Games Like A Roll-Back Story

Concurrency is a game with a deceptive amount of content. On the surface, it's a simple rogue-lite with a few enemies and upgrades. If you begin to look deeper, however, it becomes a game where you'll traverse more than half a dozen genres in this sole indie dev's adventure romp.

Why similar: Platformer 35.1%, Difficult 28.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 15.6%

Mo the frog is a classic 2D platform in which you will have to committ fully to ho through many levels that are present in the game. Dress the part of Mò the frog in the epic adventure to free Avalaar's kingdom from the oppression which the terrible Peter's the troll and his henchmen, the black captains, try to bring by conquering it.

Why similar: Platformer 26.5%, Difficult 25%, Metroidvania 20.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 12.3%

Adventure little wizard named Javva, looking for his Coffee stolen by evil skeleton King. Enjoy challenging gameplay - then Javva Juice for you! Here you have to work hard to be like before you go through the next dungeon!

Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Difficult 31.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 16.2%

In ScribbleDude, you play as an unknown creature who wants to explore the world around him and defeat the evil forces. It's a challenging non-linear 2D platformer where you encounter action-filled platforming with gimmicks, explore areas and defeat unique bosses.

Why similar: Difficult 29.2%, Platformer 25.9%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 20.3%

Rynn’s Adventure is a 2D platformer game in which the player guides Rynn through a variety of environments teeming with magic and danger. The player will help Rynn combat the many enemies she encounters and outwit each of their fearsome generals.

Why similar: Difficult 39.5%, Platformer 34.1%, Indie 14.9%, Adventure 11.5%

Take control of Nebby and guide her through a challenging 2D platformer with a unique body projection mechanic. Test your skills by completing increasingly more difficult levels. Try to complete the game as fast as possible in Speedrun Mode to show off how good you really are!

Why similar: Difficult 42.4%, Platformer 37.7%, Indie 19.9%

Bounce Rescue! is an arcade- styled puzzle platformer, telling a story about a group of heroes, saving their friends. Made by a small indiedev studio Bitecore Ltd.

Why similar: Difficult 28.9%, Platformer 25.7%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 20.1%

Wobbly Jungle demands the player's entire skill and dexterity across 60 diverse levels. This sidescroller impresses with its extraordinary design and will drive the player to the edge. Survival of the fittest!

Why similar: Difficult 43.3%, Platformer 35.3%, Indie 21.4%

Let go of Gravity in this indie platformer adventure! Search from one star system to the next and blast beyond your enemies with your multi-functional raygun to save your friends!

Why similar: Difficult 32.3%, Platformer 26.3%, Indie 22.4%, Adventure 19.1%

100 levels with three difficulty levels - Casual, Hardcore and Ultra mode. On Ultra Mode, we take no responsibility for any broken keyboards or gamepads.

Why similar: Difficult 31.8%, Platformer 28.2%, Indie 22.1%, Adventure 17.9%

Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.

Why similar: Difficult 40.1%, Platformer 37.3%, Indie 22.6%

Sockman is a single-screen platformer inspired by classics like Rick Dangerous, Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Jumpman, Prince of Persia… A hardcore platformer, very difficult, even more than suck your own elbow.

Why similar: Difficult 38.9%, Platformer 34.3%, Indie 16.8%, Adventure 10%

"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. The weak need not apply.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Indie 24.9%, Difficult 24.8%, Adventure 14.7%

Unnamed Adventure, an indie action platformer where every single level, puzzle is crafted by hands. Wander around in a mysterious kingdom where surprise and finding may hide in every corner you visit.

Why similar: Difficult 22.9%, Platformer 22%, Metroidvania 20.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 15.9%

All alone, Hania sets out on a journey to find the answers to her past across this uncharted, perilous and magical world.

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, Metroidvania 24.8%, Difficult 24.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 9.7%

Help Ronny Nose get back to his Face in this Hilarious Throwback 2D Platforming Adventure! Let us bring you back to the nostalgia of challenging Golden-Age platforming games.

Why similar: Difficult 25%, Platformer 24.4%, Adventure 23.2%, Indie 18.5%, Physics 8.9%

Exodus is a 2D Platform/Exploration (metroidvania) game for Windows, with oldschool gameplay mechanics, and HD native resolution (1920*1200). Musics are made by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Saira, Block That Matter).

Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Metroidvania 29.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 16.6%

Crossbow Warrior has 29 exciting levels with 4 different game types like classical Jump'n'run-, Sniper-, TempleRun-, Boat-Levels! Experience the whole story behind the legend of William Tell with a multitude of lovely graphics!

Why similar: Platformer 32%, Difficult 30.2%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 16.4%

Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.

Why similar: Difficult 39.7%, Platformer 29.5%, Indie 22.5%, Adventure 8.3%

Life is tough when you're small change. Make every Cent count in this physics-based challenge and Become Savings!

Why similar: Difficult 42%, Platformer 28.6%, Physics 13.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 6.8%

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Difficult 26.2%, Platformer 25.3%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 7.3%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Difficult 30.2%, Platformer 23.8%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 5.9%

Help the adorable armless defect Botsworth escape the robot factory in this tricky platforming adventure!

