EDGE similar games & best alternatives

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EDGE

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2011

Should you play it?

EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!

What works

  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Great soundtrack and minimalist visuals
  • Large number of varied levels
  • Good replay value with rankings and achievements
  • Fair price especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Controls can be difficult to master
  • Camera angle and isometric view cause occasional confusion
  • Lack of narrative or story
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some levels can be frustratingly hard

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Jumps

  • INK

  • Nimbus

  • Road to Ballhalla

  • Miner: Dig Deep

  • Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike

More story-driven

Games that feels like EDGE but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Little Big Adventure

  • Timelie

  • Not The Robots

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Face It - A game to fight inner demons

  • Frogun

Less competitive

Games that feels like EDGE but with less competition against others

  • Evo Explores

  • Flightless Classic

  • OneShift

  • Lara Croft GO

  • RUSH

  • Elle: Portal

More violent

Games that feels like EDGE but with more combat and destruction

  • Shooty Skies

  • Redie

  • Hakoniwa Explorer Plus

  • Shootout on Cash Island

  • Tower Factory

  • Isle of Arrows

More expressive

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

  • Blocks That Matter

  • QV

  • STATIONflow

  • pureya

  • Conduct DELUXE!

  • Toree 3D

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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

EDGE: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Violence, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026