- #1 the hardest game in the universe 2
97% matchPositive79% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Christian tavares da silva
Windows
The sequel to the most impossible game. The new 2D adventure, embark on this platform game that will test your skill of how much patience you are capable of,New mechanic, 10,000 kills, if you lose your game will be erased, What is the way to make a sequel to an extremely difficult game???
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Perma Death 18.2%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Arcade 14.5%, Action 11.9%
- #2 Switch It
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Lucas Fernandez
Windows
A bit frustrating game where you have to reach the end using the different types of blocks that you have.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26%, Arcade 24.3%, Minimalist 20.4%, Casual 18.2%, Retro 7.7%
- #3 MMI
96% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Studio2760
Windows
Solve puzzles, rotate the level and guide the main character to the teleport.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Arcade 18.1%, Casual 17.6%, Minimalist 13.7%
- #4 STOP and MOVE
95% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: NanningsGamesPub: NanningsGames
Windows · Linux
Pay attention and stop at the right time when rolling through the levels!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.2%, Action 24%, Arcade 21.7%, Minimalist 20.7%, Retro 7.9%
- #5 Ballz: Farm
94% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: UNIOCS
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Arkanoid game with farm style!
Why similar: Action 24.1%, Minimalist 23.9%, Casual 23.5%, Arcade 20.4%, Indie 5.7%
- #6 RUSH!!!
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: FoxPixStudio
Windows
RUSH!!! is an action-packed, nostalgic pixel precision platformer. Manipulate your environment and gravity to flip your world upside-down, and conquer levels by capturing the flag. Ready to test your precision pixel skills?
Why similar: Action 21%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Arcade 18.4%, Casual 17.2%, Minimalist 15.4%
- #7 Cubic Color
93% matchMixed42% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: XiNFiNiTY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Cubic Color is a game to test and improve your reaction time.
Why similar: Action 23.4%, Minimalist 21.2%, Casual 20.9%, Arcade 16.6%, Retro 10.1%
- #8 Jump Tracks
91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Bryan Perfetto
Windows
Action! Danger! Coins! What more could you want from a game?! Jump Tracks is a game all about timing and reflexes. Zoom off the tracks, clear each level, and try not to die along the way in this tiny and twitchy arcade tapper. It's harder than it looks! Good luck!
Why similar: Arcade 28.4%, Action 24%, Minimalist 23.2%, Casual 20.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #9 Maximum
92% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
You control an athlete whose task is to do flips back and forth. The game will be over if you land on your head. More flips in a jump - more final points.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.9%, Arcade 20.5%, Casual 20.3%, Perma Death 16.9%, Minimalist 16.3%
- #10 Snip It!
89% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: ryshaw
Windows
A 2D Qix-like retro arcade game. Draw lines to capture the canvas and defeat enemies!
Why similar: Arcade 26.9%, Minimalist 23.4%, Casual 19.1%, Retro 13%, Action 12.7%
- #11 Hoppy Square DX
91% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Silberman
Windows
It's hip to be square, and no square is hipper or hoppier than a Hoppy Square!
Why similar: Minimalist 22.1%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Arcade 18.6%, Casual 17.6%, Action 15.5%
- #12 Dispersion
90% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Roew RewkPub: RoewRe
Windows
Dispersion - is a fast paced arcade game where you control a ball. Break the golden orbs to earn points, but if you get to other objects, you will immediately lose. How many gold orbs can you break?
Why similar: Perma Death 33%, Minimalist 25.6%, Casual 13.8%, Action 10.9%, Arcade 9.9%
- #13 Color Circle
89% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: XiNFiNiTY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Color Circle is a very addictive game where you must hit moving colored circles.
Why similar: Action 26%, Minimalist 23.5%, Casual 23.3%, Arcade 18.5%, Indie 6.4%
- #14 Popfall Arena
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PORTAL351 STUDIOS
Windows
Popfall Arena is a fast-paced action arcade game set in an arena filled with colorful balloons. Pop the bouncing balloons, collect power-ups, and fight to survive for the highest score!
Why similar: Action 27.3%, 2D Platformer 24.6%, Arcade 22.3%, Casual 22.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #15 Radium Lux
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lukas JaeckelPub: Develobster
Windows
Radium Lux is a physics-based skill game with puzzle elements. The sphere that the player must navigate to the target is attracted by two tractor beams and gravity. Using these three forces from different directions enables the player to maneuver the sphere very organically through the level.
