Games Like Adventures of Pip

Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!

Why similar: Platformer 37.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Retro 18.5%, Indie 9.8%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a unique layer-switching mechanic that mirrors the depth-shifting gameplay found in Pip's evolution system.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Platformer 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intricate puzzle-platforming with a strong narrative and distinct character-based abilities.

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Why similar: Platformer 64.3%, Action 16%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar focus on ability-gated progression and transformation mechanics that change how you navigate the environment.

Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Action 21.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Retro 16%, Indie 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A creative puzzle-platformer that emphasizes unique movement mechanics and a charming, retro-inspired world.

When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that's terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.6%, Platformer 32.7%, Adventure 17.9%, Puzzle 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on a core transformation mechanic where the protagonist changes forms to solve environmental puzzles.

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: Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, Platformer 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Action 11.9%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique movement and puzzle-platforming mechanics that require players to adapt to different environmental challenges.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Platformer 45.4%, Retro 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Action 10.7%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers high-octane, retro-inspired action that captures the same 32-bit energy as Adventures of Pip.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Platformer 35.1%, Retro 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential retro-styled platformer that balances tight action with exploration and character growth.

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Platformer 30.7%, Retro 22.8%, Action 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Indie 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the essence of classic 8-bit action-platformers with its straightforward, satisfying gameplay loop.

A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Retro 12%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on precision platforming that requires players to master specific physics-based abilities to progress.

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Action 23.8%, Adventure 19.6%, Retro 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a punchy, retro-inspired action experience that feels like a love letter to classic arcade platformers.

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: Platformer 41.7%, Retro 27%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the history of pixel art through various platforming challenges, much like Pip's evolution through digital eras.

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Retro 17%, Action 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides fast-paced action-platforming with a vibrant aesthetic and a focus on character-specific movement.

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Why similar: Platformer 31.8%, Action 17.7%, Adventure 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers some of the tightest platforming controls and most polished pixel art in the modern retro-platformer genre.

A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?

Why similar: Platformer 26.4%, Retro 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Adventure 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses a unique perspective-shifting mechanic to navigate its beautifully realized world.

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 35.6%, Retro 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Puzzle 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short but sweet puzzle-platformer that uses a teleportation mechanic to create clever navigational challenges.

Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.

Why similar: Platformer 37.6%, Action 18.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the core theme of evolving through different graphical styles while navigating challenging platforming segments.

Embark on a global adventure in this ‘90s-inspired adventure platformer. Help a chubby underdog kid with wacky superpowers battle bizarre villains, unlock and customize special moves and spells, and save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 44.5%, Action 21.6%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a quirky, humorous take on the action-platformer genre with a variety of character-transforming powers.

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: Platformer 33.9%, Retro 19.7%, Action 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Adventure 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled platformer that incorporates metroidvania elements and challenging boss encounters.

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Platformer 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Retro 12.2%, Adventure 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends classic puzzle-platforming with a cinematic narrative style reminiscent of early 90s adventure games.

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: Platformer 25.3%, Action 19.4%, Retro 16.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style action-platformer that emphasizes exploration and retro-inspired level design.

The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.

Why similar: Platformer 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Action 17.7%, Indie 13.6%, Puzzle 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Merges the mechanics of falling-block puzzles with traditional platforming for a unique, fast-paced experience.

Every day is a wonderful day for invertebrates! Come join the Squidlits of Blipston for a squishy adventure of spoopy castles, muffins, and wiggles! Made with classic handheld technology in mind, Squidlit strives to be the closest modern recreation of GameBoy game-design methods on the market.

Why similar: Platformer 26.4%, Retro 22.3%, Action 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Adventure 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, low-fidelity platformer that perfectly mimics the aesthetic and feel of early handheld gaming.

Bloo Kid 2 is a classic 2D retro-style platformer experience with lovely designed pixel-graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. Run, jump and swim your way through five huge worlds with twelve levels each. Master brutal bossfights and discover lots of secrets in the world of Bloo Kid 2.

