- #1 Ninja Ming
97% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Ninja 12.4% ★, Platformer 8.8%
- #2 Zool Redimensioned
96% matchVery Positive93% of 203 reviews2021
Dev: Sumo Digital AcademyPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The Ninja of the Nth Dimension is back! Explore vibrant retro landscapes, discover hidden secrets and take down menacing bosses in a modern reimagining of the classic action platforming adventure Zool.
Why similar: Ninja 29.6% ★, Precision Platformer 20.2%, 1990's 10.2%, Platformer 7.4%, Retro 7.4%
- #3 Fowl Damage
96% matchVery Positive93% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: May GardensPub: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows
Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #4 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Precision Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.6%, Hack and Slash 10.6%
- #5 Avenger Bird
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 144 reviews2017
Dev: TiliaSoftPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Avenger Bird is a platform side-scroller game with pixel-art graphics, but your hero isn't just a regular hero. You are playing a bird that can flap it's tiny wings to fly and glide for a limited distances. It's a retro inspired 16-bit era game with innovative and challenging fly/glide mechanic.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #6 Mute Crimson+
94% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
Why similar: Ninja 24.3% ★, Side Scroller 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Arcade 8.5%
- #7 Eagle Island Twist
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 228 reviews2019
Dev: PixelnicksPub: Retroware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Eagle Island is a roguelite action-platformer with falconry-inspired combat. Soar into an original story-driven adventure, fighting through procedurally generated levels and challenging boss fights. Includes free TWIST content, with new characters and handcrafted, retro-themed minigames.
Why similar: Roguevania 44.8% ★, 2D Platformer 10%, Arcade 10%, 1990's 9.8%, Platformer 8.5%
- #8 Ato
92% matchVery Positive97% of 463 reviews2020
Dev: Tiny Warrior Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.7%, Action-Adventure 15%, Platformer 12%, Combat 10.9%, Retro 10.4%
- #9 SwooshCat
91% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: PixelForestStudio
Windows
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: Precision Platformer 23.8%, Hack and Slash 21.9%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #10 Stray Savior
91% 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: Side Scroller 20.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Precision Platformer 10.9%
- #11 Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)
90% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: ASTEROID-JPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.
Why similar: Ninja 41.1% ★, Side Scroller 12.2%, Hack and Slash 9.7%, Platformer 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #12 Advent NEON®
88% matchVery Positive99% of 319 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: 2D Platformer 22.4%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.3%, 1990's 8.6%
- #13 Panic Porcupine
89% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
- #14 Berserk Boy
89% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: BerserkBoy Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 16.4%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Old School 12.1%, Platformer 10.9%
- #15 Tamagoneko
87% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: GDFET
Windows · Linux
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: Precision Platformer 24.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 9.7%, Old School 7.4%
- #16 Cat Warrior
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Sadi & AyuPub: sadimakegames
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Hack and Slash 20.2%, Precision Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Retro 8.5%
- #17 Owlboy
86% matchVery Positive84% of 6,043 reviews2016
Dev: D-Pad Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Puzzle Platformer 22%, Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.7%
- #18 Primal Light
85% matchVery Positive81% of 419 reviews2020
Dev: Fat Gem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.3%, Side Scroller 15.7%, 2D Platformer 14%, Old School 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #19 Nuclear Blaze
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 892 reviews2021
Dev: Deepnight Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A unique 2D firefighting platformer from the creator of Dead Cells, featuring devastating backdrafts, exploding walls, and expected cat rescues. Battle your way through a mysterious government facility, striving to keep the blaze under control.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.4%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Platformer 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13%, Colorful 8.7%
- #20 Foregone
84% matchVery Positive81% of 1,393 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31%, Platformer 20.3%, Hack and Slash 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #21 Armed with Wings: Rearmed
84% matchVery Positive88% of 530 reviews2017
Dev: Sun-Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries. Embark on a journey through a vicious world ruled by darkness and imperial tyranny - the lands of Blackmist.
