Any other games like this?

[AMOGUS]

[Nen☆niN]

Knee-jerk reaction: Hollow Knight!
Better response: Depends on what you're looking for. What aspects of Rain World do you hope to find in a similar game?

[AMOGUS]

i really like the gameplay. The enemies are very strong and hard to kill, so you have to actually use your brain and not just spam projectiles. If you know what you're doing and use the game's mechanics to your advantage it becomes incredibly fun

[Nen☆niN]

That description fits the Souls series very well.

[Shrinkshooter]

Noita.

They're very different games at their core, but they both operate the same way: everything you do is based around the physics engine, and the engine for both of these games was custom built by the developers for their game.

The short answer is no, there is no other game like Rainworld, and what it manages to do and bring together. Noita comes fairly close in a number of ways, though: it's also a 2D "platformer" (calling these games that seems like a disservice though), it's hard, everything is based on physics, and you're going to die if you don't know what you're doing. Exploration is also encouraged, and things are not as they appear.

It's also fairly cheap:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/Noita/

[VforVeranda]

Yeáh, both Noita and Hollow Knight are good bets, with noita prolly being the closest. Come to think of it, you should pin Shrinkshooter as the right answer. He is spot on.

Daaym, Im gonna have to DL Noita again, aint I?

[Namdaets]

Seconding Noita and Hollow Knight. They're both relatively inexpensive for what you get, too.

(On a personal note, Hollow Knight is one of my all-time favorite games and the fact it's only $15 is unbelievable to me.)

Noita was already linked, so I'll just link Hollow Knight for posterity:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

[Shrinkshooter]

They're certainly taking their sweet azz time with Silksong, that's for sure

[Big Mistake]

In a way where the game has the same atmosphere and feel to play? Sadly no. I've never really played another game like Rain World and I have a feeling that I might never again.

The Oddworld series is the closest I've come, although that largely comes from the worldbuilding and creature design moreso than feeling particularly similar to play.

While Oddysee and Exoddus are undeniably old-feeling games, for their day the creature behaviors were really unique and novel. Paramites being chill up until the moment they're cornered, Scrabs being territorial and fighting eachother, the horror that is Fleeches. In terms of trying to present creature behaviors that are more interesting or natural, they have some common ground

Aesthetically there are some parallels as well, for example the Mudokon temples have a presentation that makes me think of Rubicon. The tech in the world as well, far future machines of incredible power that've never lost the industrial heavy machinery look.

You also can't go wrong with Noita, it's definitely a different experience from Rain World but made with a similar degree of care and love.

[DdD CeKô DdD]

Haven't played it but heard that Outer Wilds has a similar vibe

[Krag]

If you like urban/industrial exploration I can recommend INFRA

[VforVeranda]

Originally posted by DdD CeKô DdD:

Haven't played it but heard that Outer Wilds has a similar vibe

Hmm. No, I disagree. Outer Wilds is an incredible game and a definite must-play... but I'm sorry, I cannot see any similarities either in style, vibe nor in mechanics.

[Namdaets]

Originally posted by VforVeranda:

Originally posted by DdD CeKô DdD:

Haven't played it but heard that Outer Wilds has a similar vibe

Hmm. No, I disagree. Outer Wilds is an incredible game and a definite must-play... but I'm sorry, I cannot see any similarities either in style, vibe nor in mechanics.

The only similarity I could think of is both Outer Wilds and Rain World are sort of non-linear games where the story is mostly told through exploration and self-driven interest in uncovering the world's secrets.

Maybe it's a bit of a stretch, but I think I see where CeKo is coming from.

[Penguol05]

This comment section really thinking they can find a game has unique has rain world

[Nen☆niN]

Originally posted by Penguol05:

This comment section really thinking they can find a game has unique has rain world

Joar didn't pull Rain World out of his ass, there were many inspirations. There are a lot of games that share several elements with RW.

[Mr.Slendykins]

Originally posted by Shrinkshooter:

Noita.

They're very different games at their core, but they both operate the same way: everything you do is based around the physics engine, and the engine for both of these games was custom built by the developers for their game.

The short answer is no, there is no other game like Rainworld, and what it manages to do and bring together. Noita comes fairly close in a number of ways, though: it's also a 2D "platformer" (calling these games that seems like a disservice though), it's hard, everything is based on physics, and you're going to die if you don't know what you're doing. Exploration is also encouraged, and things are not as they appear.

It's also fairly cheap:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/Noita/

Noita is my best comparison, very different games but very similar approaches to hands-off gameplay and physics. Plus Noita has some of the best "outside the box" moments i've had in a game.