Octogeddon similar games & best alternatives

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Octogeddon

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!

What works

  • Simple and accessible controls
  • Challenging yet rewarding gameplay
  • Humorous and charming art style
  • Good progression and replayability
  • Catchy soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Some grind and rng elements
  • Limited content and short main campaign
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • No multiple save slots
  • Repetitive level design

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Trinity Fusion

  • The Braves

  • Spiritfall

  • Skul: The Hero Slayer

  • Pirates Outlaws

  • The Rogue Prince of Persia

More exploratory

Games that feels like Octogeddon but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

  • AWAKEN - Astral Blade

  • Catmaze

  • BioGun

  • Hollow Knight

  • BIOMORPH

Choose your own criteria ->

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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.
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  • 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).

Octogeddon: 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 Violence, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026