- #1 Through the Nightmares
97% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Sandman Team
Windows
Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Precision Platformer 14.8%, Difficult 12.3%, Side Scroller 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #2 The Tribulation Entanglement
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Difficult 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Precision Platformer 12.9%, Dark 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
- #3 Jump King
96% matchVery Positive90% of 13,176 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: Precision Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Platformer 8.8%, 2D 3.1%
- #4 Philophobia: The Fear of Love
95% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Tim Ruswick
Windows
Love is Hell. In this precision platformer based on the 5 stages of grief, navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Difficult 13.2%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #5 Them
94% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Dark 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Logic 11.6%
- #6 World of One
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Difficult 18%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 13.4%
- #7 A Difficult Game About Climbing
92% matchVery Positive88% of 5,505 reviews2024
Dev: Pontypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
This is a difficult game about climbing.
Why similar: Difficult 23.9%, Precision Platformer 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Platformer 14.6%, Horror 11.7%
- #8 Dark Roll
93% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2019
Dev: Artbarian Games
Windows
Dark Roll is a FREE single player game, in which the player goes through a series of uniquely designed levels. Your agility will be tested along with your logic. Each level is planned to provide a different challenge.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.2%, Difficult 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 11.9%
- #9 Run Rabbit Run
91% matchVery Positive81% of 88 reviews2016
Dev: FLAT12Pub: Absolutist Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Dark 6.5%
- #10 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
91% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Precision Platformer 16.2%, Difficult 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.6%
- #11 Phil Alone
89% matchVery Positive84% of 152 reviews2022
Dev: GD Games
Windows
Phil Alone is a horror/puzzle game based on old Escape The Room games. Try solve this huge puzzle with a lot of different endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 24.4%, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Logic 20.3%, 2D 9.4%
- #12 Grimind
90% matchMixed64% of 290 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 36.5%, Horror 19.4%, Side Scroller 19.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #13 Triple Take
89% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAway StudiosPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Triple Take is a fast 2D precision platformer where the stage evolves as you complete it! Run, wall jump, climb and swim through increasing difficult levels in vibrant colored worlds!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Horror 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.1%
- #14 LOVE ETERNAL
86% matchVery Positive97% of 369 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Dark 12.7%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.2%
- #15 Lost Alone Ultimate
87% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 28.5%, Dark 18.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Action 7.9%
- #16 Left Alone
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 643 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Logic 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 16.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #17 Decarnation
85% matchVery Positive88% of 1,071 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Emotional 24.4%, Dark 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 17%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #18 Dead Dreams
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Dark 25%, Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, 2D 8.8%
- #19 Jump The Gun
84% matchVery Positive87% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Cameron Chin
Windows · Mac
Think you can make it out? Many have tried… All have failed. Traverse the unforgiving cave and do impossible jumps with your rocket launcher and shotgun.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 21%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #20 MO:Astray
82% 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: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Difficult 10.7%, Action 7.3%
- #21 Goat's Tale (Classic)
83% matchVery Positive84% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: FoxSox GamesPub: FoxLoaf Games
Windows
The treasures hidden on the peaks await the most lively, goat daredevils. The challenge will be difficult and… irritating - only the best and most patient will get to the top.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.3%, Difficult 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%
- #22 Krimson
82% matchVery Positive98% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: CryingPsychoPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Dark 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #23 Haunted Lands
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: alevgorPub: Alawar
Windows
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
Why similar: Difficult 20.7%, Side Scroller 16.9%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Platformer 13.8%, Dark 12.9%
- #24 Void Memory
84% matchMixed67% of 231 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: Difficult 21.6%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Action 9.8%
- #25 Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Gothic 25.2% ★, Difficult 16.5%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Platformer 9.8%
- #26 Bat to Bed
80% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.2%, Difficult 24.1%, Dark 17.6%, Platformer 7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #27 Before I Go
78% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: J's Labratory
Windows
Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?
