- #1 Pixel Pursuit
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Omnichron Studios
Windows · Mac
*In a super deep movie voice* In a world deprived of pixels, Bit needs your help to restore the resolution in Chrominance. By using your sick pixel gun and platforming skills you can help save Chrominance from Spectre and get the girl (just kidding that's totally generic).
Why similar: Platformer 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #2 Contrasted
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Dan HeadPub: none
Windows
Single player co-op platformer. Two characters, two hands, one player.
Why similar: Platformer 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #3 Super Hipster Lumberjack
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
You can't beat this game!!! Noah attempts to make a game for the first time. He then gets trapped in his own creation.
Why similar: Indie 50.6%, Platformer 49.4%
- #4 CreaVures
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 175 reviews2011
Dev: Muse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Take control of five cute, mystical creatures of miniature proportions called CreaVures. CreaVures always travel in pairs, and they must use their special abilities to help each other solve interesting platforming puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 52.9%, Platformer 47.1%
- #5 Prompt
94% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: foxel_
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prompt is a hardcore platformer. It is minimalist, it is retro, and it is very, very hard. Everything from the visual style to the design of every level has been coded with love, just for you.
Why similar: Platformer 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #6 Neptunian Donut
92% matchVery Positive89% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Alex's Granny
Windows
It is a platformer. A hard trip to the Neptune. Beware of sharks, barrels, UFO, hard sound and hard levels!
Why similar: Indie 67.8%, Platformer 32.2%
- #7 Gravi
93% matchMixed41% of 116 reviews2013
Dev: Hashbang Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Gravi is an intense puzzle-platformer that will test your tolerance for pain. Shoot and swing your way towards victory as Gravi, an adorable blue ball of energy. While you’re launching through terrorizing traps and bending gravity to your will, Anti-Gravi, an atomic ball of rage, is barreling down on your position.
Why similar: Indie 56.5%, Platformer 43.5%
- #8 Nightmare Pop!
91% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: The Lunatic Tilemaps
Windows
You play as a little girl, Clementine, trapped in her own nightmares; blow bubbles to capture your fears. In front of you stand twitch’s viewers that will do everything to stop you, interacting directly with the level.
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Platformer 42.5%
- #9 Mula: The Cycle of Shadow
91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Boozer Game Studios
Windows
Mula is the story of the protagonist Wave a survivor of the dark invasion on the land of Mula. Finds himself to be the next guardian that will prevent the invasion, at the cost of his existence. As it was always been done.
Why similar: Indie 51.6%, Platformer 48.4%
- #10 Uurnog Uurnlimited
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 126 reviews2017
Dev: Nifflas GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Enter the wacky & whimsical world of Uurnog Uurnlimited! Explore a silly, puzzle-filled land full of cubes, bombs, weird people & adorable animals — then steal them all! Play single player or co-op as you jump, grab, throw & teleport your colorful collection back to the Save Room.
Why similar: Indie 59.9%, Platformer 40.1%
- #11 Super Lemonade Factory
90% matchMixed50% of 44 reviews2014
Dev: initials
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Post World War II, a region in political turmoil. Andre’s father offers to give him his lemonade factory – but on one condition; he and his wife, Liselot, must journey through the entire factory, a task that is easier said than done. Andre and Liselot must combine their unique abilities to make it through each room together.
Why similar: Platformer 50.2%, Indie 49.8%
- #12 Juke
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Godfri Games
Windows · Mac
Juke is a hardcore platformer with tight controls and unforgiving challenges. Easy to pick up but hard to master, Juke will test your reflexes and your coordination.
Why similar: Indie 50.2%, Platformer 49.8%
- #13 Colourless
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Outrage Games
Windows
Once Upon A Time, There Was A land Called colourland. The citizens,praised and love the coloursphere which made everything colourful. But nobody knew... the black and white days... were about to come...
Why similar: Indie 51.6%, Platformer 48.4%
- #14 Fading
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Kolapo Oni
Windows · Mac
Traverse the mind of a troubled man in a minimalist 2D adventure.
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Platformer 42.5%
- #15 Wishy Washy
84% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Open Alpha
Windows · Mac
In Calamityville, every day comes with a new disaster… and someone (you) has got to clean it up come rain, sleet, or…spaghetti sauce.
Why similar: Indie 74.5%, Platformer 25.5%
- #16 Caverns of Karvella
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: TANDS game developmentPub: TandS Game Development
Windows
lThis game is iconic, remember when game play was king, well this game delivers everything that was amazing about games from a retro era, believe and you will succedeed in being a champion of Karvella,, designed with the game player in mind, I promise levels of amazement in how true games of the 80's gripped millions of player into believ
Why similar: Indie 55.4%, Platformer 44.6%
- #17 Jetpack Guy
84% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Build Solution Studio
Windows
Can We Go to the Top? This TV-Headed Guy Want to fly High with His Jetpack! There are Many Annoying Obstacles that stand in Your Way. Be careful your flight! And Watch his Head! Fly to the Top with this Jetpack!
