- #1 Dispersio
97% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2016
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 23%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 15.6%
- #2 Pigment
94% matchVery Positive97% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: David Stears
Windows
All of the color has been wiped from Huey's world! Run, jump, dash, swipe, and pogo your way through this hand-drawn platformer to restore color to the land.
Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Action 21%, Adventure 16.4%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Colorful 10.5%
- #3 STANDBY
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Noclip
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Never STANDBY in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone?
Why similar: Difficult 20.5%, Platformer 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 9.6%
- #4 Venture Kid
96% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Platformer 26.2%, Action 25.1%, Indie 19%, Retro 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #5 INK
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,581 reviews2015
Dev: ZackBellGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying.
Why similar: Platformer 31.2%, Difficult 18.9%, Colorful 14.2%, Action 11.6%, Indie 11.6%
- #6 RITE
93% matchVery Positive86% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: Pond Games PTY LTD
Windows · Linux
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: Platformer 23.5%, Difficult 19.8%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #7 Fly'N
94% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Indie 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Difficult 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #8 Eat Colors
91% matchVery Positive91% of 55 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: Platformer 23%, Action 18.6%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Retro 8.1%
- #9 Super Dungeon Boy
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 14%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Side Scroller 9.1%
- #10 Spark the Electric Jester
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,467 reviews2017
Dev: Feperd Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 23%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Fast-Paced 18.1%, Action 10.8%, Retro 6%
- #11 Color Symphony 2
91% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2015
Dev: REMIMORY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Color Symphony 2 is a puzzle action platformer that utilizes the ambiguity of color. Try to eliminate obstacles or find new paths by using color!
Why similar: Platformer 21.6%, Fast-Paced 17.5%, Difficult 15.6%, Action 13.3%, Side Scroller 12.9%
- #12 Blitz Breaker
89% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2016
Dev: Boncho Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!
Why similar: Difficult 21.4%, Platformer 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Action 16.2%, Indie 14.1%
- #13 VVVVV
89% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Why similar: Action 17.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 14.4%, Fast-Paced 9.6%, Platformer 9.2%
- #14 Polyroll
87% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: HOF Studios
Windows
Explore branching levels, fight quirky bosses, and save the day in this retro platformer inspired by the classics!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Action 8.5%
- #15 Super Life of Pixel
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 379 reviews2014
Dev: Super Icon LtdPub: WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
Why similar: Platformer 30.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Retro 13.7%, Indie 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #16 Hue
85% matchVery Positive92% of 11,146 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Indie 14.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Colorful 12.2%
- #17 Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
86% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2016
Dev: ThirtyThreePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.
Why similar: Action 20.4%, Difficult 19.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Indie 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%
- #18 Rifter
86% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.4%, Platformer 14%, Action 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Colorful 8.5%
- #19 Sockventure
84% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Nighthouse GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Fast-Paced 20.1%, Difficult 19.6%, Platformer 16.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Retro 7.8%
- #20 Dustforce DX
84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,375 reviews2012
Dev: Hitbox Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
Why similar: Platformer 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 25%, Difficult 21.5%, Indie 8.3%, Action 5.3%
- #21 Electronic Super Joy
83% matchVery Positive90% of 3,293 reviews2013
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: 2&30 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 24.2%, Difficult 22.4%, Indie 8.3%, Action 5%
- #22 Never Give Up
82% matchVery Positive88% of 176 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 19.3%, Platformer 19.3%, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Indie 9.1%
- #23 Dungeon Escape
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 910 reviews2016
Dev: Roenko Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Difficult 25.6%, Platformer 20.8%, Retro 11.2%, Side Scroller 11%, Action 9.6%
- #24 Mr. Run and Jump
77% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Mr. Run and Jump defeat the terrifying Void and collect all of the Power Gems from the Realms of Color! Venture through a dazzling and dangerous world, dodging countless enemies and conquering hundreds of fierce platforming challenges to save the day!
Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Colorful 14.5%, Action 11.9%, Adventure 9.8%
- #25 Q - A Neon Platformer
80% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Manatea Entertainment
Windows
Jump into a neon-filled platformer world as Q and overcome a gauntlet of tricky platform challenges.
Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Difficult 27.4%, Colorful 14.4%, Retro 11%, Action 8.6%
- #26 LOVE
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,183 reviews2014
Dev: Fred Wood
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.
Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Indie 12.9%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #27 PONCHO
82% matchMixed64% of 194 reviews2015
Dev: Delve InteractivePub: Rising Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
Why similar: Platformer 18.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 11.4%, Action 8.9%, Difficult 8.9%
- #28 Splasher
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,175 reviews2017
Dev: SplashteamPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 41.9%, Action 22.3%, Indie 19.7%, Difficult 10.3%, 2D 5%
- #29 Colors! Platform
76% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
Colors! Platform is a minimalist casual platform game.
Why similar: Difficult 29.8%, Platformer 20.4%, Colorful 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, 2D 5.9%
- #30 The Colorful Creature
74% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Infiland
Windows · Linux
The Colorful Creature is difficult platformer with puzzle color mechanics. Play over 350 levels with diverse gameplay that have many items and hazards, in-game level editor, local multiplayer, endless run, customizable skins & hats, steam workshop and more!
