Where Are My Friends?

Name: Where Are My Friends?
Rating: 7 (32 reviews)

Developer / Publisher: Beard Games Studio, Sometimes You

Oct 10, 2017

Visual

hand drawn
side scroll

Structure

ability gated
Has Hub
linear

Themes

Sci-Fi

Sub-Genre

puzzle heavy
MV Lite / Adjacent

Summary

Hardcore experimental game. All levels represent different game genres. Side by side with a cute protagonist, complete different trials to save your friends and the whole planet!

Last updated September 28, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam
PlayStation
- PS4

Resources

Links

IGDB

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- Differences
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- MV Lite / Adjacent
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Publisher: Eastasiasoft, Function Unknown

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- Similarities
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- side scroll
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- Differences
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81%

Very Positive

683 reviews

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- linear
- Differences
- 2.5D
- action
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
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- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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Publisher: Critical Reflex

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92%

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- Similarities
- ability gated
- hand drawn
- side scroll
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Demo Available
- exploration
- interconnected map
- action
- difficulty options
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87%

Very Positive

52 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- side scroll
- Sci-Fi
- puzzle heavy
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Free on Steam
- 2.5D
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- fantasy
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- side scroll
- Sci-Fi
- puzzle heavy
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Demo Available
- exploration
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Publisher: Distractionware, Nicalis, Inc., Terry Cavanagh

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96%

Overwhelmingly Positive

10,563 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- side scroll
- Has Hub
- Sci-Fi
- puzzle heavy
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Demo Available
- exploration
- interconnected map
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- pixel
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76%

Mostly Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- side scroll
- puzzle heavy
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Demo Available
- exploration
- pixel
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100%

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- side scroll
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- 8-Bit
- pixel
- boss gated

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