- #1 Catovania
97% 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 57.9%, Platformer 21.3%, Retro 20.9%
- #2 Super Pixalo
96% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2015
Dev: Philip Royer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Super Pixalo is the story of a pixel from a 1960s Rock & Roll themed arcade cabinet. Join Pixalo as he travels through over 50 years of pop culture in a journey of self discovery.
Why similar: Indie 36.5%, Platformer 32.1%, Retro 31.4%
- #3 Gravi
96% 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 62.6%, Platformer 37.4%
- #4 CreaVures
95% 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 59.2%, Platformer 40.8%
- #5 Super Hipster Lumberjack
94% 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 57%, Platformer 43%
- #6 Box Out!
94% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Da Picky Monkey
Windows
Help Boxy escape its factory and survive the outside world by mastering its 6 transformations: Rocket, Steel, Bubble, Spikes, Vapor and Fire. More than a hundred levels of increasing difficulty will put your skills, reflexes and cunning to the test. Die, retry, perfect your run and dominate the competitive leaderboards.
Why similar: Indie 55.4%, Platformer 44.6%
- #7 Contrasted
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Dan HeadPub: none
Windows
Single player co-op platformer. Two characters, two hands, one player.
Why similar: Indie 54.2%, Platformer 45.8%
- #8 Neptunian Donut
91% 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 73.1%, Platformer 26.9%
- #9 Prompt
91% 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 51.8%, Indie 48.2%
- #10 Bloo Kid 2
90% matchVery Positive89% of 281 reviews2015
Dev: winterworks GmbH
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Bloo Kid 2 is a classic 2D retro-style platformer experience with lovely designed pixel-graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. Run, jump and swim your way through five huge worlds with twelve levels each. Master brutal bossfights and discover lots of secrets in the world of Bloo Kid 2.
Why similar: Indie 40.4%, Platformer 36.7%, Retro 22.9%
- #11 ASCIIDENT
89% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: UAB Puzzle LabPub: Black Maple Games
Windows
ASCIIDENT is an open-world sci-fi game with a design completely made by text characters
Why similar: Indie 66.4%, Retro 17.9%, Platformer 15.7%
- #12 Nightmare Pop!
89% 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 63.6%, Platformer 36.4%
- #13 Eskimo Bob: Starring Alfonzo
88% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Spoony Bard Productions
Windows
Eskimo Bob is an 8-bit puzzle-platformer with sixty-four levels of fish-collecting action. Originally developed for the NES, you can now enjoy this game on Steam!
Why similar: Indie 41.9%, Retro 29.9%, Platformer 28.3%
- #14 Uurnog Uurnlimited
87% 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 65.8%, Platformer 34.2%
- #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 79.1%, Platformer 20.9%
- #16 Reset 1-1
84% 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 83.2%, Platformer 16.8%
- #17 Captain MaCaw 2
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Auld Games
Windows
We're not in Guadeloupe anymore Capn'! Captain MaCaw 2 is a Sci-Fi flip screen retro platform adventure game with pixel art graphics and old school chip tunes!
Why similar: Indie 48.5%, Platformer 26%, Retro 25.5%
- #18 Super Lemonade Factory
85% 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: Indie 56.2%, Platformer 43.8%
- #19 Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin is a pseudo 8-bit action platformer. While it integrates gameplay mechanics of the previous titles in the series, they are combined in a manner which differentiates itself from its predecessors.
Why similar: Platformer 39.6%, Indie 33.8%, Retro 26.7%
- #20 Mula: The Cycle of Shadow
82% 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 57.9%, Platformer 42.1%
- #21 Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
82% matchMixed67% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: Sinclair StrangePub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
Why similar: Indie 47.4%, Retro 29.6%, Platformer 23.1%
- #22 Juke
81% 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 56.6%, Platformer 43.4%
- #23 Dogurai
78% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Hungry Bear Games
Windows · Linux
Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!
Why similar: Indie 42.7%, Platformer 29.7%, Retro 27.6%
- #24 Jetpack Guy
81% 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 74.3%, Platformer 25.7%
- #25 Crab Dub
79% 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 81.5%, Platformer 18.5%
- #26 Magma Tsunami
80% 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 89.1%, Platformer 10.9%
- #27 Pixel Pursuit
78% 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: Indie 54.2%, Platformer 45.8%
- #28 Venture Kid
76% 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: Indie 36.8%, Platformer 31.9%, Retro 31.3%
- #29 8BitBoy™
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,944 reviews2014
Dev: AwesomeBlade
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds
Why similar: Platformer 51.4%, Indie 26.3%, Retro 22.3%
- #30 Fading
75% 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 63.6%, Platformer 36.4%
- #31 Lup
77% 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 87.6%, Platformer 12.4%
- #32 Nick Reckless in The Curse of the Lost Cause
73% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Akedo Studio
Windows
Unravel the mysteries of old-school gameplay in this classic side-scrolling platformer, venture through four different environments and procedurally generated levels for ever-changing play sessions, and hope to lift... The Curse of the Lost Cause.
