MagiCat similar games & best alternatives

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MagiCat

2017

Should you play it?

MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.

What works

  • Charming pixel art and visuals
  • Unique mechanics in every level
  • Large number of levels and bosses
  • Balanced difficulty with checkpoints and revives
  • Excellent value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal story and narrative depth
  • Music is pleasant but unmemorable
  • Some input lag and occasional crashes reported
  • Difficulty spikes can cause frustration
  • Bosses sometimes feel repetitive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Magicmaker

  • Lone Fungus

  • Backpack Hero

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

  • Cally's Caves 3

Less expressive

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

  • Bloo Kid 2

  • Terrian Saga: KR-17

  • Rogue Port - Blue Nightmare

  • Cathedral

  • Under The Island

  • Adventures of Pip

More story-driven

Games that feels like MagiCat but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Rusted Moss

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Realms of Magic

  • Haiku, the Robot

  • Ocean's Heart

  • Reventure

More intense

Games that feels like MagiCat but with a more intense feel

  • ZERO Sievert

  • Squishy the Suicidal Pig

  • Rogue Fable III

  • Rogue's Tale

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

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

MagiCat: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership, Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026