Games Like Aladdin
Quick Answer
The closest games to Aladdin are The Lion King, Castle of Illusion, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Earthworm Jim. Below are 10 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Aladdin, and what does not.
What Made Aladdin Work
Virgin's Aladdin is the one with the sword, and it still looks extraordinary — Disney animators drew the frames, and the game was built around showing them off. It moves like a cartoon rather than a platformer, which is both why it is remembered and why the jumps take some getting used to. The Genesis and SNES versions are different games by different studios; this is the Genesis one.
10 Games Like Aladdin
2.Castle of Illusion
The Genesis Disney platformer that got the controls right first.
More about this game →3.DuckTales
The NES Disney platformer everyone still names, and the pogo stick is why.
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Two-player Disney platforming built for a child and an adult together.
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The other Genesis game built to show off hand-drawn animation, by some of the same people.
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The Genesis platformer to compare everything else on the system against.
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The modern version of this idea, and the animation is still the point.
More about this game →8.Dust: An Elysian Tail
Hand-animated action platforming with combat that goes deeper.
More about this game →10.Cuphead
Where the hand-drawn-cartoon-as-a-game idea ends up, and it is brutal.
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How These Picks Match Aladdin
Aladdin is catalogued here as a 2D platformer on the Sega Genesis. All ten picks share at least one of its genre tags — ten platformers among them.
Five of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the Sega Genesis (2), the Nintendo Wii, the Nintendo Switch and the Xbox One. Dust: An Elysian Tail, Shovel Knight and Cuphead are from small or self-published studios. The Lion King, Castle of Illusion, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Sonic the Hedgehog and Rayman Origins are the ones a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Aladdin | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lion King | Platformer, Action, Family | Platformer | — |
| Castle of Illusion | Platformer, Family, Adventure | Platformer | — |
| DuckTales | Platformer, Family, Arcade | Platformer | — |
| Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers | Platformer, Family, Arcade | Platformer | — |
| Earthworm Jim | Platformer, Action, Arcade | Platformer | Sega Genesis (catalogued) |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Platformer, Arcade, Family | Platformer | Sega Genesis (catalogued) |
| Rayman Origins | Platformer, Family, Arcade | Platformer | Nintendo Wii (catalogued) |
| Dust: An Elysian Tail | Action, Platformer, Adventure, Indie | Platformer | — |
| Shovel Knight | Platformer, Action, Indie | Platformer | Nintendo Switch (catalogued) |
| Cuphead | Shooter, Platformer, Indie | Platformer | Xbox One (catalogued) |
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