Why similar: Indie 44.7%, Platformer 27.9%, Retro 27.4%
- #33 Broken Dreams
74% 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 89.6%, Platformer 10.4%
- #34 Forest Rabbit
73% 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 63.6%, Platformer 36.4%
- #35 Colourless
72% 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 57.9%, Platformer 42.1%
- #36 The Adventures of Eggbert
69% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: Lazernaut Media
Windows
Help Eggbert grab eggs, dodge foxes, and hatch chicks in this retro arcade challenge!
Why similar: Indie 82.8%, Retro 17.2%
- #37 Formless Adventure
74% matchMixed46% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: Joyous RaccoonPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Formless Adventure - A platformer that will allow you to spend a few hardcore hours emerged alongside your hero - Mr. Blubstache - a shapeless mass, who can change shape at will. He has a variety of forms, which all have different characteristics and abilities.There are 5 shapes: Speed Sticky Slippery Fire Stone
Why similar: Indie 90.3%, Platformer 9.7%
- #38 Canyon Capers
76% matchMixed45% of 1,899 reviews2014
Dev: CrazyMoo GamesPub: Sunset Sugar Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Canyon Capers is a retro style platform game brought right up to date, with tons of levels, modes, collectables and secrets.
Why similar: Indie 48.2%, Platformer 39.3%, Retro 12.5%
- #39 Wake
79% 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 61.6%, Platformer 38.4%
- #40 MANOS: The Hands of Fate ~ Director's Cut
72% matchVery Positive80% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: FreakZone Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Retro platforming action in this adaptation of a terrible movie.
Why similar: Indie 36.2%, Retro 32.6%, Platformer 31.2%
- #41 Gun-Running War Dogs
71% matchMixed61% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: RotatipyraPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
They call us war dogs. We make money off of war without ever stepping foot on the battlefield. We're gun runners. So, let's go run some guns!
Why similar: Indie 86.4%, Retro 13.6%
- #42 Gambol
70% 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 61.1%, Platformer 38.9%
- #43 Mibibli's Quest
70% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2016
Dev: resnijars
Windows · Mac
Mibibli's Quest is a retro-style surrealistic platformer game. Join Mibibli as it blasts its way through over 20 crazy and eclectic levels! Conquer caves, dance through raves, wander the suburbs, and blow up eggs... travel through time and explore your nightmares along the way!
Why similar: Indie 40%, Platformer 31.2%, Retro 28.7%
- #44 LOVE
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,183 reviews2014
Dev: Fred Wood
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.
Why similar: Platformer 47.7%, Indie 27.5%, Retro 24.7%
- #45 Super Life of Pixel
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 379 reviews2014
Dev: Super Icon LtdPub: WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
Why similar: Platformer 40.4%, Retro 34.5%, Indie 25.1%
- #46 Colette's Sugar Madness
68% 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 61.6%, Platformer 38.4%
- #47 Terrian Saga: KR-17
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: WonderflingPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
KR-17 is a 32-bit, story-driven, side-scrolling action puzzle-platformer which follows the story of a military robot on a mission to subdue a rogue agent operating out of an installation on the planet Valiant. It will be the first in a multi-genre series of games centered around the story of Terrius, KR-17's home.
Why similar: Platformer 45%, Indie 33.7%, Retro 21.3%
- #48 Insert Paper
68% matchMixed45% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: StartremingPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
You don't know who or where you are. The papers are there and the computers are asking you to insert paper. Your job here is simple: find the documents considering the information required by the reader machines.
Why similar: Indie 67%, Retro 33%
- #49 Mighty Gunvolt
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 415 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Platformer 39%, Retro 31.6%, Indie 29.5%
- #50 Super Mustache
67% 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 64.2%, Platformer 35.8%
- #51 Cast of the Seven Godsends - Redux
69% matchMixed60% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: Raven Travel StudiosPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Cast of the Seven Godsends harks back to the days when classic 2D, run ’n gun, action-shooter games ruled the arcades. Four levels of difficulty, six worlds to conquer, twelve mid and end-of-level bosses, seven god-like armour sets, five basic weapons and thirty-five magic combat spells!
Why similar: Retro 39.8%, Indie 34.5%, Platformer 25.7%
- #52 Trash TV
67% 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 56.8%, Platformer 43.2%
- #53 Bronze Hoof
63% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Persic Games
Windows
A hardcore antique-style arcade game.
Why similar: Indie 74.3%, Platformer 25.7%
- #54 Enigmoon
67% 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 62.5%, Platformer 37.5%
- #55 山贼
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tushuo
Windows
某朝末年,烽烟四起。楚郡内生灵涂炭,青壮被逼无奈大多数只能进入深山落草为寇。在这几乎死境的楚郡内,想活下去,只有比别人更残忍。
Why similar: Indie 100%