INK similar games & best alternatives

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INK

2015

Should you play it?

INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying.

What works

  • Unique painting mechanic
  • Challenging and addictive platforming
  • Colorful and visually appealing
  • Tight controls and responsive gameplay
  • Calming and fitting soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • 30 fps cap and lack of options
  • Slippery and sometimes frustrating controls
  • Minimal story and narrative depth
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • LOVE

  • EDGE

  • pureya

  • Dashy Square

  • YORG.io

  • Slime-san: Superslime Edition

More violent

Games that feels like INK but with more combat and destruction

  • Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition

  • UBERMOSH:BLACK

  • Evil Egg

  • Nomad Survival

  • Pinkman

  • Good Robot

More story-driven

Games that feels like INK but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Celeste

  • Will You Snail?

  • Zexion

  • Garlic

  • Drill Bird

  • Annalynn

Less exploratory

Games that feels like INK but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • UBERMOSH:OMEGA

  • Blaite

  • 1 Screen Platformer

  • Bit Blaster XL

  • Duck Souls

  • Deep the Game

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

INK: 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 Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026