- #1 Terraria
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 41.7%, Crafting 23.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Platformer 7.9%, 2D 6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for 2D sandbox mining and crafting, offering a massive amount of content and progression similar to Asteria.
- #2 Starbound
96% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Sandbox 44.5%, Crafting 24.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 9%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential sci-fi sandbox game that offers deep exploration, mining, and crafting across a vast procedurally generated universe.
- #3 Planet Centauri
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Sandbox 33.3%, Crafting 24.7%, Platformer 16.8%, Indie 10%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep 2D sandbox game featuring complex crafting, creature capturing, and extensive combat mechanics in a pixel-art world.
- #4 Dig or Die
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 42.8%, Crafting 32.3%, Indie 7.6%, 2D 6.4%, Action 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game where you must build defenses and mine resources to survive against increasingly difficult alien threats.
- #5 Signs of Life
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Sandbox 36.6%, Crafting 24.7%, Adventure 11%, Indie 8.6%, Platformer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival-crafting game that captures the same 2D aesthetic and focus on resource gathering in hostile environments.
- #6 Shards of Azuria
94% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Crafting 29.4%, Sandbox 26.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 11.7%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG sandbox that blends crafting and combat in a 2D world, offering a similar gameplay loop to Asteria.
- #7 SteamWorld Dig 2
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,952 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Platformer 37.4%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 18.6%, Action 15%, 2D 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A polished mining-focused platformer that emphasizes movement, exploration, and upgrading your gear to reach deeper underground.
- #8 Windforge
93% matchMixed68% of 619 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.8%, Crafting 23.1%, Indie 15.5%, Platformer 10.4%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed sandbox game with destructible environments and a focus on building flying ships for exploration.
- #9 Platformines
91% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2014
Dev: Magiko GamingPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world! Customise your character, master all difficulty levels and literally jump to the top of the leaderboards to prove your skills!
Why similar: Platformer 46.9%, Action 22%, Indie 20.2%, 2D 6%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling platformer that emphasizes exploration, loot collection, and character customization in a dangerous 2D world.
- #10 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,140 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
This is a 2D crafting survival sandbox game. You will be able to explore a huge 2D side-view world, building houses, crafting tools, weapons and armour from the resources you collect. There is a day/night cycle and each night many dangerous monsters can be found and defeated.
Why similar: Sandbox 41.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 17.9%, Action 16.3%, 2D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game that focuses on crafting, exploration, and combat in a variety of alien biomes.
- #11 Masterspace
91% matchMostly Negative28% of 176 reviews2015
Dev: Mastertech
Windows
Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets. Use explosives to mine metal ores or watch your newly constructed home get smashed to pieces by a meteorite impact.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.6%, Crafting 25.6%, Action 20%, Indie 19.7%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed sandbox game featuring voxel-based destruction and building, allowing for significant environmental manipulation.
- #12 Aground
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,985 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Sandbox 83.8%, 2D 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: A progression-based crafting game that starts with simple survival and expands into space exploration and advanced technology.
- #13 Edge of Space
90% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Sandbox 39.1%, Crafting 20.1%, Indie 10.2%, Platformer 10%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi sandbox survival game that focuses heavily on mining, exploration, and building bases on dangerous alien planets.
- #14 Mechanic Miner
89% matchMixed58% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: Hello John
Windows
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.4%, Crafting 30.6%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 9%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building and crafting game that challenges you to create machines to survive in a 2D sandbox world.
- #15 Darkout
86% matchMixed48% of 880 reviews2013
Dev: AllgrafPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crashed and alone on a world mankind tried to leave behind, Darkout challenges players to survive on Illuna, in harsh, procedurally generated biomes, utilizing the game’s sandbox features to build shelters, craft weapons, and research new technologies.You are not alone.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.5%, Crafting 22.9%, Platformer 12%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game that features a unique lighting mechanic and a dark, sci-fi atmosphere similar to Asteria.
- #16 SteamWorld Dig
84% matchVery Positive94% of 10,787 reviews2013
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Platformer 47.5%, Indie 16.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Action 8.9%, 2D 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original mining-focused platformer that shares the core loop of digging, upgrading, and exploring underground caverns.
- #17 Planet Explorers
84% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Sandbox 51.2%, Crafting 27.1%, Adventure 11%, Indie 6.3%, Action 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that offers deep crafting and sci-fi exploration in a large, open environment.
