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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 Rainbow Cotton down to the 23 that fit the “Adventure” category. Metal Slug, The Expendabros and Broforce top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Rainbow Cotton.

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CasualCozyCo-opSolo
Year 2024Dev Kritzelkratz 3000

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Within the “Adventure” category, the closest game to Rainbow Cotton is Metal Slug — scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. The Expendabros and Broforce follow close behind.

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The best adventure games like Rainbow Cotton

23 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Rainbow Cotton. Each one has been evaluated across 15 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.

#1Metal Slug
Metal Slug
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMelee
Steam👍 89%· 5.1K
Year 1996Dev Nazca Corporation · SNK PlaymoreOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 28 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat65Visuals0
The Expendabros
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMelee
Steam👍 97%· 18KRAWG👍 70%· 391IGDB80· 1
Year 2014Dev Free Lives · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping vibe casual

The Expendabros is a crossover game based on Broforce gameplay and featuring characters from The Expendables 3 movie. In the basis of both games lays the roast of the 90s movie cliches about unstoppable warriors, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and the others.

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals and combat.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat48Visuals0
Broforce
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerCo-opSoloOfflineMeleeCasual
Steam👍 97%· 61KRAWG👍 84%· 1.3KMC83IGDB72· 9OC79· 43
Year 2015Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and setting scifi, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Broforce is a parody run-and-gun game made in a 2D side-scrolling manner. Players are offered to take control of a Bro – one of the soldiers of the special Broforce unit. Actually, players are going to assume roles of several protagonists (all are Bros) while completing game levels.

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone62Combat50Setting0Visuals0
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist
ShooterFPS
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeCasual
Steam👍 90%· 1.7KRAWG👍 53%· 31IGDB83· 2
Year 2015Dev OutermindsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel

Join your favorite YouTubers on an Epic Quest in PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist. Enjoy this amazing 2D platformer! EVERYTHING YOU LIKED ABOUT THE MOBILE VERSION, NOW WITH COOP MODE!! ⋆ COLLECT BROCOINS to buy new CHARACTERS, ATTACKS and DEFENSES!

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode94Tone59Combat52Visuals0
Ratchet: Deadlocked
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSci-FiExploration
IGDB70· 1
Year 2005Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode94Setting0Visuals0
Metroid Prime Hunters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
IGDB87· 3
Year 2006Dev Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: Metroidvania exploration, setting scifi and exploration and discovery, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode63Setting0Visuals0
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
IGDB80· 2
Year 2004Dev Retro Studios · Nintendo

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with Metroidvania exploration, setting scifi and exploration and discovery, while skipping vibe casual

The darkest and hardest of the Prime games: a light and dark world where the dark one drains health continuously, so exploration runs on a clock. Boss design is excellent. The ammo system for beams is the divisive part — it turns experimenting with weapons into a resource decision, and backtracking for keys late on is genuinely tedious.

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode63Setting0Visuals0
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiExplorationFirst Person
IGDB60· 6
Year 2007Dev High Impact Games · Sony Computer Entertainment

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode63Setting0Visuals0
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
ShooterFPS
OfflineCo-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeCozyCasual
Steam👍 93%· 4.0KIGDB83· 14OC82· 50
Year 2015Dev Asteroid BaseOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, puzzle design and setting scifi, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Combat60Setting0Visuals0
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
ShooterFPS
SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMeleeFantasy
Steam👍 87%· 898RAWG👍 64%· 73MC76IGDB76· 3
Year 2011Dev Shadow Planet Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings Metroidvania exploration, puzzle design and setting scifi, while skipping precision platforming

###Interesting mix The game is a mixture of 2D shooter and puzzle genres developed by Shadow Planet Production and released by Microsoft Studios for its Xbox360 console. As part of the HumbleBundle pack, a soundtrack for the game is available, which was released separately.

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals and setting.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat62Setting39Visuals0
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
ShooterFPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerFantasySci-Fi
IGDB64· 1OC64· 11
Year 1998Dev Iguana Entertainment · Acclaim EntertainmentOn PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals and setting.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode79Setting40Visuals0
Star Wars Battlefront
ShooterFPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineMelee
Steam👍 79%· 5.7KIGDB68· 18OC71· 112
Year 2015Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode72Combat61Setting0Visuals0
theHunter Classic
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOnline
Steam👍 59%· 44KRAWG👍 25%· 117IGDB67· 3
Year 2014Dev Avalanche Studios · Expansive WorldsPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with sports simulation, deep simulation and survival mechanics, while skipping precision platforming

A hunting simulator far more patient than its arcade cousins: animals track scent and sound, and a session can be hours of walking before a single shot. That deliberate pace is the entire point. It is also free-to-play with most maps and weapons behind purchases, and the pacing will bore anyone expecting a shooter.

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals and combat.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode87Combat38Visuals0
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 93%· 2.5KIGDB81· 11
Year 2012Dev High Moon Studios · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, setting scifi and visual third person, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: setting and visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode94Combat65Setting0Visuals0
Grand Theft Auto Online
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSandbox WorldOpen World
IGDB94· 1
Year 2014Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PlayStation 3 · PS4

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and open world exploration, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Rainbow Cotton: visuals.

It predates Rainbow Cotton by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode94Visuals0

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