games like
Risk of Rain
Risk of Rain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
Like Risk of Rain, but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
7 games like Risk of Rain
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 (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Enemies scripted, no adaptive opponent
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - A-Life NPCs roam but never model the player adaptively
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - PvE co-op throughout with no meaningful adaptive opponent
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Dodging bullet patterns while aiming tears is constant
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Third-person shooting and dodge rolls require real aim and timing
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Scripted fantasy enemies, no reads
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Scripted enemies, no real reads
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- Released
- 2013
- Developer
- Hopoo Games
- Platforms
- PS4, Linux, PC, Mac, Vita, XONE, Switch
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 85/100
- IGDB users
- 77/100