Platypus Reclayed similar games & best alternatives

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Platypus Reclayed

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

22 years after its first appearance, the iconic Platypus is coming back, featuring updated gameplay, new weapons and additional content. Get ready to dive into the heart-pounding action of this fast, frantic, and incredibly fun arcade-style shoot-em-up!

What works

  • Faithful and high-quality remake
  • Unique claymation art style
  • Challenging and varied gameplay
  • Mod support and new content
  • Includes original game

Things to keep in mind

  • Difficulty can be punishing and unbalanced
  • Some visibility issues with projectiles
  • Lack of online multiplayer beyond remote play
  • Short campaign length
  • Missing some original music tracks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sky Rogue

  • Blazing Beaks

  • Super Hydorah

  • Serious Sam Double D XXL

  • Portal Dungeon

  • Chicken Invaders 4

Less social

Games that feels like Platypus Reclayed but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • DRAINUS

  • State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem

  • Ex-Zodiac

  • Gryphon Knight Epic

  • SATAZIUS

  • Jets'n'Guns Gold

More intimate

Games that feels like Platypus Reclayed but with more focus on close relationships

  • Jamestown

  • Platypus

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • AK-xolotl: Together

  • GIBZ

  • Commander Cool 2

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 Platypus Reclayed. 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 Platypus Reclayed. These titles are not in What to play next.

Platypus Reclayed: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026