- #1 Environmental Station Alpha
97% matchVery Positive83% of 1,627 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Exploration 4.4%, Sci-fi 3.2%
- #2 Jubilee
96% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Precision Platformer 25.1%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 8%
- #3 Trash Quest
96% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Precision Platformer 26.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Minimalist 7%
- #4 Nullstar: Solus
94% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Smash Attack AusPub: indie.io
Windows
BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 23.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action 8.7%
- #5 Super Magbot
95% matchVery Positive84% of 407 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 54.8%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Space 5.3%
- #6 MIO: Memories in Orbit
93% matchVery Positive82% of 3,685 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Precision Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 12.9%, Exploration 10.1%, 2D Platformer 8.9%
- #7 VVVVVV
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,449 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.9%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Metroidvania 5.5%
- #8 Leap Year
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,047 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25%, Metroidvania 23.6%, Nonlinear 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.6%
- #9 Genopanic
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Precision Platformer 25.2%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 7.3%
- #10 Xeodrifter
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Precision Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 11.8%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #11 Exographer
90% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.9%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Platformer 16.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #12 Germinal
89% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlit Monitors
Windows
Jump, hover and clean your way through this precision platformer combining permissive jetpack mechanics with a compassionate narrative about getting lost in your own fear.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.2%, Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Action 5.2%
- #13 Stray Savior
89% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
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 25.2%, Platformer 23.6%, Precision Platformer 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 7.3%
- #14 1 Screen Platformer
88% matchVery Positive87% of 426 reviews2019
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows · Mac
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.8%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 13.7%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #15 Hollow Floor
86% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Precision Platformer 31%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 7.7%, Exploration 6%
- #16 PSYCRON
87% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Space 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Platformer 8.9%
- #17 Deleveled
86% matchVery Positive80% of 398 reviews2020
Dev: ToasterFuelPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Master momentum in this unique jumping game that features no jump button! Preserve your potential energy and fall to new heights as you solve these clever puzzles and maneuver your way to victory.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.4%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 14.8%, Minimalist 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #18 Space Expedition
84% matchVery Positive92% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.1%, Exploration 16.5%, Platformer 16.4%, Space 16%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%
- #19 Grocket
85% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: NoobedidoobPub: Noobuddies
Windows · Linux
Grocket is a minimalist, precision-based adventure and puzzle game. To survive in space, you not only have to escape numerous dangers, but also prove your skills at playing with and against other players.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.9%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Minimalist 9%, Space 8.6%
- #20 Astronite
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.3%, Precision Platformer 18.9%, Nonlinear 13.7%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.4%
- #21 DeadCore Redux
82% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows
DeadCore Redux is a challenging FPS-platformer set in a futuristic universe. Chain precise jumps, manipulate mechanisms with your SwitchGun, hunt hidden collectibles and new shortcuts, and push your skills to the limit as you climb a colossal Tower born from the void. Will you reach the Summit?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.4%, Platformer 16.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Action 4.9%
- #22 Xanthiom Zero
82% matchVery Positive96% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Space 11.8%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 9.2%
- #23 Rift Racoon
83% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Marcos Game Dev
Windows
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 42.6%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #24 Ninja Ming
81% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 43.3%, 2D Platformer 18%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #25 Low Oxygen
79% matchVery Positive89% of 303 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.3%, Platformer 29.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, 2D 7.7%, Space 7.5%
- #26 Auridia
77% matchVery Positive98% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Reed Molbak
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Action 3.7%
- #27 Ninjahtic
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
Why similar: Platformer 31.4%, Action 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Adventure 20.6%
- #28 Rebel Transmute
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Space 10.9%, Platformer 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #29 ElecHead
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Minimalist 12.4%, Action 7.9%
- #30 Hoppup!
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Stephen Damm Boeaas
Windows
Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 56.5%, 2D Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 1.4%, Adventure 0.9%
- #31 Jumpbound
74% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Another Round Entertainment
Windows
Jump and dash your way to the top in this challenging first-person platformer. Unlock new air jumps and dashes at every milestone as you master your movement abilities and climb through a mysterious, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 60.5%, Platformer 19.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Adventure 4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #32 A dead world's dream
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: JoqLePecheur
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A Dead World's Dream is a challenging retro platformerAs a peaceful alien, explore a harsh world looking for hidden species.Unlocking upgrades and power-ups, travel to even more treacherous places.Carefuly examine your surroundings before jumping toward new dangers and secrets.
