Games like Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders
If Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch and Owlboy — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders: Discover a futuristic fast-paced platformer game in pixel art. The game takes place in three different environments (prison, desert, forest) and is interspersed with 2 mini-games, including a reversed “Shoot’em Up” and an original rappelling game!
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
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Top pick for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
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Second-strongest match for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Owlboy
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Third-strongest match for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
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 ~50% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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 Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
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).
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Transformice
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
You Have to Win the Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
The Big Catch: Tacklebox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Crack open the Tacklebox to show off your platforming prowess and fishing skills in this free prologue to The Big Catch.
BEEP
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
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More from OrionSoft
Other recommendable Steam games by OrionSoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Alice's Mom's Rescue
WHY THIS
Another title from OrionSoft, the studio behind Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Alice's Mom's Rescue is a puzzle-platformer game. The giant raven has captured Alice's mother. Help Alice save her mother through the 3 worlds and 25 levels! Change Alice's height by jumping on the magic mushrooms to get through the tiny spaces.
Elansar
WHY THIS
Another title from OrionSoft, the studio behind Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Elansar is a small myst like "point & click" adventure game Explore an island and solve puzzles. Will you uncover the Island's mystery ?
Philia : the Sequel to Elansar
WHY THIS
Another title from OrionSoft, the studio behind Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Philia is a myst like "point & click" adventure game, the sequel to the game Elansar. Elina’s husband is now in danger! Can you save him ?
Zia and the goddesses of magic
WHY THIS
Another title from OrionSoft, the studio behind Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
In a world where magic is Queen, people lived happily and safely under the protection of the ten guardian goddesses. Out of the unknown came a powerful demon who brought trouble upon the world, and all the goddesses got captured and locked away. Zia is a little girl who lives in a village in the mountains with her parents.
Alice Sisters
WHY THIS
Another title from OrionSoft, the studio behind Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Help Alice and her sister save their mother through 28 levels spread over 4 worlds, each with their final villain to battle against! Play alone by switching from one character to another, or cooperate with 2 players to complete each level. Go through the levels and solve puzzles !
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Frequently asked about Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders
- How much does Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders cost?
- Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders are Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, Owlboy.
- Who developed Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders?
- Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders was developed by OrionSoft.
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