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More about this game →We filtered the 49 games similar to Spelunky Classic down to the 17 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Far: Lone Sails, Freedom Planet and A Story About My Uncle top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Spelunky Classic.
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Spelunky Classic is Far: Lone Sails — scoring 70/100 on our similarity scale. Freedom Planet and A Story About My Uncle follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Spelunky Classic. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and survival mechanics
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and strong narrative focus, while skipping roguelike runs
Released 10 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and fantasy world
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping survival mechanics
Freedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force.
Released 6 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and fantasy world
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: visuals.
Released 6 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and survival mechanics
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping roguelike runs
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: setting.
Released 11 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is a spin-off installment of the Oddworld game series. It is a direct sequel to the Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. ###Setting The game is set in the Oddworld, a planet in another dimension, ten times larger than our Earth.
It predates Spelunky Classic by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty, vibe casual and melee combat, while skipping survival mechanics
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer! Prepare for a near impossible challenge in the world of Geometry Dash. Push your skills to the limit as you jump, fly and flip your way through dangerous passages and spiky obstacles.
Released 5 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi.
≠ Missing: survival mechanics.
It predates Spelunky Classic by 25 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping survival mechanics
”Whose blood is that on the walls?” -Josie Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be an actual superhero? Well, then you need to help Josie to beat the superhero training simulator, and to become the hero our world needs!
Released 13 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and vibe casual, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: setting.
Released 15 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, horror tension and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics
INSIDE is a platform adventure game that transfers the atmosphere of a dystopic world. Players assume the role of a lonely boy, who walks through the monochromatic 2.5D environment and solves various puzzles. By the time main antagonists of the character pursue him throughout the whole world.
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: setting.
Released 8 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping survival mechanics
Join the heroes of Avalice as they face their greatest challenge yet! An ancient terror has emerged from the depths of the ocean. Merga, a water dragon from Avalice's oldest and deadliest war, has been freed from her crystal prison as a consequence of the Kingdom Stone's destruction.
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: setting.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics
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 Spelunky Classic: visuals.
Released 14 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: visuals.
Released 15 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, vibe casual and visual first person, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: visuals.
Released 4 years after Spelunky Classic.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and setting scifi
≠ Stands apart with deep simulation and visual first person, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Spelunky Classic: visuals.
Released 3 years after Spelunky Classic.
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