Mr. Shifty similar games & best alternatives

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Mr. Shifty

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!

What works

  • Fast-paced and satisfying combat
  • Unique teleportation mechanic
  • Stylized comic art style
  • Varied enemies and level design
  • Smooth controls and responsive gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Lack of checkpoints within levels
  • Some frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Minimal story and character development
  • Technical issues such as crashes and frame drops

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dust & Neon

  • Skybreakers

  • Alien Shooter

  • Biters & Bullets: Prologue

  • The Hong Kong Massacre

  • Cat Bait

More expressive

Games that feels like Mr. Shifty but with more self-expression and customization

  • Mind

  • Machick 2

  • Magic Rune Stone

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • Soda Girls

  • Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

More exploratory

Games that feels like Mr. Shifty but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Hyper Light Drifter

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

  • Creature in the Well

  • Starward Rogue

  • Keeper's Toll

More story-driven

Games that feels like Mr. Shifty but with deeper narrative immersion

  • They Always Run

  • Crossing Souls

  • Anomaly Agent

  • Jack Move

  • Diary of Lucie

  • Larva Mortus

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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.
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  • 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 Mr. Shifty. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mr. Shifty: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Value, Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026