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DDNet

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

Want to play the hardest cooperative 2D platformer ever? Want to finish no map ever? Want to be in pain for hours and cry, getting nothing in return? Come play DDNet with a large community of other sufferers!

What works

  • High skill ceiling and rewarding gameplay
  • Strong cooperative multiplayer focus
  • Active and supportive community
  • Extensive community-created content and mods
  • Free to play with low system requirements

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and high initial difficulty
  • Some toxic players and occasional community negativity
  • Lack of tutorial or onboarding for new players
  • Server instability due to ddos attacks
  • Potential for excessive time investment and addiction

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Unrailed!

  • N++ (NPLUSPLUS)

  • I wanna be the Creator

  • Unrailed 2: Back on Track

  • Teeworlds

  • Feed the Cups

More violent

Games that feels like DDNet but with more combat and destruction

  • Samurai GUNN

  • Bloody Trapland

  • Portal Dungeon

  • Subspace Continuum

  • StarBreak

  • Superfighters Deluxe

More story-driven

Games that feels like DDNet but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Toodee and Topdee

  • Sephiria

  • Garbanzo Quest

  • Spelunky 2

  • Mr. Sun's Hatbox

  • PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy

More fantastical

Games that feels like DDNet but with more imaginative fiction

  • Hammerwatch

  • King Arthur's Gold

  • Indie Pogo

  • Rogue Glitch Ultra

  • 20XX

  • Wheelchair Wizards

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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 DDNet. These titles are not in What to play next.

DDNet: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026