Frogun similar games & best alternatives

Frogun

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!

What works

  • Charming retro aesthetic
  • Engaging platforming and frogun mechanics
  • Good level design with secrets and collectibles
  • Catchy soundtrack
  • Responsive developers and community engagement

Things to keep in mind

  • Janky and inconsistent frogun aiming
  • Frustrating difficulty spikes late game
  • Tedious coin grinding for full completion
  • Camera and control issues in some sections
  • Boss fights can be long and repetitive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lunistice

  • Toree Saturn

  • Poi

  • Grapple Dog

  • Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns

  • Kaze and the Wild Masks

Less competitive

Games that feels like Frogun but with less competition against others

  • Little Big Adventure

  • Little Big Adventure 2

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition

  • Angeline Era

  • QV

More violent

Games that feels like Frogun but with more combat and destruction

  • Shooty Skies

  • Spaceport Hope

  • Hakoniwa Explorer Plus

  • Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

  • Shovel Knight Dig

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Frogun but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Nefarious

  • Super Kiwi 64

  • Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes

  • Suzy Cube

  • Penny’s Big Breakaway

  • TY the Tasmanian Tiger 4

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Similarity map

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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.
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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).

Frogun: 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, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026