Why similar: Indie 69.2%, Platformer 30.8%
- #18 Wake
88% matchMostly Negative27% of 195 reviews
Dev: Boss Baddie
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Wake is the story of an engineer trapped on a sinking ship. Navigate through the ship however you want to find your way to the surface above, but avoid the ship's corrupted security system!Key Features Run and swim to escape a sinking ship Dodge bullets, fire, electricity and LASERS - but most of all avoid drowning!
Why similar: Indie 55.4%, Platformer 44.6%
- #19 Forest Rabbit
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Velaris Studio
Windows · Mac
A fascinating arcade capable of cheering up players of any age!
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Platformer 42.5%
- #20 Reset 1-1
83% matchMixed66% of 273 reviews2016
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside. It's your turn, with your unknown identity, to find your path for a new beginning. Let's not beat about the bush here. Reset 1-1 is everything you loved about the late 80's/early 90's. It's a blast from the past, with a fresh spin.
Why similar: Indie 79.4%, Platformer 20.6%
- #21 Mechanic Escape
82% matchVery Positive85% of 793 reviews2014
Dev: Slak GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!
Why similar: Platformer 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #22 Sparticles
81% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Zarbuz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sparticles is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful particles to uncover your surroundings. The objective of each level is to defeat all of the enemies in the room (if any) and reach the goal. However, the terrain is invisible to the player.
Why similar: Platformer 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #23 Trash TV
81% matchVery Positive86% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Lawrence RussellPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Welcome to the world of Trash TV. Cast away into a recycling center, you play an outdated tube television animated to life with a singular goal – find your remote control and become fully functional again.
Why similar: Indie 50.4%, Platformer 49.6%
- #24 Gambol
79% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Mike Pickering
Windows
Gambol is a wall-hopping, ceiling-slapping jaunt of a platformer with straight forward controls, and buttery smooth movement. You control the Gambol Gumball through a gauntlet of levels designed with flow and rhythm in mind to test your platforming grit.
Why similar: Indie 54.9%, Platformer 45.1%
- #25 Colette's Sugar Madness
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Mark Hill
Windows
Colette's Sugar Madness is a retro platformer designed to be completed in a single sitting. Use the powers from multiple costumes to save Halloween candy from falling into the wrong hands. Hone your skills with each play through to make each play better than the last. How much candy can you get?
Why similar: Indie 55.4%, Platformer 44.6%
- #26 Eron
80% matchMixed60% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Eron is a 2D platform game that allows the player to actively switch between two parallel realms. The player will have to depend upon this power to finish each level.
Why similar: Platformer 52.6%, Indie 47.4%
- #27 Eggggg
77% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Hyper Games
Windows · Mac
Eggggg is a ridiculous two-button platform game where you propel yourself around using your vomiting superpowers.
Why similar: Platformer 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #28 A Walk in the Dark
78% matchVery Positive80% of 385 reviews2013
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.
Why similar: Platformer 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #29 Crab Dub
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 278 reviews2017
Dev: Anatoliy LoginovskikhPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Deep deep down at the bottom of the ocean is where the evil Dr. Taco reigns. His biggest dream is to conquer the entire ocean. Together with his business partner, Mr. Rhino, they sponsor a high-tech project called «Crab Dub».
Why similar: Indie 77.3%, Platformer 22.7%
- #30 Catovania
74% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Fatnicko
Windows
This is a game about a cat who fights with enemies. 2D platformer is made in a retro style.
Why similar: Indie 67.8%, Platformer 32.2%
- #31 You Have 10 Seconds 2
75% matchVery Positive91% of 673 reviews2016
Dev: Tamationgames
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 25%
You Have 10 Seconds 2 is the sequel to the popular Free to Play game "You Have 10 Seconds". You have 10 seconds to get from the start of each level to the end before time runs out and without dying.
Why similar: Platformer 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #32 Enigmoon
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 757 reviews2015
Dev: Tupã Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Metroidvania with challenging puzzles and free exploration as long as you have oxygen.
Why similar: Indie 56.4%, Platformer 43.6%
- #33 Super Mustache
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 652 reviews2016
Dev: Redro GamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Indie 58.1%, Platformer 41.9%
- #34 Mr. Bree+
74% matchVery Positive85% of 230 reviews2014
Dev: TawStudio Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #35 Back To Life 2
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2014
Dev: Carlo D'Apostoli ProjectsPub: Strategy First
Windows
The adventure of the little beneficial cell continues!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 Farjob
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Simon Kaley
Windows · Mac
Delve into a boundless realm of twisting pathways and absurd bosses.
