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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Indie, Action, Pixel Graphics.

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A Pixel Story is a devious 2D puzzle platformer that charts the evolution of video games. You must use your Magical Teleportation Hat to explore 6 increasingly detailed zones on your quest to reach the core of The System to stop the evil OS and save the world.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 78% — of 49 reviews
Released: 2015-03-30
Developer: Lamplight Studios
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 3.7 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 97%

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    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2016
    Dev: Toka Loka Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Goo Saga is a platform adventure game where the player guides an elastic creature named Goo in a perilous journey to find his creator – and with him, the mysterious purpose of his own creation. Will Goo succeed? Puzzles, deadly traps and an army of foes in a labyrinthine underwater lab block his way.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.1%, Indie 27.1%

  2. #2 Nekuia
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2016
    Dev: Blue GatePub: Plug In Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%

    Explosive, challenging, exhilarating! Nekuia is a 2D platformer involving exploration, adventure, speedruns and reflexes. This innovative and intense gameplay rewards speed and jump skills.

    Why similar: Action 38.3%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 27.1%

  3. #3 The Butterfly Sign: Human Error
    96% matchMixed50% of 82 reviews2017
    Dev: Quantum Phoenix Bucharest
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    The Butterfly Sign: Human Error is the second chapter of the first person detective video game in which we are playing as a sole survivor of a serious terrorist attack. Protagonist is the only witness of the incident and his fate depends on his memories.

    Why similar: Adventure 48.9%, Action 29.4%, Indie 21.7%

  4. #4 TankBlitz
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2017
    Dev: Onur Vural and Leigh ChristianPub: Onur Vural
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    TankBlitz is a brutal run and gun tank game with four playable tanks, each having access to four unique weapons and dozens of upgrades. You blast your way through twelve handcrafted levels crawling with over 50 different kinds of enemies, and numerous challenging bossfights.

    Why similar: Action 38.3%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 27.1%

  5. #5 Parvaneh: Legacy of the Light's Guardians
    94% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2016
    Dev: Bearded Bird Game StudioPub: KPL
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Fadia, a young and courageous boy sets about protecting ‘Naria’, his home village, from the Khazdaks who are trying to pollute their river.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  6. #6 Lost Bros
    94% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2016
    Dev: Wheat Muffin Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    In Lost Bros simultaneously control three independent characters as they travel through time to save their kidnapped friend. Gunman, Shieldman, and Swordman must cooperate with unique abilities to solve puzzles and fight bad guys.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.9%

  7. #7 Systematic Immunity
    93% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2016
    Dev: Hedge Knight Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Systematic Immunity is a challenging precision platformer set inside the human body...and not a particularly healthy one either. This body has been infected by a big, nasty bugger of a germ, who is making it his business to spawn many more germs as fast as he can.

    Why similar: Action 38.5%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 27.2%

  8. #8 Super Man Or Monster
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2017
    Dev: Xform
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Super Man Or Monster is an explosive monsterfilled action game. Protect or destroy the world, as MAN or MONSTER! Build your army, jetpack around, blast monsters and kick ass. OR... bring the chaos as you bash, stomp and wreck cities. Your choice!

    Why similar: Action 39.4%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 28%

  9. #9 Fractal
    92% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
    Dev: Phosphene Designs LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Fractal brings first-person real-time combat to beautiful stylized VR vistas. Enter a dazzling dimension where color is the lifeblood of all beings. Wielding a mysterious brush, you are granted the power to reshape the world and fate of its denizens.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  10. #10 Dragon Blazers
    83% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
    Dev: Sylph
    Windows

    want to remind you some 16bit arcade vibes? you like Toriyama style? just take a look to Dragon Blazers!! musics by the amazing David Revel!!

    Why similar: Adventure 33.8%, Action 32%, Indie 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%

  11. #11 Unearthing Colossal
    91% matchMixed42% of 31 reviews2016
    Dev: Power Up to Maximum
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Take on the role of an epic titan of death named Reaper. Your nemesis the Bringer of Life has broken from tradition - the cycles of life - and created a sentient race known as the Humans. Now it's up to you as Reaper to complete the cleansing cycles of life and death.

    Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.3%

  12. #12 Adventure in the Tower of Flight
    90% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2015
    Dev: Pixel Barrage Entertainment, Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Adventure in the Tower of Flight is a retro-styled platformer in which you fly instead of jump! You are Wing, a young adventurer. Wing must climb a seeming endless the tower and collect all five known relics held within to become the ruler of the known world.

    Why similar: Adventure 30.9%, Action 30.1%, Indie 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%

  13. #13 Captain Lycop : Invasion of the Heters
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 34 reviews2017
    Dev: Aéronie
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    A space shooter mixing adventure, action and tactics. Face off against pen-pushing insects, merciless enemies and epic bosses. Your only hope is to banish all cowardice and follow a virtuous path.

    Why similar: Action 36.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27.2%

  14. #14 Way of the Red
    89% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2016
    Dev: Corey Hardman
    Windows

    Way of the Red is a 2d action platformer with a focus on fun combat, satisfying kills, and fluid movement. Use versatile sword techniques to shred enemies to pieces, while searching for your lost love from years past.

    Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Action 31.1%, Indie 24%, Pixel Graphics 13%

  15. #15 Tower Fortress
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 153 reviews2017
    Dev: KeybolPub: Nitrome
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A mysterious tower has risen! It emits plumes of noxious green smoke from its summit making people sick. Strange creatures infest the tower but if nobody tries to ascend it we will all be doomed! Are you that hero?.....

    Why similar: Action 34.2%, Adventure 32.1%, Indie 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

  16. #16 Phantom Trigger
    88% matchMixed58% of 94 reviews2017
    Dev: Bread TeamPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Phantom Trigger is a vivid hardcore slasher with elements of an RPG and a roguelike. Your world is made up of sick fantasies, you are a phantom. Accept it or stop your treatment.

    Why similar: Action 33.8%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%

  17. #17 A Blind Legend
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 334 reviews2016
    Dev: DowinoPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A Blind Legend is the first-ever action-adventure game without video – where ears replace eyes! Discover the original, innovative sensory experience of binaural 3D sound.

    Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Action 36%, Indie 25.4%

  18. #18 Hero Barrier
    86% matchMixed63% of 76 reviews2017
    Dev: The Rock StudioPub: Beijing New Era Network Technology Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    Why similar: Action 37.2%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 26.3%

  19. #19 HeartZ: Co-Hope Puzzles
    85% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2016
    Dev: Upper BytePub: Spawn Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    HeartZ offers you a hearty combination of platform, action, puzzle and local co-op gaming. Outsmart traps and solve mysteries in each room and level while getting rid of Dr. Nylus' soldiers and machines! Kick, jump, fart, scare, bite... your way through mischievously designed levels!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  20. #20 Algotica Iterations
    84% matchMixed53% of 177 reviews2017
    Dev: Alexander Goodwin
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Algotica is an educational puzzle game about programming with cute lowpoly graphics. If you wanted to start learning programming but think that it too difficult to understand or just don't have enough time or not sure that you need it - this game is a good start point for you

    Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%

  21. #21 Super Ubie Island REMIX
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2016
    Dev: Notion Games
    Windows

    Inspired by Super Mario World, Super Ubie Island REMIX is an adorable platformer. Help Ubie defeat Dr. Terrestrial, discover secrets, repair his ship and escape Climate Island. Run, jump and glide your way through more than 25 insanely fun levels!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  22. #22 M.A.C.E.
    82% matchMixed51% of 59 reviews2017
    Dev: EntwicklerX
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    MACE is a classic space shoot ’em up, inspired by the legendary Amiga games of this genre. Handdrawn 2D graphics in HD resolutions, parallax scrolling, explosion effects and optimized games mechanics, combined with the proven gameplay are transporting the “Spirit of Amiga” in today’s Age.

    Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%

  23. #23 Reginald Does His Thang
    81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2017
    Dev: Epic Banana Games LLC
    Windows

    Reginald Does His Thang is a platformer in which Reg gathers scattered pages for his grandfather's final recipe. In a surreal land where cannibalism, vomiting, and creeping kuru are commonplace, Reg chops, explodes, masticates and vomits to see what culinary masterpiece Grampinald's cooking up.

