- #1 10 Second Ninja
97% matchVery Positive85% of 778 reviews2014
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Mastertronic
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
Why similar: Ninja 33.6% ★, Platformer 21.2%, Fast-Paced 16%, Action 9.1%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the core mechanics of short, intense, time-attack ninja platforming.
- #2 N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
96% matchVery Positive94% of 3,499 reviews2016
Dev: Metanet Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
Why similar: Ninja 27.3% ★, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Platformer 12.9%, Difficult 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for short, physics-based precision platforming that rewards speed and mastery.
- #3 Shadow Blade: Reload
96% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Dead Mage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Why similar: Ninja 41.6% ★, Platformer 20.4%, Fast-Paced 19.9%, Action 11.1%, Indie 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the fast-paced ninja platforming action with a similar aesthetic and movement style.
- #4 Super House of Dead Ninjas
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,726 reviews2013
Dev: MegadevPub: Bitmap Bureau
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
Why similar: Ninja 33.1% ★, Platformer 25.9%, Action 11.5%, Fast-Paced 10.7%, Difficult 10%
Why You'll Like It: A frantic, high-speed action game with a heavy ninja theme and challenging difficulty.
- #5 Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)
94% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: ASTEROID-JPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.
Why similar: Ninja 50.8% ★, Platformer 15.8%, Action 13.5%, Fast-Paced 8.7%, Side Scroller 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers high-speed, 2D ninja combat that emphasizes quick reflexes and precise strikes.
- #6 Dustforce DX
94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,381 reviews2012
Dev: Hitbox Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Precision Platformer 16.9%, Difficult 15.4%, Time Attack 11.6% ★, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on flow, speed, and precision in short, challenging levels that require perfect execution.
- #7 Katana ZERO
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,917 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Ninja 22.9% ★, Fast-Paced 19.2%, Action 12.3%, Difficult 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same one-hit-kill, fast-paced, ninja-themed action with a focus on quick restarts.
- #8 Neon White
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,042 reviews2022
Dev: Angel MatrixPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.8%, Platformer 32.1%, Action 13.3%, Precision Platformer 9.1%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact 'speedrun-focused, bite-sized level' design philosophy with a focus on fluid movement.
- #9 Mute Crimson+
93% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
Why similar: Ninja 31.8% ★, Platformer 22.1%, Difficult 16%, Side Scroller 8.8%, Action 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, fast-paced arcade platformer that feels very similar to the seed in its level structure.
- #10 Super Meat Boy
91% matchVery Positive94% of 38,047 reviews2010
Dev: Team Meat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Difficult 20.3%, Precision Platformer 15.6%, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive precision platformer that shares the same addictive 'die and retry' gameplay loop.
- #11 Mark of the Ninja
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,870 reviews
Dev: Klei EntertainmentPub: Microsoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Ninja 50.1% ★, Platformer 28.3%, Action 7.5%, Indie 6%, Side Scroller 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more stealth-focused, it is the premier 2D ninja game with incredibly fluid movement.
- #12 Celeste
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,994 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Why similar: Platformer 31%, Difficult 24.9%, Precision Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.4%, Indie 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-driven, its precision platforming and short, difficult rooms are highly comparable.
- #13 Cyber Shadow
88% matchVery Positive84% of 1,506 reviews2021
Dev: Aarne "MekaSkull" HunzikerPub: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Why similar: Ninja 46.8% ★, Platformer 21.9%, Difficult 10.1%, Action 7.2%, Side Scroller 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired ninja action game that demands high precision and fast reactions.
- #14 Blitz Breaker
89% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2016
Dev: Boncho Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!
Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Action 24.7%, Difficult 21.1%, Indie 17.3%, 2D 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, fast-paced precision platformer that requires quick thinking in short bursts.
- #15 Karma Knight
89% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Action 38.9%, Indie 26.1%, Platformer 15%, Difficult 10.5%, Side Scroller 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D action platformer with a focus on fluid combat and movement.
