RiME

It shares the essentials of what Refunct does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.

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We filtered the 47 games similar to Refunct down to the 12 that fit the “Platformer” category. RiME, Thank Goodness You're Here! and The Spirit and the Mouse top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Refunct.
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Within the “Platformer” category, the closest game to Refunct is RiME — scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. Thank Goodness You're Here! and The Spirit and the Mouse follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Refunct. 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.

It shares the essentials of what Refunct does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Refunct does: a casual, approachable feel, open world exploration and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: 2D presentation.
Released 9 years after Refunct.

If Refunct worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus, the same is here. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: 3D presentation.
Released 7 years after Refunct.

It shares the essentials of what Refunct does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings a third-person camera.
Released 7 years after Refunct.

If Refunct worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. They part company on tone: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

Same family as Refunct: a casual, approachable feel, open world exploration and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere and a sandbox world.

If Refunct worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is a third-person camera.
Released 3 years after Refunct.

What brings it close to Refunct is a casual, approachable feel, open world exploration and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

What brings it close to Refunct is strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Refunct does: exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.
It predates Refunct by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

Same family as Refunct: exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and progression — its own ground is loot and gear systems, and a sandbox world.
It predates Refunct by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

It shares the essentials of what Refunct does: exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.
It predates Refunct by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
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