- #1 Broll
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 155 reviews2020
Dev: Victor Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Broll is a 3D ragdoll-based platformer, explore open levels, use the ragdoll to interact with the world, and solve awesome challenges!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.7%, Physics 24.7%, Platformer 22.8%, Character Customization 11.6%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D physics-based platformer that focuses on momentum and precision in an open-world setting.
- #2 Armillo
96% matchVery Positive89% of 242 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Wuzzy Games Inc.
Windows
A sci-fi-style rolling 3D platformer.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Top-Down 10.6%, Action 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that features rolling mechanics and challenging level design similar to the seed game.
- #3 OVIVO
96% matchVery Positive90% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: IzHard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.
Why similar: Difficult 18.8%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Physics 14.3%, Dark 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, dark-themed platformer that utilizes physics and gravity-shifting mechanics to create a unique challenge.
- #4 Ballance
95% matchVery Positive84% of 417 reviews2024
Dev: CyparadePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
In this 2004 classic originally released by Atari games, you will navigate 12 sky-high courses. Each course is fraught with different obstacles that will block your path, slide your marble off course, or blow them right into the bottomless void below.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Physics 19.1%, 3D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Top-Down 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic physics-based puzzle-platformer where you must carefully navigate a ball through increasingly difficult 3D environments.
- #5 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
94% matchVery Positive82% of 80,812 reviews2017
Dev: Bennett Foddy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.
Why similar: Difficult 51.2%, Physics 21.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Horror 5.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same spirit of extreme frustration and physics-based movement that defines the difficulty of Dark Roll.
- #6 Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,572 reviews2021
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Go Bananas with your favorite monkey gang in the ultimate Super Monkey Ball adventure!
Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Difficult 31.6%, 3D Platformer 16.6%, Action 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for rolling-based platforming games that require immense control and precision.
- #7 Polyroll
93% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: HOF Studios
Windows
Explore branching levels, fight quirky bosses, and save the day in this retro platformer inspired by the classics!
Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Difficult 31.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging platformer featuring a rolling protagonist that emphasizes exploration and side-scrolling precision.
- #8 Cloudbuilt
91% matchVery Positive87% of 946 reviews2014
Dev: Coilworks
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 24%, Platformer 19.5%, Dark 15.2%, 3D 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed 3D platformer that demands perfect precision and mastery of movement mechanics.
- #9 Dream Alone
92% matchMixed58% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Play2ChillPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!
Why similar: Difficult 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 16.8%, Dark 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, difficult puzzle-platformer that shares the gloomy aesthetic and punishing gameplay of Dark Roll.
- #10 Jump King
90% matchVery Positive90% of 13,075 reviews2019
Dev: Nexile
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...
Why similar: Difficult 51.2%, Platformer 19.2%, Souls-like 11.5%, Indie 5.3%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving precision platformer that tests your patience and skill with every single jump.
- #11 Human Fall Flat
89% matchVery Positive95% of 223,253 reviews2016
Dev: No Brakes GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, Physics 32.8%, Puzzle 8.6%, 3D Platformer 7.8%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer where the movement itself is the primary challenge to overcome.
- #12 Vectromirror 0™
91% matchVery Positive86% of 463 reviews2020
Dev: The Vectromirror InitiativePub: Burnout Game Ventures
Windows
Become the Test Subject and attempt to complete a challenging experiment to awaken emotional responses in your Artificial Intelligence. Jump, wall-run, and parkour your way through the free-to-play prequel to the upcoming game.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle 6.2%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play 3D parkour platformer that focuses on speed and precision in a minimalist environment.
- #13 WarriOrb
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2020
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Souls-like 35.4%, Difficult 21.7%, Platformer 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Action 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A souls-like platformer that combines difficult traversal with a dark, atmospheric fantasy world.
