Games like Hue on Xbox
Closest overall match: Thomas Was Alone (★ 3.7). Highest rated: Thimbleweed Park at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: Thomas Was Alone at about 2 hours.
These 11 games score highest on our similarity model for Hue — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: 2D, Full controller support and Great Soundtrack. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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67%
1. Thomas Was Alone
Shares Narration, Colorful, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
2. Wuppo
Shares Metroidvania, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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60%
3. Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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58%
4. The Swapper
Shares Metroidvania, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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58%
5. Manual Samuel
Shares 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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58%
6. Seasons After Fall
Shares Metroidvania, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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57%
7. Thimbleweed Park
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
56%
8. Snake Pass
Shares Colorful, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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56%
9. Deponia Doomsday
Shares 2D, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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56%
10. Minit
Shares Metroidvania, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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55%
11. The Gardens Between
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Hue on Xbox?
On our similarity model, Thomas Was Alone is the closest match to Hue on Xbox — shares Narration, Colorful, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 higher.
Which game like Hue is rated highest?
Thimbleweed Park holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 243 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Hue 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.