Games Like A Walk in the Dark

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Platformer 50.5%, Difficult 28.1%, Indie 14.4%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a quintessential precision platformer that matches the high difficulty and dark, atmospheric tone of the seed game.

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

Why similar: Platformer 57.7%, Indie 42.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a cat protagonist navigating a minimalist, atmospheric world that mirrors the shadow-heavy aesthetic of the seed game.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Indie 25.4%, Action 19.6%, Difficult 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a cat in a mech suit, combining tight 2D platforming with a dark, industrial atmosphere.

A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 41%, Indie 25.7%, Action 23.7%, Difficult 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the dark, moody, and atmospheric 2D platforming style that makes the seed game so distinct.

Gravity Cat - it's a puzzle-platformer. You play as a cat who has an ability to change the gravity.

Why similar: Platformer 49.5%, Difficult 25.9%, Indie 24.6%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, cat-themed precision platformer that directly echoes the core mechanics and theme of the seed game.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Platformer 54.3%, Difficult 29.3%, Indie 13.9%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for difficult 2D platformers, offering the same intense, trial-and-error gameplay found in the seed game.

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Platformer 44%, Indie 23.2%, Action 20.1%, Difficult 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, action-packed puzzle-platformer that features precise movement and a haunting, atmospheric soundtrack.

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 45.7%, Difficult 33.9%, Indie 16.1%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished precision platformer with a beautiful soundtrack and a focus on overcoming difficult, screen-based challenges.

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Platformer 68.3%, Indie 17.1%, Action 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, non-linear platformer that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a dark, mysterious world.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Platformer 62.8%, Indie 23.9%, Difficult 9.8%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that relies on shadows and silhouette-based visuals to tell its story.

Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Why similar: Platformer 48.6%, Indie 25.1%, Difficult 13.4%, Action 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes fluid movement and atmospheric immersion, accompanied by a standout, emotive soundtrack.

A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.

Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Action 33.9%, Platformer 18.9%, Difficult 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, indie 2D platformer that focuses on precise movement and a dark, moody visual style.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 53.5%, Difficult 25.4%, Indie 15.9%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer known for its unique gravity-flipping mechanic and an iconic, high-energy soundtrack.

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 37.1%, Difficult 21.6%, Indie 21.6%, Action 19.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult 2D platformer that demands high precision and quick reflexes.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Platformer 65.4%, Indie 24.7%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the dark, unsettling atmosphere and 2D-plane traversal that fans of the seed game's aesthetic will appreciate.

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 48.6%, Difficult 20.4%, Action 17.6%, Indie 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, stylish action-platformer that features a dark narrative and an incredible, synth-heavy soundtrack.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.

Why similar: Platformer 56.3%, Indie 19.9%, Action 17.9%, Difficult 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that features a great soundtrack and the ability to shift between two distinct, atmospheric worlds.

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

Why similar: Platformer 45.2%, Indie 29.2%, Difficult 25.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer that focuses on tight controls and difficult, obstacle-filled levels.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Platformer 63.4%, Difficult 20.3%, Action 9%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers fluid, high-stakes platforming paired with a world-class soundtrack and a lush, atmospheric environment.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Platformer 60.9%, Indie 21.1%, Action 18%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-driven 2D platformer that excels at environmental storytelling and atmospheric tension.

Concursion is a multi-genre game played on the boundaries between worlds. Steer your hero through a dangerous interdimensional universe, switching between different genres on the fly, pulling off feats of tight aerial acrobatics otherwise unattainable in one genre alone.

Why similar: Platformer 40.2%, Indie 31.4%, Action 28.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique platformer that forces players to switch between different gameplay styles, maintaining a high level of difficulty throughout.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Platformer 57%, Difficult 15.6%, Indie 15.1%, Action 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tight action-platformer with a fantastic soundtrack that evolves from a linear experience into a complex, interconnected world.

"Jumping Cat" is a simple and straightforward platform jumping game. In order to revive the lost kingdom, our cat hero puts on his cape and overcomes many obstacles to collect Gold Coins and Paw Gems in dungeons full of traps!

Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Difficult 28.2%, Indie 16.8%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward but challenging 2D precision platformer featuring a cat protagonist.

A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.

Why similar: Difficult 45.1%, Platformer 28.6%, Action 23.7%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, difficult precision platformer that requires careful timing and mastery of movement mechanics.

HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!

Why similar: Platformer 57.6%, Indie 23.2%, Action 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, difficult platformer that relies on a pulsing soundtrack to keep the player in the zone.

Cat Warroir is an action-platformer of retro and cute style about a cat knight on his way to recapture his stolen treasure. Deep into the dangerous fantasy world,defeat the challenging big boss with your slash, dash, jump, walljump and other skills to find the treasure back!

Why similar: Platformer 57.5%, Action 24.3%, Indie 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cat-themed action game that incorporates souls-like difficulty and pixel-art aesthetics.

Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.

Why similar: Platformer 53.7%, Action 18.3%, Indie 16.6%, Difficult 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that captures the retro, indie feel of the seed game with challenging combat and traversal.

Cattie is a platform game with retro graphics.

