
Dark Castle is a faithful re-release of the 1986 precision-platformer that defined the genre. Control Duncan as he combats various enemies and perfectly times jumps in this beautiful, brutal, and darkly funny 1-bit adventure.
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Dark Castle is a faithful re-release of the 1986 precision-platformer that defined the genre. Control Duncan as he combats various enemies and perfectly times jumps in this beautiful, brutal, and darkly funny 1-bit adventure.

Beyond Dark Castle
Beyond Dark Castle is a re-release of the legendary 1987 sequel to Dark Castle. Duncan faces the Black Knight again on a quest for magic orbs through towers, catacombs, swamps, breweries, and labyrinths.

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Faced with difficult, or sometimes impossible, 2d platforming challenges, spend your precious time limit to alter the level. Well actually pay someone else to do it. Then try to traverse through the modified level in the time you left yourself.
Beyond Dark Castle is a re-release of the legendary 1987 sequel to Dark Castle. Duncan faces the Black Knight again on a quest for magic orbs through towers, catacombs, swamps, breweries, and labyrinths.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Difficult 10.7%, Puzzle 5.9%
Faced with difficult, or sometimes impossible, 2d platforming challenges, spend your precious time limit to alter the level. Well actually pay someone else to do it. Then try to traverse through the modified level in the time you left yourself.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Difficult 14.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 9.2%
Ambidextrous Psychopath is all about the gameplay, and is designed for the gamer who wants a fresh platforming challenge. Ambidextripath is designed to challenge the player to develop strategies to split their focus onto two simultaneously moving player objects.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Difficult 12.6%, Puzzle 6.7%
NEGATIVE_SPACE, a challenging black and white 2D platformer where you have to invert between two versions of the same room in order to reach the exit.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Difficult 15%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 8.3%
GatePass is a 2D platformer game with strong puzzle elements. Escape the 100-level labyrinth and return home safely.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Difficult 15.4%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 7%
Twist and bounce through dozens of tight single-screen chambers. Splash through rapids, float through space, watch helplessly as your pogo-bound body hurtles into the jagged rocks. Try again, in this frenetic, 1-bit, precision platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.2%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Puzzle 4.7%
The classic returns to punish the bold. A re-imagined retro platformer of precision, peril, and persistence — featuring all 30 levels from Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle plus 50 brand-new punishing rooms, rebuilt for modern systems.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle 8.4%
An indie precision platformer that offers an atmospheric and captivating experience. Take control of the young boy as he navigates through a series of meticulously crafted levels. The game's visuals blend terrifying traps with dark environments, immersing players in an exciting adventure.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 8.4%
A tightly designed, precision platformer with a large variety of mechanics. Jump, dash and teleport your way past spikes to get to the end. Use multiple move sets over seven chapters. For players of all skill levels to enjoy!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Difficult 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%
Sir Lovelot is on a quest to find the love of his life. Join him in this wacky tight platformer, where impressing cheeky damsels is harder than a heart of stone!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.9%, Difficult 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%
Blue Boy: Bleeding Out is a short but challenging platformer where you bleed as you run. You must avoid touching your bloody path on the way to the exit.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Difficult 16.4%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 8.1%
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 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 7.6%, Puzzle 5.8%
A precision puzzle platformer, with no legs. Propel Wizard Jiji by setting off bombs along with loads of powerups and mechanics. Help Jiji collect enough money to pay off his debt and break his curse!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 8.9%, Puzzle 6.7%
Platform your way through over 150 ever more challenging rooms with your trusty sword in hand! Use obstacles to your advantage and traverse the treacherous depths.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Difficult 13.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle 6.6%
A precision-platformer with ONLY ONE BUTTON and LIMITED JUMPS. You should jump.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.4%, Difficult 17%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Five stages to overcome on Mount Farewell. This game is a difficult 2D precision platformer about grief for those who like a challenge.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.7%, Difficult 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 8.1%
You move, you melt. You are a liquid-simulated slime where every move costs you a piece of yourself. Spend your mass to slide, shrink, and dash through pixel-perfect hazards in this challenging precision platformer where size management is critical and your only resource is your own body.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Difficult 13.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 9.1%
Accompany an old blind man on his journey in this very challenging auditory platformer game. Take part in his struggles as you test your precision platforming skills, reflexes, memory, and puzzle solving in order to progress.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 5.7%