Why similar: Difficult 43.8%, Platformer 35.6%, Indie 20.6%

Guide a lonely fox through a vast interconnected world of a mysterious planet Vulpis in this Metroidvania-style game. Explore non-linear paths, unlock new abilities, fight enemies, overcome obstacles, and unravel the planet's mysteries to find a way back home.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32%, Difficult 29.6%, Platformer 27.6%, Adventure 10.7%

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Difficult 34.6%, Platformer 26.5%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 17.5%

A game that looks pretty, but not easy

Why similar: Difficult 42.9%, Platformer 34.9%, Adventure 22.1%

With a retro pixel art graphics, Ball Challenge is a hard game that requires a lot of skill and agility from the player to go through all it's challenges. Dodge monsters, spikes and traps, collect the necessary diamonds and try to reach the end of each level.

Why similar: Difficult 38.3%, Platformer 32.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 11.1%, Physics 6.9%

In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.

Why similar: Platformer 50.4%, Difficult 29%, Indie 20.5%

Climb to the top using only your hands in this physics-based climbing game—play with a mouse or in VR! Leap, dodge, climb! One silly mistake, and you will find yourself all the way down!

Why similar: Difficult 42.4%, Platformer 28.2%, Physics 13.5%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 7.8%

Take on the seven deadly sins in CactusLamp, an intense 2D action-platformer centered around unforgiving boss battles. Each sin is embodied as an epic boss inspired by Brazilian culture, requiring precision and fast reflexes to be victorious in this unique pixel art world.

Why similar: Difficult 46.1%, Platformer 34.4%, Indie 19.6%

A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.

Why similar: Platformer 30.3%, Difficult 30.3%, Indie 23.5%, Adventure 15.9%

Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Platformer 27.6%, Difficult 20.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 9.5%

Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.

Why similar: Platformer 28.8%, Metroidvania 25.9%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 19.8%

The Evil Party is a very difficult platforming game, you play a ninja, and you have to go through many levels to get to the party . But it will be very difficult to do this, the game does not forgive mistakes, the player dies with one blow and starts the level first .

Why similar: Difficult 28.7%, Platformer 27.3%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 19.5%

A quite difficult and quite original platform adventure game, die and retry.

Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Difficult 25%, Adventure 21.2%, Metroidvania 14.5%, Indie 5.4%

Red, Yellow, Blue. It's Vivid Spirit! Their abilities are dictated by what color they are and it's up to you to figure out how to use them and when to swap. Guide Vivid and her dog, Spirit, on their many adventures through the world of Paper Craft!

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Metroidvania 26%, Indie 23.4%, Adventure 17.8%

It's a platformer about magic and whacking things! What does that mean? It means you go around whacking enemies with your staff to get their magic! But ultimately, all you need to do is make it to the goal!

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Difficult 25%, Adventure 23.2%, Indie 19.3%

Embark in an epic journey through a postapocalyptic world to defeat the insurrection of the clothes as the NakedMan, the bald hero humanity needs in times of need and censorship!

Why similar: Platformer 35.2%, Difficult 34.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 13.6%

Aaru's Awakening is a hand drawn 2D action platformer set in the mythical world of Lumenox. Travel through the mysterious world while the story of the four gods unravels.

Why similar: Platformer 32.2%, Difficult 27.7%, Adventure 22%, Indie 18%

What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.

Why similar: Difficult 33.6%, Platformer 25.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Physics 12%, Indie 11.3%

Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.

Why similar: Platformer 37%, Difficult 28.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 16.5%

Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!

Why similar: Platformer 48.5%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 22.4%

Cowboy's Adventure - is a Western Deathrun, with three levels of difficulty for your choice!

Why similar: Difficult 45.3%, Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 12.3%, Physics 10.8%

Hardcore pixel indie platformer with puzzle elements and history. Can you get to the end?

Why similar: Platformer 27.8%, Difficult 26.8%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 20.4%

Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?

Why similar: Difficult 31.8%, Platformer 28.6%, Adventure 22.3%, Indie 17.3%

Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.

Why similar: Platformer 35%, Metroidvania 33.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 13.9%

Classic old-school hardcore two dimensional horror platformer. Following Daniel in this God forsaken world, the players are going to collect the elements to open doors, run for their dear lives from the evil monsters and make their way further and further into the darkness.

Why similar: Platformer 46.4%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 23.8%

Darkour is a 2D platformer where darkness is your platform.

Why similar: Difficult 43.2%, Platformer 38.1%, Indie 18.6%

A wicked wizard is trying to dominate the world and only you can save everyone

Why similar: Platformer 44.1%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 25.5%

Anokye is a 2D action–adventure platformer where you play as a destined hero fighting to unite the Ashanti people. Battle through villages, forests, and mystical peaks inspired by Ghanaian art and folklore in a journey to restore light to a kingdom in darkness.

Why similar: Difficult 32.2%, Metroidvania 29.8%, Platformer 17.5%, Indie 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%

Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.

Why similar: Platformer 47.1%, Difficult 29.7%, Indie 17%, Adventure 6.2%

Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!

Why similar: Platformer 59%, Indie 16.7%, Difficult 13.9%, Adventure 10.3%

In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!

Why similar: Platformer 41.1%, Metroidvania 34.6%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 11.7%

What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.

Why similar: Metroidvania 42%, Platformer 33.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 11.6%

Race across a curious island in this fast-paced, light-hearted platformer

Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Platformer 32.1%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 14.9%

Help the little Theodore reach Juicy Island, immerse yourself in classical retro style 80's, accumulate coins to proceed between mysterious island levels. Be quick and do not stop.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Adventure 24.2%, Difficult 20.9%, Indie 19.2%