- #18 Astral Terra
86% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Sandbox 43.5%, Crafting 26.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 10.4%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game with voxel-based terrain manipulation that encourages exploration and creative building.
- #19 Luna Sky
85% matchMixed61% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: Vovoid Media Technologies ABPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Momentum-driven old school platformer with modern graphics & physics with a focus on exploration. Offers precision and on later levels a lot of speed. Each world brings new abilities & gameplay
Why similar: Indie 36.3%, Adventure 35.2%, Action 28.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D adventure game that combines platforming with sci-fi elements and exploration.
- #20 Haste
79% matchVery Positive92% of 12,896 reviews2025
Dev: LandfallPub: Evil Landfall?
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!
Why similar: Platformer 47.2%, Action 27.4%, Adventure 25.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action game that emphasizes movement and parkour-style platforming.
- #21 PSYCRON
82% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Action 18.2%, 2D 11%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi metroidvania that emphasizes exploration, platforming, and combat in a detailed 2D pixel-art world.
- #22 AutoForge
80% matchVery Positive87% of 457 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.8%, Crafting 26.6%, Platformer 22.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An automation-focused sandbox game that combines crafting and sci-fi progression with a focus on building efficient systems.
- #23 Pixelum
81% matchMixed48% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZXC Games
Windows
Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!
Why similar: Sandbox 34.7%, Adventure 22.3%, Indie 20.8%, Action 17.3%, 2D 5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox adventure game that focuses on crafting, exploration, and simulation elements.
- #24 Magnetic By Nature
83% matchMixed69% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Team Tripleslash
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience a fast-paced, single-player adventure mixing fluid motion, split-second decision making, stylized machine-age visuals, and a dynamic soundscape.
Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Indie 22.6%, Adventure 21.9%, Action 20.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that focuses on unique movement mechanics and environmental puzzles.
- #25 Karma Knight
81% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Indie 43.1%, Action 37.5%, Platformer 15.3%, 2D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D action platformer that provides the same level of movement intensity found in Asteria.
- #26 Planet Cube: Edge
79% matchVery Positive87% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: Sunna EntertainmentPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Planet Cube is being invaded! Prepare to run, gun, jump and dash your way through an underwater science complex, collecting fire-power to turn the tables on a mysterious aggressor. This is high-speed adventuring set in a hand-crafted pixel art world, filled with precision platforming and thrills.
Why similar: Platformer 63.3%, Action 21.8%, 2D 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer with a sci-fi aesthetic that focuses on tight controls and challenging side-scrolling action.
- #27 Cosmic Tempest
77% matchVery Positive93% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows
Blast through the stars in this high-octane platformer-shooter!
Why similar: Crafting 41.9%, Action 41.5%, Indie 16.6%
- #28 Auridia
76% matchVery Positive98% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Reed Molbak
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Adventure 24.4%, Action 19%, 2D 6.7%
- #29 Nullstar: Solus
74% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Smash Attack AusPub: indie.io
Windows
BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.
Why similar: Platformer 38.6%, Adventure 24.2%, Action 21.8%, Indie 11.9%, 2D 3.4%
- #30 Spark the Electric Jester 2
78% matchVery Positive89% of 749 reviews2019
Dev: Feperd GamesPub: Feperd Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fast paced 3D action platformer.
Why similar: Action 47.9%, Platformer 34.6%, Indie 17.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 3D platformer that captures the high-speed action and movement-focused gameplay of Asteria.
- #31 Astria
77% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Rémi Adriano
Windows
Enter the doomed world of Astria, a land destroyed by Cataclysm where all living things are dying. Play as Gwen, an Astrian willing to make his last move before everything ends.
Why similar: Platformer 55.4%, Action 17.9%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 10.9%
- #32 Squirreltopia
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: SD
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Squirrel-based 2D platformer
Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Indie 20%, Adventure 17.6%, Action 15.6%, 2D 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer with a retro aesthetic that tests your movement skills in challenging 2D environments.