Why similar: Ninja 25.4% ★, Hack and Slash 24.1%, Side Scroller 15%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 10.3%
- #22 Narita Boy
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,785 reviews2021
Dev: Studio KobaPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 13.3%, Retro 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #23 Aureole - Wings of Hope
81% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Team StargazersPub: JanduSoft
Windows
At sonic speeds, Aureole - Wings of Hope takes platforming to the literal skies! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based side-scrolling game.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.7%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Arcade 7.7%
- #24 Prison City
81% matchVery Positive85% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Retroware
Windows
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, 1990's 11.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Linear 10%
- #25 Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,148 reviews2012
Dev: Ratloop AsiaPub: Reverb Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.2%, Platformer 28.9%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, 2D 8.7%, Action 7.6%
- #26 Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
79% matchVery Positive83% of 1,556 reviews2024
Dev: Squid Shock StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29%, Side Scroller 21.3%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #27 GIGASWORD
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Studio HybridPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Platformer 18.1%, Hack and Slash 10.5%, Retro 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #28 Owlone in the Woods
79% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Kasper TC
Windows
Help an owl find its chicks after losing them - and the ability to fly - in a thunderstorm. In this short 2D platformer you slowly recover your ability to navigate the dangers of the forest as you bring your chicks back to your hollow one by one.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.1%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Linear 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #29 Polyroll
80% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: HOF Studios
Windows
Explore branching levels, fight quirky bosses, and save the day in this retro platformer inspired by the classics!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.6%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Retro 10%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%
- #30 SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 reviews2021
Dev: Sewer Cat
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A spy-chicken tries to save the world from doom in this runner/shooter game that has a little bit of everything with a touch of chicken and anime girls on top. Run for your life in 6 different worlds and shoot your way through tons of enemies until you become a legend.
Why similar: Arcade 19.6%, Platformer 18.1%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Colorful 11.3%
- #31 Freedom Planet 2
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 12.1%, 1990's 9.3%, Old School 9.3%
- #32 Oblivion Override
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,986 reviews2024
Dev: Humble MillPub: XD
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...
Why similar: Ninja 40.8% ★, Hack and Slash 24.8%, Side Scroller 22.7%, 2D 3.9%, Action 3.4%
- #33 Drill Bird
74% matchVery Positive98% of 297 reviews2025
Dev: Sebastian LarssonPub: Perfect Random
Windows
Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, upgrade abilities, grow stronger, and unfold a sincere bird story about survival, care and purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Arcade 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.3%
- #34 Katana ZERO
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Ninja 23% ★, Hack and Slash 19.4%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%
- #35 Quickly, Quackley!
78% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: JXTPub: Black Country Games
Windows
A fast-paced 2D precision platformer with a ZX Spectrum aesthetic. And a duck!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.8%, Side Scroller 21.4%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Old School 5.5%
- #36 Blade of the Netherworld
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: DuDu Games
Windows
Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.
Why similar: Roguevania 34.5% ★, Hack and Slash 15.5%, Side Scroller 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 7.6%
- #37 Duck Souls
77% matchVery Positive98% of 337 reviews2018
Dev: Viridino Studios
Windows
Duck Souls is a fast-paced, action platformer about a little duck with an incredible skill to dash and a mission: find all the lost eggs in order to save his species.