Why similar: Difficult 22%, Precision Platformer 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 11.5%
- #28 Ugly
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 603 reviews2023
Dev: Team UglyPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.9%
- #29 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 35.6%, 2D Platformer 21%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Platformer 18.1%, Difficult 3.2%
- #30 Shelldom
76% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: RoteMandarinen
Windows
Climb, endure, and test your skill in Shelldom. a brutal platformer where every jump counts. One slip could send you tumbling down, but at the top lies the fabled Holy Water. Many have fallen trying to claim it. will you break the curse, or become just another lost shell in the tower?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Dark 12.8%, Emotional 10.3%
- #31 A dead world's dream
79% 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 72.1%, Adventure 27.9%
- #32 Stray Savior
76% 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 21.4%, Side Scroller 21.1%, Platformer 19.1%, Precision Platformer 11.2%, Difficult 9.8%
- #33 Hide Alone
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 222 reviews2022
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
Why similar: Dark 23%, Horror 21.8%, Difficult 21.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #34 Dead Dungeon
77% matchVery Positive91% of 284 reviews2018
Dev: Roenko Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.9%, Difficult 16.3%, Side Scroller 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Emotional 12.2%
- #35 rock climbing
75% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: bilge
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.6%, Difficult 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
- #36 Don't Be Afraid 2
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Dark 22.2%, Horror 21.3%, Emotional 19.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #37 Creepy Tale
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,921 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Dark 13.2%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 13%, Side Scroller 11.6%
- #38 Lakeview Cabin Collection
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,924 reviews2015
Dev: Roope Tamminen
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve into the diverse world of horror movies in this 2D action puzzler. Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 18.4%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Platformer 12.4%
- #39 Death Frame
71% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 15.8%, Emotional 15.5%, Platformer 14.2%
- #40 RATUZ
72% matchVery Positive88% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Difficult 20.7%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Horror 15.1%, Platformer 10.5%
- #41 Never Give Up
73% matchVery Positive88% of 178 reviews2019
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27.4%, Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Precision Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
- #42 Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
71% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.4%, Difficult 19%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Platformer 11.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #43 Project Liminal 2
70% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Logic 13%, Dark 11.2%, Stylized 10.9%, Action 10.5%
- #44 Dark Light
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 739 reviews2022
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Platformer 20.7%, Dark 19.3%, Difficult 11.1%, Action 8.3%
- #45 Bendy: Lone Wolf
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,604 reviews2025
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Bendy: Lone Wolf™ will tests your ability to survive against ever increasing odds. Monsters and obstacles emerge from every direction as you journey into the rubberhose halls of the world's most evil animation studio. Every day is a challenge.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 21.5%, Arcade 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #46 ALONE?
75% matchMixed42% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 38.5%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #47 Fragile
72% matchMixed64% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Dark 25.1%, Horror 21.5%, Difficult 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Adventure 8%
- #48 Toby: The Secret Mine
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 732 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: Puzzle Platformer 17%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Platformer 15.7%, Dark 13.7%, Difficult 11.1%
- #49 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: Side Scroller 20%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 15.1%, Horror 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%
- #50 Jump Off The Bridge
69% matchVery Positive87% of 255 reviews2019
Dev: Cody Penn
Windows
An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 20.8%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 14.5%
- #51 Hack And Climb
66% matchVery Positive98% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Kodachi Games
Windows
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 27.3%, Difficult 23.4%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Horror 11.4%, Platformer 9.9%
- #52 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
68% matchVery Positive81% of 5,518 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.4%, Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Side Scroller 10.1%, 2D 8.1%
- #53 We're Tethered Together
66% matchVery Positive98% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: BunBun Games
Windows
Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, 2D Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 21.5%, Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #54 Afterdream
66% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Horror 18.3%, Emotional 14.2%, Stylized 8.8%
- #55 System Purge
67% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2022
Dev: Actual Nerds
Windows
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: Platformer 20.6%, Dark 19.6%, Horror 18.6%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Difficult 11.8%
- #56 OVERWHELM
68% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 36.6%, Difficult 21%, Horror 13.7%, Action 13.2%, Dark 10.4%
- #57 Moonscars
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,466 reviews2022
Dev: Black MermaidPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.2%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Platformer 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Difficult 10.7%
- #58 After Death
67% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
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: Side Scroller 19.9%, Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 17%, Horror 16.5%, Action 11%
- #59 GravNewton
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: JOZGamerPub: JOZGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Precision Platformer 32.1%, Difficult 25.4%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%
- #60 Past Cure
70% matchMostly Negative31% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Phantom 8 Studio
Windows
Past Cure is a dark psychological thriller that blurs the lines between dreams and reality. An intense, cinematic, story-driven experience that challenges the player to use mind-bending mental abilities to survive.
Why similar: Action 100%