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More about this game →We filtered the 41 games similar to Yars Rising down to the 18 that fit the “Narrative” category. Iconoclasts, Owlboy and Berry top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Yars Rising.
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Within the “Narrative” category, the closest game to Yars Rising is Iconoclasts — scoring 73/100 on our similarity scale. Owlboy and Berry follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Yars Rising. 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.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and visual pixel, while skipping shooter
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, fantasy world and visual pixel, while skipping shooter
Owlboy is a pixel-art platformer game about an owl-humanoid boy called Otus. When his homeland was attacked by pirates, Otus starts an adventure to protect his home and reveal the secrets of his race. He makes new friends on the way. Each of them has special powers, useful during fights.
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting.
It predates Yars Rising by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with visual pixel and visual topdown, while skipping shooter
RPG Maker MZ Game Jam "Touch the Star"Berry won first place in the official RPG Maker MZ Game Jam "Touch the Star." About the GameBerry is a short orthogonal 3D platformer centered on delivering light bullet-hell challenges and precise projectile manipulation using its unique web-orbiting systems.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and punishing difficulty, while skipping shooter
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting.
It predates Yars Rising by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with vibe casual and open world exploration, while skipping shooter
Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, horror tension and vibe relaxing, while skipping shooter
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping shooter
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting.
It predates Yars Rising by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, horror tension and vibe casual, while skipping precision platforming
A Castle Full of Cats is a catvania hidden object game where you need to find all the cursed cats in the castle. Save each and every cat and unleash the power of love!
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and shooter
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: tone.
It predates Yars Rising by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and shooter
≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting and tone.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping shooter
The Swapper is a classical platform game with several elements of Metroidvania focused on solving puzzles. The game follows a female astronaut stranded on the abandoned space research station in a science-fictional universe.
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: tone.
It predates Yars Rising by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings visual pixel, while skipping shooter
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: tone.
It predates Yars Rising by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and puzzle design, while skipping shooter
Cal Kestis—one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order after the purge of Order 66—is now a Padawan on the run. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure game set after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith™.
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: visuals and tone.
✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, while skipping shooter
###Best for mobile The game is an adventure-platformer, where the player takes control over the main character, traveling through the Martian caves. You will have to manage the thrust of the jetpack that the protagonist has. The game was released on the PC in 2012. Before this, it was repeatedly recognized as the best game for mobile devices. ###Key features The game is set in the future.
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: setting and tone.
It predates Yars Rising by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping shooter
An adventure with 100 different endings You are a wannabe hero who is supposed to do hero-ish things but sometimes blows that off and does crazy stuff instead. Features: One hundred different endings Choose your path, every decision leads to a new ending. Will you find the real one?
Where it drifts furthest from Yars Rising: tone.
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