
games like
The Maw
The Maw leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Platform, Strategy, Arcade - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like The Maw
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 (3 vs 3). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Counter-heavy combat stays forgiving
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Minor damage rolls; encounters are otherwise fixed
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Stealth platforming demands timing.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Forgiving driving and light platforming
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 2) - Platforming and mini-games add light motor demands
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Gentle platforming and yarn-swing timing
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: optimization (5 vs 6) - Treasury management and kingdom promises drive the endgame
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Wrestling floppy physics limbs is the joke
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Forgiving combat and automated climbing
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Light platforming plus two-character swing coordination
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- Released
- 2009
- Developer
- Twisted Pixel
- Platforms
- PC, X360
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB critics
- 78/100
- IGDB users
- 68/100