- #1 Aztecalypse
97% matchMixed49% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Action adventure with an apocalyptic touch. In Aztecalypse you explore a newly discovered area with remnants of an ancient culture. If you like First Person Action games set in mystic places, in an Open World with neat places to visit aside the story, you will definitely love this game!
Why similar: Action 39.4%, Indie 34.2%, Adventure 26.4%
- #2 Wraithslayer
96% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Devin ColePub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intense and challenging boss battle in an abstract horror world.
Why similar: Action 46.8%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 24.6%
- #3 Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,000 reviews2015
Dev: Marcelo Barbosa
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio is an exciting, fast-paced action game.Help Tcheco the Adventure Boy to leave a mysterious castle full of deadly creatures! Be ready for a big challenge, full of nonsense humor and retro goodness.
Why similar: Action 47.6%, Adventure 26.9%, Indie 25.5%
- #4 Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge
95% matchMixed61% of 110 reviews2019
Dev: Level Evil
Windows
Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Adventure 29.4%, Indie 26.4%
- #5 Abathor
92% matchVery Positive91% of 363 reviews2024
Dev: Pow Pixel GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Why similar: Action 48.5%, Adventure 26%, Indie 25.5%
- #6 Blood Harvest 3
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 23.9%
- #7 NightmareZ
94% matchMixed44% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Why similar: Action 66%, Indie 34%
- #8 bobo robot
93% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Action 44.6%, Adventure 30.8%, Indie 24.7%
- #9 Dynamic Very, Very, Hard game!!
91% matchMixed51% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: White Dog GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dynamic is an indie Platformer game. The goal is to try to avoid obstacles and dangerous enemies who want to kill you
Why similar: Indie 38.4%, Action 36.8%, Adventure 24.8%
- #10 Venture Kid
90% matchVery Positive83% of 226 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 67.1%, Indie 32.9%
- #11 Kraino Origins
89% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: GameAtomic
Windows
Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!
Why similar: Action 57.8%, Adventure 39%, Indie 3.2%
- #12 Dangerous Bullets
91% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.
Why similar: Action 53.3%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 20%
- #13 MO:Astray
87% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Action 43.8%, Adventure 30.2%, Indie 26%
- #14 BiT Evolution
89% matchMixed55% of 192 reviews2015
Dev: Major Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.
Why similar: Action 44%, Adventure 31.9%, Indie 24.1%
- #15 Super Mombo Quest
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Adventure 32%, Indie 23.9%
- #16 Yury
88% matchMixed56% of 608 reviews2014
Dev: Cubic Pie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Indie 34.4%, Adventure 27.7%
- #17 Powernaut VANGARDT
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: ConfoundGreatJob
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Action 46%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 23.5%
- #18 Oblitus mortis
81% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Oblitus mortis
Windows
A Pixel art adventure inspired by the fascinating legends and myths of Venezuela. Enter a mysterious world where you will be the one to help this little Espanto solve the mystery of why all these creatures and lost souls are wandering the earth.
Why similar: Adventure 93.1%, Indie 6.9%
- #19 Super Life of Pixel
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 379 reviews2014
Dev: Super Icon LtdPub: WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
Why similar: Indie 59.3%, Adventure 40.7%
- #20 Swords & Bones
82% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Swords & Bones inherits the spirit of the great 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s, enriching the game experience with modern mechanics! Undead hordes and demons await you in this epic adventure!
Why similar: Action 49.1%, Adventure 33.2%, Indie 17.7%
- #21 An Imp? A Fiend!
85% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
Why similar: Action 44.1%, Adventure 30.7%, Indie 25.2%
- #22 BROTHER!!! Save him! - Hardcore Platformer
82% matchMixed67% of 700 reviews2020
Dev: TakeThem.Games (Creative)
Windows
The legendary game is now on Steam! Can you prove that you are a good player, go through a difficult path and save your brother? This challenge is not for wimps!
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 24.4%
- #23 Call of Bitcoin
84% matchMixed55% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: peevasseeq games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Call of Bitcoin - Challenge the cryptocurrency world, pick all the Bitcoins, kill the monsters, open all the secret places, but just stay alive
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 24.7%
- #24 Dispersio
83% matchVery Positive89% of 91 reviews2016
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 44.7%
- #25 Bannerman
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 152 reviews2017
Dev: Armitage Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Bannerman is a gritty and atmospheric medieval action/adventure with a bleak narrative and focus on historically accurate, challenging skill-based swordfighting!
Why similar: Action 45.5%, Adventure 29.5%, Indie 25%
- #26 The Padre
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: Shotgun with GlittersPub: Feardemic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The Padre is a retro stylised 3D horror adventure game tapping deep into the roots of classic horror games.
Why similar: Action 44%, Adventure 31.4%, Indie 24.6%
- #27 Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
79% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: CollectorVision Games
Windows · Mac
In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!
Why similar: Action 46.6%, Adventure 29.6%, Indie 23.8%
- #28 Spooky Station
78% matchVery Positive87% of 399 reviews2019
Dev: Coletivo Vaca RoxaPub: Estúdio Vaca Roxa
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!
Why similar: Action 42.1%, Adventure 31.6%, Indie 26.3%
- #29 Mago
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,008 reviews2022
Dev: Dream Potion Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Indie 37.4%, Action 23.2%
- #30 Haunted Lands
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: alevgorPub: Alawar
Windows
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Adventure 40.9%
- #31 Yet Another World
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Energy Milk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Yet Another World - funny hardcore platformer in minimal style and relaxing ambient music.
