Games Like The Next Penelope (2026)

Shared: tier:aaa

If you can survive the humbling that comes with your first hundred deaths on a single level, Geometry Dash will hand you one of the most satisfying feedback loops in the rhythm-platformer genre.

Shared: tier:aaa

Scrappy tycoon meets street-level hustle: Schedule I turns supply-chain management into something you'll lose sleep over, and it launched as a solo-dev Early Access title that outpaced GTA V on Steam charts.

Shared: Couch Co-op

Gorgeous on the outside, brutally unforgiving underneath, Cuphead is the boss-rush couch co-op that will bond you with a friend or destroy that friendship entirely, probably both in the same session.

Shared: tier:aaa

A five-person studio built a Tarkov parody that somehow outgrew the joke. If you've ever wanted extraction-shooter tension without a lobby full of strangers hunting you, this is the most accessible version of that feeling you'll find.

Shared: tier:aaa

Survival crafting that actually respects your time: no hunger death spirals, Souls-lite combat with a parry that feels earned, and a voxel world worth losing a weekend inside.