Why similar: Action 24.2%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Arcade 20.9%, Casual 19.8%, Minimalist 10.7%
- #16 Hamayumishi ~Night Parade of a Hundred Yokai~
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice Gear Games
Windows
The Hamayumishi uses their intense powers of concentration and skills with the bow to protect the villages from the gamboling yokai! This is a side-scrolling twin-stick shooting game. While aiming, the game will slow down to allow you to line up your shot before letting it fly.
Why similar: Action 24.7%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Arcade 21.1%, Casual 20.1%, Retro 7.5%
- #17 Starboi
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Turtlevania Games
Windows · Mac
The cosmic horrors have kidnapped Starboi's friends! Launch across the galaxy in search of them, avoiding black holes and defeating the tentacled monsters.
Why similar: Action 31.4%, Arcade 25.7%, Casual 25.5%, Retro 12.9%, Indie 2.5%
- #18 Space Ape
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: nonPareil Institute
Windows
How far can you take Dimitri the Russian Space Ape on his arcade adventure!
Why similar: Action 27%, 2D Platformer 24%, Arcade 23%, Casual 22.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #19 BATOUTTAHELL!
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ovvl
Windows
A minimal two-key action game where you weave through a torrent of fiery brimstone and even deadlier hazards to escape the infernal grasp of the underworld.
Why similar: Action 25%, 2D Platformer 23.6%, Arcade 21.2%, Casual 20.4%, Retro 6.8%
- #20 Apples and Asteroids
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Tobi The Great
Windows
Collect apples. Avoid asteroids. It's as simple as that...or is it? Join Q-Boy in this 2D platform as he seeks victory!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.7%, Arcade 21%, Action 18.4%, Casual 15.7%, Minimalist 15.4%
- #21 Rime's quest
81% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Lieb
Windows
Rime's Quest is an exciting adventure in the world of the Roman Empire, where an ordinary traveler decides to leave his everyday life and go on a dangerous journey. During the game, the player will go on an epic quest full of interesting events, riddles and encounters with numerous enemies.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.8%, Casual 23.5%, Arcade 22%, Minimalist 18.9%, Action 8.4%
- #22 Dragon Fishing
81% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Vantan Game Academy
Windows
戦艦で巨龍を討つ海上ハンティングアクションゲーム! 強力な武器でドラゴンに反撃し、クレーンを使った電撃攻撃で大ダメージを狙え!迫力の戦闘と討伐の達成感を楽しもう!
Why similar: Action 34.8%, 2D Platformer 31.9%, Casual 27.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #23 Ionball 2: Ionstorm
82% matchMixed69% of 669 reviews2014
Dev: Ironsun StudiosPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
IonBall 2: Ionstorm is an arcade game with a modern 3D twist; re-live the joys and frustrations (in equal measure) of classics games such as Breakout and Arkanoid, in a no holds barred fast action game with stunning 3D environments, awesome effects and a thumping soundtrack.
Why similar: Casual 38.2%, Action 31.4%, Arcade 27.1%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #24 Pirate Pop™
82% matchMixed64% of 159 reviews2016
Dev: Dadako
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You awaken on a strange island sometime in the afternoon. Half your face is sunburnt and seagulls stole your lunch. Enough about you. This is about Pete Jr! The tiny pirate! He looks up to see bubbles, tons of them! What's causing these bubbles to appear? Who is behind this awful mischief?
Why similar: Arcade 27%, Action 26.5%, Casual 24.8%, Retro 15.2%, Indie 6.5%
- #25 Dodge Mania
79% matchMixed71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Richard Boor
Windows
In Dodge Mania you will go through different levels where you will control character and you have to dodge falling objects. New level - new custom objects!!
Why similar: Action 21.7%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Arcade 19%, Casual 17.8%, Minimalist 14.7%
- #26 Jeremiah
80% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Tom Wagner - Dubya StudiosPub: Dubya Studios
Windows
You're a simple frog trying to catch as many flying insects as possible as they speed by.
Why similar: Action 32.6%, Casual 30.1%, Arcade 18.8%, Retro 10.5%, Indie 8%
- #27 MadCowBalls2
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Eriksson
Windows · Linux
Save the city from the mad cow balls and destroy the bricks. Gain skillpoints from high score and completing levels. Use the skillpoints to upgrade your balls, weapons and gain access to the 60+ power ups!
Why similar: Action 33.8%, Casual 30.2%, Arcade 17.9%, Retro 9.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #28 Skein
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Nocturne Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Run The Procedural Gauntlet! Skein is a procedural dungeon shooter in an "old-skool" arcade style for one or two players where you must battle through hordes of monsters on a quest to save the soul of a talking sheep.