Why similar: Platformer 53.4%, Indie 16.3%, Difficult 15.4%, Action 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cat platformer that leans into 8-bit aesthetics and cute but challenging level design.

Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.

Why similar: Platformer 100%

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 43.4%, Indie 30.4%, Action 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist action-platformer that focuses on speed and precision in a dark, clean environment.

I wanna be the Cat is a challenging roguelite platformer inspired by I wanna be the Guy fangames.Fight against famous videogame characters turned into cats and try to claim "THE CAT" as the ultimate title.

Why similar: Platformer 40.6%, Indie 21.3%, Action 20%, Difficult 18.1%

Apocalyptic Cat is an atmospheric hardcore platformer about a little black cat's journey in a post-apocalyptic world. Overcome toxic clouds, spikes, and obstacles, striving to fulfill his last dream of reaching paradise.

Why similar: Platformer 52.4%, Difficult 36.2%, Action 11.4%

Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.

Why similar: Platformer 82.2%, Action 17.8%

explore a cat notebook

Why similar: Difficult 100%

Have you ever wanted to be a cat? You will be able, thanks to the aventure platformer The Purring Quest. Take on the role of Kimchi the cat and meet famous cat of the internet in a journey full of humor.

Why similar: Platformer 62.7%, Indie 21.4%, Difficult 8.4%, Action 7.5%

Take control of Hodge the cat in a brand new, stand-alone prequel story in Another Sight - Hodge's Journey. Tackle new platforming challenges using Hodge's nimble feline skills to solve puzzles and misteries as he travels between the world of dreams and the world of the real.

Why similar: Platformer 46.3%, Indie 28.2%, Action 25.5%

Embark on a purrfectly perilous rage filled adventure as this lil kitty cat took an unfortunate catnap and ended up stranded sky high! With no way but down, master your feline agility and platforming prowess to navigate your descent through the urban jungle in this gravity defying escapade!

Why similar: Platformer 56.1%, Difficult 27.1%, Action 16.8%

Save the Universe with the Alien-Cat in this brand new puzzle-platformer game! Jump on your enemies heads, push the boxes and walk on the ceiling.

Why similar: Indie 54.3%, Platformer 26.8%, Difficult 18.9%

Avoid rain, get stars,and run across the passage! Retro but new, high-speed action game filled with many hidden elements!

Why similar: Action 74.9%, Indie 25.1%

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 54.9%, Difficult 24.6%, Indie 13.9%, Action 6.6%

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Platformer 41.7%, Difficult 37.5%, Indie 14.6%, Action 6.3%

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Platformer 59.1%, Indie 25.2%, Difficult 11.5%, Action 4.2%

Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.

Why similar: Platformer 54.4%, Action 19.6%, Indie 13.2%, Difficult 12.8%

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Platformer 64.9%, Indie 23.8%, Action 11.3%

CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

Why similar: Platformer 72.9%, Indie 27.1%

Umbraclaw tells the story of Kuon, a house cat who has died in the mortal world, after she awakens in the Soulplane, a realm of the dead. She must challenge the perilous underworld to return home to her owner in this 2D action adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 65.9%, Action 34.1%

Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.

Why similar: Difficult 55.5%, Indie 23.6%, Action 20.9%

kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.

Why similar: Platformer 38.3%, Indie 33.6%, Action 28.1%

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: Platformer 41.8%, Indie 29.5%, Difficult 28.7%

Help Mrs.Cat to complete a mission: Explore Mars and collect the energy gems.In this 2d precision platformer, you'll have to memorize and face the invisible and visible deadly objects, running, jumping and meowing!

Why similar: Indie 100%

Playing as a good cat, helping your master get over the struggle!

Why similar: Action 100%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Platformer 42.4%, Indie 30.2%, Action 27.4%

Oh no! This cute little kitty cat is alone and lost in a haunted house! Only by collecting pennies and defeating monsters can she find the way out! Use your fast fingers to defeat this adorably dark and funny platform game.

Why similar: Platformer 54.8%, Indie 23.3%, Action 21.9%

Get off the tree and face the world full of saws, pits and spikes in this hardcore 2D platformer about the nimble white Cat. Make your way through wild plains, thorny deserts and crystal caverns on a challenging yet exciting journey to rescue the lost kitten eggs!

Why similar: Platformer 59.6%, Indie 23.8%, Action 16.7%

INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying.

Why similar: Platformer 53.1%, Difficult 17.5%, Indie 16.4%, Action 13%

A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.

Why similar: Platformer 39.9%, Indie 23.9%, Action 20.1%, Difficult 16%

SwooshCat is a vibrant precision-platformer adventure. Leap, dash, slash, stab, roll, and ricochet your way through a charming pixel world as you help a brave little cat 🐾 explore and battle!

Why similar: Platformer 78.3%, Action 21.7%

Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.

Why similar: Platformer 64.7%, Indie 22.4%, Action 12.9%

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

Why similar: Platformer 49.8%, Indie 19.2%, Difficult 16.5%, Action 14.5%

Simple platformer in a dark setting

Why similar: Platformer 66.4%, Action 21%, Indie 12.6%