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PIXELMAN

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

PIXELMAN is a retro styled, action-filled, high-score chaser arcade game, where you control the title character in his mission to rescue the citizens of Pixville from the evil Baron Von Pixel and his contraptions.

What works

  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Low price and good value
  • Retro pixel art style
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Simple controls with gamepad support

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive and limited variety
  • Minimal story and character customization
  • Can be frustrating due to difficulty
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some find music repetitive or annoying

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Knightmare Tower

  • Overclocked

  • Mega Hasan

  • Grapple Dog

  • Oniken: Unstoppable Edition

  • Turbo Pug

Less competitive

Games that feels like PIXELMAN but with less competition against others

  • 8BitBoy™

  • Terrian Saga: KR-17

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Asgard's Fall: Origins

  • Acquitted

  • Cataegis : The White Wind

More expressive

Games that feels like PIXELMAN but with more self-expression and customization

  • Soviet Jump Game

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon

  • Turbo Pug DX

  • Super Mega Neo Pug

  • Mighty Goose

Less status-driven

Games that feels like PIXELMAN but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Karate Survivor

  • UDONGEIN X

  • Infinite Tao

  • Gun Devil

  • DED

  • Slash or Die

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Similarity map

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

PIXELMAN: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026