Games Like David.

SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.9% ★, Bullet Time 37.2% ★, Difficult 6.6%, Minimalist 6.5%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core time-manipulation mechanic where time only moves when you move, creating a tactical, puzzle-like combat flow.

Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.

Why similar: Difficult 63.7%, Action 10.9%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like David., this game focuses on challenging, minimalist boss-rush encounters where every movement and shot counts.

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Why similar: Minimalist 27.4%, Platformer 27%, Difficult 19.9%, Indie 8.6%, Abstract 8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer that relies on rhythm and timing, mirroring the abstract and precise nature of David.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.4% ★, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Difficult 13.7%, Fast-Paced 12.6%, Platformer 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features intense, one-hit-kill action sequences that utilize time manipulation to navigate through difficult combat scenarios.

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Difficult 21.3%, Action 17.8%, Indie 14.8%, Fast-Paced 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that emphasizes boss encounters and a tense, atmospheric experience.

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Bullet Time 52.3% ★, Fast-Paced 12.2%, Action 10.2%, Platformer 8.5%, Physics 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the stylish, bullet-time action feel of David. with a heavy emphasis on physics-based movement and combat.

Harness the power of a mystical boomerang to fling yourself through the air in this acrobatic arena shooter. Slice, fly, and blast through swarms of evil creatures on an abandoned island with a cryptic past. Stay agile or meet your doom.

Why similar: Bullet Time 42.8% ★, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Difficult 15.1%, Arena Shooter 13.5%, Stylized 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced, stylized action game features fluid movement and bullet-time mechanics that reward high-skill play.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.8%, Difficult 26.5%, Platformer 20.1%, Indie 7.1%, Minimalist 5%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist platformer focuses on gravity-flipping mechanics that demand high precision and quick reflexes similar to David.'s platforming challenges.

The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

Why similar: Difficult 38.4%, Fast-Paced 30%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Action 9.7%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A pure boss-rush game that tests your reflexes and timing in intense, high-difficulty combat encounters.

No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

Why similar: Difficult 31.9%, Minimalist 22.9%, Action 20.1%, Indie 16.6%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the minimalist, difficult platforming aesthetic while focusing on overcoming a single, massive, and dangerous structure.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Difficult 24.9%, 2D Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 16.6%, Fast-Paced 15.1%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-driven action game where the simple aesthetic hides a deep and challenging gameplay loop.

Dodge, jump, and dash your way through hundreds of terrifying geometric levels and epic bosses. Too tough? Bring your friends!

Why similar: Difficult 24.4%, Minimalist 22.1%, Fast-Paced 21.4%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-based action game that pits simple shapes against complex, difficult challenges.

iO is an abstract physics platformer about size and speed. Grow bigger and smaller in order to solve some of the trickiest puzzles. Reach the exit as quickly as possible and grab a gold medal as your reward!

Why similar: Physics 47.8%, Action 23.5%, Indie 21.6%, 2D 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that focuses on size-changing mechanics to solve complex movement puzzles.

Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 26%, Time Manipulation 25.5% ★, Fast-Paced 22.7%, Platformer 9.1%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, 2D action platformer that emphasizes fluid movement and stylish combat.

10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.

Why similar: Platformer 25.3%, Difficult 22.7%, Fast-Paced 17.7%, Action 16.4%, Indie 12%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, precision-platformer that requires perfect execution within extremely tight time limits.

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 36.9%, Platformer 22.8%, Action 19.1%, Indie 15.8%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, minimalist platformer that emphasizes quick, dash-based movement to navigate deadly obstacles.

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Difficult 37.5%, Platformer 30.2%, Soundtrack 11.9% ★, Indie 9.1%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly difficult, minimalist platformer with a strong focus on rhythm and precise movement.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.7%, Platformer 17.8%, Minimalist 17.6%, Physics 16.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, minimalist platformer that uses simple shapes to tell a compelling story through clever physics-based puzzles.

