Games like Gimmick! Special Edition
If Gimmick! Special Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dadish, Kid Bubblegum and Palette Swap — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, nostalgic and retro. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Gimmick! Special Edition: Save the day as a star-shooting, platform-bouncing cutie pie in Gimmick! Special Edition. SUNSOFT's beloved physics-based action platformer finally bursts onto current platforms enriched with a rewind feature, a time attack mode, online leaderboards, and modern extras.
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Dadish
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Top pick for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Kid Bubblegum
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Aliens have invaded, and Kid Bubblegum is too cool to let that slide. Armed with his trusty Gumslinger, he’ll kick some alien ass and shoot bubblegum…and he has plenty of gum!
Palette Swap
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Third-strongest match for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
A monochrome action platformer where the palette changes the environment around you
Dadish 2
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Shares a retro mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Ranked #4 for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
He’s a dad and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! Help reunite Dadish with his missing kids in this charming and challenging platforming adventure.
Below The Ocean
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Ranked #5 for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Dive into the world 'Below the Ocean'! Master thrilling moves like tether-swinging, bubble-jumping, bungee-bouncing, and sling-shot in a mesmerizing underwater adventure. Solve intriguing puzzles and seek hidden treasures. Are you ready to embark on this unforgettable journey?
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Ranked #7 for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Tanglewood
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Ranked #8 for Gimmick! Special Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Experience puzzle-platforming the way it’s meant to be. Designed and built on 90’s hardware, Tanglewood is a 16-bit love letter to the golden age of gaming. Guide Nymn home through a forest filled with danger, in classic 2D pixel-art style.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gimmick! Special Edition at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~53% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~70% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Noita
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Priced ~47% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~93% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~80% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~67% under Gimmick! Special Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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More from CITY CONNECTION
Other recommendable Steam games by CITY CONNECTION, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
STRIKERS 1945
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Shares a retro mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
The vertical scrolling shooter game released in the arcade by "Psikyo". You can set the difficulty level, controls, screen orientation, etc. In addition, online rankings have been implemented! Aim to be the world's best Striker!
STRIKERS 1945 II
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Shares a retro mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Easy to play, hard to master. This is one of the most iconic arcade shooter of the 90s, released by Psikyo. It comes back with many customizable options and online rankings!
TENGAI
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Shares a retro mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Miko-san and ninja girl blast away! The best of eccentric Japanese-style shooter is here! With online rankings!
STRIKERS 1945 III
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Here's a challenge from 90's arcades! The ultimate Psikyo shooter! With online rankings.
Game Tengoku CruisinMix Special
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!
Psyvariar Delta
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Shares a challenging mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Thrive on Danger: Master the 'Buzz' to transform peril into pure power. Graze the edge of destruction to fuel your evolution. Harness the fleeting invincibility of each level-up to dive even deeper into the barrage.
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gimmick! Special Edition.
Another title from CITY CONNECTION, the studio behind Gimmick! Special Edition. Shares Action with Gimmick! Special Edition.
"Ninja JaJaMaru : The Great Yokai Battle + Hell" est un jeu d'action en 2D. Il s'agit de la dernière interaction de la série Ninja JaJaMaru qui introduit de nouveaux contrôles et de nouvelles mécaniques de jeu dans la série.
Frequently asked about Gimmick! Special Edition
- Does Gimmick! Special Edition run on Steam Deck?
- Gimmick! Special Edition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Gimmick! Special Edition cost?
- Gimmick! Special Edition is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gimmick! Special Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gimmick! Special Edition are Dadish, Kid Bubblegum, Palette Swap.
- Who developed Gimmick! Special Edition?
- Gimmick! Special Edition was developed by CITY CONNECTION and published by Clear River Games.
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