Electronic Super Joy similar games & best alternatives

Electronic Super Joy

Wii U • 2013

Should you play it?

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

What works

  • Excellent electronic soundtrack
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Unique visual style and humor
  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Very difficult, may frustrate some players
  • Intense flashing visuals may cause discomfort
  • Short main campaign length
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Repetitive death sounds may annoy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Overclocked

  • Hell is Other Demons

  • Super Meat Boy

  • 10 Second Ninja X

  • Squirreltopia

  • Kaze and the Wild Masks

Less competitive

Games that feels like Electronic Super Joy but with less competition against others

  • Vox Populi Vox Dei 2

  • Electronic Super Joy 2

  • The End Is Nigh

  • Mutant Mudds Deluxe

  • Potatoman Seeks the Troof

  • Loop-Loop DX

More expressive

Games that feels like Electronic Super Joy but with more self-expression and customization

  • Wings of Vi

  • Dead Cells

  • ANTONBLAST

  • Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™

  • GoNNER

  • Rusted Moss

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Electronic Super Joy but with less narrative immersion

  • Blaite

  • Dashy Square

  • Pinkman

  • INK

  • Mechanic Escape

  • Shotgun Cop Man

Less violent

Games that feels like Electronic Super Joy but with less combat and destruction

  • BLACKHOLE

  • BIT.TRIP RUNNER

  • Shio

  • Duck Souls

  • Smilemo

  • Grapple Dog

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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).
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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).

Electronic Super Joy: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. 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, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026