Mushroom 11 similar games & best alternatives

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Mushroom 11

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?

What works

  • Unique and innovative gameplay mechanic
  • Beautiful art and atmospheric soundtrack
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Engaging boss fights
  • Immersive post-apocalyptic setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty spikes causing frustration
  • Short game length
  • Lack of controller support
  • Repetitive mouse use causing hand strain
  • Minimal narrative and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Typoman

  • Darwin's Paradox!

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Youropa

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • Nihilumbra

More violent

Games that feels like Mushroom 11 but with more combat and destruction

  • CARRION

  • Dead Cells

  • Life Goes On: Done to Death

  • Zombotron

  • MindSeize

  • Aeterna Noctis

Less expressive

Games that feels like Mushroom 11 but with less self-expression and customization

  • Leo’s Fortune - HD Edition

  • TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT

  • Plazma Being

  • Teslagrad Remastered

  • MO:Astray

  • Teslagrad

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Mushroom 11 but with less survival pressure

  • Yoku's Island Express

  • Braid, Anniversary Edition

  • Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

  • Teslagrad 2

  • LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias

  • Vessel

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mushroom 11. 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 Mushroom 11. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mushroom 11: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Value, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026