Games Like Disc Room

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

Why similar: Violent 21.8%, Gore 21.3%, Difficult 18%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down, kinetic action game captures the same frantic, violent energy and rhythmic movement found in Disc Room.

Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Difficult 39.2%, Retro 16.6%, Survival 10.6%, Gore 9.1%, Action 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pure arcade survival experience that focuses on dodging increasingly complex patterns of projectiles in a confined space.

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

Why similar: Violent 28.7%, Gore 22.3%, Difficult 14.8%, Retro 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Disc Room, this game demands split-second decision-making and precise movement in a top-down, high-lethality environment.

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: Difficult 19.5%, Violent 19.2%, Gore 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Retro 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features one-hit-death mechanics and fast-paced, precision-based combat that requires learning enemy patterns to survive.

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 34.6%, Difficult 19.1%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Arcade 11.5%, Retro 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style descent that requires precise control and quick reflexes to survive increasingly difficult hazards.

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Why similar: Gore 30.6%, Difficult 19.4%, Violent 18.8%, Action 7.8%, Retro 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, violent 2D shooter that shares the same unforgiving, arcade-inspired difficulty as Disc Room.

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

Why similar: Difficult 63%, Arcade 16.4%, Indie 8.2%, Action 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: An ultra-minimalist arcade game that pushes the limits of reaction time and pattern recognition, much like the core loop of Disc Room.

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 55.4%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 7.8%, Retro 7.4%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: This boss-focused game emphasizes one-hit-death encounters where you must learn specific movement patterns to succeed.

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Gore 31.7%, Violent 17.9%, Difficult 14.1%, Action 11.7%, Retro 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, gore-filled action platformer that demands high skill and precise timing to overcome its challenging encounters.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Difficult 45.7%, Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Action 8.8%, Indie 8.6%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity, top-down shooter that focuses on dodging bullet-hell patterns and maintaining constant movement.

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 21.6%, Difficult 19.6%, Violent 15.7%, Gore 15%, 2D Platformer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that emphasizes rapid death and immediate respawning to master difficult obstacle courses.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.3%, Difficult 22.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Retro 12.1%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that relies on unique movement mechanics and tight, puzzle-like level design.

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.1%, Difficult 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Arcade 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for precision-based movement, offering minimalist, difficult levels that require perfect execution.

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Difficult 31.1%, Retro 19.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Action 12.2%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult metroidvania that rewards players for learning complex boss patterns and mastering movement.

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: Retro 29.3%, Difficult 16.3%, Indie 14.2%, Action 14.2%, 2D 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a challenging, exploration-heavy experience with distinct, pattern-based boss fights.

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: Arcade 34.7%, Action 32%, Indie 22.8%, 2D 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style boss-rush game that emphasizes dodging and precision movement over raw firepower.

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: Retro 26.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Action 15.2%, Indie 14.6%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist metroidvania that features tight controls and challenging boss encounters in a confined, sci-fi setting.

Help Dr. Fetus create the perfect Meat Boy clone in a unique new twist on the tile-matching puzzle genre. In classic Meat Boy fashion, an endless cavalcade of devious and deadly traps stand between you and victory in this hardcore puzzle game that will push your skills to the limit.

Why similar: Difficult 28.1%, Arcade 16.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Action 11.5%, Cartoony 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult puzzle game that incorporates the precision and high-stakes feel of the Meat Boy universe.

A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 15.1%, Gore 14%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-action game that uses cloning mechanics to navigate dangerous, trap-filled environments.

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Arcade 30.4%, Retro 17.5%, Difficult 13.9%, Action 12.5%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style aerial combat game that focuses on maintaining momentum and dodging projectiles in a high-intensity space.

Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.

Why similar: Difficult 44.4%, 2D Platformer 26.2%, Action 10.7%, Indie 7.9%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique 360-degree movement mechanic that requires constant awareness and dodging in a confined space.

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 38.3%, Precision Platformer 37.6%, Retro 5.4%, Indie 5%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on precision and the high stakes of failure, forcing players to master movement to progress.

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

Why similar: Retro 24.5%, Puzzle 22.6%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 15.3%, 2D 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique time-based mechanic that forces players to learn and optimize their movement through a puzzle-like world.

Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

Why similar: Difficult 68.2%, Action 9.6%, Indie 9.5%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, bullet-hell roguelike that requires constant movement and mastery of dodging patterns.

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 30%, Precision Platformer 12.5%, Violent 11.2%, Gore 10.4%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A brutally difficult platformer that thrives on the 'die-and-retry' loop, similar to the experience of Disc Room.

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: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Gore 21.4%, Violent 13.9%, Difficult 10.5%, Action 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that blends fast-paced action with unique movement mechanics and challenging environmental hazards.

Cut robots apart in VR. Feel your sword disintegrate their metal bodies. Now you live and die in the Crashloop, a roguelike tournament to the death. Lock swords! Shoot shurikens from your wrist! This is CLONE DRONE... in the HYPERDOME!!!

Why similar: Action 61.3%, Colorful 24%, Singleplayer 14.7%

In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.6%, Difficult 34.1%, Action 7.6%, Indie 7.6%, Survival 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, difficult roguelike that forces players to manage movement and positioning under extreme pressure.

Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.