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Difficult 51.7%, Fast-Paced 22.4%, Minimalist 9.3%, Indie 7.8%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game distills the concept of difficult, minimalist, and time-sensitive gameplay into its purest, most addictive form.

In Hyper Box you try to beat a bunch of platform levels in less than 30 seconds each by using the box rotation to your advantage, this is meant to be a very challenging yet rewarding experience as you improve at the game.

Why similar: Difficult 24.1%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Minimalist 16.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Physics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that focuses on simple geometric challenges and precise timing.

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Minimalist 65.5%, Indie 12.7%, Fast-Paced 7.7%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, minimalist adventure game that forces you to manage time in sixty-second bursts, echoing the urgency of David.

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: Difficult 25.3%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Physics 12.9%, Indie 10.1%, Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that uses unique magnetic physics to navigate challenging, minimalist levels.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Difficult 24.6%, Fast-Paced 20.9%, Soundtrack 20.5% ★, Action 7.5%, Stylized 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-based action game where you use momentum and environment to overcome overwhelming odds.

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 35.9%, 2D Platformer 26.2%, Platformer 17.5%, Indie 7.3%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive precision-platformer that balances extreme difficulty with a minimalist, clean aesthetic.

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.1%, Difficult 29.4%, Action 14.8%, Indie 9.9%, Atmospheric 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down action game that demands precision, planning, and quick reflexes to survive lethal encounters.

Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!

Why similar: Difficult 25.9%, Fast-Paced 17%, Action 16.7%, Indie 13.7%, Platformer 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, first-person platformer that relies on physics and momentum to overcome difficult, abstract environments.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Platformer 26.1%, 2D Platformer 24.6%, Difficult 19.8%, 2D 9.7%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging action-platformer that rewards precise movement and mastery of its unique combat mechanics.

Dash, jump and fly your way through epic levels with rhythm-based gameplay!

Why similar: Difficult 42.6%, Platformer 22.9%, Action 12.1%, Indie 10.3%, 2D 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, music-driven platformer that requires intense focus and precision to survive its difficult stages.

SPLIT BULLET is a game all about 'splitting up' a massive crowd of enemies—yes, those polygons—crawling towards you. Don't let 'em get you and survive as long as you can, by using your instincts and weapons.

Why similar: Abstract 24.9%, Minimalist 22.3%, Difficult 16%, Fast-Paced 15.2%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, bullet-hell inspired action game that tests your ability to dodge and weave through complex patterns.

A fast-paced hardcore platformer featuring hand-crafted levels and lightning-fast respawns. Help Square survive his journey to the depths of Flatland, a minimalist neon-style 2D world. Run, jump, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Difficult 20.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Abstract 15.3%, Physics 10.4%, Fast-Paced 9.7%

Hit Zero: Chronos is a 2D shooter game. You’re given the power to control time, time moves only when you move! Use your time stopping powers to erase every enemies in the area.

Why similar: Bullet Time 49.5% ★, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Minimalist 10%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 5.3%

Last Soul is a 2d pixel art action platformer with a compelling story about a future where mankind has lost its will. Explore and fight your way through a variety of levels, and take on awesome boss enemies.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.4% ★, Bullet Time 28.7% ★, Soundtrack 14.3% ★, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 6.8%

A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.

Why similar: Difficult 27.4%, Physics 23.8%, Arena Shooter 17.5%, Space 15%, Action 6.9%

Jump into a neon-filled platformer world as Q and overcome a gauntlet of tricky platform challenges.

Why similar: Abstract 19.4%, Difficult 17.1%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Minimalist 12%

ARMORED HEAD is a miniature shooter, where all the action takes place in one arena. The main character is a gladiator who fights against his opponents in pursuit of the grand prize.

Why similar: Bullet Time 35.8% ★, Difficult 14.7%, Fast-Paced 12.8%, Minimalist 12.2%, Arena Shooter 10.3%

From the folks behind the BIT.TRIP series comes the frantic insanity that is WOAH DAVE! Help our hero, Dave Lonuts, survive an insane alien invasion and line his pockets with shiny pennies. Hurl alien eggs, skull bombs, and explosive WOAH blocks to stay alive and sky rocket yourself to high score fame and fortune.