Why similar: Action 33.3%, Casual 29.9%, Arcade 29.4%, Indie 7.4%
- #29 Breaking Blocks
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Star Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An exciting 2D action platformer in the vein of arkanoid.
Why similar: Action 32.9%, Casual 29.5%, Arcade 19%, Retro 10.6%, Indie 8.1%
- #30 Stick Knight Takes Over the Universe
77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Z-ixel
Windows
It's conquest time in Sticktopia! So, go on a conquest with 30 unique weapons. Along the way you'll fight in worlds everywhere from an aquarium to a candy-filled world to an asteroid belt! Conquer each area with a different weapon and 30 seconds on the clock for a fast-paced arcade experience!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.1%, Action 28.4%, Arcade 26.1%, Retro 12.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #31 Rocket Riot
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Codeglue
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Get ready for Rocket Riot, an action-packed, side-scrolling, 8-bit shooter where the rockets and the fun never stops! With over 200 levels and over 300 characters, blowing things up has just reached a new level of awesome!
Why similar: Action 32.3%, Arcade 30.9%, Casual 28.9%, Indie 7.9%
- #32 Lemon Run
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: Joel DiabPub: Lemon Tree Studio
Windows
Hardest runner ever! Try and complete all 5 game modes that go from easy to impossible. (Legends have it that the creator of the game could only make it to 1500m in endless mode) Good luck!
Why similar: Action 28.9%, Casual 23.6%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Arcade 22.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #33 Abscond
76% matchMixed62% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: XiNFiNiTY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Avoiding all obstacles and collect points before they are destroyed. Watch out for projectiles and enemies stalking you! Will you the #1 highscore on leaderboard against your friends?
Why similar: Action 26%, Casual 23.3%, Minimalist 22.5%, Arcade 19.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #34 Brute
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: MGFM
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Brute is a challenging arcade shooter with a vibrant, minimalist aesthetic. It's a game about planning, timing and discovery featuring an atmospheric soundtrack and sounds made from analog synthesizers.
Why similar: Minimalist 36.7%, Action 32.7%, Arcade 22.2%, Indie 8.4%
- #35 闯关游戏
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: XY最右
Windows
Escape Room is a puzzle game where players need to use the mouse to trigger the mechanisms and props in the scene to help the protagonist reach the exit. game has a total of 40 levels, each with different mechanisms, props, and failure endings.
Why similar: Noir 43.9%, 2D Platformer 33.5%, Casual 18.6%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #36 Duckpocalypse
74% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Capitola VR
Windows
In the future, intelligent robot ducks have become smarter than humans, they took our jobs, and took control of our world! You can't cope with being second in the food chain, so this is how your duck hunt starts.
Why similar: Action 34.2%, Casual 30.7%, Arcade 26.8%, Indie 8.4%
- #37 Combat Medic
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gavin HallidayPub: J and G Studios
Windows
Combat Medic is a top-down 2D game where you play as a combat medic. Traverse the battlefield avoiding the hale of incoming enemy fire, make use of your medical tools and use your knowledge to save the lives of fallen soldiers before they succumb to one of their many possible injuries.
Why similar: Action 27.1%, 2D Platformer 24.8%, Arcade 22.4%, Casual 22%, Indie 2%
- #38 Dodge Rocket
73% matchMixed69% of 49 reviews2019
Dev: HaDe GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Dodge rocket is a fun survival shooter where you need to control a rocket through space, evading and destroying alien spaceships while your mission is to survive to get the highest score possible
Why similar: Action 33.3%, Casual 29.8%, Arcade 28.4%, Indie 8.5%
- #39 Break Arcade Games Out
71% matchVery Positive94% of 214 reviews2019
Dev: Dan Zaidan
Windows
What if Breakout was the only arcade game people could make? An open-source game, written entirely on a live stream.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Casual 31.3%, Arcade 23.7%, Indie 8.5%
- #40 5.84 Wing
72% matchMostly Positive69% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Brouillard
Windows
5.84 Wing - Minimalist action-adventure game, with many levels for which you have to overcome a lot of obstacles to collect keys and open doors.
Why similar: Action 34.2%, Casual 30.6%, Minimalist 24.4%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #41 Brickochet
70% matchVery Positive97% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: Graham Garven
Windows
Brickochet revitalizes classic brick breaking action in this fast-paced, explosive arcade game that all can enjoy!
