I Wanna Maker similar games & best alternatives

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I Wanna Maker

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

I Wanna Maker is a precision platformer with a robust level editor and online level sharing, based on I Wanna Be The Guy fangames. Create complex levels using a variety of objects, a powerful events system, and customizable visuals. Browse levels online, take on challenge modes, and more!

What works

  • Powerful and accessible level editor
  • Highly polished and challenging campaign
  • Large and active community with diverse user-created content
  • Completely free with no microtransactions
  • Good balance of difficulty for beginners and experts

Things to keep in mind

  • Some controls can feel stiff or awkward
  • Slow updates and limited marketing
  • Level discovery can be difficult due to volume and quality variance
  • Lack of advanced programming features in editor
  • Some frustration due to difficulty and occasional bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity

  • Spelunky

  • Nuclear Throne

  • BLUE REVOLVER

  • Super Meat Boy

  • Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Less competitive

Games that feels like I Wanna Maker but with less competition against others

  • SuperTux

  • waxweaver

  • MagiCat

  • Wayward

  • Dredgers

  • Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like I Wanna Maker but with less of a community feel

  • Rusted Moss

  • Rogue Fable III

  • Shovel Knight Dig

  • Squirreltopia

  • Flinthook

  • Offspring Fling!

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  • 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.
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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 I Wanna Maker. These titles are not in What to play next.

I Wanna Maker: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026