Bastion similar games & best alternatives

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Bastion

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2011

Should you play it?

Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.

What works

  • Unique watercolor art style
  • Dynamic and engaging narration
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Varied weapons and upgrades
  • Meaningful story with multiple endings

Things to keep in mind

  • Gameplay can become repetitive
  • Limited character customization
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some find narrator voice monotonous
  • Short main story length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

  • Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

  • The Vagrant

  • Tales of Spark

  • Stories: The Path of Destinies

  • Death's Door

Less competitive

Games that feels like Bastion but with less competition against others

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • ANNIE:Last Hope

  • Arietta of Spirits

  • Yaga

  • Bylina

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

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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.
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  • 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).

Bastion: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026