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13 Great Games Like Flashback

These are hand-picked games similar to Flashback. Our experts have spent time searching for great games like Flashback. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we identify games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Flashback, or as younger rated alternatives for players not ready for PEGI 12+ or ESRB EVERYONE 10+ games. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
 

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.

Unfortunately, Flashback is not available on Android, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Game image Flashback

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

DetailsGame Details

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

Costs: Purchase cost

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Savior
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Savior

Expected Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: Coming soon

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

Genres: Action, Adventure and Platform

Developer: @StarsoftPDX

Players: This is a single player game

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...

Game image Voyage

Voyage
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Voyage

Expected Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 19/02/2021

Platforms: PC

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle

Developer: @VenturousGames

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

Voyage is a short 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.

Game image MO Astray

MO: Astray
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PEGI Rating 16+ for MO AstrayESRB Rating TEEN for MO Astray

MO: Astray

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

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

Platforms: Android, Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS

Genres: Narrative, Platform, Puzzle and Simulation

Developer: @MOAstrayRayark

Players: This is a single player game

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.

Game image Another World

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

Developer: @EricChahi

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 Myst

Myst
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PEGI Rating 7+ for MystESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Myst

Myst

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 01/01/1983

Platforms: Android, Mac, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation Portable and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle

Developer: @cyanworlds

Players: This is a single player game

Myst is a classic video game graphic adventure. Published in 1983, and selling over six million copies, it pre-dates many modern adventure games and created a new genre for gaming. Exploring by clicking in the world to move, you use a special book to...

Game image Beat Cop

Beat Cop
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PEGI Rating 18+ for Beat CopESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Beat Cop

Beat Cop

Rating: PEGI 18+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: 27/11/2018

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

Genres: Adventure and Narrative

Developer: @PxCrow

Players: This is a single player game

Beat Cop is a police crime drama where you have been framed for murder. Back on the street, you navigate the pixilated 80’s Miami Vice world to find out who did it. Your approach and decisions matter. Will you go in with the mafia or stay straight?...

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

Developer: @Playdead

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 Lunark

Lunark
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Lunark

Expected Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch and PC

Genres: Action, Narrative, Platform and Puzzle

Developer: @CanariGames

Players: This is a single player game

Lunark is a platform game with simple pixilated 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...

Game image Deadlight

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

Deadlight

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

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...

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198x
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PEGI Rating 12+ for 198xESRB Rating TEEN for 198x

198x

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 23/01/2020

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

Genres: Action, Adventure and Narrative

Developer: @198xGame

Players: This is a single player game

198X is a pastiche of different classic games brought together to tell the story of a suburban teenager stuck between the limitations of youth and the obligations of adulthood. In the game, you discover a local arcade, and through the different games...

Game image Remember Me

Remember Me
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PEGI Rating 16+ for Remember MeESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Remember Me

Remember Me

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: 03/06/2013

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting and Platform

Developer: @DONTNOD_Ent

Players: This is a single player game

Remember Me is an adventure game developed where you play Nilin, a memory hunter working for an underground resistance. The game is set in the year 2084, in a futuristic version of Paris called Neo-Paris, where the Memorize corporation has made memories...

Game image Dropsy

Dropsy
PEGI Rating 12+ for DropsyESRB Rating TEEN for Dropsy

Dropsy

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 10/09/2015

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle

Developer: @Tendershoot_

Players: This is a single player game

Dropsy is an adventure video game where you move around and interact with the world by simply clicking. You play a clown called Dropsy in a surreal world. As you explore and interact with the environment, solve puzzles, and talk to characters you learn...

Game image Super Punch Patrol

Super Punch Patrol
PEGI Rating 12+ for Super Punch PatrolESRB Rating TEEN for Super Punch Patrol

Super Punch Patrol

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 17/09/2020

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Genres: Action and Fighting

Developer: @BertilHorberg

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

Super Punch Patrol is a challenging fighting game where you traverse a hand drawn urban environment, battling waves of enemies with your bare fists and a variety of other hand to hand weapons.

Flashback is in This List

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 Flashback in the following list:

Matinee Fisticuffs and Shootouts

Sometimes you just want to play the hero. These games are violent and include shooting but, as with B-movies and 1980s TV series, it’s as much about the quips, characters and fantasy settings as it is about killing. The drama may be peppered with cinematic gunfire but, like those TV series, the real draw is spending time with the heroes every week.
 
Game image Evil Genius

Evil Genius
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Evil GeniusESRB Rating TEEN for Evil Genius
Game image Brawlout

Brawlout
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PEGI Rating 7+ for BrawloutESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Brawlout
Game image Chroma Squad

Chroma Squad
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Chroma SquadESRB Rating TEEN for Chroma Squad
Game image Hypercharge Unboxed

Hypercharge: Unboxed
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Hypercharge UnboxedESRB Rating TEEN for Hypercharge Unboxed


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