Why similar: Platformer 39.6%, Retro 18.7%, Action 17.5%, Indie 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional, well-crafted 2D platformer that focuses on pure gameplay and classic retro sensibilities.

Visit a wonderfully peculiar dog's dream in a heroic attempt to save your owner in this beautiful pixel art puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Platformer 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Retro 11.5%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-platforming with a heartwarming story, focusing on environmental interaction and exploration.

One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries.

Why similar: Platformer 37.5%, Action 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 12%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven action-platformer that features character progression and varied environmental puzzles.

In Luckslinger, luck is measurable, collectable and usable whenever you please. Contains: gunslingers, dark humor, spaghetti western, vinyl digging, graffiti spraying and jazzy hip hop beats.

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Retro 17.3%, Action 16.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that features a unique luck-based mechanic that influences gameplay outcomes.

Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!

Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Action 14.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 10%

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 40.1%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging indie platformer that rewards players for mastering movement and navigating tight spaces.

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

Why similar: Platformer 40.8%, Pixel Graphics 23.7%, Retro 18.9%, Indie 8.5%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist precision platformer that changes the fundamental rules of movement to create complex puzzles.

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

Why similar: Platformer 29.2%, Retro 18.7%, Action 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Adventure 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-speed, precision-based platforming that rewards player reflexes and pattern recognition.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Retro 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Indie 6.4%, Action 6%

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: Platformer 36.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Retro 17.8%, Action 10.2%, Indie 9%

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

Why similar: Platformer 32.3%, Retro 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 8.9%

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Platformer 39.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Retro 15.2%, Action 10.9%, Indie 9.3%

Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.

Why similar: Retro 43.1%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Puzzle 6%

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Platformer 40.2%, Retro 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Action 14%, Indie 8.6%

Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.

Why similar: Retro 27.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Action 11.7%

Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero. Use timing-based combat to defeat enemies as you venture across the land, face off against quirky bosses, and save the kingdom from your own evil boss, Mr Stitches!

Why similar: Platformer 62.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 4.9%, Puzzle 4.8%

Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds

Why similar: Platformer 50.9%, Retro 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Action 10%, Indie 9.4%

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: Platformer 23.8%, Adventure 18.4%, Retro 16.8%, Indie 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%

Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 47.5%, Action 25.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Platformer 13.5%

Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.

Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Action 9.2%, Adventure 9.2%

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Platformer 35.8%, Retro 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Adventure 12%, Indie 10.3%

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 36.8%, Retro 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Action 8.5%, Indie 6.8%

Evoland Legendary Edition brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!

Why similar: Adventure 26.9%, Action 26.3%, Retro 19.4%, Indie 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.

Why similar: Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Action 14.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Retro 12.1%

Mr. Bree+ is a hardcore sidescrolling adventure platformer, enriched with great visual and musical aspects. It's about 60 levels of pure challenge, revealing along the progress, the dark past events which tells the story of our hero, a householding family pig, Mr. Bree.

Why similar: Platformer 52.1%, Action 16.8%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 15.2%

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Platformer 33%, Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 11.1%

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: Platformer 39.1%, Retro 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action 11.3%, Indie 9%

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: Platformer 40.8%, Retro 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 9.5%

A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.

Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%

Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 42%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Retro 14.2%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 9.2%

Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.

Why similar: Retro 28.2%, Platformer 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 11.5%

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

Why similar: Platformer 43%, Adventure 22.4%, Retro 10.9%, Action 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Retro 21.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 14.3%, Puzzle 12.2%

A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.

Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Retro 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 10.2%

KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

Why similar: Action 27.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Platformer 22.4%, Indie 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Super Mustache is a vintage styled platformer, filled to the brim with 8 bit pixel art juice! Join Captain Super Mustache in a journey to save the planet Uranus. If you enjoyed classic platformer games from the golden era of video games, then you’re going to love this.

Why similar: Platformer 34.1%, Indie 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Adventure 10.4%, Action 10.2%