
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, deep simulation and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and punishing difficulty, while skipping sports simulation
Small freeware game Octodad has found a lot of popularity as a simple comedic demo of a game engine and the controls over the octopus, successfully trying to pretend to be a human.
Where it drifts furthest from Elasto Mania: tone and visuals.
Released 14 years after Elasto Mania.
































