Qix-like

Game genre theme

Gameplay based on Taito's arcade game Qix, where one fences off sections off the gameworld, trapping bonuses, enemies and whatever else inside. Usually levels are won by fencing off ~75% of them.

106

games

platforms

C64 1988

THMS 1984

ELEC 1984

PSP 2010-02-25

SPC 1988

ARCD 1982

ARCD 1995

ARCD 1981

ARCD 1996

ARCD 1995

Iggy Iggopolis Into the Void

MAC 1988

Player is limited to moving on the unfenced area's fence/border except when fencing new sections. Player loses (a life) when touched by any of the hostiles on the fence, or a partially built fence is touched.

The area fenced off is always the smaller of the two.

Original Qix:

Popular tags

outlinepuzzle

Parent groups

Nameless genres, Outline puzzle

Games by year

The first Qix-like video game was released in 1981.

Taito, Kaneko and Kingsoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade		23
MS-DOS		10
C64		8
Amiga		7
Linux		7
Windows		4
Atari ST		3
Mac OS X		3
Atari 400/800		3
Tandy Coco		3
Electron		2
PSP		2
C16/Plus4		2
Amstrad CPC		2
BBC		2
VIC-20		2
Apple II E		2
Mega Drive		1
PS		1
PICO-8		1
PC Engine		1
Switch		1
ZX Spectrum		1
Saturn		1
Lynx		1
GBC		1
Thomson		1
Atari 5200		1
C128		1
OS/2		1

Most common companies

Taito	16
Kaneko	7
Kingsoft	5
Firebird	4
Eclipse Games	4
Comad	4
Nemesys Team Studio	3
Empire	3
Atari	3
Supersoft	3
Micro Power	3
Nemesys Games	2