RAD similar games & best alternatives

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RAD

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

Should you play it?

RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

What works

  • Engaging mutation system with varied combos
  • Stylish 80s neon art and synthwave soundtrack
  • Challenging and skill-based combat
  • High replay value with unlocks and secrets
  • Tight controls and immersive atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Some rng can lead to frustrating runs
  • Limited enemy variety and content depth
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Performance issues on some hardware
  • Story and npc interactions are minimal

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dead Cells

  • Trinity Fusion

  • OVIS LOOP

  • Heretical

  • Cinderia

  • Arboria

More intense

Games that feels like RAD but with a more intense feel

  • GRIME

  • Deepening Fire

  • Valfaris: Mecha Therion

  • Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

  • Solateria

  • The Devil Within: Satgat

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Headlander

  • Costume Quest 2

  • Psychonauts

  • Costume Quest

  • Brutal Legend

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

RAD: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Sensation, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026