Ultros similar games & best alternatives

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Ultros

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...

What works

  • Unique and creative gardening mechanics
  • Stunning psychedelic art and music
  • Innovative time loop progression
  • Immersive and atmospheric world
  • Engaging exploration and puzzle solving

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat is easy and sometimes unsatisfying
  • Some mechanics can feel fiddly or confusing
  • Gardening puzzles late game can be tedious
  • Occasional bugs and softlocks reported
  • Lack of clear guidance early on

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Treasure Adventure World

  • Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition

  • Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

  • Mr. Sleepy Man

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • Waking Mars

More violent

Games that feels like Ultros but with more combat and destruction

  • DOOMBLADE

  • Hollow Knight

  • Turbo Kid

  • MindSeize

  • Summum Aeterna

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Ultros but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Dead Cells

  • Aeterna Noctis

  • Nine Sols

  • Guidus Zero

  • MIO: Memories in Orbit

  • Pronty

Less expressive

Games that feels like Ultros but with less self-expression and customization

  • Ugly

  • Knytt Underground

  • ANIMAL WELL

  • MO:Astray

  • Toki Tori 2+

  • Promenade

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Ultros. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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 Ultros. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ultros: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026