- #1 Electronic Super Joy
97% matchVery Positive90% of 3,293 reviews2013
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: 2&30 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Why similar: Platformer 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 24.1%, Difficult 22.3%, Indie 11.7%, Action 7.7%
- #2 Venture Kid
96% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 33.9%, Indie 23.4%, Platformer 21%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, 2D 5.5%
- #3 Blitz Breaker
96% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2016
Dev: Boncho Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!
Why similar: Action 21.2%, Difficult 18.1%, Indie 16.7%, Platformer 15.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%
- #4 Axiom Verge
94% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 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: Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Platformer 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Action 14%, Indie 13.6%
- #5 Jet Gunner
95% 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 41%, Platformer 22.5%, Indie 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, 2D 4.2%
- #6 Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
94% matchVery Positive90% of 505 reviews2013
Dev: Andrew Morrish
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Action 27.1%, Indie 23%, Platformer 19.9%, Difficult 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%
- #7 LOVE 2: kuso
93% matchVery Positive96% of 216 reviews2017
Dev: Fred Wood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.
Why similar: Action 32.4%, Indie 27.9%, Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Platformer 17.1%
- #8 Gunkid 99
92% matchVery Positive92% of 66 reviews2019
Dev: Yongjustyong
Windows
GUNKID 99 is a fast and frantic 2D arena-shooter that will seriously challenge your skills and reflexes. Craft your own unique play-style and develop crazy combos with numerous weapons and abilities at your disposal! Lay waste to endless hordes of enemies and get that top score on the Global Leaderboards!
Why similar: Action 24.4%, Indie 19.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%
- #9 HoPiKo
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: Laser DogPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!
Why similar: Platformer 38.3%, Action 32.9%, Indie 28.8%
- #10 Tormentor❌Punisher
91% matchVery Positive88% of 595 reviews2017
Dev: E-StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everything in Tormentor❌Punisher can be killed in one hit, from bosses to yourself. Bosses conjure traps to make the arena hellish. Demons adjust to your play style and punish you. Perform combos on enemies and gain cool upgrades. Reload your machine gun by firing your shotgun. Let's do this!
Why similar: Action 32%, Indie 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Difficult 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #11 Electronic Super Joy 2
90% matchVery Positive87% of 725 reviews2019
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: 2&30 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Electronic Super Joy 2 is a brutally hard platformer, set in a world of brain-smashing electronic music. Run, jump, smash, & slice your way through 55+ weird & different levels, with giant monsters, swarming missiles & secret areas.
Why similar: Difficult 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Platformer 17.4%, Indie 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #12 BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer
89% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Novelline, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.
Why similar: Action 40.3%, Indie 30.6%, Difficult 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Platformer 8.7%
- #13 GoNNER
89% matchVery Positive81% of 1,337 reviews2016
Dev: Art in HeartPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Why similar: Platformer 30.3%, Indie 19.7%, Difficult 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Action 8.1%
- #14 Feral Fury
88% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Action 27.1%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Difficult 22.5%, Indie 20.9%, 2D 6.3%
- #15 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
86% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2018
Dev: Demimonde
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Platformer 21.8%, Difficult 19.8%, Indie 12.8%, Action 11%
- #16 Dispersio
87% matchVery Positive89% of 90 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: Difficult 25.1%, Indie 24%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Platformer 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #17 Rifter
86% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.
Why similar: Action 28.6%, Platformer 20.1%, Indie 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Difficult 12.6%
- #18 Diatomic
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: Diatomic Studios
Windows
Diatomic has fast paced action, gun juggling, epic boss fights, Agility Challenges and much more! Level up, unlock new abilities and customize your power ups to try and conquer this brutally difficult arena shooter where the only way to survive is to keep moving!
Why similar: Difficult 36.5%, Action 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Indie 13.8%, Platformer 12.4%
- #19 Bleed 2
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 895 reviews2017
Dev: Ian Campbell
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
Why similar: Action 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Indie 17.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%
- #20 Grapple Force Rena
84% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2018
Dev: Friend & FairyPub: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Linux
Swing, climb, grab, and throw in this action platformer where you can grapple anywhere! Using Rena's magic bracelets, hook onto any surface to swing wherever you like, or grab your foes to send them hurtling into each other!
