- #1 Darkour
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Egana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Darkour is a 2D platformer where darkness is your platform.
Why similar: Difficult 33.5%, Platformer 24%, Indie 17.5%, Action 17.3%, 2D 7.7%
- #2 DungeonGOGO
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Davids
Windows · Mac
DungeonGOGO is a challenging precision platformer where you escape from a light prison and help rescue your friends from the secret chambers where they are being held.
Why similar: Difficult 28.3%, Indie 26.3%, Platformer 20.7%, Action 17.6%, 2D 7.1%
- #3 Deadly Traps
96% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: BT Studios
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.
Why similar: Difficult 26.3%, Action 22.6%, Indie 22.2%, Platformer 20.6%, 2D 6%
- #4 Rynn's Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Arcane Four Studios
Windows · Mac
Rynn’s Adventure is a 2D platformer game in which the player guides Rynn through a variety of environments teeming with magic and danger. The player will help Rynn combat the many enemies she encounters and outwit each of their fearsome generals.
Why similar: Difficult 37.7%, Platformer 26.5%, Indie 17.3%, Action 10.5%, 2D 8.1%
- #5 GunnRunner
93% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: pixelCast Games
Windows
Get your fingers warm with this twin-stick shooter. Balance finesse movement with one hand while shooting accurately with the other. Plow through each enemy in your path or skillfully dodge the onslaught of bullets. Venture into the constructed world of machines and halt annihilation.
Why similar: Difficult 29.4%, Indie 24.8%, Action 24.5%, Platformer 21.3%
- #6 Sockman
94% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sockware
Windows
Sockman is a single-screen platformer inspired by classics like Rick Dangerous, Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Jumpman, Prince of Persia… A hardcore platformer, very difficult, even more than suck your own elbow.
Why similar: Difficult 35.9%, Platformer 25.8%, Action 19.4%, Indie 18.8%
- #7 Phantom Jump
92% 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: Difficult 37.7%, Platformer 28.5%, Indie 25.8%, 2D 8%
- #8 The Misadventures of Botsworth
94% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Team Botsworth
Windows
Help the adorable armless defect Botsworth escape the robot factory in this tricky platforming adventure!
Why similar: Difficult 39.3%, Platformer 26.1%, Indie 22.5%, 2D 9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #9 A Walk in the Dark
91% 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 36.4%, Difficult 25.7%, Indie 22.1%, Action 15.7%
- #10 Deadfall Tropics
91% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Jimothy
Windows
Play as smuggler Hank Hudson in this 2D action platformer as he defies death at every turn to find his way off a deadly tropical island...
Why similar: Difficult 29.6%, Indie 22.9%, Action 22.6%, Platformer 18%, 2D 6.8%
- #11 Konrad the Rocket
90% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
Why similar: Difficult 29%, Indie 26.1%, Action 25.7%, Platformer 19.2%
- #12 Wobbly Jungle
89% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Sourena Game StudioPub: KATNAPPE SP. Z O. O.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Wobbly Jungle demands the player's entire skill and dexterity across 60 diverse levels. This sidescroller impresses with its extraordinary design and will drive the player to the edge. Survival of the fittest!
Why similar: Difficult 43.4%, Platformer 28.8%, Indie 26%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #13 SHELL
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Kings of the Heroes
Windows
Take control of Nebby and guide her through a challenging 2D platformer with a unique body projection mechanic. Test your skills by completing increasingly more difficult levels. Try to complete the game as fast as possible in Speedrun Mode to show off how good you really are!
Why similar: Difficult 43.6%, Platformer 31.5%, Indie 24.9%
- #14 SUPER DISTRO
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 1,155 reviews2015
Dev: KITATUS STUDIOSPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. The weak need not apply.
Why similar: Indie 29.1%, Platformer 28%, Difficult 23.8%, Action 14.1%, 2D 5%
- #15 Wandering Gem Jockeying
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: sinis
Windows
Run, slip, slide, collect, glide, jump, fly and (don't) die in this chill, ice-themed, platformer.
Why similar: Difficult 25.9%, Action 25.2%, Indie 24.8%, Platformer 24.1%
- #16 dontbegrey
86% matchMixed65% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
Windows · Linux
dontbegrey is a minimalistic hardcore platformer with experimental color-themed mechanics, where you can choose what is an obstacle and what is the background.
Why similar: Difficult 27.2%, Indie 23.7%, Action 22.6%, Platformer 19.7%, 2D 6.8%
- #17 Jetlad
88% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: KBS Games
Windows
Jetlad is a challenging jet-fueled platformer. Help Jetlad collect the gems of each level and reach the goal unharmed. Jetlad flies around using his jet-pack. Jetlad will explode when he runs out of fuel or touches any hazards. Are you able to help Jetlad overcome the obstacles that await him?
Why similar: Difficult 25.3%, Indie 23.5%, Action 23.2%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D 5.8%
- #18 Super Galaxy Boy
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DesignBy.Cloud
Windows
Let go of Gravity in this indie platformer adventure! Search from one star system to the next and blast beyond your enemies with your multi-functional raygun to save your friends!
