TurnOn similar games & best alternatives

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TurnOn

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

What works

  • Relaxing and charming atmosphere
  • Unique and colorful art style
  • Excellent and varied music
  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Visual storytelling through comics

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Frustrating runner levels for some players
  • Minor bugs and control issues
  • Some perspective and camera quirks
  • Price considered high by some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Varenje

  • Scrap Garden

  • Isle of Ewe

  • Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city

  • Lumino City

  • Tinykin

More expressive

Games that feels like TurnOn but with more self-expression and customization

  • Rain on Your Parade

  • ShantyTown

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Haven Park

  • Just Crow Things

  • Yooka-Replaylee

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

TurnOn: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression, Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026