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Games like Headlander

Double Fine Productions · 2016 · 90 % positive of 1,036

24 games that play like Headlander and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: MindSeize, Axiom Verge and Retro Machina.

Player tags

  • Sci-fi
  • Action
  • Metroidvania
  • Platformer
  • Comedy
  • Side Scroller
  • Funny
  • Retro

At a glance

What games like Headlander have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Headlander: Platformer (21 of 24), Metroidvania (14) and Sci-fi (11).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2026, 14 of them after Headlander (2016).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Psychonauts (95 % positive of 17,925).

By gameplay

Plays like Headlander

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Environmental Station Alpha83 % positive of 1,470Shared: Sci-fi · Metroidvania · Platformer
  2. LUNARK87 % positive of 295Shared: Sci-fi · Platformer · Side Scroller
  3. Bionic Bay90 % positive of 365Shared: Sci-fi · Platformer · Space
  4. Spaceport Hope77 % positive of 482Shared: Sci-fi · Metroidvania · Platformer
  5. Xeodrifter76 % positive of 834Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Retro
  6. MIO: Memories in Orbit83 % positive of 5,384
  7. Escape From Tethys69 % positive of 446Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Retro
  8. Full Void90 % positive of 238Shared: Platformer · Retro · Action
  9. RetroSpace89 % positive of 488
  10. Flashback78 % positive of 557Shared: Sci-fi · Platformer · Side Scroller
  11. Humanity Asset30 % positive of 504Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller
  12. Super Win the Game88 % positive of 639Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller

By look

Looks like Headlander

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. 7th Sector74 % positive of 643
  2. GIGA WRECKER77 % positive of 725
  3. Creature in the Well79 % positive of 337
  4. ACE - Arena: Cyber Evolution66 % positive of 1,061
  5. Fallback86 % positive of 386
  6. Vertigo Remastered92 % positive of 1,487
  7. Small Radios Big Televisions71 % positive of 371
  8. FORM91 % positive of 973
  9. Metamorphosis85 % positive of 591
  10. Space Trash Scavenger86 % positive of 470
  11. Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition72 % positive of 486
  12. GUNHEAD77 % positive of 189

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.

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