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Indie 28.5%, Platformer 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, 2D 4.3%
- #21 The Bug Butcher
83% matchVery Positive90% of 1,201 reviews2016
Dev: Awfully Nice Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.
Why similar: Action 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Indie 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Difficult 13.5%
- #22 Katana ZERO
79% 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: Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Platformer 16.6%, Action 15.5%, Difficult 14%
- #23 BEEP
84% matchVery Positive85% of 4,704 reviews2011
Dev: Big Fat Alien
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
Why similar: Platformer 33.8%, Indie 29%, 2D 9.3%, Action 8.9%, Difficult 7.4%
- #24 Blast-off
82% matchVery Positive87% of 419 reviews2018
Dev: Quad-Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Indie 19.2%, 2D 6.8%
- #25 Run or Die
82% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: Team Flow
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Run or Die is a fast paced Endless Runner that focuses on movement based abilities (and a huge Ion Cannon)! Players must make decisions in the blink of an eye in order to make their way through a hazardous city environment where every run is different!
Why similar: Difficult 32%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Platformer 18.2%, Action 10.9%, Indie 9.7%
- #26 Never Give Up
80% matchVery Positive88% of 176 reviews2019
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.
Why similar: Difficult 25.3%, Platformer 23%, Indie 16.8%, Action 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 13%
- #27 The Sun and Moon
81% matchVery Positive87% of 185 reviews2014
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Sun and Moon, the winner of Ludum Dare 29, is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Momentum is conserved but gravity is reversed, letting you fling yourself high into the air or deep beneath the surface.
Why similar: Action 25.5%, Indie 25.1%, Platformer 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Difficult 12.9%
- #28 Splasher
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,175 reviews2017
Dev: SplashteamPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.
Why similar: Platformer 33%, Action 29.7%, Indie 23.9%, Difficult 8.8%, 2D 4.5%
- #29 Swarmlake
77% matchVery Positive95% of 1,864 reviews2018
Dev: Dominique Grieshofer
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Difficult 23.3%, Action 16.9%
- #30 Hotline Miami
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 121,152 reviews2012
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.9%, Action 17.9%, Difficult 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Indie 11.6%
- #31 JUMPGRID
77% matchVery Positive95% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deftly teleport your way through a cosmic obstacle course in this white-knuckle arcade dodge-em-up!
Why similar: Difficult 46.5%, Action 25.4%, Indie 19.2%, 2D 8.8%
- #32 Savant - Ascent
78% matchVery Positive92% of 2,796 reviews2013
Dev: D-Pad Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Action 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Indie 13.6%, Difficult 7.7%
- #33 Gravity Circuit
69% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 24.9%, Action 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Indie 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%
- #34 Timen runner
79% matchMixed59% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: REX PEX GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Hardcore pixel 2D platformer with steampunk elements, with randomly generated levels.
Why similar: Indie 28.8%, Difficult 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Platformer 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%
- #35 VVVVV
76% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Why similar: Action 33.9%, Indie 25.2%, Difficult 10.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%
- #36 Circa Infinity
75% matchVery Positive93% of 275 reviews2015
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21%, Action 18.8%, Difficult 17.7%, Indie 16.8%, Platformer 11.1%
- #37 Odium to the Core
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Dark-1
Windows · Mac · Linux
Odium to the Core is a challenging single-button, music based game with a dark monochromatic art style. Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fueled levels to eliminate the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world!
Why similar: Difficult 31%, Action 21.7%, Platformer 20.9%, Indie 17.5%, 2D 8.9%
- #38 Blood Harvest 3
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Indie 18.2%, Platformer 15.1%, Difficult 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%
- #39 Super Magbot
70% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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: Difficult 22.5%, Indie 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Action 15.9%, Platformer 12.3%
- #40 Flywrench
73% matchVery Positive96% of 362 reviews2015
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Flywrench is a frenetic action game from the makers of Nidhogg about piloting an aerobatic ship through the depths of space.
