Awesomenauts similar games & best alternatives

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Awesomenauts

PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360 • 2012

Should you play it?

Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!

What works

  • Unique 2d moba gameplay
  • Friendly community
  • Frequent updates and new content
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
  • Colorful art and great soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Matchmaking issues and lag
  • Small player base
  • Some balance problems
  • Peer-to-peer networking
  • Limited maps

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SUPERVIVE

  • Orcs Must Die! 2

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

  • Little Fighter 2 Remastered

  • Wildgate

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Awesomenauts but with less leadership over others

  • Muffin Knight

  • Indie Pogo

  • 30XX

  • Final Exam

  • Strike Force Heroes

  • Bounty of One

Less intimate

Games that feels like Awesomenauts but with less focus on close relationships

  • Relic Arena

  • Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn

  • Inkbound

  • Dota Underlords

  • Skullgirls 2nd Encore

  • Battlerite Royale

Less competitive

Games that feels like Awesomenauts but with less competition against others

  • Sunderfolk

  • Astral Ascent

  • Dungeon Defenders II

  • Across the Obelisk

  • Bravery and Greed

  • HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Awesomenauts but with less narrative immersion

  • Armajet

  • Worms Reloaded

  • Goose Goose Duck

  • Iron League

  • Minion Masters

  • BAPBAP

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Awesomenauts. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Awesomenauts. These titles are not in What to play next.

Awesomenauts: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026