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Guacamelee!: Gold Edition
Guacamelee!: Gold Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
Like Guacamelee!: Gold Edition, but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
12 games like Guacamelee!: Gold Edition
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Encounters are essentially deterministic
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Star locations and level layouts are fixed once seen
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (7 vs 8) - Tight jumps on narrow paths punish slop
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Fixed levels
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Limbo levels are authored spectacle, not random
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Secret Lost World entrances hidden until found
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Deterministic levels
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (7 vs 6) - Precise jumping and combo movement
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Open world is static once explored
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Levels never change between runs
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (7 vs 6) - combat combos and traversal need precision
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Both lean on execution about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: optimization (5 vs 6) - S-ranks come from memorising optimal routes and shortcuts
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- Released
- 2013
- Developer
- Drinkbox Studios
- Platforms
- Linux, PC, Mac
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 94/100
- IGDB users
- 90/100