PUSS! similar games & best alternatives

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PUSS!

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Insane, absurd and intense avoid-'em up game about a cat!

What works

  • Unique vaporwave aesthetic
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • Creative level design
  • High replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Very difficult and frustrating
  • Sensory overload causing eye strain
  • Some bugs and glitches
  • Lack of save system within levels
  • Not suitable for epilepsy sufferers

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Revita

  • Advent NEON®

  • Hellsinker.

  • Wings of Vi

  • Rabi-Ribi

  • 10 Second Ninja X

More relaxing

Games that feels like PUSS! but with a more relaxing feel

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • Crypt Custodian

  • BioGun

  • Ex-Zodiac

  • Freedom Planet 2

  • Everhood 2

Less status-driven

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

  • Freedom Planet

  • Cyber Shadow

  • Nefarious

  • Nightmare: The Lunatic

  • Nyaruru Fishy Fight

  • Skul: The Hero Slayer

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

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  • 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 PUSS!. These titles are not in What to play next.

PUSS!: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026