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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 40 games similar to Portal Stories: Mel down to the 4 that fit the “Melee” category. Jazzpunk, RoboBlitz and Super Hexagon top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Portal Stories: Mel.

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The best melee games like Portal Stories: Mel

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Portal Stories: Mel. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1JazzpunkClosest overall match

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloMeleeFirst PersonCyberpunkExploration

Steam👍 94%· 8.1KIGDB83· 8OC75· 35

Year 2014Dev Necrophone Games · Adult Swim GamesOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed Portal Stories: Mel, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with setting cyberpunk, exploration and discovery and visual pixel, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Portal Stories: Mel: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Portal Stories: Mel.

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#2RoboBlitzClosest on setting

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloMeleeSci-FiProcedural

Steam👍 78%· 94RAWG👍 26%· 22MC80IGDB70· 2

Year 2006Dev Naked Sky Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ If you enjoyed Portal Stories: Mel, expect puzzle design, melee combat and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings procedural generation, while skipping adventure storytelling

RoboBlitz™ is a humorous, physics-based action game full of inventive gizmos, weapons, characters, and environments. Players take on the role of Blitz, a multi-talented robot who must activate an aging Space Cannon to save his world from a band of maladjusted space pirates.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Portal Stories: Mel.

It predates Portal Stories: Mel by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Super HexagonClosest on tone

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloMeleeHardcore2D

Steam👍 97%· 25KIGDB83· 3

Year 2012Dev Terry CavanaghOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Like Portal Stories: Mel, it's known for puzzle design, punishing difficulty and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portal Stories: Mel: visuals.

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Steam GOG itch.io

#4DUET

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloMeleeHardcoreCasual2D

Steam👍 95%· 837RAWG👍 75%· 35

Year 2015Dev KumobiusPlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ If you enjoyed Portal Stories: Mel, expect puzzle design, punishing difficulty and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual and visual 2d, while skipping adventure storytelling

Your survival is dependent on protecting two vessels - they are devices in sync, a dance and song between two entities tethered together in symbiosis. Feel edge of your seat terror where the world around you becomes quiet and numb as all that matters is the game -- that is Duet.

Where it drifts furthest from Portal Stories: Mel: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Portal Stories: Mel.

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