Mr. Shifty similar games & best alternatives

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Mr. Shifty

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!

What works

  • Fast-paced and satisfying combat
  • Unique teleportation mechanic
  • Stylized comic art style
  • Varied enemies and level design
  • Smooth controls and responsive gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Lack of checkpoints within levels
  • Some frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Minimal story and character development
  • Technical issues such as crashes and frame drops

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dust & Neon

  • Skybreakers

  • Alien Shooter

  • Biters & Bullets: Prologue

  • The Hong Kong Massacre

  • Cat Bait

More expressive

Games that feels like Mr. Shifty but with more self-expression and customization

  • Mind

  • Machick 2

  • Magic Rune Stone

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • Soda Girls

  • Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

More exploratory

Games that feels like Mr. Shifty but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Hyper Light Drifter

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

  • Creature in the Well

  • Starward Rogue

  • Keeper's Toll

More story-driven

Games that feels like Mr. Shifty but with deeper narrative immersion

  • They Always Run

  • Crossing Souls

  • Anomaly Agent

  • Jack Move

  • Diary of Lucie

  • Larva Mortus

Choose your own criteria ->

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).

Mr. Shifty: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration, Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026