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #32 Mustache in Hell
78% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Action 53.4%, Adventure 25.6%, Indie 21%
- #33 Aggelos
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 665 reviews2018
Dev: Storybird GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Action 34.5%, Indie 28.8%
- #34 Super Win the Game
77% matchVery Positive89% of 652 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Action 62.5%, Adventure 37.5%
- #35 Garbanzo Quest
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: zagawee
Windows · Mac · Linux
GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!
Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 46%
- #36 Gato Roboto
73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Action 43.9%, Indie 29.2%, Adventure 26.9%
- #37 Necrosphere
76% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Cat Nigiri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.
Why similar: Action 66%, Indie 34%
- #38 MOMIBOSU
69% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: PenGames
Windows
A boy and a girl with a mysterious weapon drone in their hands embark on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world of new lands. Enjoy a precision 2D platformer that will challenge you no matter how many times you get hit!
Why similar: Action 62%, Adventure 38%
- #39 Super Meddl Boy
69% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Rainer Zufall
Windows
Super Meddl Boy is an action-packed platformer game. Only the toughest Meddlers make it to the finish line - are you ready to take the stage?
Why similar: Action 81.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 8.2%
- #40 VolChaos
76% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2015
Dev: Fun Infused Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Volchaos is an ultra-challenging old school platformer.
Why similar: Action 52.2%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 13.5%
- #41 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
72% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Action 54.6%, Indie 45.4%
- #42 After Death
74% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
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: Action 44.2%, Adventure 30.8%, Indie 25%
- #43 Spaceport Hope
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 490 reviews2016
Dev: team BitClubPub: team BitClub , Sunken Treasure Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Indie 36.7%, Adventure 26%
- #44 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
73% matchVery Positive94% of 365 reviews2017
Dev: Game Ever Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
Why similar: Action 44.7%, Adventure 31.2%, Indie 24.1%
- #45 Super Dungeon Boy
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.
Why similar: Action 49%, Indie 28.4%, Adventure 22.6%
- #46 Infernales
75% matchMostly Negative34% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Kill all the creatures of hell ...
Why similar: Action 45.3%, Adventure 30.6%, Indie 24.1%
- #47 Axiom Verge
71% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Action 43.9%, Indie 30.5%, Adventure 25.6%
- #48 Makis Adventure
67% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Zoroarts
Windows
Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!
Why similar: Action 56.9%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 15.3%
- #49 Mibibli's Quest
71% matchVery Positive95% of 114 reviews2016
Dev: resnijars
Windows · Mac
Mibibli's Quest is a retro-style surrealistic platformer game. Join Mibibli as it blasts its way through over 20 crazy and eclectic levels! Conquer caves, dance through raves, wander the suburbs, and blow up eggs... travel through time and explore your nightmares along the way!
Why similar: Action 64.6%, Indie 35.4%
- #50 The End o,,,o
72% matchMixed63% of 272 reviews2017
Dev: xrrawva
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.
Why similar: Action 41.3%, Indie 33.6%, Adventure 25%
- #51 Canto I
65% matchVery Positive81% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: LudosGDPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Face the Dark Forest of the Divine Comedy in this action platformer inspired by the Sommo Poeta’s masterpiece! Help Dante avoid pitfalls, spikes & specters using double jumps, magical attacks and dashes. Find the scrolls containing the triplets of the Canto exploring this gloomy, pixelart forest!
Why similar: Action 54%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 18.4%
- #52 Byte Family
70% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens GamesPub: ProPixel Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Overcome obstacles and restore the cyber world ByteFamily, eliminating the system virus, unlocking new game modes and gaining new skills! HERE IS THE TERRIBLE WORLD ENEMIES BYTE FAMILY
Why similar: Action 45%, Adventure 30.4%, Indie 24.7%
- #53 Smilemo
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2022
Dev: REXECHOPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
A new side-scrolling platformer where you go flying out of control at the slightest touch! In this virus-infected world, it is your job to collect the scattered pieces of vaccine code and exterminate the virus!
Why similar: Action 54.8%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 9.6%
- #54 Jet Gunner
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 627 reviews2014
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.
Why similar: Action 63%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 18.2%
- #55 Fortuito: Lost History
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: Adventure 87.2%, Action 12.8%
- #56 TetherGeist
57% matchVery Positive98% of 213 reviews2026
Dev: O. and Co. Games
Windows
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
Why similar: Action 45.9%, Adventure 30.7%, Indie 23.4%
- #57 Blaite
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 556 reviews2017
Dev: Dosane GamesPub: Akim Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Action 41.7%, Indie 34.7%, Adventure 23.7%
- #58 Beholgar
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 369 reviews2022
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Adventure 37.7%, Indie 4.8%
- #59 Marko: Beyond Brave
62% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Studio MechkaPub: Studio Mechka
Windows
Marko: Beyond Brave is an action-packed Metroidvania adventure. Wander through lush forests and crumbling castles, battle corrupted creatures, and escape intricate traps. Jump, slash, and shoot your way through challenging foes and mighty bosses inspired by Slavic myths and legends.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Adventure 39.9%
- #60 SUPER DISTRO
69% matchMostly Negative37% of 1,161 reviews2015
Dev: KITATUS STUDIOSPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"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: Indie 40.1%, Action 35.9%, Adventure 24.1%