Why similar: Platformer 54.3%, Indie 45.7%
- #37 Fly'N
73% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Why similar: Platformer 69%, Indie 31%
- #38 Slip
73% 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: Indie 51%, Platformer 49%
- #39 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
73% matchMixed69% of 698 reviews2015
Dev: InSayn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You love riddles and to combine logically? You love Jump 'n' Runs? You don't want to fight but you still want a challenge? Then you will love this Journey to the Center of the Earth! Control three adventurers with unique powers at the same time, or guide them individually in this narrative 2D puzzle platformer...
Why similar: Indie 54.8%, Platformer 45.2%
- #40 Jomp The Jumper
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: SGStudio Games
Windows · Linux
A wicked wizard is trying to dominate the world and only you can save everyone
Why similar: Platformer 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #41 21 Steps to Soul
72% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Grigory Everstov
Windows
Classic old-school hardcore two dimensional horror platformer. Following Daniel in this God forsaken world, the players are going to collect the elements to open doors, run for their dear lives from the evil monsters and make their way further and further into the darkness.
Why similar: Platformer 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #42 Magma Tsunami
71% matchMixed65% of 321 reviews2016
Dev: StrangeLight Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Magma Tsunami is a frenzied arcade platformer game. Beat your records in 1P or Co-op mode, and don't get caught by the Magma Tsunami!!! Could you stay alive for more than one minute??
Why similar: Indie 86.4%, Platformer 13.6%
- #43 Job the Leprechaun
70% matchVery Positive80% of 184 reviews2015
Dev: Herrero Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Help Job the Leprechaun to rescue his friend Eri in this retro style Platformer Game.
Why similar: Platformer 53.6%, Indie 46.4%
- #44 Platform Challenge
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: YOS
Windows
Platform Challenge was made to challenge even the most experienced players. Can you complete all the challenges?
Why similar: Platformer 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #45 Bronze Hoof
66% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Persic Games
Windows
A hardcore antique-style arcade game.
Why similar: Indie 69.2%, Platformer 30.8%
- #46 Sideway™ New York
72% matchMixed59% of 123 reviews2011
Dev: Playbrains
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!
Why similar: Platformer 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #47 Rising Dusk
66% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Stobie
Windows · Mac
An Anti-Coin Collection Platformer inspired by Japanese folktales. Befriend an assortment of ghosts and ghouls as you explore the world hidden in the dusk.
Why similar: Platformer 53.6%, Indie 46.4%
- #48 Lup
71% matchMixed45% of 387 reviews2016
Dev: Leo BPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Lup is a 2D platformer with heart, throughout the game you'll have to overcome enemies and challenges using weapons and items.
Why similar: Indie 84.5%, Platformer 15.5%
- #49 Lanterns
57% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Artefact Assembly
Windows
Lanterns is a co-operative platformer where two players must work together to solve a gauntlet of unique puzzles. Players control a red and blue character that are able to shine a ray of light, of like colour.
Why similar: Indie 64.2%, Platformer 35.8%
- #50 Unlimited Escape
69% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Carlo D'Apostoli ProjectsPub: Strategy First
Windows
'Unlimited escape' is an action / strategy game with unpredictable dynamics. The protagonist of the game will walk and explore endless mazes procedurally generated and will have a single mission: to save the prisoners scattered in the path leading them to the point of rescue.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Phantom Jump
65% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Phantom Pine Studios
Windows
Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.
Why similar: Platformer 51%, Indie 49%
- #52 Broken Dreams
67% matchMixed70% of 486 reviews2016
Dev: Mihai MorosanuPub: New Reality Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A darkly-enticing story about unrequited love; Broken Dreams is a casual platforming game featuring full voice-acting, beautiful hand-drawn environments and a twist on the original platforming mechanic!
Why similar: Indie 87%, Platformer 13%
- #53 Slinki
69% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2015
Dev: Titan Forged Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hack your way through this maddened forest with one angry bunny's razor sharp Independently Targeting Bionic Shard of Concentrated Mayhem that serves as the titular character's right arm. Now fully detatchable and slingshot capable, for when you just need to fling yourself across the screen.
Why similar: Platformer 50.3%, Indie 49.7%
- #54 Happy Birthday, Bernard
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Olly Whillans
Windows
Grow trees to climb up the floating islands back to your home, armed only with a watering can. Careful thought must be used to know where and when to plant and grow the trees. They require sunlight on their leaves and water on their roots to grow.
Why similar: Platformer 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
- #55 Tharn
66% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Matthew WesterPub: Mwester Studios
Windows
Do you have what it takes to beat the Tharn? Solve puzzles, crack codes, hack computers, smash glass, or just make a mess for the heck of it.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 HoPiKo
66% 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 62.5%, Indie 37.5%