Games like Headlander
Closest overall match: Strider (★ 3.3). Highest rated: Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit at about 1 hours.
We compared Headlander against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Singleplayer and Metroidvania.
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64%
1. Strider
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
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61%
2. Song of the Deep
Shares Metroidvania, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
3. Rise & Shine
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
-
58%
4. ReCore
Shares Captions available, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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58%
5. BLACKHOLE
Shares overlay, Captions available, controller support, Comedy and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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57%
6. HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Comedy, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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57%
7. Apotheon
Shares Metroidvania, Captions available, controller support, Side Scroller and Full controller support and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
8. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
9. Dex
Shares overlay, Metroidvania, Captions available, controller support and Side Scroller and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
10. The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Shares controller support, Comedy, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
11. Double Dragon: Neon
Shares Side Scroller, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
-
56%
12. Styx: Shards of Darkness
Shares Comedy, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Headlander?
On our similarity model, Strider is the closest match to Headlander — shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
Which game like Headlander is rated highest?
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 186 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Headlander 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.