Super Motherload similar games & best alternatives

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Super Motherload

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

Should you play it?

Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play.

What works

  • Faithful to original motherload gameplay
  • Local 4-player co-op
  • Engaging puzzle and combo mechanics
  • Immersive soundtrack and voice acting
  • Includes original motherload goldium edition

Things to keep in mind

  • No online multiplayer
  • Some performance and crash issues reported
  • Game can become repetitive and grindy
  • Final boss fight considered tedious by some
  • Limited character customization and expression

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Toodee and Topdee

  • Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane

  • Halcyon Days at Taoyuan

  • Return from Core

  • Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

  • Tinkerlands

More violent

Games that feels like Super Motherload but with more combat and destruction

  • Chronicon

  • The Crackpet Show

  • Hammerwatch

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch

  • Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition

  • Ancient Kingdoms

Less social

Games that feels like Super Motherload but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon

  • Desktop Dungeons

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • Backpack Hero

  • It Lurks Below

  • Serin Fate

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Super Motherload: 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 Violence, Status, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026