Flashback similar games & best alternatives

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Flashback

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One • 2019

Should you play it?

FLASHBACK™, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back!

What works

  • Faithful to original classic gameplay and story
  • Option to play original or remastered graphics and sound
  • Rewind feature reduces frustration
  • Strong nostalgic and sci-fi atmosphere
  • Achievement and collectible additions

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and unintuitive controls
  • Lack of control customization
  • Some sound and translation issues
  • Minor bugs and save system quirks
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lovecraft's Untold Stories

  • Chasm

  • Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

  • Castlevania Advance Collection

  • Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

More creative

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

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • Treasure Adventure World

  • Underhero

  • The Messenger

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

Flashback: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity.

Last update: 21/08/2026