Games like Rise & Shine
If Rise & Shine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pengame, Hard Minus Classic Redux and Whale Captain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative 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.
Get personalized picks →About Rise & Shine: Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
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Hard Minus Classic Redux
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Brutal, savage, acid 2D action, where skill of shooting and movement need to be win.
Whale Captain
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
A challenging shoot-em-up bullet dodging game with a dash of side-scrolling platformer featuring unique hand drawn art and handcrafted music.
ISPELL
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.
Round 99
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Round 99 is a fast-paced shooter combined with a platformer that focuses on jumping around colorful environments and making a variety of enemies explode! Jump around 12 levels and bombard nearly 20 different enemies and bosses alone or with friends.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rise & Shine.
Ranked #6 for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
Freedom Squid Fighter
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Take control of a heavily armed squid and blast through destructible worlds in Freedom Squid Fighter. Soar through the air, tunnel through dirt and rock with powerful weaponry, and outmaneuver enemies across fully destructible landscapes.
RIVE
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Rise & Shine.
Ranked #8 for Rise & Shine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Rise & Shine.
Reviewers of Rise & Shine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
Prince of Persia®
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rise & Shine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
Thomas Was Alone
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle platforming and a whimsical mood with Rise & Shine.
Reviewers of Rise & Shine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Contrast
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rise & Shine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Shmups Skill Test
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rise & Shine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Shmups Skill Test says you’re only as old as you shoot! Shmups Skill Test is a clever way to evaluate your shmup skills in the form of a "gamer age". Challenge and unlock shoot-’em-up-based minigames in a gauntlet of shmup nostalgia goodness.
Guns N' Runs
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rise & Shine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Guns N’ Runs is a stylish platform game, action and shooter, containing super specials and Dash mechanics at a fast-pace. Unlock hundreds of meticulous challenges and battle bosses. All of this with an immersive soundtrack and an individual narrative for each of the 8 characters.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rise & Shine at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
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 ~50% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rise & Shine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
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 Rise & Shine.
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 Rise & Shine.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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Frequently asked about Rise & Shine
- Does Rise & Shine run on Steam Deck?
- Rise & Shine 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 Rise & Shine cost?
- Rise & Shine is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rise & Shine?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rise & Shine are Pengame, Hard Minus Classic Redux, Whale Captain.
- Who developed Rise & Shine?
- Rise & Shine was developed by Super Mega Team and published by Adult Swim Games.
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