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Katanaut

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

Global score

90/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

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Outsiders

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

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  • Competition

    Rogue Tower
  • Cooperation

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Pros

  • Fast and satisfying combat
  • Rich cosmic horror atmosphere
  • High replayability with meta progression
  • Responsive controls and movement
  • Active and engaged developer

Cons

  • Some hitbox and balance issues
  • Boss difficulty spikes
  • Limited story depth
  • Map navigation could be improved
  • Stamina system divisive among players

Analysis

A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status.

How to use the graph
Similar games map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: the game you are viewing on this page.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
  • Hover a dot for a quick preview; click to compare it in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

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  • Competence
    4

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  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -3

    "Focus is on personal progression and self-improvement rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

    Capsule for Rogue Tower Rogue Tower

    "Focus is on personal progression and self-improvement rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

  • Continuation
    5

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  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    -5

    "Single-player experience with no cooperative multiplayer elements mentioned."

    Capsule for Another Crab's Treasure Another Crab's Treasure

    "Single-player experience with no cooperative multiplayer elements mentioned."

  • Creativity
    3

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  • Domination

    Game with the same Domination vibe

    -5

    "No evidence of exerting control over others; gameplay is individual and self-focused."

    Capsule for BIT.TRIP RUNNER BIT.TRIP RUNNER

    "No evidence of exerting control over others; gameplay is individual and self-focused."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    4

    "Immersive sci-fi horror atmosphere provides strong distraction and tension relief from reality."

    Capsule for Xenopurge Xenopurge

    "Immersive sci-fi horror atmosphere and fast-paced combat provide strong distraction and escapism."

  • Expectation
    -4

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  • Experimenting
    4

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  • Exploration
    3

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  • Expression
    2

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  • Fantasy
    4

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  • Fellowship
    -5

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  • Growth
    4

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  • Health
    -5

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  • Idle
    -4

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  • Intimacy
    -5

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  • Leadership
    -5

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  • Progression
    5

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  • Relaxation
    2

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  • Sensation
    4

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  • Status
    -5

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  • Story
    3

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  • Strategy
    3

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  • Thrill
    4

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  • Value
    4

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  • Violence
    5

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  • Survival
    3

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Last update: 23/05/2026