Horace similar games & best alternatives

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Horace

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

What works

  • Engaging and emotional story
  • Challenging and varied platforming
  • Creative mechanics and mini-games
  • High value for price and content length
  • Polished pixel art and music

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty spikes
  • Some frustrating platforming sections
  • Frequent unskippable cutscenes early on
  • Camera rotation can cause motion sickness
  • Mandatory mini-games not always enjoyable

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 8BitBoy™

  • DERE EVIL EXE

  • MindSeize

  • Cyber Shadow

  • Squishy the Suicidal Pig

  • Pharaoh Rebirth+

More expressive

Games that feels like Horace but with more self-expression and customization

  • Wings of Vi

  • Spark the Electric Jester

  • Freedom Planet 2

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Berserk Boy

  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

More relaxing

Games that feels like Horace but with a more relaxing feel

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Catmaze

  • Cally's Caves 3

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • Phoenotopia: Awakening

  • Spaceport Hope

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Horace but with less narrative immersion

  • Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio

  • Volgarr the Viking

  • Mega Serval

  • Squirreltopia

  • Mutant Mudds Deluxe

  • Alwa's Awakening

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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.
  • 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).

Horace: 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 Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026