Ctrl CV similar games & best alternatives

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Ctrl CV

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Welcome to the world of Ctrl CV, a find-the-image platformer puzzle game. You are surrounded by countless clones of yourself, and your goal is to find the source of these doppelgangers. Try not to lose yourself in the midst of "yourselves".

What works

  • Unique clone mechanic
  • Challenging platforming
  • Free to play
  • Short and accessible
  • Catchy soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating level design and difficulty spikes
  • Lack of pause and save features
  • Annoying music volume with no control
  • Poor graphics and visual clarity
  • Keyboard-only controls and no customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Gravity Cat

  • Super Hipster Lumberjack

  • Smilemo

  • Super Mustache

  • Death Fungeon

  • Defy Gravity Extended

More exploratory

Games that feels like Ctrl CV but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Rogue Port - Blue Nightmare

  • Leap Year

  • 8BitBoy™

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Mutant Mudds Deluxe

More expressive

Games that feels like Ctrl CV but with more self-expression and customization

  • SuperTux

  • MagiCat

  • Duck Souls

  • Squirreltopia

  • HerrAnwalt: Lawyers Legacy

  • 6.0

More violent

Games that feels like Ctrl CV but with more combat and destruction

  • Vox Populi Vox Dei 2

  • RUKIMIN's Disappointing Adventure!

  • WOWOWOW KORONE BOX

  • Prison Run and Gun

  • Penimorta

  • Deadlings: Rotten Edition

More creative

Games that feels like Ctrl CV but with more room to create and customize

  • Make Me LAG

  • Color Symphony

  • Out There Somewhere

  • Horace

  • Squishy the Suicidal Pig

  • Elle: Portal

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Ctrl CV. 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 Ctrl CV. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ctrl CV: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence, Creativity.

Last update: 21/08/2026