Scribblenauts Unlimited similar games & best alternatives

Scribblenauts Unlimited

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Android, iOS • 2012

Should you play it?

The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

What works
  • Extensive creative freedom
  • Family friendly and educational
  • Large dictionary and object editor
  • Pleasant art style and music
  • Steam workshop support for custom content
Things to keep in mind
  • Some puzzles can be repetitive or easy
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative play
  • Controls can be awkward at times
  • No official localization in some languages
  • Limited story depth

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure

  • The Multi-Medium

  • Braid

  • Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2

  • Pilgrims

  • Draw a Stickman: EPIC

  • LEGO® Bricktales

  • Monument Valley

  • Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Multi-Medium

  • BAKERU

  • Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Scribblenauts Unlimited: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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