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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Penny's Big Breakaway down to the 6 that fit the “Xbox” category. Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and ReCore top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Penny's Big Breakaway.

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Year 2024Dev Evening Star

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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Penny's Big Breakaway is Crash Bandicoot: Warped — scoring 69/100 on our similarity scale. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and ReCore follow close behind.

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The best games like Penny's Big Breakaway on Xbox

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Penny's Big Breakaway. Each one has been evaluated across 7 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.

#1Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Platformer3D Platformer
SoloHardcoreThird PersonMeleeFantasy
Steam👍 92%· 22K
Year 2017Dev Vicarious Visions · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of 3D platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping setting cartoon

Where it drifts furthest from Penny's Big Breakaway: setting.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Platformer3D Platformer
SoloHardcoreThird PersonMeleeFantasy
Steam👍 92%· 22K
Year 2017Dev Vicarious Visions · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of 3D platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping setting cartoon

Where it drifts furthest from Penny's Big Breakaway: setting.

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ReCore
Platformer3D Platformer
SoloThird PersonSci-FiPost-ApocalypticExploration
IGDB59· 23OC65· 107
Year 2016Dev Armature Studio · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are 3D platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi, post-apocalyptic world and exploration and discovery, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Penny's Big Breakaway: setting.

It predates Penny's Big Breakaway by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Psychonauts 2
Platformer3D Platformer
SoloThird PersonMeleeNarrativeDark
Steam👍 96%· 14KIGDB87· 9OC89· 168
Year 2021Dev Double Fine ProductionsOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the 3D platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Penny's Big Breakaway: tone.

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#5South of Midnight
South of Midnight
Platformer3D Platformer
SoloThird PersonMagicMeleeNarrative
Steam👍 94%· 4.5KIGDB86· 4OC76· 176
Year 2025Dev Compulsion Games · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Fits the 3D platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Penny's Big Breakaway: tone and setting.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals63Tone0Setting0
Sea of Solitude
Platformer3D Platformer
SoloThird PersonNarrativeDarkFantasy
Steam👍 83%· 2.1KIGDB70· 9OC69· 94
Year 2019Dev Jo-Mei Games · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are 3D platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Penny's Big Breakaway: tone and setting.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals61Tone0Setting0

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