Games like PIPS on PC
Closest overall match: The Showdown Effect (★ 2.7). Highest rated: The Cycle: Frontier at ★ 2.8. Quickest to finish: Endless Zone at about 1 hours.
These 20 games score highest on our similarity model for PIPS — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Side Scroller and 2D.
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58%
1. The Showdown Effect
Shares Side Scroller and 2D; rated 2.7 higher.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 19%
- Shared genres
- 4
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56%
2. Endless Zone
Shares Side Scroller; rated 2.0 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4
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56%
3. Streets of Kamurocho
Shares Side Scroller and 2D; rated 2.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4
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55%
4. Armor of Heroes
Rated 1.7 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4
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55%
5. Golden Axed: A Cancelled Prototype
Shares Side Scroller; rated 2.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 4
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55%
6. Robotex
Shares Side Scroller and 2D; rated 1.5 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.5
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 4
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53%
7. Goat of Duty
Rated 2.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 15%
- Shared genres
- 4
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53%
8. Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
Shares 2D; rated 2.1 higher.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 12%
- Shared genres
- 4
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52%
9. Propagation VR
Rated 3.1 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4
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52%
10. KurtzPel
Rated 2.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 5%
- Shared genres
- 4
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51%
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51%
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51%
13. Retimed
Shares 2D; rated 2.8 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 4
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51%
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51%
15. Eurofighter Typhoon
Rated 1.9 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.9
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4
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51%
16. The Cycle: Frontier
Rated 2.8 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 10%
- Shared genres
- 4
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50%
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50%
18. Hide and Shriek
Rated 2.7 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 5%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
50%
19. Dead Island: Epidemic
Rated 2.2 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 19%
- Shared genres
- 4
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50%
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What is the best game like PIPS on PC?
On our similarity model, The Showdown Effect is the closest match to PIPS on PC — shares Side Scroller and 2D; rated 2.7 higher.
Which game like PIPS is rated highest?
The Cycle: Frontier holds the highest player rating in this list at 2.8/5 from 86 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against PIPS 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.