    Why similar: Adventure 34%, Action 32.3%, Indie 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

  24. #24 Holobunnies: Pause Cafe
    81% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2017
    Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Holobunnies: Pause Café is the Holobunnies appetizer you didn't know you wanted: three little games in one adorable and quirky package! Fight your friends in a high-adrenaline two-player brawler, test your mettle against the classic q-bit bosses in Boss Rush, and navigate through Kitcat’s Adventure to help Kitcat find its way to the...

    Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.1%

  25. #25 Mysterious World
    80% matchNo user reviews2020
    Dev: L.C.H
    Windows

    "Mysterious World" is a platform jumping game independently developed by individual developers.

    Why similar: Adventure 34.7%, Action 34.4%, Indie 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

  26. #26 Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken
    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
    Dev: FabrazPub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The notorious Blackbird's kracked, I mean, cracked! He believes Slime-san stole his treasure and unleashed his giant Kraken upon him! Sound familiar? It is now up to Slime-san to escape the giant squid's jaws back out to freedom!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.9%

  27. #27 Glitchbuster
    78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
    Dev: Rémi Vansteelandt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Fix all glitches in the game before the release!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  28. #28 God Of Thunder
    77% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2017
    Dev: RDavis
    Windows

    Action! Adventure! Puzzles! Corny humor! God Of Thunder is the full version of a 1994 shareware game that you've probably never heard of. It is now freeware, so have fun.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  29. #29 Nachzehrer
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Eric Sauer
    Windows

    [h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  30. #30 Funtoon's World
    77% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2017
    Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
    Windows

    Funtoon's World is amazing adventurous game with 25 Levels. Get Ready to enter Funtoon's World with amazing Excitement in each Level. Get Ready to face different monsters and earn as much coins as you can to get highest score.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  31. #31 Escape From Space Shredder
    76% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
    Dev: s_unkPub: s_unk
    Windows

    The gameplay of the game is based on the ability to turn the game world while completing a maze with traps.This game Is Hardcore!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  32. #32 To Hell With Dave
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pretzel Bros Studios
    Windows

    'To Hell With Dave' is a narrative-driven adventure platformer for the connoisseur of the absurd. Explore a world full of charming characters and twisted humor. If you're a fan of challenging action, wacky puzzles and foul language, this game is for you!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  33. #33 C15
    73% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2019
    Dev: aDeCon Production
    Windows

    This is a simple horror game, with an additional cooperative mode and an easy story about a scientist and his experiment on the brain.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  34. #34 Lightning War
    75% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2018
    Dev: Diantong Intelligence Tech. Shanghai Co.,Ltd.
    Windows

    With hard work of two member team, the first series of the Lighting war finally go online. Hoping everyone enjoy this battle game. Always wondering who's driving the jets, will be a beauty?

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  35. #35 Above
    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mighty Moth
    Windows · Mac

    Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  36. #36 Sweet Magic Madness
    78% matchNo user reviews2019
    Dev: Alejandro Ibrahim OjeaPub: Eternal CODE Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Challenge your friends in a crazy, wild and frenetic fight with an overwhelming amount of characters, objects and stages. As you play, you will unlock new things, obtaining different, weird-looking and awesome variety.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  37. #37 D.F.R.: The Light
    74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
    Dev: Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment
    Windows · Mac

    Unprepared and helpless, you are taken to a dark place where a mysterious light hunts you. In this relentlessly terrifying survival horror game, you must use your wits to stay alive long enough to extinguish the light, or perish trying. The light is crafty and observant, so this won't be an easy challenge.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  38. #38 FIREWORK
    71% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2018
    Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
    Windows

    Follow Yan the Defective One through his fight against the Fire Troops and let him unveil the Facility's mystery in this action platformer.

    Why similar: Action 37.2%, Adventure 37%, Indie 25.8%

  39. #39 Cyborg Invasion Shooter
    74% matchMixed46% of 58 reviews2017
    Dev: Tero Lunkka
    Windows

    You are the only soldier that can save the world: Collect all the artifacts, kill several cyborgs and save the world

    Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.8%

  40. #40 Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2017
    Dev: OrionSoft
    Windows · Linux

    Discover a futuristic fast-paced platformer game in pixel art. The game takes place in three different environments (prison, desert, forest) and is interspersed with 2 mini-games, including a reversed “Shoot’em Up” and an original rappelling game!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.1%

  41. #41 Subaeria
    71% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2018
    Dev: iLLOGIKA
    Windows

    Subaeria is an intense action puzzler where players use their wits to manipulate their enemies into destroying each other.