Why similar: Action 27%, Difficult 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 23.2%, Indie 19.5%, 2D 4.3%
- #41 Castle In The Darkness
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,266 reviews2015
Dev: Matt KapPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Difficult 23.7%, Platformer 21.7%, Action 15%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Indie 13.3%
- #42 Mini-Dead
71% matchVery Positive94% of 910 reviews2018
Dev: Alec SmithPub: Milo Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.
Why similar: Difficult 30.7%, Action 28.5%, Indie 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%
- #43 Flem
73% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Henchman & Goon
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 34.1%, Indie 25.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Difficult 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%
- #44 One Gun Guy
67% matchMixed69% of 916 reviews2022
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.
Why similar: Platformer 22.6%, Difficult 21.5%, Action 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Indie 13.8%
- #45 Element4l
73% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2013
Dev: I-Illusions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.
Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Indie 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Action 16.4%, Difficult 13.3%
- #46 Jets'n'Guns 2
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,284 reviews2020
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Action 27.2%, Indie 19%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, 2D 2.8%
- #47 ATOMINE
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 361 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Arms Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
Why similar: Difficult 50%, Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Action 21.6%
- #48 FEIST
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2015
Dev: Bits & BeastsPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 31.5%, Indie 24.6%, Platformer 21.1%, Difficult 10%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%
- #49 DYE
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.
Why similar: Action 20.4%, Difficult 19.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Indie 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%
- #50 ION Shift
59% matchVery Positive92% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Electro Soul Games
Windows
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
Why similar: Difficult 33.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Action 17.2%, Platformer 11%, Indie 10.1%
- #51 Switch 'N' Shoot
70% matchVery Positive96% of 154 reviews2016
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Difficult 31.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Indie 9%, Action 8.1%
- #52 Wunderling DX
67% matchVery Positive94% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Bitwave Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Action 49.1%, Indie 38.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%
- #53 Hell is Other Demons
66% matchVery Positive93% of 337 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Difficult 25.6%, Platformer 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Action 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 13%
- #54 Concursion
72% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Puuba
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Concursion is a multi-genre game played on the boundaries between worlds. Steer your hero through a dangerous interdimensional universe, switching between different genres on the fly, pulling off feats of tight aerial acrobatics otherwise unattainable in one genre alone.
Why similar: Action 42.6%, Indie 34%, Platformer 23.4%
- #55 Schism
56% matchVery Positive97% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: FamiPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Schism is a challenging action roguelike RPG with deep synergies and high broken build potential. The combination of robust stat systems, fully moddable guns, deity worship, intense frequency-switching bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Difficult 35.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Action 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%
- #56 Sektori
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 704 reviews2025
Dev: Kimmo LahtinenPub: Kimmo Factor Oy
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 55.5%, Action 22.9%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%
- #57 Klang
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 127 reviews2016
Dev: TinimationsPub: Snow Cannon Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Klang is an innovative take on traditional rhythm games that pushes the genre beyond pressing buttons to tempo into a world of fast-paced exploration, platforming and combat.
Why similar: Difficult 27.3%, Platformer 22.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Action 16.7%, Indie 9.4%
- #58 DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
57% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 802 reviews2024
Dev: SHIGATAKE GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Action 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Indie 8.5%
- #59 Astral Gunners
58% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Sati Bros
Windows
Get ready to push your skills to the limit against an endless sea of bullets and evil robots in Astral Gunners. Choose from five different gunners to master in this horizontal shooter. With the ability to dodge, reflect, delete, and convert bullets you are more powerful than you might believe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Difficult 26%, Great Soundtrack 23.7%, Action 17.8%, 2D 4.5%
- #60 Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
69% matchVery Positive81% of 402 reviews2015
Dev: Entity MedialabPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a hardcore, uncompromising vertical scrolling bullet hell/invader hell shooter (shmup) that doubles as a techno-based lightsynth, triggering bursts of funky invaders at the pulse of a relentless beat.
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Indie 19%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%