- #33 Solar Ash
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,436 reviews2022
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of the award-winning Hyper Light Drifter comes the high-speed and gravity-bending world of Solar Ash.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.2%, Platformer 31.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Action 14.3%
- #34 Magicite
75% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: Crafting 26.9%, Platformer 23.3%, Indie 15%, Adventure 11.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #35 Axiom Verge
73% 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: Platformer 41.9%, Indie 21.2%, Action 14.3%, Adventure 14.1%, 2D 8.6%
- #36 Star Crafter
70% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Crafting 40.4%, Sandbox 31.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Action 6.2%, Indie 6.1%
- #37 Stray Savior
69% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
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 39.4%, Adventure 20.2%, Action 18.5%, Indie 13.7%, 2D 8.1%
- #38 Derelict Star
68% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Platformer 53.4%, Action 17.7%, Adventure 17.1%, 2D 11.8%
- #39 Eventide Matter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Crafting 59.7%, Adventure 16.6%, 2D 12.3%, Indie 8.2%, Action 3.2%
- #40 Astronite
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Platformer 34.1%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 21.7%, Action 13.4%, 2D 8.2%
- #41 Cinderia
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,284 reviews2026
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A fast, brutal action roguelite with razor-sharp controls and insane build freedom. Fuse embers, skill cards, and gear into wildly overpowered combat styles — and break each run in a world consumed by the Ash Witch.
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Adventure 42.1%
- #42 Just Get Through
73% matchVery Positive85% of 222 reviews2015
Dev: Retrific
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Just Get Through is a randomly generated platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring a destructible environment, sandbox mode, user-created levels, various gamemodes, hardcore mode, color palettes, deadly traps, explosions and more.
Why similar: Platformer 27.7%, Sandbox 21.1%, Indie 20.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Action 12.5%
- #43 Tesla Breaks the World!
75% matchMostly Negative22% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Archetype Global
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Classic 2D platforming that blends elements of: Nikola Tesla, puzzles, inventions, 1800's-era undead and a sprinkling of the maniacal Thomas Edison. Throw in a dash of randomly generating level sectors, a zesty squeeze of items and a pinch of indie love... Tasty!
Why similar: Adventure 50.3%, Indie 49.7%
- #44 Stellar 2D
74% matchMixed41% of 977 reviews2015
Dev: quad gamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Stellar 2D is a retro style space arcade game, it's a 2D game in a 3D world. With an addictive, fast paced, casual game-play style.
Why similar: Indie 72.8%, Action 21.4%, 2D 5.8%
- #45 Light Fall
72% matchVery Positive86% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Bishop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Craft your path in this innovative 2D platformer. Master the use of your own platform to explore the Forgotten World of Numbra and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. Do you have what it takes to survive in perilous Numbra?
Why similar: Indie 36.2%, Adventure 34.5%, Action 29.3%
- #46 Slip
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: Handsome Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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 35.8%, Indie 35.8%, Action 28.4%
- #47 Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
66% matchVery Positive80% of 2,143 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorphosis GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
Why similar: Platformer 40.5%, Indie 17.5%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 15%, 2D 9.9%
- #48 Spaceport Hope
71% 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: Platformer 35.3%, Indie 29.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Action 14%, 2D 5.1%
- #49 Cosmos Bit
68% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Platformer 34.1%, Crafting 21.7%, Action 21.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 7.9%
- #50 Advent NEON®
64% matchVery Positive99% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: CryoGX
Windows
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Why similar: Platformer 34.4%, Action 21.1%, Indie 20.8%, Adventure 14.1%, 2D 9.5%
- #51 Terrian Saga: KR-17
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: WonderflingPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
KR-17 is a 32-bit, story-driven, side-scrolling action puzzle-platformer which follows the story of a military robot on a mission to subdue a rogue agent operating out of an installation on the planet Valiant. It will be the first in a multi-genre series of games centered around the story of Terrius, KR-17's home.
Why similar: Platformer 39.8%, Indie 22.1%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 18.5%
- #52 Astroloot
64% matchVery Positive92% of 557 reviews2025
Dev: Andreas Hager Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loot, level up, and obliterate everything in your path. Astroloot is a sci-fi bullet heaven with deep ARPG systems, featuring a massive skill tree, deterministic crafting, and near-endless build possibilities.
Why similar: Crafting 61.5%, Action 19.2%, Indie 11.9%, 2D 7.4%
- #53 Capsized
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,101 reviews2011
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Platformer 47.3%, Indie 22.1%, Action 21.6%, 2D 5.4%, Adventure 3.6%
- #54 BLASTRONAUT
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.3%, Crafting 27.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Action 10.8%, 2D 5.5%
- #55 STANDBY
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Noclip
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Never STANDBY in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone?
Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Indie 20.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Action 17.4%, 2D 8.2%
- #56 Gravitia
65% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: VuzzlePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.
Why similar: Platformer 52.1%, Adventure 40.7%, Indie 7.2%