Games like Platypus Reclayed
If Platypus Reclayed is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astro Fighters 3, Operius DX and Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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.
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Astro Fighters 3
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Top pick for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
The aliens have returned. Fight through relentless waves of enemies, dodge impossible bullet patterns, unleash devastating special weapons, and unlock 70 powerful cards that reshape future runs in this action-packed arcade shoot 'em up.
Operius DX
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Blast off into Operius DX, a high-speed arcade shooter where you navigate twisting polygonal tunnels, battle waves of enemies, and confront formidable bosses in an endless amount of procedurally-generated levels. How far can you get?
Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Kickback is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where shooting is the only way to move. Repel waves of mutants, create combinations of weapons and upgrades to survive at all costs on your own or with a friend in a local co-op mode.
Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!
Bartlow's Dread Machine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Ranked #5 for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.
Truxton Extreme
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
Take down hordes of alien invaders with your Power Shot, Truxton Beam, Thunder Laser, Homing Shot, Star‑mine Shot, and more! Don't forget to breathe as you face off against gigantic bosses in the ultimate battle for humanity’s survival!
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and an atmospheric mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Ranked #7 for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Revolution Ace
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Ranked #8 for Platypus Reclayed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.
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Platypus II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Reviewers of Platypus Reclayed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
Fly the famed Platypus fighter through a fantastic landscape of carefully molded clay to protect inhabitants of Mungola from the Collosatropolians! Collect power-ups and bonus stars to give your Platypus the boost you need. Every level of this gorgeous arcade challenge bursts with original fun that's perfect for gamers of all ages.
Platypus
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Reviewers of Platypus Reclayed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
The vast continent-spanning city of Collosatropolis has finally reached the limits of its expansion. Tall buildings cover every available space. The air is thick with smoke and poisonous chemicals. Parking is a nightmare
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and an atmospheric mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Reviewers of Platypus Reclayed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
DRAINUS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Platypus Reclayed.
Reviewers of Platypus Reclayed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Crime and Punishment
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Platypus Reclayed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Dostoevsky’s complete, unabridged Russian text staged as a visual novel, with illustrated scenes and optional choices that preserve the original.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Platypus Reclayed at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
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 Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Platypus Reclayed on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus Reclayed.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Platypus Reclayed.
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.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Platypus Reclayed
- Is Platypus Reclayed verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Platypus Reclayed is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Platypus Reclayed cost?
- Platypus Reclayed is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Platypus Reclayed have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Platypus Reclayed supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Platypus Reclayed?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Platypus Reclayed are Astro Fighters 3, Operius DX, Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾.
- Who developed Platypus Reclayed?
- Platypus Reclayed was developed by Claymatic Games.
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