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More about this game →We filtered the 40 games similar to Airhead down to the 17 that fit the “PlayStation” category. Teslagrad, Carrion and Owlboy top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Airhead.
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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to Airhead is Teslagrad — scoring 92/100 on our similarity scale. Carrion and Owlboy follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Airhead. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
It predates Airhead by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, setting scifi and visual pixel, while skipping punishing difficulty
Owlboy is a pixel-art platformer game about an owl-humanoid boy called Otus. When his homeland was attacked by pirates, Otus starts an adventure to protect his home and reveal the secrets of his race. He makes new friends on the way. Each of them has special powers, useful during fights.
It predates Airhead by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: shooter, horror tension and setting scifi, while skipping punishing difficulty
It predates Airhead by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, vibe relaxing and open world exploration, while skipping punishing difficulty
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and fighting mechanics, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
Cal Kestis—one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order after the purge of Order 66—is now a Padawan on the run. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure game set after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith™.
Where it drifts furthest from Airhead: visuals.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings open world exploration, fantasy world and visual pixel, while skipping strong narrative focus
In La-Mulana, the player assumes the role of an adventurer archeologist and explores the ruins of a forgotten ancient civilization. ###Plot The game follows an archeologist named Lemeza Kosugi. He continues the research of the lost city of La-Mulana that was started by his father Shorn.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Airhead.
It predates Airhead by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping punishing difficulty
The Swapper is a classical platform game with several elements of Metroidvania focused on solving puzzles. The game follows a female astronaut stranded on the abandoned space research station in a science-fictional universe.
Where it drifts furthest from Airhead: tone.
It predates Airhead by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: open world exploration and fantasy world, while skipping punishing difficulty
Yoku has arrived on Mokumana and he’s ready for the easy life, soaking up the sun and delivering parcels on a tropical paradise! However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep - and it’s all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need!
Where it drifts furthest from Airhead: tone.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, action RPG combat and deep RPG systems, while skipping puzzle design
Dead Cells is a roguelike adventure title developed by Motion Twin. ###Story Not much story is present in the game, as only bits of any information are given out to the players. The game takes place at a remote island, where the players take place of the Prisoner.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, horror setting and fantasy world, while skipping precision platforming
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is a third-person action-adventure title developed by Crystal Dynamics. It is the direct continuation of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and is the second title in the series. ###Plot The game takes place 1500 years after the events of Blood Omen.
Where it drifts furthest from Airhead: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Airhead.
It predates Airhead by 25 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, roguelike runs and procedural generation, while skipping puzzle design
✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with visual pixel, while skipping puzzle design
The game moves between 8-bit and 16-bit art styles, allowing the player to move between the two by going forward or backwards in time. As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival.
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