Why similar: Difficult 33.9%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 13.2%, 2D 12.4%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based, 2D action game that features chaotic, fast-paced combat and environmental hazards.

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Violent 22%, Gore 21.3%, Difficult 16.4%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, top-down action game that emphasizes fast movement and tactical positioning in high-intensity combat.

A self-inflicted bullet hell that combines retro sci-fi with the sounds and sights of the disco era

Why similar: Cartoony 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Arcade 14.9%, Action 11.6%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick arcade shooter that emphasizes dodging and movement in a colorful, high-energy environment.

Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.

Why similar: Gore 43.3%, Violent 38.1%, Action 7.9%, Indie 5.3%, 2D 2.4%

Splatter is a first-person fever dream where you blast constantly-adapting enemies into neon sprays of pulp and slime. Enter a digital mindscape constructed by four anonymous administrators. Can you survive? Can you remain sane? Can you remain yourself?

Why similar: Violent 33.7%, Gore 28.8%, Colorful 13.2%, Action 11.4%, Indie 7.4%

Kill to heal, and never stop moving in this retro-styled ADHD-fueled frantic fast-paced rogue-lite movement shooter. A short, yet intense multi-dimensional speedrun FPS experience for people with tiny attention spans. Do you have what it takes to subvert your infinite demise?

Why similar: Retro 35.8%, Arcade 25.5%, Action 16.3%, Indie 11.5%, Colorful 10.9%

Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.

Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Violent 36.3%, Action 8.8%, Indie 8%, Adventure 7.9%

Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!

Why similar: Gore 32.8%, Violent 30.5%, Action 13.5%, Retro 10.7%, Indie 10.5%

Search for new life forms as you try to survive on a mysterious hostile world in the surreal 2D action-platformer Orange Moon.

Why similar: Gore 46.5%, Action 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Adventure 13%, Indie 11.5%

A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.6%, Difficult 22.4%, Retro 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%, 2D Platformer 7.8%

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Why similar: Gore 22.1%, Violent 19.5%, Precision Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Retro 8.7%

Rogue-like FPS with strong RPG elements set in a 22nd century reality-show parody. Win a fortune or die, but never disappoint your audience. And audience is virtual or real with revolutionary but optional features for streamers and their fans.

Why similar: Gore 30.5%, Difficult 23.2%, Survival 15.9%, Action 14.6%, Indie 10%

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 26.4%, Difficult 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8.8%

A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Difficult 29.6%, Cartoony 18.1%, Colorful 7.2%, Action 5.5%

Challenge lawn monsters!

Why similar: Difficult 20.7%, Gore 20.5%, Precision Platformer 19.1%, Arcade 9.9%, Puzzle 7.2%

A thrilling combination of violence, extreme gore, amazing graphics, simple controls, fun and humor. When you find yourself trapped in a mysterious house being overrun by the dead you do what anyone would. Slaughter them, collect their organs, build some guns and kill some bosses.

Why similar: Action 25.5%, Arcade 22.3%, Indie 20.2%, Casual 19.2%, 2D 8.2%

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

Why similar: Difficult 41%, Survival 27.4%, Action 16.2%, Indie 9.3%, Singleplayer 6.1%

All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.

Why similar: Gore 49.7%, Retro 40.9%, Action 9.4%

UnderParty is an Action Platformer game. This game is made up of a very high level of difficulty. It's very violent, so be careful.

Why similar: Gore 28.5%, Violent 22.7%, Cartoony 14%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Difficult 9%

Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers.

Why similar: Difficult 27.4%, Gore 24.6%, Survival 18.2%, Action 11.5%, Indie 8.7%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.4%, Difficult 27.1%, Gore 15.7%, Retro 7.1%, Action 6.7%

Get ready to massacre monsters, race your rivals, and combat corpses of your fellow guards as you race to escape Black Iron Prison in the critically acclaimed roguelike, [REDACTED].

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.5%, Difficult 36.5%, Survival 19%, Action 7%

Deflector is a top down action rogue-lite set in a deadly microcosm. Dive deep into hostile worlds teeming with viruses. Strike down increasingly challenging enemies with your weapons and their own deflected projectiles. Live, die, grow stronger and become powerful enough to reach the Source!

Why similar: Difficult 66%, Colorful 14%, Action 12.3%, Singleplayer 7.6%

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

Why similar: Gore 34.4%, Action 23.2%, 2D 15%, Violent 12.8%, Singleplayer 6.7%

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Why similar: Difficult 54.3%, Action 14.5%, Arcade 13.6%, Indie 12.3%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.7%, Difficult 28.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Retro 11.6%, Adventure 5.4%

Are you a big fan of platform games? Can your nerves tolerate a high level of difficulty? If your answer is yes, then get your jumping skills ready for a new Super Meat Boy and Defrag(Quake3Arena) inspired platformer Run Rabbit Run!

Why similar: Difficult 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Violent 10.8%, Gore 9.5%

Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 21%, Difficult 18.4%, Gore 16.8%, Retro 11.9%, 2D Platformer 7.5%

Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Difficult 17.4%, Arcade 15.5%, Retro 12.4%, Action 10.2%

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 39.2%, Top-Down Shooter 39.2%, Action 8.7%, Colorful 8.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Difficult 51.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 10.3%, Indie 9.9%, Colorful 6.5%