- #14 DROS
86% matchVery Positive98% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: emergeWorlds
Windows
Dros is a dark fantasy adventure where you'll swap between a small gooey creature and her human bounty hunter shell. Explore freely through 40 unique diorama like levels filled with strange characters, intricate puzzles, hidden rooms and ancient collectibles.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, 3D 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer with a dark, steampunk-inspired fantasy aesthetic and complex level design.
- #15 Toby: The Secret Mine
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 725 reviews2015
Dev: Lukas Navratil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.
Why similar: Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Dark 13.1%, Difficult 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, dark-themed platformer that emphasizes exploration and environmental hazards.
- #16 Brainmelter Deluxe
87% matchPositive98% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmocat
Windows
Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!
Why similar: Difficult 49.1%, Platformer 37.1%, Action 5.9%, Singleplayer 4%, Indie 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult side-scrolling platformer that features perma-death and intense, reflex-based challenges.
- #17 Nolgorb's Ordeal
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Hard Meat
Windows · Linux
A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon by jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.
Why similar: Difficult 35.6%, 3D Platformer 35.5%, Platformer 24.5%, Adventure 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving 3D precision platformer that mirrors the high difficulty and dark tone of the seed game.
- #18 UROS: A Trip Through Shadows
86% matchMixed59% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Oniric KittensPub: ESAT
Windows
Uros is a 2.5D metroidvania-style action platformer. Enter the nightmares, upgrade your skills, fight against creepy creatures and face the evil god of nightmares in your mission to restore stability to the dream world.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.7%, Platformer 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, 3D Platformer 13.8%, Dark 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, metroidvania-style platformer that emphasizes exploration and difficult action sequences.
- #19 Fell
83% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Dakota Vaughan
Windows
Fell is a 2d Precision Platformer with a retro semi-1-bit aesthetic. Play through multiple unique areas, unlock new color palettes, and use fun movement abilities to conquer levels and make difficult jumps!
Why similar: Platformer 78.1%, Action 8.2%, Singleplayer 7.1%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric precision platformer that focuses on navigating dangerous underground environments.
- #20 Super Meat Boy
82% matchVery Positive94% of 36,925 reviews2010
Dev: Team Meat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Why similar: Difficult 45.2%, Platformer 43.6%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Action 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: The benchmark for difficult, precision-based platforming that requires muscle memory and persistence.
- #21 MEGAJUMP
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2020
Dev: Laptop gaming
Windows
Only some will reach the top. Will you be one of them? in this precision 3D platformer where every jump is a risk and easy to learn-hard to master controls you will certainly feel rewarded once you start climbing from the Pit of Despair. Just don't fall. FREE NOW
Why similar: Difficult 23.9%, 3D Platformer 21.7%, Platformer 16.9%, Physics 15.4%, Dark 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult 3D platformer that combines precision movement with psychological-horror elements.
- #22 Celeste
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,420 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Why similar: Difficult 42.8%, Platformer 30%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly acclaimed precision platformer that balances intense difficulty with a deep, atmospheric narrative.
- #23 Grimind
84% matchMixed64% of 289 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Platformer 50.4%, Physics 13%, Indie 12.8%, Horror 11.3%, Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer set in a dark, eerie world that requires careful manipulation of objects.
- #24 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
81% matchVery Positive92% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Surreal 14.9%, Dark 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 3D platformer that uses puzzle-solving and navigation to create a sense of unease.
- #25 Entangled
81% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: P² Studios
Windows
Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.
Why similar: Physics 45.7%, Platformer 28.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Singleplayer 7.5%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that tests your logic and movement in a sci-fi setting.
- #26 Midnight
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Petite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Precision puzzle platformer. Launch a square fairy through 56 deadly levels using only your mouse.
Why similar: Difficult 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24%, Physics 22.4%, Platformer 15.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D physics-based platformer that focuses on atmospheric exploration and challenging traversal.
- #27 Grow Home
79% matchVery Positive92% of 5,564 reviews2015
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 49.3%, Physics 15.4%, Platformer 15.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Singleplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based climbing game that focuses on unique, experimental movement mechanics.
