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Games like Gimmick! 2
Bitwave Games · 2024 · Windows, Linux
Steam: 89 % positive of 174 reviews, as of Oct 28
Embark on a sparkling journey in this long-awaited sequel to SUNSOFT’s legendary 8-bit platformer Gimmick! Solve puzzles, trick enemies, and explore a physics-based playground. Yumetaro is back!
24 games that play like Gimmick! 2 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Mago, Cave Story+ and Moonleap.
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Plays and looks like Gimmick! 2
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Gimmick! 2
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Mago
92 % positive of 942
Shared: Difficult · Cartoony · Retro
Cave Story+
92 % positive of 5,268
Shared: Difficult · Retro · Platformer
Moonleap
97 % positive of 1,380
Shared: 2D Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Retro
Ynglet
98 % positive of 304
Shared: Hand-drawn · 2D Platformer · Physics
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
94 % positive of 4,972
Shared: Difficult · Hand-drawn · 2D Platformer
Yoku's Island Express
96 % positive of 3,257
Shared: Hand-drawn · Physics · Puzzle-Platformer
The Messenger
92 % positive of 10,788
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Retro
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
83 % positive of 879
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Family Friendly
Yooka-Replaylee
91 % positive of 1,060
Shared: Character Customization · Cartoony · Family Friendly
Toree 2
96 % positive of 1,022
Shared: Precision Platformer · Cartoony · Action-Adventure
Garbanzo Quest
98 % positive of 669
Shared: 2D Platformer · Cartoony · Controller
Öoo
98 % positive of 6,776
Shared: 2D Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Controller
More matches
- FEZ92 % positive of 11,738Shared: Puzzle-Platformer · Controller · Retro
- Tomba! Special Edition87 % positive of 730Shared: 2D Platformer · Retro · Platformer
- You Have to Win the Game92 % positive of 5,731Shared: Precision Platformer · Difficult · Controller
- Rabi-Ribi95 % positive of 10,769Shared: Difficult · Action-Adventure · Platformer
- Promenade93 % positive of 844Shared: 2D Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Cartoony
- Super Mombo Quest96 % positive of 806Shared: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Retro
- Yooka-Laylee77 % positive of 2,874Shared: Cartoony · Retro · Family Friendly
- GravNewton77 % positive of 381Shared: Precision Platformer · Difficult · 2D Platformer
- Snail Bob 2: Tiny Troubles97 % positive of 338Shared: 2D Platformer · Physics · Character Customization
- Umihara Kawase90 % positive of 218Shared: Precision Platformer · Difficult · 2D Platformer
- Oozi: Earth Adventure88 % positive of 809Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Cartoony
- Vibrant Venture98 % positive of 572Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer
By look
Looks like Gimmick! 2
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Geometry Dash
92 % positive of 610,341
Toki Tori
88 % positive of 1,635
Bring You Home
95 % positive of 229
SuperTux
93 % positive of 1,243
Bopl Battle
96 % positive of 21,798
Toki Tori 2+
87 % positive of 755
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
79 % positive of 773
Teeworlds
88 % positive of 4,353
DDNet
87 % positive of 47,171
The Adventure Pals
91 % positive of 995
Mission in Snowdriftland
95 % positive of 240
Tricky Towers
90 % positive of 12,425
More matches
- Levelhead96 % positive of 882
- Wunderling DX95 % positive of 120
- Airscape - The Fall of Gravity80 % positive of 2,298
- Snakebird93 % positive of 913
- Spelunky 293 % positive of 19,832
- Wuppo: Definitive Edition94 % positive of 4,972
- Minishoot' Adventures97 % positive of 7,969
- Duck Life 8: Adventure88 % positive of 427
- Duck Life 486 % positive of 265
- Promenade93 % positive of 844
- Button Button Up!95 % positive of 93
- Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends84 % positive of 5,638
At a glance
What games like Gimmick! 2 have in common
- The tags they share most often with Gimmick! 2: 2D Platformer (15 of 24), Difficult (11) and Retro (8).
- They came out between 2011 and 2025, 2 of them after Gimmick! 2 (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: Öoo (98 % positive of 6,776).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.