Stick It to the Stickman similar games & best alternatives

Stick It to the Stickman

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux • 2025

Should you play it?

Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.

What works
  • Excellent value for price
  • Addictive and satisfying combat
  • Multiple game modes and characters
  • Strong replayability and progression
  • Humorous corporate satire and style
Things to keep in mind
  • Performance issues and bugs reported
  • Lack of online multiplayer (only local/remote play)
  • Some ui and control frustrations
  • Repetitive elements in main mode
  • Occasional balance and rng frustrations

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Hidden Gems

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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).

Stick It to the Stickman: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. 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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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Expectation

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  • Experimenting

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  • Fantasy

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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  • Intimacy

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