Obama similar games & best alternatives

Obama

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Obama is a third person action-adventure game with bullet-hell inspired combat. Cleanse an unknown alien planet of the beasts that now inhabit it. Find out who is in command and reveal their ultimate goal.

What works

  • Innovative and fun combat mechanics
  • Strong multiplayer co-op experience
  • Engaging boss fights and exploration
  • High replayability and secrets
  • Free to play with high production value

Things to keep in mind

  • Camera and visibility issues reported
  • Platforming sections can be frustrating
  • Boss fights sometimes repetitive
  • Performance and optimization problems
  • Limited narrative clarity and depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Gatekeeper: Infinity

  • Gatekeeper

  • Victor Vran ARPG

  • Vellum

  • Hellpoint

  • Cursed Companions

More expressive

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

  • Arcadegeddon

  • A Hat in Time

  • Lost Castle 2

  • Onirism

  • PIT OF GOBLIN

  • Shape of Dreams: Prologue

Less competitive

Games that feels like Obama but with less competition against others

  • Knights End

  • Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

  • 9 Monkeys of Shaolin

  • EXOME

  • C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

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).

Obama: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026