Games Like Dead Dungeon

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.8%, Difficult 21.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, 2D 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the developer of Super Meat Boy, this game captures the exact same punishing, pixel-perfect platforming feel.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.1%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Fast-Paced 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive precision platformer that set the standard for tight controls and brutal, instant-respawn difficulty.

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: Precision Platformer 31.8%, Difficult 21.2%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 13%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in precision platforming that combines high-difficulty challenges with a deeply emotional narrative.

RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.7%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Difficult 15%, Platformer 14.9%, Soundtrack 9.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: A pure, challenging precision platformer that focuses on tight level design and immediate restarts.

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: Platformer 25.5%, Difficult 25.2%, Precision Platformer 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Soundtrack 8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, difficult platformer that syncs its intense gameplay with a pulse-pounding electronic soundtrack.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.8%, Difficult 15.7%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 15%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled platformer that replaces jumping with gravity manipulation, offering a unique and difficult challenge.

Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.7%, Platformer 18.9%, Difficult 18%, Retro 6.6%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A brutally difficult, retro-aesthetic platformer that rewards patience and memorization of deadly traps.

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.8%, Platformer 17%, Difficult 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Retro 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based precision platformer where the environment reacts to the music and your movement.

Rift Racoon is an intense precision platformer about a lost racoon with a fun abillity: teleportation! Teleport through dangerous traps, use your claws to climb walls and jump your way across difficult platforming levels with retro visuals!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.9%, Difficult 20.1%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Retro 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced, precision-based platforming with a focus on momentum and quick navigation.

If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?

Why similar: 2D Platformer 33.6%, Arcade 28.1%, Action 11%, Retro 9.8%, Funny 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro arcade-style platformer that offers high-difficulty, score-chasing gameplay in a classic package.

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.7%, Difficult 23.2%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 16.7%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, dark-themed precision platformer that emphasizes combat and tight movement.

A challenging 2D precision platformer with minimalist graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack. Escape a dangerous dungeon filled with enemies and deadly traps.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22%, Soundtrack 16.9% ★, Difficult 14.5%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-style precision platformer that focuses on navigating deadly dungeon traps.

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 34.3%, Platformer 26.2%, Retro 10.7%, Arcade 8.7%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A punishing, retro-style action platformer that captures the unforgiving nature of classic arcade games.

Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.8%, Difficult 22.7%, Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, 2D 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging auto-runner precision platformer that maintains the series' signature difficulty and style.

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27%, Difficult 18.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Arcade 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult precision platformer that relies on simple mechanics and tight level design.

A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 56.4%, Difficult 16.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Action 7.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, difficult precision platformer that uses a simplified control scheme to create a distinct challenge.

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.

Why similar: Difficult 23%, Platformer 18.7%, Precision Platformer 13.6%, Fast-Paced 10.6%, 2D Platformer 6%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, fast-paced precision platformer designed to test your patience and reaction times.

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: 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 18.1%, Difficult 16.9%, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, one-hit-death action game that requires precision timing and careful planning to survive.

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Platformer 29.9%, Arcade 25%, Action 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, 2D 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, challenging action-platformer that emphasizes dodging and precision movement.

Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Retro 21.2%, Adventure 15%, Action 11.4%, 2D 9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled metroidvania platformer that features tight controls and challenging exploration.

Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Difficult 16.4%, 8-bit Music 15.5% ★, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired precision platformer that focuses on simple, addictive gameplay loops and difficult obstacles.

A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.

Why similar: Difficult 34.9%, Retro 14.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art, difficult platformer that blends puzzle elements with precise movement requirements.

Help Oliver in this retro-pixel and challenging platformer. Explore a cursed cave, full of traps, secrets and diamonds. Complete all levels, get the biggest diamond for your girlfriend and break the curse that is dooming you.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.8%, Difficult 19.6%, Platformer 17.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Retro 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, retro-inspired platformer that emphasizes precision movement through dangerous environments.

Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Why similar: Platformer 35.9%, Action 22.8%, Retro 19.7%, Adventure 9.2%, 2D 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro action-platformer that offers a challenging experience with a focus on classic run-and-gun mechanics.

Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!

Why similar: Difficult 30.3%, 2D Platformer 26.1%, Platformer 20.2%, Retro 9.6%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, side-scrolling precision platformer that features increasingly complex and deadly levels.

Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Retro 16.9%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style, difficult platformer that captures the feel of early 2D gaming challenges.

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.2%, Fast-Paced 17.5%, Platformer 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Difficult 11.2%

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 44.6%, Difficult 15.8%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 7.9%, Retro 4.7%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Retro 13%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging metroidvania-style platformer that features intricate level design and rewarding exploration.

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 16.1%, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Retro 10.5%

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: Precision Platformer 33.4%, Difficult 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Arcade 8.4%

Sit back and enjoy 30 minutes of original electronic and vaporwave music in this challenging platformer, push forward to unlock Time Trial mode and a second playable character who completely changes the gameplay.

Why similar: Difficult 34.1%, Platformer 23.6%, Retro 9.3%, 2D 7.6%, Funny 7.4%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Difficult 27.5%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 19.3%, Action 5.9%, Retro 5.7%

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Platformer 31.3%, Fast-Paced 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Retro 11%, Action 8.7%

Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.

Why similar: Difficult 21.9%, Platformer 17.8%, Fast-Paced 12.4%, Action 10%, Adventure 9.5%

Set in the Dark Ages, Devious Dungeon is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades.

Why similar: Difficult 22.5%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 15.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Arcade 11.7%

This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 47.5%, Adventure 29.5%, Casual 11.8%, Action 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%

You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 60.9%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%, 2D 2.7%

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Platformer 27.8%, Retro 11.4%, Action 6.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%

"oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31%, Difficult 22.5%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Platformer 6.2%

Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.4%, Soundtrack 19% ★, Difficult 14%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Fast-Paced 9.1%

Super Rude Bear Resurrection is an ultra-tight, masocore platformer that anyone can beat! Use your corpses to get ahead, or take on the ultimate challenge and try to defeat the entire game without dying!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.1%, Difficult 19%, Platformer 11.9%, Fast-Paced 8.5%, Action 6.3%

In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.7%, Difficult 20.2%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Fast-Paced 10.5%

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Action 23.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Retro 17.5%

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 50.2%, Action 10.9%, Comedy 10.5%, 2D 10.1%, Funny 6.7%

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 51.2%, Action 16.3%, Difficult 16.2%, Indie 7.9%, 2D 6.9%

Dog Adventure is an incredibly challenging side-scrolling game. If you like challenging platformers, then this game is definitely for you. In this game you play as a funny dog ​​that needs to get into its house. Complete all the hardest levels of this game with funny music!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 38%, Difficult 23.6%, Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 6%

Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.8%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 16.9%, Retro 7.7%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Difficult 38.3%, Platformer 25.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 7.1%

Avoid becoming Muncher's next meal in this fast-paced, brutally challenging adventure!

Why similar: Arcade 28.2%, Difficult 25.4%, 2D 11.4%, Action 10.3%, Retro 9.4%

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Why similar: Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Difficult 12%, Action 10.4%, Retro 9.9%

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: Precision Platformer 23.1%, Difficult 21.9%, Action 10%, Adventure 9.7%, Arcade 8.6%

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.7%, Difficult 30.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 10%, 2D 5.2%

VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.

Why similar: Difficult 16.9%, Action 15.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Platformer 14%, Fast-Paced 11.4%

Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.8%, Soundtrack 20.3% ★, Difficult 19.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 9.3%

Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.

Why similar: Difficult 23.8%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 16.2%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 7.8%

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Platformer 39.8%, Difficult 33.4%, Arcade 8.5%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 3.8%

Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

Why similar: Difficult 20.2%, Platformer 17.3%, Arcade 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Retro 12.2%