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Casual 27.2%, Arcade 23.4%, Retro 10%, Indie 7%
- #42 Block Shock
72% matchNegative12% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Vox Studios
Windows
Experience the most addictive retro block game like never before. With 12 all-new levels, you must use your skill to win. Can you beat the game, or will you suffer from block shock?
Why similar: Action 31.7%, Casual 28.4%, Arcade 19.2%, Retro 10.7%, Indie 7.8%
- #43 Cosmos Iter
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horseman Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A skill-based arcade game focused on fast reactions.
Why similar: Action 29.5%, 2D Platformer 28.7%, Arcade 25.9%, Retro 11.9%, Indie 2.3%
- #44 Genius Calculator
71% matchMixed48% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: XiNFiNiTY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Genius Calculator is a game that will challenge all your math skills and turn you into a real human calculator.
Why similar: Action 24.9%, Minimalist 24.8%, Casual 22.3%, Arcade 19.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #45 Poor Thief
67% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Rawi Studio
Windows
We’re guiding a thief to steal diamonds on the ground, earning points as we steal diamonds, but constantly being chased by the police.
Why similar: Action 28.7%, 2D Platformer 24.3%, Casual 23.4%, Arcade 22.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #46 FoolHut Pack - 3 games in 1
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: BolHut
Windows
Play three* tiny BolHut games developed for April Fools! *There might be a fourth game inside.
Why similar: Arcade 27.2%, Minimalist 23.6%, Action 16.3%, Retro 14.4%, Casual 13.9%
- #47 SpiderAttack
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Seebacher NorbertPub: indépendant
Windows
You are a spider who must capture insects for food, the goal of the game with your web that you weave and to bring the insects as close as possible to their respective colored web so that it is captured.
Why similar: Action 33.4%, 2D Platformer 32.4%, Arcade 29.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #48 Burning Brick Breaker
73% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: David Bryant
Windows
A classic brick breaker game with a twist you wouldn't expect every level.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Casual 30.2%, Arcade 30%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #49 Turtle Lu
71% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Turtle Lu is an old-school Action-Adventure game, Explore immense 2D Zones.
Why similar: Action 23.4%, Minimalist 21.2%, Casual 20.9%, Arcade 16.6%, Retro 10.1%
- #50 Funny Yo
70% matchNegative10% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
In this brilliant 2D side-scrolling platformer, you have to jump on the heads of enemies to render them harmless
Why similar: Action 22.3%, Minimalist 22.2%, Casual 19.9%, Arcade 17.4%, Retro 10.5%
- #51 WireNet
69% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Xero TR-MMXZPub: Xitilon
Windows
Minimalistic scroll-shooter with green-on-black pseudo-vector display. Rush through the isometric madness of WireNet to the NeuroCore!
Why similar: Action 37.1%, Casual 21.2%, Arcade 18.5%, Retro 12.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #52 Slippery Sausage
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Wonderthing
Windows · Mac
Slippery Sausage is a frantic arcade game where a sentient sausage is out to stop inanimate objects inhabited by mischievous alien spirits! Master handling your sausage, and defeat a wide variety of enemies across 50 levels!
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Casual 32.7%, Arcade 19.3%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #53 Landing Confirmed
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: SPokDev
Windows
Your goal is to guide rocket through levels of various difficulty and successfully land it.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.5%, Minimalist 24.9%, Arcade 23.3%, Casual 22.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #54 Cloud Bashers DX
67% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Shattered Journal Games
Windows · Mac
So, you wanna bash some clouds huh? Go through 10 worlds each with different cloud types and a boss that's out to take you down. Bash them all with your trusty bat and take back the skies!
Why similar: Arcade 37.4%, Action 30.2%, Casual 26.5%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.9%
- #55 BLOCK-CRACKER
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: DaveDaDevPub: Garrison Bros.
Windows
A Simple Game That Does What It Does.
Why similar: Arcade 25.9%, Casual 25.2%, Minimalist 22.3%, Action 20.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #56 Colony 28
63% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: 5th DimensionPub: Jindřich Skeldal
Windows
Colony 28 is a raw piece of Czech gaming history. Step into the circuits of a malfunctioning android, defy your alien masters, and fight for humanity's remnants across 8 sprawling levels. Experience an authentic 90s sci-fi classic in its original Czech version.
Why similar: Action 31%, 2D Platformer 30.1%, Arcade 27.2%, Retro 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #57 2 Times Circles
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Blocktopus
Windows
2 Times Circles is a game about controlling 2 circles moving horizontally and vertically in the two split screen at the same time.
Why similar: Casual 29.5%, Minimalist 27.3%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Arcade 16.1%, Indie 7.5%