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12 Great Games Like Deadlight

These are hand-picked games similar to Deadlight. Our experts have spent time searching for great games like Deadlight. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we identify games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Deadlight, or as younger rated alternatives for players not ready for PEGI 18+ or ESRB MATURE 17+ games. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
 

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 single character trying to survive the zombies to get to his family, which he does by running, jumping and solving puzzles.

Unfortunately, Deadlight is not available on Android, Mac, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme, and at a lower age rating:

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Deadlight
PEGI Rating 18+ for DeadlightESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Deadlight

DetailsGame Details

Rating: PEGI 18+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: 10/07/2012, updated in 2013

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Genres: Narrative and Platform

Developer: @TequilaWorks

Players: This is a single player game

Costs: Purchase cost

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Ori and the Blind Forest
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Ori and the Blind ForestESRB Rating EVERYONE for Ori and the Blind Forest

Ori and the Blind Forest (Series)

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE

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

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

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative and Platform

Players: This is a single player game

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...


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Frostpunk
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PEGI Rating 16+ for FrostpunkESRB Rating TEEN for Frostpunk

Frostpunk

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 29/03/2018, updated in 2019

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Strategy

Players: This is a single player game

Frostpunk is a city-building survival game set in an alternate 1886 with a devastating winter setting in. You are tasked with running a city by managing resources to ensure the city’s survival. Your choices can have negative and positive consequences.


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Unto The End
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Unto The End

Expected Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 09/12/2020

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Fighting, Narrative, Role-Playing and Simulation

Developer: @2TonStudios

Players: This is a single player game

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...


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Another World
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Another WorldESRB Rating TEEN for Another World

Another World

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 30/11/2019

Platforms: Android, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Narrative and Platform

Players: This is a single player game

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...


Game image This War Of Mine

This War Of Mine
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PEGI Rating 18+ for This War Of MineESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for This War Of Mine

This War Of Mine

Rating: PEGI 18+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: 14/11/2014

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Narrative, Role-Playing, Shooting, Simulation and Strategy

Developer: @11BitStudios

Players: This is a single player game

Inspired by the 1992–96 Siege of Sarajevo, this is a war game where you play the civilian trying to survive during the fighting. You face tough decisions on how to spend time and resources each day to maintain health, hunger and mood levels until a...


Game image Limbo

Limbo
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PEGI Rating 16+ for LimboESRB Rating TEEN for Limbo

Limbo

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

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

Platforms: Android, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Narrative, Platform and Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

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...


Game image The Swapper

The Swapper
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PEGI Rating 7+ for The SwapperESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for The Swapper

The Swapper

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 30/05/2013, updated in 2019

Platforms: Nintendo Wii U, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Platform

Developer: @FacePalmGames

Players: This is a single player game

The Swapper is a platform-adventure where you explore a damaged space station to collect orbs that open doors into other areas. Unusually, you can clone your character multiple times and then control it to help you solve puzzles and progress in various...


Game image Inside

Inside
PEGI Rating 18+ for InsideESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Inside

Inside

Rating: PEGI 18+, ESRB MATURE 17+

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

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative and Platform

Players: This is a single player game

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.


Game image Flashback

Flashback
PEGI Rating 12+ for FlashbackESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Flashback

Flashback

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

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

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Platform

Players: This is a single player game

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.


Game image No Time to Explain

No Time to Explain
PEGI Rating 16+ for No Time to ExplainESRB Rating TEEN for No Time to Explain

No Time to Explain

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 17/06/2015

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Wii U, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle and Simulation

Developer: @tinyBuild

Players: This is a single player game

No Time to Explain is a running, jumping and shooting game where you play a man chasing his future self through time. As the game evolves you must progress to solve time puzzles and complete platforming challenges.


Game image Overwhelm

Overwhelm
PEGI Rating 7+ for OverwhelmESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Overwhelm

Overwhelm

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 04/04/2019

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch and PC

Genres: Platform and Shooting

Players: You can play with 2 players in the same room

Overwhelm is a running jumping game set in a pixilated dark bloody world. The twist, apart from the mild-horror theme, is that it's your enemies that power up rather than you. You explore the oppressive caverns of the hive, guided only by a sparse map.


Game image Zombies Run

Zombies Run
PEGI Rating 12+ for Zombies RunESRB Rating TEEN for Zombies Run

Zombies Run

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 27/02/2012, updated in 2019

Platforms: Android and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative and Physically Active

Players: This is a single player game

Zombies Run is a combination of fitness app, radio play and zombie game. You choose the distance on the app, run in the real world and the narrative plays in your headphones.


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Biomutant
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PEGI Rating 12+ for BiomutantESRB Rating TEEN for Biomutant
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Treachery in Beatdown City
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Treachery in Beatdown CityESRB Rating TEEN for Treachery in Beatdown City
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Uncharted: Golden Abyss
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PEGI Rating 16+ for Uncharted Golden AbyssESRB Rating TEEN for Uncharted Golden Abyss
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Barbearian
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PEGI Rating 7+ for BarbearianESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Barbearian

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PEGI Rating 16+ for Marvels SpiderMan Miles MoralesESRB Rating TEEN for Marvels SpiderMan Miles Morales
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