My Friend Pedro similar games & best alternatives

My Friend Pedro

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One • 2019

Should you play it?

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

What works
  • Stylish and fluid gameplay
  • Creative combat and environmental interactions
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • High replay value through scoring and modifiers
  • Accessible yet challenging mechanics
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length
  • Limited story depth
  • Some clunky platforming segments
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Repetitive level design towards the end

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Severed Steel

  • Mighty Goose

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  • Steel Assault

  • Suit for Hire

  • GoNNER

  • Sine Mora

  • Midnight Fight Express

  • Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Steel Assault

  • Advent NEON®

  • Panzer Paladin
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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

My Friend Pedro: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Relaxation.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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