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More about this game →Prince of Persia is hard to replace: few games combine precision platforming, melee combat and historical setting in quite the same way. We compared Prince of Persia against over 6,700 titles across 8 gameplay attributes and found 42 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. ElecHead, Will You Snail? and Psychonauts lead the list, with ElecHead reaching a 76/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Prince of Persia special.
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The closest game to Prince of Persia is ElecHead — scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. Will You Snail? and Psychonauts follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Prince of Persia. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings cozy, relaxing feel, linear, story-driven structure and visual pixel, while skipping historical setting
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: visuals.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, punishing difficulty and strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Dear humans, I wanted to let you know that I am better than you. You are all doomed and this game is a celebration of my superiority.Why should you play this? To entertain me. I made this game for for MY personal entertainment... Oh come on, don't worry... I'll totally make you feel like you stand a chance. Humans get frustrated so easily... pathetic.What is this game?
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and exploration and discovery, while skipping historical setting
Double Fine Productions and Tim Shafer are known for making very curious games out of amazing ideas. Psychonauts is exactly about some idea. You have to get inside people's mind and help them fight with their fears or memories from the past.
It predates Prince of Persia by 17 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping historical setting
SummarySave the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching. StoryAn evil ninja kidnapped your friends.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Read our open letter to find out how Shadow Bug came to be: http://steamcommunity.com/games/shadowbug/announcements/detail/1420174864656857505 You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping visual third person
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: setting.
It predates Prince of Persia by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings visual pixel, while skipping historical setting
It predates Prince of Persia by 21 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, vibe relaxing and strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: setting and visuals.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and setting scifi, while skipping historical setting
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: setting and visuals.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping historical setting
Celeste is a platformer about climbing a mountain, from the creators of TowerFall. Explore a sprawling mountain with over 500 levels bursting with secrets, across 8 unique areas. Unlock a hardcore Remix for each area, with completely new levels that will push your climbing skills to the limit.
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: setting and visuals.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping historical setting
Quill is back! In Moss: Book II, the story picks up right where things left off following the successful rescue of Quill’s uncle Argus.
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: setting and visuals.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, strong narrative focus and setting scifi, while skipping historical setting
Milo arrives on Earth to find that he's way too small, everybody's gone and a day hasn't passed since 1991! Team up with the mysterious tinykin and use their unique powers to create ladders, bridges, explosions and a lot more!
Where it drifts furthest from Prince of Persia: setting.
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