- #16 Electronic Super Joy
86% matchVery Positive90% of 3,293 reviews2013
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: 2&30 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Why similar: Platformer 47.3%, Difficult 23%, Indie 10.5%, Action 7.8%, Precision Platformer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, difficult precision platformer with a focus on rhythm and speed.
- #17 Shadow Bug
86% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Muro Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.
Why similar: Ninja 45.6% ★, Platformer 26.6%, Action 14.2%, Indie 9.7%, 2D 4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action game where you play as a ninja slicing through enemies with extreme precision.
- #18 Within the blade
84% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2019
Dev: Ametist studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Why similar: Ninja 38.6% ★, Platformer 18.9%, Action 11%, Difficult 9.9%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D ninja action game with crafting and fast-paced combat mechanics.
- #19 Master Spy
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 397 reviews2015
Dev: TURBOGUN
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
Why similar: Platformer 30.4%, Ninja 22% ★, Difficult 17.7%, Action 11.8%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-oriented precision platformer that requires careful timing and quick execution.
- #20 VVVVVV
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,449 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Platformer 41.6%, Difficult 21.3%, Precision Platformer 14.9%, Indie 10.9%, Action 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that relies on quick reflexes and instant respawns.
- #21 Never Give Up
82% matchVery Positive88% of 178 reviews2019
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.
Why similar: Platformer 28.2%, Difficult 17.1%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Action 11.1%, Indie 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A punishingly difficult platformer that thrives on the same 'die and retry' loop as the seed.
- #22 My Friend Pedro
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,226 reviews2019
Dev: DeadToast EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.7%, Action 24.6%, Platformer 23.5%, Indie 11.7%, Side Scroller 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same fast-paced, stylish, and kinetic action feel found in the seed game.
- #23 Super Rude Bear Resurrection
84% matchMixed60% of 175 reviews2017
Dev: Alex RosePub: Alex Rose Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Super Rude Bear Resurrection is an ultra-tight, masocore platformer that anyone can beat! Use your corpses to get ahead, or take on the ultimate challenge and try to defeat the entire game without dying!
Why similar: Platformer 18.2%, Action 14.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Fast-Paced 13.7%, Indie 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, precision-based platformer that rewards persistence and speed in every level.
- #24 SpeedRunners
81% matchVery Positive94% of 37,081 reviews2016
Dev: DoubleDutch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 39.2%, Platformer 32.2%, Action 12.9%, Indie 10.6%, 2D 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-speed movement and competitive platforming mechanics that reward speed.
- #25 One Try, One Kill
81% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Repa GamesPub: KuKo
Windows
One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.
Why similar: Action 37.1%, Ninja 26.6% ★, Indie 25.2%, Difficult 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-difficulty action game that emphasizes precision and speed.
- #26 Ninja Ming
77% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 20.7%, Ninja 18% ★, Precision Platformer 10.3%, Action 8.4%
- #27 STANDBY
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Noclip
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Never STANDBY in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone?
Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Difficult 23.3%, Action 18%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, twitch-based platformer that shares the 'seconds-to-complete' level design philosophy.
- #28 NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,534 reviews2025
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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.
Why similar: Ninja 40.8% ★, Platformer 21.8%, Difficult 11.8%, Action 9.7%, Side Scroller 6.8%
- #29 Revenge of the shadow ninja
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Varvarik
Windows
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Why similar: Ninja 36.6% ★, Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 11.8%, Action 9.1%, Precision Platformer 7%
- #30 Ninja Stealth
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,859 reviews2016
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Evade the guards and the defences to escape the evil facility on this click and play stealth game, there will be difficult on your path, young padawan!
Why similar: Ninja 59.4% ★, Difficult 16.5%, Indie 8.7%, Action 8%, 2D 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the ninja theme with a blend of stealth and puzzle-like level navigation.
- #31 Draw Slasher
79% matchMixed51% of 977 reviews2016
Dev: Mass Creation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Draw Slasher is the unique demanding and dynamic action packed beat'em up you need only a mouse to play. Cut, slice, snip, sever, chop, shear and trim hordes of Pirate Monkey Zombies™.