- #28 Skelethrone: The Prey
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 437 reviews2024
Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.8%, Difficult 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.5%, Platformer 13.6%, Horror 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy, souls-like platformer that focuses on challenging combat and precise movement.
- #29 Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,205 reviews2021
Dev: Artbarian Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
A ball rolling game, where you take football free kicks. Single player challenges, Steam Leaderboards and ranked multiplayer. Free to play.
Why similar: Difficult 38.3%, Physics 22.1%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Character Customization 13%, Action 4.3%
- #30 Gorble
75% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows
Gorble is a short marble-based dungeon crawl.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.6%, Physics 24.6%, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, 3D 6%, Adventure 4.7%
- #31 Hellevator
76% matchVery Positive92% of 330 reviews2021
Dev: Quasar Games
Windows
Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die. Find creative ways to die in order to solve the puzzles and progress through this infernal hotel.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Platformer 22.8%, Physics 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Adventure 4.8%
- #32 WarriOrb: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive88% of 399 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Souls-like 33.9%, Difficult 22.2%, Platformer 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Action 2.7%
- #33 Lorn's Lure
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,616 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.5%, Difficult 22.4%, Dark 18.4%, Platformer 14.2%, Horror 6.4%
- #34 sun-rise.exe
74% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Platformer 45.3%, Dark 29.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Surreal 6.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #35 ZRoll
77% matchMixed58% of 206 reviews2017
Dev: KxONEPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In ZRoll you will encounter many difficult levels. You will need to jump over the platforms, use different mechanisms and collect ancient totems to earn achievements and pass the levels.
Why similar: Action 34.1%, Indie 33.5%, Adventure 32.5%
- #36 One Box One Goal
73% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Paolo OrlandinoPub: Loyalty Interactive
Windows
You're in a box and you have to climb as high as possible... if you can make it.
Why similar: Difficult 19.2%, 3D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 15.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Physics 10.3%
- #37 Disorder
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Swagabyte Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Difficult 19.4%, Dark 15.2%, Indie 8.6%
- #38 ImpossiBowl
73% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Ducktopus Games
Windows
ImpossiBowl is a Chaotically Challenging Bowling Game with Platforming mechanics. Explore a variety of Weird Levels, Unlock new Balls and Powers on your journey to become the Champion!
Why similar: Souls-like 27.3%, Difficult 17.1%, Physics 16.2%, 3D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 12.5%
- #39 Upfall
71% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Amicable Animal
Windows
Upfall is a game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences. Burst bubbles to progress upwards, but be careful to dodge the hazards in the depths. How far will your upfall be? A free game for the in betweens.
Why similar: Difficult 43.5%, Platformer 40.1%, Indie 8.4%, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #40 Bat to Bed
71% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Difficult 38.6%, Dark 24%, Platformer 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Physics 7.1%
- #41 Revenge of the shadow ninja
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Varvarik
Windows
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Why similar: Platformer 42.2%, Difficult 36.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Action 6.9%, Indie 4.8%
- #42 Dark Frame
75% matchMixed52% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Nimos Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Simple platformer in a dark setting
Why similar: Platformer 44%, Dark Fantasy 30.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Action 8.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #43 Hippocampus
74% matchMixed56% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows
Challenging gothic Hack & Slash with gore action and platform phases.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.8%, Difficult 19.6%, 3D Platformer 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Action 3.7%
- #44 Frame of Mind
70% matchVery Positive94% of 932 reviews2021
Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
Windows
In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 17.6%, Surreal 15.3%, Physics 10.9%
- #45 Gravebound
69% matchVery Positive92% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Atomic Game LabsPub: Student Game Developer Association
Windows
Survive as long as you can through the waves of magic guardians, level up to heighten your own magical abilities, and unlock game changing weapon upgrades and new arenas as you explore Dark Willow Crypt! Will you escape, or are you bound for the grave...