Frogs don't walk, and neither do fwogs! Hop, jump and swing your way through each stage in this unforgiving 2D-platformer. Be prepared to fall again and again and again as you slowly learn what it takes to fwog.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Action 4.9%
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 33.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
A precision platformer where every jump matters. Master a fixed-height jump, avoid deadly falls, and descend through five floors filled with dangerous challenges.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 8.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
Low wages, high adventure – every delivery is a magical struggle. Bounce, blast, and cast through treacherous ruins and vibrant forests in this movement-based 2D platformer. That goblin brew atop the mountain won't deliver itself. Time is money— get moving!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Difficult 14.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 7.8%
A challenging 2D platformer with tough and precise platforming. Inspired by games like Jump King and Getting Over It, traverse the treacherous cave as you travel further down it to recover your lost core and become whole again.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.6%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Difficult 16.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 5.3%
Help Choppy Orc release his friends from their chest prisons. Strike enemies with your Axe or pin it on a wall to make a bouncy platform for Choppy Orc to jump on. Utilise the different kind of walls, each one alters the way you move through the level. Spring up, dash forward or float away!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Difficult 14.3%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 7.7%
Hop on platforms and jump on walls to explore a vast immersive platforming world. Discover different types of arrows and use them to solve puzzles and illuminate the darkened world around you!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Difficult 14.3%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 7.5%
A very fun platformer game, this is NoTheOtherMatt's first game.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle 11.9%
A challenging precision platformer with tight controls. Master orb abilities to conquer 300+ challenges, collect thought-provoking journal entries, and race the clock in timed trials. Dash, crystalize, ghostify, warp, and slow time as you help a boy recall a wish he was granted by a white fox.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Difficult 14.3%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 8.1%
A unique platformer where you hurl vials to create temporary platforms, navigate sprawling caves, and battle creatures. With an original soundtrack and immersive environments, a challenging adventure awaits you.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 7.1%
Jump. Die. Repeat. A brutally hard one-button platformer where every jump could be your last. How hard could a one-button game really be? Well buckle up, because you’re about to enter the Jumpocalypse.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.3%, Difficult 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 7.2%, Action 5.5%
Down n' Up is a platformer where you can't move: you can only jump. In an all-in-one map where many challenges await you, climb higher and higher to reach the top. Be careful not to fall from too high!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.2%, Difficult 18%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%
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: Precision Platformer 43.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Difficult 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 5.2%
Help Froggy complete a quest in this colorful platformer adventure! Use your sticky tongue to pull, push, and grapple through many challenging levels while collecting as many flies as you can.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.1%, Difficult 16.3%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.5%
While in search of food, a fruit bat stumbles its way through the ventilation system of a secret facility finding unique fruit that give special abilities. While in search of more fruit the bat must avoid traps and enemies. Will the bat be able to satiate it's hunger and escape with its life?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.8%, Difficult 16.9%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
Niman is a fast paced, 2D-Action Platformer with minimalist look and a gravity bending level design where you need skill and tenacity to get through
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.1%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Difficult 16.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Action 5.5%
Help Stanislav escape the prison and defeat the plague to save the world, in super-tight 2D pixel platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.1%, Difficult 17.1%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10%
Welcome to the world of DarkLight: Platformer, where adventure and fun await you at every step. This exciting 2D platformer promises you an unforgettable journey through 150 unique levels and five diverse biomes.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Difficult 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 8.5%
Follow the story of Layla, a young witch with the power to control gravity. Together with the coven, she will fight against the threat that has returned once again to destroy the game. Up is down, left is right, it's all a matter of perspective.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 13%, Difficult 10.5%, Platformer 7.9%
Hi, I’m Waterboy. Help me reach the exit through mind-boggling rotating puzzle-platform levels where floors become walls, timing matters, and every mistake teaches you something. It’s almost impossible, but I trust you.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 13.8%, Platformer 6.9%
