Lemma similar games & best alternatives

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PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

Immersive first-person parkour in a surreal, physics-driven voxel world. Every move can modify the environment. Surfaces pop in and out of existence at will.

What works

  • Innovative parkour mechanics with platform creation
  • Open-ended exploration and puzzle solving
  • Atmospheric and surreal voxel world
  • Level editor and community content
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Confusing late-game level design and navigation
  • Some control and animation jankiness
  • Minimal story and voice acting
  • Annoying enemies and occasional frustration
  • Lack of guidance and map system

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Big Hops

  • Corn Kidz 64

  • Youropa

  • Yooka-Laylee

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition

Less expressive

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

  • Metamorphosis

  • Öoo

  • HAAK

  • Europa

  • The Talos Principle VR

  • Promenade

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Lemma but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Haydee 3

  • Duck Paradox

  • Dynamite Jack

  • Lorn's Lure

  • Escape Goat 2

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

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 Lemma. 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 Lemma. These titles are not in What to play next.

Lemma: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 22/08/2026