    Why similar: Action 37.2%, Adventure 37%, Indie 25.8%

  42. #42 The Planet of the Vicious Creatures
    73% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2016
    Dev: Jorge Giner Cordero
    Windows

    An old-school platformer set in outer space.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.1%

  43. #43 Destroy Space Aliens
    72% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
    Dev: Flying Fire, LLC
    Windows

    Challenge yourself and enter the castle of the Legendary Sir Frank Jones V to destroy invading space aliens! Slash, blast, and dash your way to victory in this retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.1%

  44. #44 Pilli Adventure
    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
    Dev: TavoPub: Calaca studios
    Windows

    Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Pilli Adventure features the Pilli & Paco as they blast their way through 7 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the Pilli Adventure online comic.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.1%

  45. #45 Beyond Arm's Reach
    61% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Round Squares Studios
    Windows

    Beyond Arm’s Reach is an action adventure game, set in a 1950’s steampunk universe. You have to use the physics based grappling hook, to navigate around the world, defeat enemies and solve puzzles along the way.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  46. #46 RECHARGE COMPLETE
    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: rechargecomplete
    Windows

    RECHARGE COMPLETE is a third/first person shooter featuring a hard-strutting jet-packing android created to destroy job-stealing robots! Blast enemies with homing missiles, lasers and EMP grenades! Jet pack, boost and skii your way through peril. Be the robohero you were made to be!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  47. #47 Fight For Freedom
    69% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
    Dev: Shadowhite Animators LTD.
    Windows

    Fight For Freedom is a First person shooter Game where you have to perform like a special agent, In this game you have to destroy a group of worshipers who sacrificed people for immortality from last 35 years and rescue some hostage from worshiper. Remember , The Worshiper are well armed.

    Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36.7%, Indie 26.4%

  48. #48 Armoured Engines
    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bounder Games
    Windows · Mac

    Armoured Engines is a steam punk western epic featuring train conductor Dusty Beats and her partner in crime, the ancient living engine Billy Wylam, as they search for El Dorado. Protect your train and shoot, fling, slice, and blow up hordes of enemies, using an arsenal of weaponry and passengers.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  49. #49 Departure
    59% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: RG CrewPub: No Gravity Games
    Windows

    Departure is a first-person perspective action adventure game with sci-fi and horror elements. Try to survive in a vast zone full of dangerous anomalies that alter your surroundings, and monsters that hunt you down at night.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  50. #50 Slug Slasher
    59% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Slapped Silly Studios
    Windows

    Save the world from an onslaught of giant slugs in Slug Slasher! Using only your trusty bucket of salt, smash, dash, and slash through ridiculous enemies and crazy bosses as you fight your way to the slugs' homeland.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  51. #51 San Matias -- Mafia City
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2018
    Dev: RIQPLAY
    Windows

    Time is running out! You play as a man named "The Canario". Fight hordes of enemies and try to survive in this city without laws. It's time to teach them a lesson!

    Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36.7%, Indie 26.4%

  52. #52 V.O.I.D.
    69% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
    Dev: NAPE GAMES
    Windows

    After some time, a group of Ploids decides to take action and return the peace. To achieve this, Alpha and Omega must travel through time to eras of ancient land, in order to obtain sacred stones that will give him the necessary power to defeat the invaders.

    Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36.7%, Indie 26.4%

  53. #53 Pep-Pel
    57% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2023
    Dev: SlugGlove
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Run through each level as Pep-Pel! a goofy red goblin thing. In this beautifully hand drawn game. play through tons of fast-paced and difficult levels, each with there own challenge to master!

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

  54. #54 A Rip In Time
    58% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: iV Games
    Windows

    Time travel in a new twisted way. The game’s antagonist will be pulling you through “Rips in Time”. The further you explore, the more intertwined the worlds become! Experience the early 1900’s and future all in one, thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%

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