Help the boy Jake escape from a prison, which was considered a legend by the village where he lives with his mother, but it is very real.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 7.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
Die. Retry. Learn the trap. A brutal precision platformer where every level is designed to trick you. Survive hidden traps, impossible surprises, and troll mechanics that punish confidence at every step.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Action 5.3%
Find clever solutions to the physics based puzzles of A Strange Hotel. In this short but sweet puzzle platformer you have to find solutions to simple and complex puzzles while using your vacuum to grab physics objects.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 8.8%
No Border - an action-puzzle platformer where platforms appear and disappear at your command! Control which parts of each level exist as you toggle and leap your way through mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
Every transformation costs you. Swap shapes to smash, roll, and cling through a handmade miniature world where household items are ancient relics and the lighthearted façade starts to crack.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.1%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle 10.1%
Astral Sanctum is a puzzle platformer where you conjure blocks, manipulate magic, and navigate challenges in dangerous, trap-filled levels. Outsmart enemies and master each room’s unique hazards to progress through an ever-evolving maze of mystical trials.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
Awesome Pea is a fast precision platformer where you must run&jump through a series of challenging stages
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.1%, Difficult 18.7%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 6%
What could be easier than moving a bunch of quacking penguins from screen left to screen right?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Difficult 16.8%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 9.7%
Towering is a platform game that is inspired by Red Light, Green Light. You cannot move when the background is red but most objects become invisible when the background is green. Memorize the placement of objects during red and navigate the tower during green. A true test of skill and memory!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Difficult 15.1%, Platformer 9%
Brave the mountain in this short platformer. Use your axe as a grappling tool to skillfully swing across multiple challenging levels. Fight through the perils of the snowy mountain of Vinterget.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.5%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Difficult 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Platformer 5.5%
Jaro adventures is a 2d action/adventure platformer. You play as a character Jaro and through levels try to defeat enemies that get in your way. Try to collect as many coins as those will buy you character upgrades.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Action 5.4%
Sequence Jump is a unique sequence-platformer where everything is glitching—except your mind. With just a single button, you control abilities like jumping, dashing, and teleporting. Think ahead, react at the right moment, and conquer challenging levels full of logic, timing, and digital chaos.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
Nixxsz Castle is a precision platform and rage inducing game. Inspired by games from previous generations, Nixxsz Castle has a very hard gameplay experience for those with patience and skill.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Difficult 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 6.4%
In this festive platformer, originally released with copies of Your Sinclair magazine back in 1987, guide Monty Mole through a series of challenging levels, jumping, climbing, dodging bizarre enemies and collecting useful items, all in order to get the game itself out in time for Christmas!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 7.6%, Retro 6.3%
A contemplative retro platformer that intentionally uproots one of the genre's key assumptions: input consistency! Master the "Control Switch" mechanic as you jump, dash and use abilities granted by your immortal soul to outjump damnation.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 8.4%
Use bombs to move around and reach the top of a world full of obstacles and find help to regain your human form. Watch out for falls! Are you ready to take on this challenge?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.2%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Difficult 16.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Medieval 4.9%
Keyboard Curse is a 2D rage-platformer where every key you press spawns a physical keycap into the level. Jump, run, panic, and try not to trap yourself — because every press makes it worse.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Platformer 8%
Throw your speer, use it as a platform, and puzzle-platform your way through 125 stages in this director's cut version of the classic [Speer]!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
Are you able to overcome the obstacles in the 40 levels of H.A.R.D. ? Enter this insanely difficult game to figure it out.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.5%, Difficult 18.2%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 9%
Stuff your cheeks with onigiri and make friends with everyone! In "Me and (My) Cat's Castle", you control a character who transforms by stuffing their cheeks with onigiri. Take on the challenge of the "Cat's Castle" in this platformer!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Difficult 6.7%, Retro 5.9%
Ascend Magiculon's treacherous Tower, full of creative platforms puzzles, and new spells to learn! Manipulate the environment and create your own path to the top.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 8.9%, Puzzle 7.9%
Why Me is a 2D platformer full of unexpected twists and brutal tricks. Every level is designed to trick, challenge, and surprise you. Can you escape the chaos and master the impossible?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Action 5.3%