Lunistice similar games & best alternatives

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Lunistice

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Lunistice is a 3D Platformer created with simple & fun gameplay and a cute PS1/SEGA Saturn inspired artstyle in mind. Take the role of Hana the Tanuki and jump and fight through her dreams!

What works

  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Engaging level design with collectibles
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Charming retro-inspired visuals
  • High replay value with multiple characters

Things to keep in mind

  • Camera can be occasionally awkward
  • Some difficulty spikes in later levels
  • Short overall length
  • Minor control slipperiness reported
  • Story is minimal and sometimes unclear

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Frogun

  • Demon Turf: Queens Edition

  • Toree Saturn

  • BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

  • Poi

  • Grapple Dog

Less competitive

Games that feels like Lunistice but with less competition against others

  • Corn Kidz 64

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

  • BAKERU

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Kao the Kangaroo

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Lunistice. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • 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 Lunistice. These titles are not in What to play next.

Lunistice: 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 Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026