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 42.7%, Action 20.5%, 3D 18.9%, Adventure 12%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #46 Utomah
70% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: REDACTEDPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Utomah is a 2D platformer in which the player navigates through a nightmarish world. Grapple, latch, and dash through incredible environments, discovering the darkness of one's inner mind, encountering true horrors along the way. Prepare to push your skills to the limit!
Why similar: Platformer 31.5%, Surreal 27.5%, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Horror 11.8%, Action 5.1%
- #47 On A Roll 3D
72% matchVery Positive86% of 266 reviews2015
Dev: Battenberg Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
On A Roll 3D is a fast, colourful 3D platform game. Roll your way through 24 huge levels across six different themes and be prepared to take on spikes, mines, dynamite, conveyor belts, springs, switches, doors, bumpers, lasers, saws, fire, ice, water, electricity, trapdoors and much much more.
Why similar: Platformer 41.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 8.3%, Action 8.3%
- #48 Exanima
70% matchVery Positive80% of 13,229 reviews2015
Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Why similar: Physics 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Difficult 20.4%, Souls-like 16.2%, Character Customization 5.9%
- #49 Wheelborn
68% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac
Explore, fight, and gather materials in an atmospheric, ruined kingdom inhabited by creepy-cute car creatures, in this short and unique exploration experience.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 31.4%, Surreal 30.1%, Dark 22.4%, 3D 4.6%, Action 4%
- #50 Cup Of Ethanol
71% matchVery Positive81% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Eoin Flanagan
Windows
A free platformer game with a bunch of unique enemies and landscapes. Jump your way through 24 different levels to find that delicious pint.
Why similar: Difficult 29.3%, Platformer 21.9%, Physics 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Indie 9.6%
- #51 Etherburn
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Nixon Scherbarth
Windows
Etherburn is a Souls-like action-adventure. Play as a hero resurrected in a mysterious and interconnected dungeon. Explore and face intense duels as you fight your way to freedom.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.1%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Dark 12.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 7.6%
- #52 Nith Realms
69% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Raptor Studios
Windows
A free-flow action-adventure game with varied realms to travel through. The player will have to defeat powerful bosses and take on dangerous environments in order to obtain the all-powerful elements to take back the Nith.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 33.3%, Character Customization 16.2%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 13.3%, 3D 9.8%
- #53 Eternity Egg
66% matchVery Positive83% of 546 reviews2025
Dev: USERLANDS
Windows
Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.8%, 3D Platformer 18%, Surreal 15.2%, Platformer 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #54 Airborne
67% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: bl4ckPub: XDev
Windows
Airborne is a combination of 2D Platformers, Rage Games, Parkour, while also being packed with Action. You need to get to the end of the level by dodging Spikes, Bullets, Turrets, Lasers and more!
Why similar: Platformer 23.5%, Surreal 20.3%, Difficult 17.3%, 3D Platformer 13.6%, Physics 10%
- #55 The Game of Sisyphus
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 826 reviews2024
Dev: cream
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Roll the boulder to the top.
Why similar: Difficult 28.3%, 3D Platformer 22.6%, Physics 20.2%, Platformer 17.4%, Action 4%
- #56 Gravitia
66% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: VuzzlePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.
Why similar: Physics 24.1%, Platformer 22.9%, 3D Platformer 21.7%, 3D 10.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #57 Void Memory
69% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Souls-like 33.2%, Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Dark 6.7%
- #58 A Difficult Game About Climbing
62% matchVery Positive88% of 5,396 reviews2024
Dev: Pontypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
This is a difficult game about climbing.
Why similar: Difficult 29.2%, Platformer 20.8%, Physics 17%, Surreal 14.5%, Horror 7%
- #59 The Hardest Game Ever
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: AIAdev
Windows
An insanely difficult precision platformer
Why similar: Difficult 57.9%, Platformer 25.1%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%, Indie 4.3%