Games Like Duck Souls

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: Indie 51.1%, Adventure 30.1%, Action 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: The dash mechanic is the central pillar of movement, mirroring the core gameplay loop of Duck Souls.

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: Action 39.2%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 29%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-speed momentum and precise movement, capturing the same frantic energy.

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: Action 48.8%, Adventure 32.9%, Indie 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact precision-platformer DNA and fast-paced, single-screen challenge structure.

A fast-paced 2D precision platformer with a ZX Spectrum aesthetic. And a duck!

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: Directly captures the avian-themed, fast-paced platforming spirit of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Indie 72.4%, Action 18.6%, Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It defines the high-difficulty, instant-respawn precision platformer genre that Duck Souls inhabits.

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: Indie 39.7%, Adventure 33.4%, Action 27%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly bleak yet fast-paced platforming challenge that requires pixel-perfect execution.

Pichón is a puzzle platformer where you play as a chubby bird that's constantly bouncing. Fast reflex and good timing will allow you to sort obstacles, activate secret passages and collect the necessary gems to be able to open the door at the end of each level.

Why similar: Casual 55.7%, Action 44.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-solving with tight platforming mechanics in a cute, accessible package.

After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.

Why similar: Action 28.6%, Adventure 26%, Casual 24.2%, Indie 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique movement mechanics and challenging platforming levels that feel distinct yet familiar.

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

Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Action 26.4%, Adventure 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre that emphasizes gravity-flipping precision and rapid-fire deaths.

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: Action 40.5%, Indie 37.9%, Adventure 21.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, gravity-defying action game that requires constant movement and quick decision-making.

Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.

Why similar: Action 27.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Casual 26.1%, Indie 20.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that focuses on tight controls and trial-and-error gameplay.

A spy-chicken tries to save the world from doom in this runner/shooter game that has a little bit of everything with a touch of chicken and anime girls on top. Run for your life in 6 different worlds and shoot your way through tons of enemies until you become a legend.

Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 34.8%, Indie 28.2%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the cute, bird-themed aesthetic with challenging, arcade-style platforming.

Ember's a fox who loves adventure. Run, jump, and ride through 30+ colorful, fast-paced obstacle courses in a quest to get your missing soul back!

Why similar: Action 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art platformer that emphasizes fast-paced movement and challenging level design.

Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-speed, action-oriented experience that complements the frantic nature of Duck Souls.

Squirrel-based 2D platformer

Why similar: Action 30.6%, Adventure 29%, Indie 25.6%, Casual 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that requires careful navigation through dangerous, trap-filled environments.

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: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense, fast-paced action platforming that rewards quick reflexes and dash-based movement.

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a retro-inspired platforming challenge that captures the classic action-adventure feel.

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: Indie 60.1%, Action 39.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, difficult platformer that pairs intense gameplay with a vibrant, rhythmic aesthetic.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 27.8%, Casual 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more multiplayer-focused, it shares the chaotic, bird-themed energy and fast-paced action.

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: Action 64.9%, Indie 35.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dash-heavy combat system that rewards speed and precision in a stylish 2D environment.

You play as a brave goose who has decided to embark on an exciting journey. Your goal is to reach the end of the level, collecting as many coins as possible.

Why similar: Indie 58.2%, Casual 41.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that leans into the avian theme with arcade-style movement and challenges.

Peppy’s Adventure is a challenging 1-screen, tile-based, action-puzzle game controlled with directional inputs only. Help Peppy progress through unique levels and worlds to save his family from the Hooded Fox. Precise timing, fast thinking and trickery will be key to advance and unveil mysteries.

Why similar: Adventure 35.1%, Action 34.4%, Casual 30.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends puzzle-solving with action-platforming elements in a way that requires careful planning and execution.

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: Action 37.4%, Indie 32.4%, Adventure 30.3%

Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult retro-style platformer that shares the one-hit-death tension of Duck Souls.

A fun and simple 2D platformer game about a duck named Scruffles. Fight your way through 10 levels with a smooth feeling movement system.

Why similar: Action 45.2%, Adventure 38.8%, Indie 16%

Dungeon Gambit Boy is a constantly aggressive platform game, on which you’re a boy that lives in the caverns and must rescue the missing villagers within the long paths of the Blaite universe, wearing fancy clothing, a bow and his funny and defenseless fists.

Why similar: Action 27.9%, Adventure 26.4%, Casual 24.6%, Indie 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual yet challenging platformer that fits well within the indie action-adventure niche.

In this PacMan Roguelite, Baby ducklings have been kidnapped, and you are a very ANGRY Mama Duck.

Why similar: Action 43.9%, Casual 28.9%, Adventure 27.2%

You are a chicken. Break into a restaurant kitchen and rescue your precious baby egg from the clutches of evil, hungry humans. You can do it. You have the power of motherly love.

Why similar: Action 37.3%, Casual 34.4%, Indie 28.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the difficult, indie-platformer pedigree with a focus on tight, twitch-based gameplay.

The journey of a pet duck 'Ducky'! Healing(Hard) game going up the river towards the top of the mountain.

Why similar: Casual 50.7%, Adventure 49.3%

A genre-defying phenomenon that will take you on a journey to stop a rubber duck from taking over the developer's game!