Why similar: Ninja 47.4% ★, Platformer 19.8%, Action 11.8%, Side Scroller 8.4%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action game where you control a ninja using mouse-based slashing mechanics.
- #32 Ninja Hanrei
76% matchVery Positive84% of 276 reviews2020
Dev: DynKen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ninja Hanrei is a 2D run and gun Platformer game inspired on Ancient Japan but with Super Powers.
Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Ninja 31% ★, Action 19.5%, Precision Platformer 7.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #33 10 Seconds to Win!
75% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
10 seconds to win! is a platform game where you only have 10 seconds to complete each stage, be agile and skillful to complete all levels.
Why similar: Time Attack 24.9% ★, Platformer 23.3%, Difficult 21.6%, Precision Platformer 11.6%, Action 6.6%
- #34 Project Mercury
78% matchMixed58% of 590 reviews2017
Dev: Raxasoft Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Platformer 51.5%, Action 26.2%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action platformer that emphasizes speed and precise movement.
- #35 Tic-Toc-Tower
78% matchMixed60% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Sneaky MammothPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tic-Toc-Tower is an action packed puzzle platforming game in which players have only ten seconds to complete a room! You will be pushed to the limit to reach the end of every level, which also features an additional challenge.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 22%, Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Difficult 13.5%, Action 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A time-sensitive platformer that captures the pressure of completing levels before time runs out.
- #36 Time Up
76% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Game
Windows · Mac
Time Up is a fast paced action platformer, with each level only being 9 seconds. Sieze every opportunity, plan your route, Survive various deadly traps, and reach the finish line! This game combines a variety of classic platformer elements: The levels are carefully designed to make them harder, yet more enjoyable to give the player a...
Why similar: Fast-Paced 22.7%, Action 21.4%, Platformer 20.8%, Difficult 15.6%, Indie 14.6%
- #37 Agent in Depth
72% matchVery Positive84% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Naturepixel StudiosPub: Next in Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
Agent in Depth is a daring action-platformer featuring fast-paced action and instant-death combat. You’ll run, jump, aim, and deflect bullets with your katana to blow up your enemies. No checkpoints, no upgrades: just pure skills. Deflect, die, learn, repeat. Be better, be faster.
Why similar: Ninja 57.1% ★, Difficult 21.2%, Action 12.4%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #38 Oblivion Override
70% matchVery Positive91% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Humble MillPub: XD
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...
Why similar: Ninja 66.5% ★, Action 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #39 Venusian Vengeance
75% matchVery Positive85% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Renegade Sector Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
In the year is 196X the Soviets won the space race and colonized Venus. Now the Americans have sent Sgt. Jon Dagger to Venus to destroy the Secret Soviet Science Facility.
Why similar: Ninja 33.7% ★, Action 20.7%, Fast-Paced 17%, Indie 14.1%, Difficult 10.8%
- #40 Stealth Bastard Deluxe
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,214 reviews2012
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Why similar: Platformer 45.6%, Action 12.3%, Indie 12%, Fast-Paced 10%, Difficult 6.9%
- #41 BARRIER X
73% matchVery Positive85% of 2,345 reviews2016
Dev: NoclipPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!
Why similar: Difficult 32.4%, Indie 24.7%, Action 20%, Platformer 13.8%, Side Scroller 5%
- #42 FLASH OF THE BLADE X
69% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: DOSMan Games
Windows
Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
Why similar: Ninja 76.8% ★, Action 17.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #43 Advent NEON®
65% matchVery Positive99% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: CryoGX
Windows
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 42.5%, Platformer 23.4%, Action 15.2%, Indie 8.8%, Side Scroller 4.8%
- #44 Running Ninja
73% matchMixed53% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: BBB GamesPub: BBB Games
Windows
Run! Jump! Dodge! In this platformer you will need your reaction speed and clarity of mind. Сhallenge the deadly tower and prove that you are worthy of the title of ninja.
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #45 You Have 10 Seconds
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,357 reviews2016
Dev: tamationgames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 18%
You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels.