Why similar: Action 51.8%, Adventure 48.2%
- #38 Hack And Climb
74% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Kodachi Games
Windows
Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.6%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 8.6%
- #39 Jaded
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,056 reviews2025
Dev: ShellSnore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.8%, Hack and Slash 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 9.7%
- #40 NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,479 reviews2025
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Why similar: Ninja 33% ★, Side Scroller 15%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11%, Hack and Slash 7.6%
- #41 Velocity Noodle
73% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Shotgun AnacondaPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Master the art of lightning-fast noodle delivery in this challenging 2D platformer. With deadly traps, a range of moves to master, including teleportation, and trophies to unlock, are you ready to become the ultimate noodle delivery master?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.4%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #42 Eat Colors
73% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Icy Mountain StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Face extreme challenges in a precision platformer where every move is a daring jump! Use your skill to fling yourself and stick to surfaces, navigating adrenaline-filled scenes and unpredictable obstacles.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Platformer 8.4%
- #43 Frebbventure
71% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: AlmyriganHero
Windows
In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.8%, Side Scroller 19.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.9%, Linear 10.6%
- #44 MIO: Memories in Orbit
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.1%, Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Colorful 8.7%
- #45 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,528 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: 2D Platformer 20.5%, Action-Adventure 19%, Platformer 17.6%, Retro 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%
- #46 Bomb Chicken
71% matchVery Positive89% of 346 reviews2019
Dev: Nitrome
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Action 18.5%, Adventure 16.3%, 2D 5%
- #47 Super Catboy
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 354 reviews2023
Dev: PixelpogoPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Why similar: Side Scroller 15.4%, 1990's 13%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Old School 9.5%
- #48 Guns of Fury
67% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.1%, Platformer 15.8%, Old School 14.6%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Retro 10.8%
- #49 Vernal Edge
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 629 reviews2023
Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Platformer 28.2%, Action-Adventure 20.4%, Combat 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, 2D 8.7%
- #50 Adventure in the Tower of Flight
72% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Barrage Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Adventure in the Tower of Flight is a retro-styled platformer in which you fly instead of jump! You are Wing, a young adventurer. Wing must climb a seeming endless the tower and collect all five known relics held within to become the ruler of the known world.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.2%, Action 30%, Adventure 28.8%
- #51 Secrets of Rætikon
73% matchMixed60% of 491 reviews2014
Dev: Broken Rules
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Ruthless bird versus bird action. Wild animals and the artefacts of a mysterious ancient culture. A game full of challenge and discovery – unlike anything you've played before.
Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Action 44.5%
- #52 Down Ward
70% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Fisholith
Windows
Venture into the haunted wilds with Gable, a little owl, as she sets out to rekindle the dormant relics of a land long abandoned to ruin.
Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Action 34.7%, Pixel Graphics 27.1%
- #53 Blue Fire
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,030 reviews2021
Dev: Robi StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.4%, Hack and Slash 28.5%, Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Action 3.2%
- #54 100 Pumpkins 2
68% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.6%, 1990's 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Old School 8.4%
- #55 Anomaly Agent
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,464 reviews2024
Dev: Phew Phew Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.3%, Side Scroller 22.1%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Linear 9%
- #56 FLASH OF THE BLADE X
67% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: DOSMan Games
Windows
Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
Why similar: Ninja 43.6% ★, 1990's 12.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Old School 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #57 Katana Soul
69% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Play as the samurai Kan and fight in a dark, demon-infested Japan. Face this 100% arcade experience without any credits or saves: you can only rely on your skills with the katana.
Why similar: Platformer 19.3%, 1990's 17.6%, Retro 13.5%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 11%
- #58 The Rogue Prince of Persia
63% matchVery Positive90% of 2,517 reviews2025
Dev: Evil EmpirePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In this challenging, fast-paced roguelite, every death is a unique chance to rewrite fate, save Persia or die trying. Master fluid, acrobatic combat and parkour as you explore your kingdom to right your wrongs!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23%, Roguevania 21.6% ★, Platformer 18%, Hack and Slash 14%, Action-Adventure 13.2%
- #59 Songbird Symphony
67% matchVery Positive90% of 680 reviews2019
Dev: Joysteak StudiosPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 16.4%, Retro 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #60 Pru the Pigeon
65% matchVery Positive98% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: kurigamedev
Windows · Linux
Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!
Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Colorful 15.8%, Retro 11.7%, Action 9%