16 Dark games like Catherine Classic that you should try

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, melee combat and co op, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, co op and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings co op, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with melee combat and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, exploration and discovery and visual pixel, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling.

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: melee combat and fantasy world, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, melee combat and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, linear, story-driven structure and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping deep RPG systems