Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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We filtered the 39 games similar to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time down to the 29 that fit the “Adventure” category. Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Meat Boy and Mega Man 11 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.

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Within the “Adventure” category, the closest game to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is Sonic the Hedgehog — scoring 94/100 on our similarity scale. Super Meat Boy and Mega Man 11 follow close behind.

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The best adventure games like Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

29 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

#1Sonic the Hedgehog

94

Sonic the Hedgehog

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreFantasySci-Fi2D

Steam👍 85%· 41IGDB85· 2

Year 1991Dev Sonic Team · SegaOn PlayStation 3 · PC · iOS

✓ Same family of precision platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: visual pixel, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

#2Super Meat Boy

93

Super Meat Boy

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloHardcore2DCasualPixel Art

Steam👍 94%· 38KIGDB85· 4OC83· 25

Year 2010Dev Team Meat · BlitWorksOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are precision platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual and visual pixel, while skipping melee combat

Steam Epic Xbox

93

Mega Man 11

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 89%· 5.3KIGDB80· 12OC81· 115

Year 2018Dev Capcom Development Division 2 · CapcomOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the precision platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and setting anime, while skipping fantasy world

91

Pizza Tower

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMultiplayerMeleeHardcore2D

Steam👍 98%· 71KRAWG👍 79%· 58IGDB90· 1OC91· 10

Year 2023Dev Tour De PizzaPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of precision platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings co op and visual pixel, while skipping fantasy world

90

Lugaru HD

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreStealthNarrative

Steam👍 79%· 587RAWG👍 33%· 42

Year 2010Dev Wolfire GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of precision platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, fighting mechanics and action RPG combat, while skipping fantasy world

#6Shovel Knight

89

Shovel Knight

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMultiplayerMeleeHardcoreFantasy2D

Steam👍 94%· 960IGDB89· 19OC89· 100

Year 2014Dev Yacht Club GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are precision platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: co op and visual pixel, while skipping setting scifi

89

SANABI

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 97%· 44KRAWG👍 89%· 34IGDB95· 2OC80· 6

Year 2023Dev SANABI · NEOWIZPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Both are precision platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and setting cyberpunk, while skipping fantasy world

#8The End Is Nigh

89

The End Is Nigh

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcore2DDark

Steam👍 94%· 3.4KIGDB74· 3OC82· 29

Year 2017Dev Tyler GlaielOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are precision platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, post-apocalyptic world and visual pixel, while skipping fantasy world

87

Spelunky

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMultiplayerMeleeHardcoreFantasy2D

Steam👍 92%· 17KIGDB91· 10OC87· 25

Year 2012Dev BlitWorks · Microsoft StudiosOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the precision platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, survival mechanics and procedural generation, while skipping setting scifi

#10Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

85

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloHardcore2DThird PersonNarrative

Steam👍 82%· 81K

Year 2017Dev Bennett FoddyOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the precision platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, deep simulation and survival mechanics, while skipping melee combat

#11Risk of Rain

85

Risk of Rain

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMultiplayerMeleeHardcoreFantasySci-Fi2D

Steam👍 93%· 30KIGDB85· 4OC77· 17

Year 2013Dev Hopoo Games · Chucklefish GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the precision platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, deep RPG systems and shooter, while skipping visual third person

#12Mighty No. 9

84

Mighty No. 9

GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMultiplayerMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 50%· 3.4KIGDB52· 20OC52· 92

Year 2016Dev Inti Creates · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are precision platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Stands apart with shooter, vibe casual and setting anime, while skipping fantasy world

#13Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreFantasySci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 22K

Year 2017Dev Vicarious Visions · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty.

≠ Missing: multiplayer gameplay.

#14Crash Bandicoot: Warped

52

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreFantasySci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 22K

Year 2017Dev Vicarious Visions · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Like Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, it's known for precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

#15LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

52

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiThird Person

IGDB69· 5

Year 2006Dev Robosoft Technologies · TT GamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Like Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, it's known for precision platforming, adventure storytelling and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping punishing difficulty

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