PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate similar games & best alternatives

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PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita • 2015

Should you play it?

CAN YOU SAVE THE SCIENTISTS ON APOXUS PRIME?PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action and puzzle solving.

What works

  • Engaging fluid physics and puzzles
  • Local cooperative gameplay
  • Combines two games with improved visuals
  • Accessible yet challenging gameplay
  • Atmospheric soundtrack and art style

Things to keep in mind

  • Online multiplayer is sparse or dead
  • Some technical bugs and crashes reported
  • Collectible hunting can be tedious
  • Boss fights sometimes frustrating
  • Lack of online co-op limits multiplayer experience

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Toodee and Topdee

  • PixelJunk™ Shooter

  • USAC: Code Breach

  • Trine 2: Complete Story

  • Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

  • Trine Enchanted Edition

More expressive

Games that feels like PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate but with more self-expression and customization

  • POPUCOM

  • Revenge of the Savage Planet

  • Zort

  • DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT

  • Spells & Secrets

  • Pratfall

More violent

Games that feels like PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate but with more combat and destruction

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Strange Brigade

  • System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

  • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

  • Risk of Rain 2

  • Resident Evil 0

Less intimate

Games that feels like PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate but with less focus on close relationships

  • Journey To The Savage Planet

  • Pid

  • Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

  • Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed

  • Capsized

  • Classic Marathon

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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).

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PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 22/08/2026