6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed They Came From the Sky. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed They Came From the Sky.
Release Date: 14/06/2022
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Ecstatic is a fast and hard retro shooting game where you control a mechanical Spider that freezes time and shoots rockets. You need to both keep moving and keep shooting to stay alive. It's like what are sometimes described as bullet-hell games,...
Release Date: 22/09/2016, updated in 2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Klang 2 is a psychedelic rhythm-action game. You take on enemies in this symbolic universe of three attacks: stikes, dashes and holds. The simple system interplays with the pulsing music to create a rhythm based high-speed combat challenged. Like the...
Release Date: 10/04/2019, updated in 2020
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4 and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Switch 'N' Shoot is a shooting game controlled by a single button. You pilot a star-fighter, and each time you press to shoot you change direction. It's a novel way to play but also can be good for players with motor impairment (and fast reactions).
Release Date: 26/02/2021
Out Now: PC
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game about shocking patients' hearts back in sync with their heartbeats to save their lives. You press a single button on the 7th beat to defibrillate each patient. It sounds simple but each level has a unique illnesses based...
Release Date: 12/05/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Jet Lancer is a high-speed air combat game, similar to Luftrausers (and much older inertia shooting games like Virus/Zarch), where you pilot giant robots to deal with Sky Pirates. The novelty here is the nuanced and instinctive control of the craft. The...
Release Date: 25/02/2022
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Night Skate is a one-button skating and jumping game where you play a skateboarder endlessly trundling and tricking their way through the world at night. You use a single button to jump, float and land. In this way you can build up combos and tricks to...
14 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed They Came From the Sky. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed They Came From the Sky.
Release Date: 14/03/2013, updated in 2023
Out Now: iOS
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Ridiculous Fishing is a fishing and shooting game. Unlike any other fishing game, this isn't a sedate wait for the fish to bite. You frantically collect fish on the hook, and then when they reach the surface it turns into a clay pigeon shoot, where you...
Release Date: 25/01/2019
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a one-button rhythm game where you control a pair of spheres. You press a button to the beat of the music to progress through the mazes. Each press pivots the direction of motion of the paired spheres to make turns and cross...
Release Date: 06/04/2009, updated in 2020
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Amazon Fire, Android, DS, Xbox 360 and iOS
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Doodle Jump is a jumping video game where you guide a hand-drawn four-legged creature up an endless series of platforms. Once you fall to the bottom of the screen it's game over.
Release Date: 31/08/2009
Out Now: Android, PC, PSP and iOS
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Canabalt is a side-on running game where you press jump at the right time to keep a small character from falling off buildings or crashing into things. With minimalist visuals, you play the small suited man fleeing from an unknown threat. As the game...
Release Date: 11/06/2021
Out Now: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Clawfish is a puzzle game with a strong focus on relaxation rather than skill or difficulty. Similar to an arcade claw machine, you try and catch fish from various fish tanks, collecting all the different types, before putting the fish back into the...
Release Date: 15/11/2020
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Qomp is a bat and ball game with a difference. You control the ball rather than the bat and only use a single button to switch the direction of your ball character. With this single ability, you take on bosses, solve puzzles and overcome platforming...
Release Date: 12/04/2019
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Bubbles The Cat is a platform game you play by tapping a single button to jump. Through hundreds of levels and six worlds, you automatically run forwards but you must tap at the right time to survive.
Release Date: 03/07/2020
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Ghost Grab is a puzzle game where you shoot a beam of light at ghosts to chain them together before popping them to score points. It's simple to start with but soon gives way to a frantic score-attack challenge with its unique way to score points.
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Kick Bot is a pixelated platform game you play with just two buttons. An evil computer is out for revenge. You must stop its giant robot from kicking Earth into oblivion. As Kick Bot, you jump, dash and collect your way through each level to infiltrate...
Release Date: 18/06/2020
Out Now: iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Shadow Frog is a simple running and jumping game you play with a single button/tap on the screen. You play Frogo who needs to escape the caves. Using just your jump button you interact with the cave walls and platforms to get around and collect keys....
Release Date: 03/07/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Singled Out is a spot-the-difference shooting game. Like the classic Guess Who game you have seconds to identify your target in a crowd. Make sure you only shoot the character matching the eyes, nose and mouth clues and you score points. The quicker you...
Release Date: 28/03/2013
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
HarmoKnight (Rhythm Hunter: HarmoKnight in Japan) is a rhythm based running, jumping and whacking game. You play a boy named Tempo who is fighting enemies with a musical note staff. You are joined by an archer named Lyra, a buff warrior named Tyko, and...
Release Date: 26/03/2021
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Pureya is an action game about collecting marbles. However, the type of game you are playing changes every 10 seconds so the challenge is as much about quickly adjusting to the new format as much as pressing buttons really quickly. It's a game that...
Release Date: 25/08/2014, updated in 2017
Out Now: Amazon Fire, Mac and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Pyro Jump Rescue is a one-button jumping and rolling game where you are a lump of fire leaping from one platform to the next to try to catch Princess Paper. You work through levels by jumping and attaching to wheels and surfaces, being careful to not be...
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