Why similar: Platformer 34.8%, Precision Platformer 27.9%, Difficult 20%, Indie 12.2%, 2D 3.7%
- #46 RONIN
72% matchMixed70% of 2,438 reviews2015
Dev: Tomasz WacławekPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.
Why similar: Ninja 45.5% ★, Platformer 22%, Action 11.3%, Indie 8.6%, Difficult 8.5%
- #47 Slip
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: Handsome Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Slip is a fast paced side scrolling platformer featuring a two color, swap mechanic. Using your two colors flee from Steve and his wretched purple beam through a multitude of obstacles and enemies. Slip combines the elegant simplicity of platforming with a polarity mechanic to create an easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master...
Why similar: Platformer 40.7%, Action 34.1%, Indie 25.1%
- #48 Panic Porcupine
68% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...
Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.3%, Platformer 21.8%, Action 9.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.5%, Precision Platformer 8.8%
- #49 Atomic Owl
64% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Monster TheaterPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows · Linux
You are Hidalgo Bladewing, a bird with a beef. Hack, slash, platform, and soar through a beautifully chaotic pixel-art neonscape in your quest to save your feathered friends. Challenging retro-inspired platforming gameplay, transforming weapons, and fowl Ninja action await.
Why similar: Ninja 32.7% ★, Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Side Scroller 8.2%, Precision Platformer 8.2%
- #50 Phantom Jump
71% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Phantom Pine Studios
Windows
Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.
Why similar: Platformer 43.2%, Difficult 26.4%, Indie 24.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #51 Boomerang X
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,353 reviews2021
Dev: DANG!Pub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Harness the power of a mystical boomerang to fling yourself through the air in this acrobatic arena shooter. Slice, fly, and blast through swarms of evil creatures on an abandoned island with a cryptic past. Stay agile or meet your doom.
Why similar: Ninja 39.9% ★, Fast-Paced 34%, Difficult 16.2%, Action 5.8%, Indie 2.9%
- #52 SHINOBI NON GRATA
66% matchVery Positive99% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Studio PICOPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Shinobi alert! Use your 7 shinobi weapons to survive the bloodshed! Introducing a hard core 2D ninja action game by Hyper-retro graphics.
Why similar: Ninja 76.6% ★, Action 18.8%, 2D 3.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #53 Ninja Senki DX
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 107 reviews2016
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?
Why similar: Ninja 46.4% ★, Action 22.4%, Platformer 16.4%, Indie 14.8%
- #54 You Have 10 Seconds (2023)
66% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: xJackFoxPub: xJackFox, TamationGames
Windows
A fast paced platformer where you’re spawned into a level and given 10 seconds to work out how to reach the exit without dying. 25 areas with unique level design mechanics to learn.
Why similar: Platformer 52.7%, Puzzle Platformer 38.6%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #55 Gravity Circuit
64% matchVery Positive94% of 3,556 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Fast-Paced 26.9%, Action 15.6%, Indie 9.4%, Side Scroller 6.8%
- #56 Almost There: The Platformer
69% matchMixed65% of 486 reviews2019
Dev: Bony YousufPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.
Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 19.6%, Fast-Paced 19%, Action 10.7%, Precision Platformer 9.3%
- #57 iZBOT
70% matchVery Positive81% of 285 reviews2015
Dev: Ruxar
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
iZBOT is fast paced, double jumping, wall sliding, edge of your seat platformer that delivers delicious bite sized challenging platforming levels while always keeping you in the action.
Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Fast-Paced 21.6%, Time Attack 13% ★, Difficult 11.3%, Action 8.8%
- #58 Remnants of Naezith
67% matchVery Positive88% of 653 reviews2018
Dev: Tolga Ay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 22.8%, Fast-Paced 22%, Difficult 10.8%, Action 10.5%, Precision Platformer 10.2%
- #59 Velocibox
68% matchVery Positive88% of 639 reviews2014
Dev: Shawn Beck
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 39.6%, Difficult 26.1%, Action 18.9%, Indie 14.3%, Singleplayer 1%