Why similar: Adventure 51.3%, Action 48.7%

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: Action 43.7%, Adventure 40.7%, Indie 15.6%

A mix of Flappy Bird and Dark Souls

Why similar: Casual 79.8%, Indie 20.2%

Take on the role of Charlie and enter a strange world overrun by hordes of zombies, deadly traps, and unexpected dangers.

Why similar: Action 26.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Casual 25.1%, Indie 22.3%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, indie platformer that provides a classic, challenging 2D experience.

A group of ducklings finds a mysterious 100-in-1 cartridge and are now forced to play all the games to escape the insidious cartridge spirit! 100 microgames, fun and increasing difficulty—what more do you need for an interesting adventure?

Why similar: Adventure 57.1%, Casual 42.9%

"ZAKO NO AHIRU" is an exasperating climbing action game where you aim for the summit with a peculiar-behaving duck while being taunted by the cheeky girl, Sugaki Mary.

Why similar: Action 100%

Scott in Space is a stylizied action platformer about the epic adventure of a lone guinea pig in space. Prove your guinea pig platformer skills and defeat the evil Rhino Empire!

Why similar: Action 27%, Adventure 25.7%, Casual 25%, Indie 22.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a classic platforming experience with a focus on indie-style level design and movement.

Cat Warroir is an action-platformer of retro and cute style about a cat knight on his way to recapture his stolen treasure. Deep into the dangerous fantasy world,defeat the challenging big boss with your slash, dash, jump, walljump and other skills to find the treasure back!

Why similar: Action 43.7%, Adventure 33.1%, Indie 23.3%

Featherfall is a soulslike RPG adventure about a bird leaving its nest.

Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 35.8%, Indie 27.7%

So Long Earth is an action puzzle platformer designed to tell the story of Dominique Fayar, a french mafia member who found refuge in space after Earth's destruction.

Why similar: Action 27.5%, Adventure 26.1%, Casual 25.5%, Indie 20.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-adventure platformer that captures the spirit of indie-developed 2D challenges.

A surreal boxing quest with a duck! Test your reflexes as you fight your way through an evil corporation in search for retribution.

Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 27.4%

Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, upgrade abilities, grow stronger, and unfold a sincere bird story about survival, care and purpose.

Why similar: Action 52.4%, Casual 47.6%

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: Action 45.8%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 18.8%

🦆 Marbles and 🐢 Checkers need your help finding their way home after being swept away in a storm. In this 90s buddy-platformer there's a ton of stuff to do and even more to collect!

Why similar: Adventure 39.4%, Action 33.9%, Indie 26.7%

Dragon's Wake is a 2D Adventure Platformer where a fledgling dragon hatches into a world in which the extermination of dragons at the hands of a mysterious black knight is already underway.

Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 35.1%, Indie 28.1%

Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.

Why similar: Action 45.4%, Adventure 41%, Indie 13.5%

Save Their Souls is a mix of platformer and memory game. Players must be fast and memorize the rescue plan of each level, then, run to save the inhabitants of the occupied apartment.

Why similar: Casual 54.9%, Indie 45.1%

Axolotl is Dry is a precision platforming game where you play as a little axolotl taken from his home. You'll need to jump, dash and slide your way through the harsh desert before you sweat yourself dry. Help the axolotl get to his home!

Why similar: Action 45.4%, Indie 33.7%, Adventure 20.9%

Go Slimey Go! is a fast-paced 2D platformer built around momentum, exploration, and satisfying movement. Featuring colorful pixel art, handcrafted levels full of secrets, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Adventure 27.9%, Action 25.6%, Casual 24.6%, Indie 22%

Waddle into a reality-bending odyssey where simply being a duck is your greatest superpower. With the help of your magical cap, switch instantly between 2D and 3D to uncover hidden paths, outsmart aliens, and rescue your kidnapped chicken friends in this wholesome puzzle platformer adventure.

Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Casual 34.6%, Indie 26.8%

2DGameManias Taken is a 2.5D retro platform game in which you have been Taken by the unknown and you need to fight your way to freedom.

Why similar: Action 27.2%, Adventure 27%, Casual 25.1%, Indie 20.7%

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: Action 52.8%, Indie 47.2%

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Action 42.9%, Adventure 40%, Indie 17.1%

Race across a curious island in this fast-paced, light-hearted platformer

Why similar: Action 36.3%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 27.6%

Avenger Bird is a platform side-scroller game with pixel-art graphics, but your hero isn't just a regular hero. You are playing a bird that can flap it's tiny wings to fly and glide for a limited distances. It's a retro inspired 16-bit era game with innovative and challenging fly/glide mechanic.

Why similar: Adventure 37.2%, Casual 33.6%, Indie 29.3%

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

Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Action 26.8%, Casual 25.5%, Indie 20.3%

Devil's Drizzle is a 2D platformer that narrates the story of a kid in pursuit of his friend, an umbrella. Brave the storm and outrun the clutches of the demonic Pazuzu in this audacious effort to save your buddy.

Why similar: Action 39.2%, Adventure 35.2%, Indie 25.5%

A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure

Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.8%

This is a 2D platform game but not just a "jumping" game. Action, Puzzles, funny incidents. This is a game that makes you happy.

Why similar: Action 27.8%, Adventure 27.6%, Casual 24.5%, Indie 20.1%

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: Action 34.9%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 23%, Casual 9.4%

Swing over spikes and pits, find the secrets of a mysterious tree and overcome difficult challenges as a brave tiny lizard in this small adventure.

Why similar: Indie 37.3%, Casual 37.3%, Adventure 25.4%