Why similar: Action 37.7%, Platformer 32.1%, Indie 30.3%

Time Up is a fast paced action platformer, with each level only being 9 seconds. Sieze every opportunity, plan your route, Survive various deadly traps, and reach the finish line! This game combines a variety of classic platformer elements: The levels are carefully designed to make them harder, yet more enjoyable to give the player a...

Why similar: Difficult 22.6%, Fast-Paced 17.4%, Minimalist 16.2%, Action 13.7%, Platformer 11.7%

A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 41.4%, Platformer 24.7%, Action 10.9%, 2D 9.7%, Indie 8.9%

In Defendoooooor!!!, it's your job to fight an alien invasion.

Why similar: Difficult 16.8%, Minimalist 15.2%, Fast-Paced 14%, Action 12.7%, Arena Shooter 10.8%

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 24%, Fast-Paced 20.1%, Platformer 18.9%, Soundtrack 10.5% ★, Action 9.7%

Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 48.9% ★, Physics 15.7%, Space 13.8%, Action 8.4%, Indie 6.6%

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 58.4%, Indie 22.5%, 2D 15.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%

A deadly factory surrounds you. The manipulation of time is necessary to escape this underground facility. Use your wit, your laser blaster, and your time-warping abilities to face your demise head-on and triumph!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 59% ★, Platformer 15.4%, Action 11.8%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%

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 24.3%, Minimalist 20.7%, Physics 18.9%, Platformer 14.4%, Atmospheric 6%

Swiftly is a very challenging platformer game. It has simple graphics and easy to understand rules, but you are going to have a hard time completing the levels.

Why similar: Action 44.6%, Platformer 28.2%, Indie 27.1%

Dynamic is an indie Platformer game. The goal is to try to avoid obstacles and dangerous enemies who want to kill you

Why similar: Indie 25.7%, Difficult 21.6%, Minimalist 18.1%, Action 16.8%, Platformer 13.1%

A catastrophe is about to happen and you have only a limited time to prevent it. Use your time stopping powers to make the most out of what little time you have!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 83.7% ★, Indie 4.6%, Fast-Paced 4.4%, Action 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.9%, Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 13.4%, Action 13.3%, Indie 12.1%

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: Platformer 35.8%, Action 34.3%, Indie 29.9%

The Network has been infested. Face a giant creature ruled by music to cleanse it. Fight while switching between 2 complementary Game Modes!

Why similar: Action 37.7%, Indie 29.7%, Difficult 29.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!

Why similar: Bullet Time 22.5% ★, Fast-Paced 19%, Platformer 18.2%, Difficult 16.3%, Action 10.8%

Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 28.2% ★, Difficult 18%, 2D Platformer 12%, Minimalist 9.9%, Platformer 9.6%

Odium to the Core is a challenging single-button, music based game with a dark monochromatic art style. Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fueled levels to eliminate the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world!

Why similar: Soundtrack 30.9% ★, Difficult 24.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Stylized 7.6%, Action 7.5%

A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music

Why similar: Action 47.5%, Stylized 29.4%, Indie 14.9%, Singleplayer 8.2%

A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 38.6%, Action 18.2%, Difficult 15.8%, Indie 13%, Platformer 7.6%

BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.

Why similar: Difficult 21.7%, Physics 19.2%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Space 16.5%, Platformer 10.3%

Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.

Why similar: Difficult 34.9%, Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Fast-Paced 10.1%, Action 8.4%

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Why similar: Platformer 36%, Action 19.9%, Physics 15.3%, Indie 14%, 2D 6.6%

Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 34.9%, Platformer 22.2%, Difficult 14.5%, Action 12.7%, 2D 7.3%

You are a sniper who controls time and space. Eliminate all enemies with a single bullet.

Why similar: Physics 42.2%, 2D 34.5%, Singleplayer 13.6%, Indie 9.7%