PARTICLE MACE similar games & best alternatives

PARTICLE MACE

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

What works

  • Unique physics-based gameplay
  • Addictive mission mode with 150 challenges
  • Local multiplayer co-op and deathmatch
  • Low price with frequent sales
  • Relaxing and meditative experience

Things to keep in mind

  • No online multiplayer
  • Graphics are minimalistic
  • Some missions can be frustratingly difficult
  • Lack of steam controller support
  • Repetitive after extended play

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Subspace Continuum

  • Chicken Invaders Universe

  • CounterAttack: Uprising

  • NeuroVoider

  • SpiderHeck

  • Beat Hazard 3

Less social

Games that feels like PARTICLE MACE but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Nova Drift

  • Bit Blaster XL

  • Sektori

  • Space Scavenger

  • Beat Blast

  • Neon Sundown

More fantastical

Games that feels like PARTICLE MACE but with more imaginative fiction

  • Star Saviors

  • Worbital

  • Really Big Sky

  • Tormentor❌Punisher

  • Terraria

  • Heat Signature

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

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 PARTICLE MACE. These titles are not in What to play next.

PARTICLE MACE: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Fantasy, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026