6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Ico. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Ico.
Release Date: 15/01/2019, updated in 2019
Platforms: PC and PS4
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Vane is an ethereal adventure in a ruined desert where strange golden dust transforms a free-spirited bird into a determined young child. The premise is not all that uncommon, but Vane stands out for how you soar over the dessert and climb your way...
Release Date: 29/07/2021
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World
Omno is a running, jumping and surfing game where you explore an ancient fantastical world. As you explore you meet all manner of strange and wonderful lifeforms, from cute critters to enigmatic giants. It stands out for the approachable collectibility...
Release Date: 19/07/2022
Platforms: PC, PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Stray is a game about a cat lost in a futuristic city where robots live. You guide your feline friend in and out of buildings, across roads and generally poke your nose in to see what is going on.
Release Date: 09/11/1996, updated in 2020
Platforms: DS, GBA, GameCube, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the latest game in the Crash Bandicoot series, where you play a genetically enhanced bandicoot called Crash and run, jump and bash your way through levels while avoiding hazards.
Release Date: 01/02/2005, updated in 2020
Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, GameCube, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Blocks, Cartoon and Open World
The combination of Lego, a popular film franchise and a video game is a rich recipe for gaming fun. The series of Lego games has developed since the first release on Nintendo DS. Not only do these games offer a chance to explore, destroy and fight in a...
Release Date: 14/07/2020, updated in 2021
Platforms: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead
The Snowgardens is a running, jumping and exploration game where you are a child stranded on a beautiful archipelago. Once the home to an ancient time-altering civilisation but now abandoned, leaving strange technology for you to operate to progress.
15 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Ico. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Ico.
Release Date: 14/03/2012, updated in 2019
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4 and iOS
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Journey is an adventure game set in a desert. Exploring the eerie sand-scape, you discover a world abandoned by the race that created it. The sense of space and scale evokes feelings of aloneness and being lost. But then the game pairs you with other...
Release Date: 08/11/2019, updated in 2020
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
New Super Lucky's Tale is a platform game where you play a fox on a quest to recover pages from a magical book that will save his world. It takes gameplay in a more action-oriented direction but the islands and characters are full of quirky character...
Release Date: 14/05/2019, updated in 2021
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
A Plague Tale: Innocence follows Amicia and her little brother Hugo as they use stealth to escape soldiers and swarms of rats. Against the stark threat and darkness of the world, the sibling relationship develops as the two learn to trust one another....
Release Date: 25/08/2021
Platforms: Mac, PC, PS2, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D First-Person, 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Dice and Hand-Made
Psychonauts 2 is a running, jumping and puzzle solving game where you play Raz who has psychic abilities that let him delve into the minds of others. In the game, you control Raz as he enters their mental worlds and uses other Psi-Powers (telekinesis,...
Release Date: 08/11/2019, updated in 2021
Platforms: PC, PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 16+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Open World and Weather
Death Stranding is an exploration game where you deliver supplies across a vast shattered, post-apocalyptic America while protecting and caring for a baby. It's intentionally slow, sometimes excruciatingly so, which means you carefully consider your...
Release Date: 31/10/2003, updated in 2020
Platforms: GameCube, PC, PS2, PS4, Switch, Xbox and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a running and jumping game based on the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. It's an original story where you defend Bikini Bottom from an invasion of robots.
Release Date: 31/01/2023
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a whimsical running and jumping game based on the longstanding Nickelodeon cartoon. In a magical world of pirates and cowboys, you run, jump and glide through several different areas, fighting enemies and...
Release Date: 10/12/2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5 and Switch
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Innocence Island is an adventure game where find yourself in a strange land without even the memory of how to walk. You explore the world by observing and learning skills from the creatures around you. It stands out as a journey through a world where...
Release Date: 19/09/1997, updated in 2022
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, Switch, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Oddworld: Soul Storm is a running and jumping game where you guide members of your species through labyrinthine levels to free them from brutal oppression. It's a remake of 1998's Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and a sequel to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty. Its...
Release Date: 25/05/2023
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a stealth traversal game set in Tolkien's Middle-Earth where you play Gollum after he escapes from Mordor. As you hunt for the One Ring, stolen by Bilbo Baggins, you ensure you remain hidden as you dash from one bit of...
Release Date: 11/02/2020, updated in 2021
Platforms: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
Art's Dream is an adventure game featuring different game styles, including running and jumping, combat and puzzle solving. It's particularly unusual as it has music threading through it like a musical. You play as Art, a depressed double bass player,...
Release Date: Coming soon
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara is a running, jumping and collecting game where you journey across whimsical islands in search of hidden pirate treasure. You explore ancient ruins, avoid dangerous traps, and defeat the pirates as you scour every inch...
Release Date: 07/12/2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Blocks
Togges is an exploring and collecting game where you traverse brightly coloured worlds. You use coloured cubes, called Togges, to reach new areas and overcome obstacles. This isn't block pushing work like other platform games. Because you can spawn...
Release Date: 14/03/2020, updated in 2020
Platforms: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Funky Bones IV is a running and jumping puzzle game. You play a cute skeleton in a cardboard Mexican Day of the Dead world. Jump and twist your way through various obstacles to defeat a final boss and complete the single level. It's a beguiling and...
Release Date: 06/11/2019, updated in 2020
Platforms: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Blocks
Pip Gemwalker is a running and jumping puzzle game where you control a small mole character who needs to escape a maze to find diamonds. It's similar to Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker, where each level is small enough to fit on the screen and be...
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