Games like Helltaker · Find similar →
Few titles capture what makes Helltaker unique: puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and an anime aesthetic. After measuring 11 attributes across over 6,700 games, the NextGameLike team picks the 34 most faithful alternatives. Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, Blackwell Unbound and Kathy Rain top the ranking, with Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley at number one (64/100).
Did you find what you were looking for?
Quick answer
The closest game to Helltaker is Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley — scoring 64/100 on our similarity scale. Blackwell Unbound and Kathy Rain follow close behind.
Help us build the best rankings
Community poweredVote on each result below — good match or not. Every vote directly shapes how we rank similar games for everyone.
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Helltaker. Each one has been evaluated across 11 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
Held in common with Helltaker: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. What it adds of its own: deep RPG systems and open world exploration.
Released 4 years after Helltaker.
Its point of contact with Helltaker is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in tone — its own ground is pixel art.
It predates Helltaker by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
It comes from the same genre as Helltaker and shares puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: pixel art.
It meets Helltaker on puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and single-player focus. They part company on tone: this one brings a casual, approachable feel.
Its point of contact with Helltaker is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in tone.
It predates Helltaker by 24 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre puts it alongside Helltaker, and so does puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings pixel art.
It predates Helltaker by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
Same family as Helltaker: puzzle design, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and an isometric view.
The genre is the same as Helltaker’s, and with it puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is an isometric view.
The thread back to Helltaker runs through puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone: pixel art.
It predates Helltaker by 33 years, with what that implies technically.
On paper it is what Helltaker is — puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and an isometric view.
What carries over from Helltaker is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.
It predates Helltaker by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
Held in common with Helltaker: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.
It predates Helltaker by 18 years, with what that implies technically.
Its point of contact with Helltaker is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on tone: this one brings deep RPG systems.
It predates Helltaker by 19 years, with what that implies technically.
Held in common with Helltaker: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.
It predates Helltaker by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
If Helltaker left you wanting more, this is where you narrow it down. Was it the adventure or the cozy that hooked you? There is a list of just that. And if you play on PlayStation, Xbox and Mobile, filter by platform and skip the games you could not play anyway.
Sometimes what you want is not a Helltaker look-alike but simply the best Logic Puzzle Games there are. That is what these rankings are for: no comparison to anything, just the highest-rated games. And if you feel like widening the net, the Puzzle Games ranking is a good way to run into something you were not expecting.
