140 similar games & best alternatives

140

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2013

Should you play it?

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

What works

  • Innovative rhythm-based gameplay
  • Minimalist and stylish audiovisual design
  • Challenging and rewarding platforming
  • Unique boss fights
  • Smooth controls and intuitive mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short game length
  • Limited replayability for some players
  • No save system between levels
  • High difficulty spikes in mirror modes
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Cybercube

  • Dashy Square

  • You Have 10 Seconds 2

  • Gravity Cat

  • Elle: Portal

  • Neon Beats

More fantastical

Games that feels like 140 but with more imaginative fiction

  • The End Is Nigh

  • Planet of the Eyes

  • Potatoman Seeks the Troof

  • VVVVVV

  • The Floor is Jelly

  • Duck Souls

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like 140 but with less survival pressure

  • Yugo Puzzle

  • Skala

  • LineWay

  • Up Left Out

  • Linelith

  • Deleveled

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

140: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026