Why similar: Platformer 50.7%, Exploration 31.9%, Adventure 17.4%
- #33 LOVE 3
75% matchVery Positive97% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Fred WoodPub: Retroware
Windows · Linux
LOVE 3 is a precision platformer with minimalistic pixel graphics and tight controls. Face challenging obstacles, discover hidden secrets, and place custom checkpoints after you overcome each new danger.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.1%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Minimalist 12.3%, Exploration 10.5%
- #34 Dungeon Escape
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 912 reviews2016
Dev: Roenko Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.8%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Minimalist 10.1%, 2D 5.4%
- #35 Venineth
76% matchVery Positive81% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.4%, Space 18.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Action 11.9%
- #36 MotionRec
71% matchVery Positive100% of 388 reviews2025
Dev: HANDSUMPub: PLAYISM
Windows
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.6%, 2D Platformer 20.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #37 MO:Astray
73% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Platformer 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 9.4%
- #38 Moonleap
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,353 reviews2023
Dev: guselect
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
Why similar: Minimalist 26.8%, 2D Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 7.4%
- #39 Lone Fungus
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,159 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.9%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%
- #40 Bionic Bay
71% matchVery Positive86% of 753 reviews2025
Dev: Psychoflow StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 15.7%, 2D 7.4%
- #41 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Platformer 17.3%, Space 8.5%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #42 JAILBREAKER
72% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Awfy
Windows · Linux
A punishing, one-button platformer about escaping prison. Test your skills and intellect as you ascend a tower of hand-crafted challenges. Jump, fly, slide up walls, float in bubbles and perform somersaults; all with the press of a single button. Reach the paramount. Reach.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.4%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Minimalist 8.2%
- #43 Escape From Tethys
74% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.8%, Platformer 20.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Action 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #44 This Is No Cave
69% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: monome.studio
Windows
A one-click parkour game in space. Zoom through intricate levels using your suit's thrusters and grapple hook, all while evading colossal alien worms and racing against the clock.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.6%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Minimalist 12.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Space 11.3%
- #45 Beam
73% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
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: Precision Platformer 40.6%, Space 16.3%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 12%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #46 Lorn's Lure
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,670 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Platformer 30%, Exploration 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Minimalist 12%, Adventure 6.8%
- #47 Out There Somewhere
69% matchVery Positive93% of 6,918 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Metroidvania 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Sci-fi 10%, Space 7.9%
- #48 Eat Colors
70% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Icy Mountain StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Face extreme challenges in a precision platformer where every move is a daring jump! Use your skill to fling yourself and stick to surfaces, navigating adrenaline-filled scenes and unpredictable obstacles.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 55.1%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Platformer 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 5.5%
- #49 Quarion
67% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: ZejoantPub: Bootleg Bytes
Windows · Linux
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.3%, Nonlinear 21.9%, Platformer 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #50 Super Win the Game
70% matchVery Positive89% of 652 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.7%, Precision Platformer 26.8%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Exploration 7.5%
- #51 Axiom Verge
69% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 60.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Exploration 4.6%
- #52 Alteric
71% matchMixed70% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: goonswarm
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Jump through boiling lava; run from perilous traps and saw blades; glide and climb through catacombs; fall into the abyss and overcome gravity. And don't forget to switch to a parallel dimension in time, because it’s Alteric!
Why similar: Platformer 40.4%, Minimalist 33.2%, Adventure 13.7%, 2D 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #53 Fowl Damage
66% matchVery Positive93% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: May GardensPub: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows
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 46.8%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 5%
- #54 Gato Roboto
67% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.2%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, 2D 5.3%, Exploration 4.8%
- #55 Spectrolite
68% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Noel Hetei
Windows
Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 80.1%, Platformer 14.4%, Action 4.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #56 Capsized
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,101 reviews2011
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
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 47.3%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Action 14.2%, 2D 7.5%, Space 7.3%
- #57 Pogo Rogue
65% matchVery Positive92% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Bounce Back Games
Windows
Bounce to the top in this skill based, roguelite action-platformer! Collect powerful items, pick unique weapons, and fight off a variety of enemies while navigating around with a fun, difficult, and unique movement system. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.5%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action 4.7%
- #58 MOMIBOSU
66% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: PenGames
Windows
A boy and a girl with a mysterious weapon drone in their hands embark on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world of new lands. Enjoy a precision 2D platformer that will challenge you no matter how many times you get hit!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.2%, Metroidvania 20.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #59 Impulsion
68% matchVery Positive87% of 316 reviews2018
Dev: Driving Force GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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: Sci-fi 29.4%, Platformer 26.5%, Space 19%, Action 18.7%, Adventure 4.4%