Why similar: Difficult 32.6%, Indie 27.5%, Platformer 21.6%, Action 18.3%
- #19 Angvik
84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,527 reviews2014
Dev: Alastair John Jack
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.
Why similar: Platformer 34%, Difficult 26.3%, Indie 18.3%, Action 14.5%, 2D 5.3%
- #20 Super Helmets on Fire DX Ultra Edition Plus Alpha
85% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Ripper Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Super Helmets on Fire DX is a crazy side scrolling action platformer game, with lots of nods to old school games, mixed with hardcore runner gameplay and a pinch of RPG lite elements.
Why similar: Difficult 39.2%, Platformer 28.2%, Action 16.4%, Indie 16.2%
- #21 Overclocked
82% matchVery Positive93% of 321 reviews2018
Dev: Magnesium Ninja
Windows · Mac
Overclocked is a free-flowing action game that blends combat and platforming to create a fluid and rhythmic experience. Take on the role of Amber, a glass-cannon vigilante, as you fight to uncover a plot that threatens to tear your home apart.
Why similar: Difficult 31.2%, Action 24.2%, Platformer 22.5%, Indie 22.1%
- #22 Run The Gamut
83% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Playdev Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
100 levels with three difficulty levels - Casual, Hardcore and Ultra mode. On Ultra Mode, we take no responsibility for any broken keyboards or gamepads.
Why similar: Difficult 31.9%, Indie 27%, Platformer 23.1%, Action 18%
- #23 Minimalism
82% matchMixed67% of 3,936 reviews2017
Dev: PixelMouse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.
Why similar: Difficult 38.7%, Indie 26.6%, Platformer 23.4%, Action 11.4%
- #24 PokeyPoke
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SaraJS
Windows
Stab stuff and find shiny things.
Why similar: Difficult 40.4%, Platformer 20.1%, Indie 18.1%, Action 16.4%, 2D 5%
- #25 FEIST
80% 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: Platformer 27.9%, Indie 24.5%, Action 23.7%, Difficult 15.3%, 2D 6.7%
- #26 NightmareZ
81% matchMixed44% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Difficult 22.7%, Action 22.1%, Indie 21.1%, 2D 7.8%
- #27 Sacred Stones
78% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Why similar: Indie 31.4%, Action 29.8%, Difficult 19.4%, Platformer 19.3%
- #28 Flem
79% 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: Indie 27.2%, Action 27.1%, Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 17.1%, 2D 4.2%
- #29 Crossbow Warrior - The Legend of William Tell
79% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: MobyDick GamesPub: Scherrer Medien GmbH
Windows · Mac
Crossbow Warrior has 29 exciting levels with 4 different game types like classical Jump'n'run-, Sniper-, TempleRun-, Boat-Levels! Experience the whole story behind the legend of William Tell with a multitude of lovely graphics!
Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Platformer 26.3%, Action 20.7%, Indie 20.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #30 The Evil Party
78% matchMixed46% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Irvin Vaush
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
The Evil Party is a very difficult platforming game, you play a ninja, and you have to go through many levels to get to the party . But it will be very difficult to do this, the game does not forgive mistakes, the player dies with one blow and starts the level first .
Why similar: Difficult 27.5%, Indie 22.7%, Action 21.7%, Platformer 21.3%, 2D 6.8%
- #31 Barbara-ian
77% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Owlbear
Windows · Mac
Break-neck dungeoneering with 1 hit point. You play Barbara-ian, a mythical badass with perma-rage & a penchant for smashing. Featuring super fast paced physics based mayhem, one hit is all that stands between you and a quick restart
Why similar: Difficult 44.6%, Indie 27.9%, Action 27.5%
- #32 Blaite
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 553 reviews2017
Dev: Dosane GamesPub: Akim Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.
Why similar: Difficult 29.6%, Indie 28%, Platformer 24.2%, Action 18.2%
- #33 Blitz Breaker
76% 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: Difficult 32.6%, Platformer 24.1%, Indie 19.6%, Action 18.7%, 2D 5%
- #34 Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
76% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2016
Dev: ThirtyThreePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.
Why similar: Difficult 28.5%, Indie 22.8%, Action 22.4%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D 6.1%
- #35 Splasher
73% 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 39.4%, Indie 21.5%, Action 20.3%, Difficult 12.3%, 2D 5.6%
- #36 Javva Juice
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Super Games Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Adventure little wizard named Javva, looking for his Coffee stolen by evil skeleton King. Enjoy challenging gameplay - then Javva Juice for you! Here you have to work hard to be like before you go through the next dungeon!
Why similar: Difficult 36.1%, Platformer 31.2%, Indie 22.7%, 2D 9.9%
- #37 SLIDE: platformer
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2015
Dev: APAS games
Windows
SLIDE: platformer is a hardcore game with an unorthodox control scheme. It will make you think. It might make you cry. It will test your platforming skills to the limit!
Why similar: Difficult 35.1%, Indie 28%, Platformer 27.2%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #38 Pivot Pilot
74% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Niko Kivilahti
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pivot Pilot is a challenging platformer with puzzle elements in which you take simultaneous control of a boy and a giant robot arm.
