Games like Cave Story's Secret Santa
Closest overall match: Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe (★ 2.5). Highest rated: Monument Valley 2 at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Cave Story's Secret Santa? Our model ranked 10 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Steam Achievements and 2D.
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51%
1. Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
Shares Family Friendly, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 7, Casual
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51%
2. Hack 'n' Slash
Shares 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
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49%
3. Impostor Factory
Shares Cute, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 2.0 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 99%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
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49%
4. Aperture Desk Job
Shares Family Friendly, Controller, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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49%
5. Return to Monkey Island
Shares Family Friendly, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
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49%
6. Nephise Begins
Shares Exploration, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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49%
7. CAYNE
Shares 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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48%
8. Monument Valley 2
Shares Story; rated 2.1 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
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48%
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48%
10. Zup! 3
Shares 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 7, Casual
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Cave Story's Secret Santa?
On our similarity model, Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe is the closest match to Cave Story's Secret Santa — shares Family Friendly, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
Which game like Cave Story's Secret Santa is rated highest?
Monument Valley 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 243 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Cave Story's Secret Santa on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.