Lunistice similar games & best alternatives

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Lunistice

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Lunistice is a 3D Platformer created with simple & fun gameplay and a cute PS1/SEGA Saturn inspired artstyle in mind. Take the role of Hana the Tanuki and jump and fight through her dreams!

What works

  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Engaging level design with collectibles
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Charming retro-inspired visuals
  • High replay value with multiple characters

Things to keep in mind

  • Camera can be occasionally awkward
  • Some difficulty spikes in later levels
  • Short overall length
  • Minor control slipperiness reported
  • Story is minimal and sometimes unclear

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Frogun

  • Demon Turf: Queens Edition

  • Toree Saturn

  • BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

  • Poi

  • Grapple Dog

Less competitive

Games that feels like Lunistice but with less competition against others

  • Corn Kidz 64

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

  • BAKERU

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Kao the Kangaroo

Choose your own criteria ->

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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.
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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).

Lunistice: 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