Games like Gish
Closest overall match: Starseed Pilgrim (★ 2.7). Highest rated: The Blackwell Legacy at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Starseed Pilgrim at about 1 hours.
These 9 games score highest on our similarity model for Gish — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, 2D and Local Multiplayer.
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59%
1. Starseed Pilgrim
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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57%
2. Soldat
Shares Local Multiplayer, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- Indie
-
55%
3. Penumbra: Requiem
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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54%
4. The Blackwell Legacy
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 96%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
53%
5. Wizorb
Shares 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
53%
6. Aquaria
Shares 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
53%
7. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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53%
8. Louvre: The Final Curse
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 5h
- Shared genres
- 3
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53%
9. Oknytt
Shares 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Gish?
On our similarity model, Starseed Pilgrim is the closest match to Gish — shares 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
Which game like Gish is rated highest?
The Blackwell Legacy holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 73 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Gish 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.