2018

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

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.

Lunark

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch

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Release Date: 03/06/2013

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Release Date: 08/07/2016

Platforms: Mac and PC

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Axiom Verge 2

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Release Date: 24/08/2015, updated in 2017

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

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Release Date: Coming soon

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

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Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

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16 Video Games Like Another World Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Another World. This includes games from the Fighting, Action, Adventure, Platform and Narrative genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

Stardew Valley

Terraria

Lego

The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons

The Secret of Monkey Island

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