Games Like LittleBigPlanet
Quick Answer
The closest games to LittleBigPlanet are Dreams, Tearaway, Yoshi's Woolly World, Super Mario Maker 2 and Kirby's Epic Yarn. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from LittleBigPlanet, and what does not.
What Made LittleBigPlanet Work
LittleBigPlanet is two games sharing a disc: a floaty, handmade, physics-driven platformer, and a level editor deep enough that people built calculators in it. Which half you loved decides where you go next — the craft-paper charm and co-op, or the make-your-own-game side.
LittleBigPlanet was made by Media Molecule and published by Sony for the PlayStation 3 in October 2008. It never left PlayStation: the sequels, LittleBigPlanet 2 and 3, stayed on Sony's consoles, and the only game in the series on PC is the 2020 spin-off Sackboy: A Big Adventure, by Sumo Digital, which reached Windows in 2022.
Also written as Little Big Planet, LBP — same game, same list.
9 Games Like LittleBigPlanet
1.Dreams(2020)
By the same studio, and the creation tools went from level editor to a whole game engine.
Why it fits: Media Molecule, PS4, 2020. The same studio took LittleBigPlanet's Create mode to its end point: you sculpt, animate and script whole games, then play what other people built.
What is different: It is a creation suite first and a game second. The platforming campaign is short; the tools take real time to learn.
Where to play it: PS4, and it plays on PS5.
More about this game →2.Tearaway(2013)
Media Molecule again, and the papercraft world is the closest thing to LBP's handmade look.
Why it fits: Media Molecule, PS Vita, 2013. Made by the LittleBigPlanet team straight after LBP2, with the same papercraft world, and the Vita's touchscreen and rear touchpad worked into the platforming.
What is different: Single-player, and there is no level editor to speak of — the craft is in the world, not in your hands.
Where to play it: PS Vita; rebuilt as Tearaway Unfolded for PS4.
More about this game →3.Yoshi's Woolly World(2015)
The other great yarn-and-fabric platformer, and much kinder to newcomers.
Why it fits: Good-Feel for Nintendo, Wii U, 2015 (3DS in 2017). Everything is yarn and felt, and every level can be played by two people together, which is LBP's couch co-op in Nintendo form.
What is different: Much easier, with none of LBP's floaty physics, and the co-op is two players rather than four.
Where to play it: Wii U; Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World on 3DS.
More about this game →4.Super Mario Maker 2(2019)
If the level editor was the point, this is the sharpest version of that idea.
Why it fits: Nintendo EPD, Switch, 2019. A level editor first, with an online library of player-made courses — the half of LittleBigPlanet that kept its community playing for years.
What is different: The physics are Mario's, precise and snappy, so the gentle wobble that made LBP funny is gone. The community levels lean hard.
Where to play it: Switch.
More about this game →5.Kirby's Epic Yarn(2010)
Same tactile crafted aesthetic, built for playing with someone who does not play games.
Why it fits: Good-Feel for Nintendo, Wii, 2010 (3DS in 2019). The studio's first yarn platformer: a stitched-together world and a second player who can drop in at any time.
What is different: You cannot really die, and there is no creation side at all — it is a playable storybook.
Where to play it: Wii; Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn on 3DS.
More about this game →6.Rayman Legends(2013)
The best-feeling 2D co-op platformer of that generation, with the same four-player chaos.
Why it fits: Ubisoft Montpellier, 2013, on PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and Vita, later PS4, Xbox One and Switch. Up to four players share the screen, which is the closest thing to LBP's four-Sackboy chaos.
What is different: Faster and far tighter; the charm is in the animation and music levels rather than in the craft materials.
Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC (and the previous generation).
More about this game →7.Unravel Two(2018)
Yarn, physics and a two-player rope you both hang off.
Why it fits: Coldwood Interactive for EA, 2018 on PS4, Xbox One and PC, Switch in 2019. Two yarn creatures tied together solve physics puzzles by swinging, anchoring and pulling each other up.
What is different: Two players at most, a quieter and more wistful tone, and puzzles rather than a creation layer.
Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC.
More about this game →8.Human Fall Flat(2016)
For the floaty physics comedy, which is half of why LBP is funny.
Why it fits: No Brakes Games, PC in 2016, then PS4, Xbox One, Switch and mobile. Physics puzzles with a deliberately wobbly body, played alone or with friends, and the floppiness is the joke.
What is different: Deliberately clumsy controls — you fight the body as much as the puzzle. No curated campaign charm.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and mobile.
More about this game →9.Astro Bot(2024)
The current PlayStation mascot platformer, if you want LBP's charm with tight controls.
Why it fits: Team Asobi, PS5, 2024. Sony's own mascot platformer, full of PlayStation cameos, and the Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024.
What is different: No level editor and no costume-crafting; it is a designed campaign with precise, snappy controls.
Where to play it: PS5.
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Where to Start
If you played LittleBigPlanet for the handmade look and the co-op, start with Tearaway or Kirby's Epic Yarn. If the level editor was the reason you kept coming back, Super Mario Maker 2 is the sharper tool and Dreams is the deeper one.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick had to carry one of LittleBigPlanet's two halves: a handmade, tactile platformer you can play with someone else, or a set of tools for making and sharing your own levels. Games that only share the cute look were left out.
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Games Like LittleBigPlanet Compared
Year is each game's first release anywhere, on the platform in the next column. "Play it now" is where it can be bought or played today.
| Game | Year | First released on | Play it now | Closest to LittleBigPlanet in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreams | 2020 | PS4 | PS4, and it plays on PS5. | Create mode taken all the way |
| Tearaway | 2013 | PS Vita | PS Vita; rebuilt as Tearaway Unfolded for PS4. | Same studio's handmade papercraft world |
| Yoshi's Woolly World | 2015 | Wii U | Wii U; Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World on 3DS. | Yarn-and-felt look, two-player levels |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | 2019 | Switch | Switch. | Build levels, play the community's |
| Kirby's Epic Yarn | 2010 | Wii | Wii; Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn on 3DS. | Stitched world, drop-in co-op |
| Rayman Legends | 2013 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Vita | PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC (and the previous generation). | Four players sharing one screen |
| Unravel Two | 2018 | PC, PS4, Xbox One | PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC. | Two-player physics puzzles |
| Human Fall Flat | 2016 | PC | PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and mobile. | Wobbly physics as the joke |
| Astro Bot | 2024 | PS5 | PS5. | PlayStation's mascot platformer, full of charm |
Which One to Play, by What You Liked
If you liked LittleBigPlanet for Create mode and the community levels, try Dreams and Super Mario Maker 2. Dreams is Media Molecule's own successor to Create mode; Mario Maker 2 is the easier one to just pick up and build with.
If you liked LittleBigPlanet for four-player chaos on the sofa, try Rayman Legends and Human Fall Flat. Rayman Legends is the tighter platformer; Human Fall Flat keeps LittleBigPlanet's habit of making friends laugh at each other's physics.
If you liked LittleBigPlanet for the craft-table look, try Tearaway, Yoshi's Woolly World and Kirby's Epic Yarn. Paper, yarn and felt: three worlds that look handmade, which was half of Sackboy's appeal.
If you liked LittleBigPlanet for Sackboy's PlayStation charm, try Astro Bot. Team Asobi's PS5 platformer is the nearest thing Sony has made to LittleBigPlanet's playful tone since the series went quiet.
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