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Iconoclasts

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

What works

  • Beautiful pixel art and animation
  • Engaging and complex story with strong characters
  • Creative and varied boss fights
  • Tight and responsive gameplay
  • Well-integrated puzzles and mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear progression with limited exploration
  • Some unclear puzzle and boss mechanics
  • Tweak system is unbalanced and underused
  • Story can be confusing or preachy
  • Some difficulty spikes and frustrating sections

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • GIGA WRECKER

  • Kaelaverse: Pemascape

  • Underhero

  • Catmaze

More violent

Games that feels like Iconoclasts but with more combat and destruction

  • Dungreed

  • Ghost 1.0

  • Zexion

  • A Robot Named Fight!

  • Odallus: The Dark Call

  • MindSeize

Less social

Games that feels like Iconoclasts but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Alwa's Awakening

  • ANIMAL WELL

  • Adventures of Pip

  • Moonleap

  • MO:Astray

  • Bat to the Heavens

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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).

Iconoclasts: 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 Cooperation, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026