Why similar: Difficult 25.4%, Indie 24.3%, Action 23.2%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D 7%
- #39 Biologger
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Weber
Windows
Biologger is a hard as nails retro platformer. Make your way through unique worlds each with a different and exciting twist. On your journey scan and research creatures to complete your logs. Biologger was developed with speedrunning in mind - how fast can you beat the game?
Why similar: Difficult 42.6%, Platformer 25%, Action 13.7%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 8.2%
- #40 ACCEL-X
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: T.AdVance
Windows
Super fast time attack action game!
Why similar: Difficult 41.4%, Action 34.5%, Indie 11.3%, 2D 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #41 The Square Game
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Aiden J Rodgers
Windows
The Square Game is an insanely hard 2D action platformer with 24 short action packed levels.
Why similar: Indie 32%, Action 31.6%, Difficult 19.4%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D 4.1%
- #42 Kickochet
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AesthPub: Robo Corp
Windows
Kickochet is a tough-as-nails-lite™ action game where you skillfully kick and ricochet your only shuriken off walls, around puzzles, and through robot faces. Race the clock, rescue your ninja cat, and destroy Robo Corp before their cat memes take over the world!
Why similar: Difficult 36.3%, Indie 30.6%, Action 30.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #43 Glitch's Trip
69% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Ransacked Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Help Glitch save his planet from intergalactic tyrants in this innovative and vibrant retro-styled action platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 26.7%, Action 22.2%, Indie 21.5%, Difficult 19.2%, 2D 8.8%
- #44 The Sun and Moon
71% 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: Platformer 31%, Indie 26.8%, Difficult 21.4%, Action 20.7%
- #45 Tackle Girl
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Tackle Boy
Windows
Platform game. You aim to clear over 60 stages use Jump , Dive and Tackle!
Why similar: Platformer 33.2%, Difficult 31%, Action 22.2%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #46 Squirbs
72% matchMixed67% of 443 reviews2016
Dev: Team Indev
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.
Why similar: Platformer 29.5%, Difficult 28.1%, Indie 19.6%, Action 15.2%, 2D 7.5%
- #47 Exoder
70% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
Windows
Exoder is a frantic, fast paced, 2D, action platformer that will test your skills of reflex, resilience, patience and determination.
Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Indie 26.9%, Action 26.5%, 2D 11.2%
- #48 ERI
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Mauri Republic
Windows
We control the ERI, this is self-learning artificial intelligence, which has to overcome 45 levels. The purpose of the test is to overcome obstacles and get to the portals, which will take us to more difficult levels.
Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Indie 28.2%, Action 27.8%, 2D 11.3%
- #49 Spartan
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Sinister Cyclops Game Studio
Windows
Spartan is an epic 2d platformer powered by UE4. Featuring silky smooth animations, pixel perfect controls, challenging gameplay, huge non linear levels and an awesome original soundtrack , Spartan is taking classic platforming to the next level, UE4 Turbocharged style!
Why similar: Platformer 37%, Indie 26.2%, Action 25.8%, 2D 10.9%
- #50 Tross
73% matchMostly Negative40% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: Shadowprerequisite
Windows
Enter the unforgiving Tross program and fly through a digital world in order to prevent the next Cyberplague.
Why similar: Difficult 38.8%, Indie 37.2%, Action 24%
- #51 Colette's Sugar Madness
69% 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 36.2%, Platformer 31%, Action 23%, 2D 9.8%
- #52 Beardy McStrongarm
67% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Blekoh
Windows · Linux
Beardy McStrongarm is an Indie developed 2D Platformer with unique mechanics and challenging game-play. Take on the role of Beardy, a bearded strongman with questionably endless strength in his one arm, joined by his buddy Jorgy, a purple cat, to travel across the distant lands on a grand adventure.
Why similar: Difficult 30.3%, Indie 24.2%, Action 23.8%, Platformer 21.7%
- #53 Egg Over It: Fall Flat From the Top
64% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Pigeon-GPub: Polo de Contenidos Digitales
Windows
Take on a real tactical jumping adventure with Egg Over It!!! A challenge where you'll have to lift the egg to the top in search of its source, but explore carefully; a single failed jump could lead to a long fall.
Why similar: Difficult 51.4%, Action 25.4%, Indie 19.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #54 Karma Knight
65% 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 32.3%, Action 32.3%, Difficult 18%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D 4.1%
- #55 Volgarr the Viking
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,445 reviews2013
Dev: Crazy Viking Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Why similar: Difficult 42%, Platformer 30.2%, Action 10.5%, Indie 9.7%, 2D 6%
- #56 ScribbleDude
65% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: RandomErik
Windows
In ScribbleDude, you play as an unknown creature who wants to explore the world around him and defeat the evil forces. It's a challenging non-linear 2D platformer where you encounter action-filled platforming with gimmicks, explore areas and defeat unique bosses.
Why similar: Difficult 34.9%, Indie 29.5%, Platformer 25.3%, Action 10.3%