Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble similar games & best alternatives

Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

An enormous Boss Tower has sprung from the ground, lifting entire towns up with it. Now, the people living on the tower are starting to contract all sorts of mysterious illnesses. Princess Remedy, still in Saturnian healing school, must use her powers to heal everyone and defeat the Boss Tower!

What works

  • Charming retro pixel art and music
  • Unique dating mechanic with varied abilities
  • Engaging bullet-hell combat with boss fights
  • Humorous and quirky writing
  • Good replayability with secrets and difficulty modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime for a single run
  • Some players find final boss very difficult
  • Limited depth in social/dating interactions
  • No multiplayer or cooperative features
  • Controller support issues reported on some platforms

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

  • Cave Story+

  • Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

  • Deathstate: Abyssal Edition

  • Haiku, the Robot

Less intimate

Games that feels like Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble but with less focus on close relationships

  • Star of Providence

  • Xeodrifter

  • Zexion

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

  • Cally's Caves 3

  • Starward Rogue

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

  • MURI

  • Card City Nights

  • Ittle Dew

  • Slap City

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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).

Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble: 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 Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status.

Last update: 04/08/2026