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Games like Yars Rising
WayForward · 2024 · Windows
Steam: 81 % positive of 216 reviews, as of Oct 28
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
24 games that play like Yars Rising and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: SANABI, Axiom Verge and You Have to Win the Game.
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Plays like Yars Rising
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
SANABI
96 % positive of 42,093
Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Axiom Verge
90 % positive of 5,874
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
You Have to Win the Game
92 % positive of 5,731
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
Rabi-Ribi
95 % positive of 10,769
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
Transiruby
92 % positive of 293
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Haiku, the Robot
90 % positive of 2,593
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
Akatori: Сhapter One
92 % positive of 983
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
ICEY
89 % positive of 26,177
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
Berserk Boy
86 % positive of 322
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Axiom Verge 2
79 % positive of 805
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
The Messenger
92 % positive of 10,788
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
95 % positive of 898
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
More matches
- Super Win the Game88 % positive of 527Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
- Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune82 % positive of 1,935Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
- Narita Boy78 % positive of 1,170Shared: Exploration · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- Quarion94 % positive of 172Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
- Gato Roboto94 % positive of 4,404Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller
- Vision Soft Reset90 % positive of 162Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
- Xeodrifter74 % positive of 739Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
- Cave Story+92 % positive of 5,268Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
- Gravity Circuit95 % positive of 3,060Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- GIGA WRECKER76 % positive of 730Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Female Protagonist
- Out There Somewhere91 % positive of 6,157Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Anime
- Blaster Master Zero93 % positive of 1,044Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
By look
Looks like Yars Rising
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Katana ZERO
96 % positive of 66,629
Jack Move: I.C.E. Breaker
94 % positive of 525
Nine Sols
94 % positive of 41,084
The Great Rebellion
95 % positive of 547
Soda Crisis
92 % positive of 2,924
Jack Move
80 % positive of 821
Awaria
96 % positive of 20,050
Ghost 1.0
90 % positive of 1,924
Neon Abyss
86 % positive of 19,729
Galactic Glitch
89 % positive of 938
BlazBlue Entropy Effect
93 % positive of 30,861
Dex
86 % positive of 2,917
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- Nohra96 % positive of 328
- ANNO: Mutationem80 % positive of 5,860
- Revenant94 % positive of 469
- Akane94 % positive of 2,754
- Gunner-chan!90 % positive of 220
- Black Future '8873 % positive of 495
- Whisker Squadron: Survivor76 % positive of 485
- RAM: Random Access Mayhem96 % positive of 619
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At a glance
What games like Yars Rising have in common
- The tags they share most often with Yars Rising: Metroidvania (21 of 24), Side Scroller (16) and Exploration (14).
- They came out between 2011 and 2025, one of them after Yars Rising (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: SANABI (96 % positive of 42,093).
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.