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Inertia

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Inertia is a first-person platformer with free-running aspects. Inspired by various other free-running and movement based games/game-modes.

What works

  • Affordable price and great value
  • Unique and challenging movement mechanics
  • Level editor and workshop support
  • Engaging soundtrack and visuals
  • Rewarding for speedrunning and skill mastery

Things to keep in mind

  • Inconsistent and buggy controls (wallrunning, sliding, jumping)
  • Steep difficulty spikes and frustration
  • Small and inactive community
  • Lack of narrative or story depth
  • Some technical issues and crashes reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Marble Skies

  • Bunny Hop League

  • Toree 3D

  • Aimtastic

  • Road to Ballhalla

  • Nimbus

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Inertia but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Neon Drive

  • EverStopped

  • Neodash

  • Flywrench

  • AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity

  • BETON BRUTAL

Less expressive

Games that feels like Inertia but with less self-expression and customization

  • Neon Boost

  • Impulsion

  • Grapple

  • EDGE

  • Exertus

  • Orbo's Odyssey

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • 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).
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  • 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 Inertia. These titles are not in What to play next.

Inertia: 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 Survival, Violence, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026