Dex similar games & best alternatives

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Dex

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

What works

  • Engaging cyberpunk story and atmosphere
  • Multiple quest solutions and character builds
  • Appealing pixel art and soundtrack
  • Open world exploration with secrets
  • Good replayability with multiple endings

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can be clunky and frustrating
  • Hacking minigame repetitive and simplistic
  • Limited stealth mechanics
  • Some bugs and control awkwardness
  • Short main story length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • City of Chains

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • Zombie Night Terror

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

  • Trinity Fusion

  • Underhero

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Dex but with less leadership over others

  • Kotama and Academy Citadel

  • Blade Assault

  • Rogue Legacy 2

  • Ghost 1.0

  • Katanaut

  • Nine Sols

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).

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

Last update: 03/08/2026