CrossCode similar games & best alternatives

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CrossCode

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

What works

  • Deep and engaging combat system
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Immersive mmo-in-a-game setting
  • Rich story and character development
  • Extensive exploration and content

Things to keep in mind

  • High puzzle density may frustrate some players
  • Navigation and platforming can be confusing due to isometric perspective
  • Some grind required for gear and progression
  • Lack of real multiplayer or social cooperation
  • Story pacing slow in early sections

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • LunarLux

  • Nyaruru Fishy Fight

  • Hollow Knight

  • Hyper Light Drifter

  • Phoenotopia: Awakening

  • Chained Echoes

Less story-driven

Games that feels like CrossCode but with less narrative immersion

  • Kingsgrave

  • Neon Abyss

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • Touhou Blooming Chaos 2

  • Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

  • Cally's Caves 3

Less expressive

Games that feels like CrossCode but with less self-expression and customization

  • Adventures of Pip

  • Under The Island

  • Axiom Verge 2

  • Blaster Master Zero 2

  • MindSeize

  • Labyronia RPG

More social

Games that feels like CrossCode but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • 9th Dawn III

  • Planet Centauri

  • Voidigo

  • UNSIGHTED

  • Songbringer

  • Archvale

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Similarity map

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

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  • 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 CrossCode. These titles are not in What to play next.

CrossCode: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026