Why similar: Difficult 29.4%, Platformer 19%, Colorful 14.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 8.2%
- #31 140
77% matchVery Positive92% of 4,665 reviews2013
Dev: Carlsen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.
Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Difficult 17.3%, Indie 11.5%, Colorful 6.7%
- #32 Spectrum
78% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: 3D Avenue
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Spectrum is a platformer set in an abstract world of stylized shapes and bright colors. Escape from 80 levels spread in 8 mysterious environments.
Why similar: Platformer 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 22.6%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 15.6%, Difficult 12.4%
- #33 Gravity Circuit
71% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, Fast-Paced 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Action 10.3%, Side Scroller 8.7%
- #34 Binaries
78% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2016
Dev: Ant Workshop Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Test your reflexes and awareness as you simultaneously guide two lovable balls through over 100 brightly-coloured challenges in a controller-smashingly tough BAFTA nominated platformer.
Why similar: Difficult 20.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Fast-Paced 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Action 12.9%
- #35 Stray Savior
70% 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: Platformer 24.7%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Difficult 10.6%
- #36 Unless
70% matchVery Positive99% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Bellwood Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.2%, Platformer 23.5%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action 8.7%
- #37 LOVE 2: kuso
75% matchVery Positive96% of 216 reviews2017
Dev: Fred Wood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.6%, Action 25.5%, Indie 24.1%, Platformer 22.8%
- #38 Wunderling DX
73% matchVery Positive94% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Bitwave Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!
Why similar: Action 27.8%, Adventure 27.3%, Indie 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Retro 10.1%
- #39 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
74% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2018
Dev: Demimonde
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Great Soundtrack 25.2%, Platformer 21.1%, Difficult 17.6%, Retro 8.2%, Indie 8.1%
- #40 Grapple Dog
71% matchVery Positive87% of 852 reviews2022
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
Why similar: Platformer 27.2%, Action 12.4%, Colorful 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #41 Blaite
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 553 reviews2017
Dev: Dosane GamesPub: Akim Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.
Why similar: Platformer 22.9%, Indie 22.8%, Difficult 22%, Action 17.8%, Adventure 14.4%
- #42 Yury
76% matchMixed56% of 608 reviews2014
Dev: Cubic Pie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.
Why similar: Difficult 19.6%, Platformer 17.7%, Indie 15.1%, Fast-Paced 12.1%, Adventure 11.2%
- #43 Rift Racoon
72% matchVery Positive94% of 81 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: Difficult 23.7%, Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 13%, Colorful 7.9%, Retro 7.6%
- #44 Panic Porcupine
69% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows · Mac
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: Fast-Paced 21.2%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 14.5%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Action 7.2%
- #45 Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
72% matchVery Positive94% of 485 reviews2017
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!
Why similar: Platformer 22.6%, Action 18.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%
- #46 Yissa Deep Realms
73% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
Why similar: Difficult 21.8%, Platformer 19.7%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Action 7.6%
- #47 BZZZT
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,120 reviews2023
Dev: KO.DLLPub: CINEMAX GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Difficult 22.5%, Fast-Paced 22.3%, Platformer 16.1%, Colorful 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #48 Advent NEON®
63% matchVery Positive99% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: CryoGX
Windows
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 33.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Colorful 12.3%, Action 10.8%, Indie 7.7%
- #49 Axolotl is Dry
69% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Manodeix
Windows
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: Difficult 28.1%, Platformer 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 8.3%, Colorful 8.2%
- #50 Blood Harvest 3
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Action 12.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Fast-Paced 11.9%, Adventure 11%, Difficult 10.6%
- #51 Go Slimey Go!
62% matchVery Positive99% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: TembacPub: Tembac and Chabbie
Windows
Help Slimey, our tiny slippery protagonist, visit his friends for some well deserved teatime after some thrilling platforming challenges!
Why similar: Platformer 22.2%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Colorful 14.1%, Retro 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #52 Jubilee
68% matchVery Positive97% of 102 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: Platformer 42.2%, Action 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Indie 8.6%, 2D 7.5%
- #53 Super Magbot
67% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 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: Difficult 22.7%, Indie 13.9%, Platformer 13.5%, Action 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%
- #54 Celeste
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,420 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Difficult 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Platformer 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Indie 7.8%
- #55 Ronny's Climb
62% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Zephyrix
Windows · Linux
Relive the 90s in this 16-bit inspired retro platformer! Explore colorful worlds alongside Ronny and their adorable furry friends and help them jump, dash and fight their way to the top of the mountain. Can you overcome the challenges and reach the summit?
Why similar: Difficult 28.1%, Platformer 23.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #56 Super Sami Roll
66% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2021
Dev: Sonzai Games
Windows
Sami’s on a mission to rescue his friend Vera and he needs your help! Join him in this exhilarating, colorful 3D platformer and fast roll, air-grapple, and jump to save her!
Why similar: Difficult 33%, Platformer 24.3%, Colorful 16.1%, Action 10%, Adventure 9.4%
- #57 There Was A Caveman
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Nauris Amatnieks
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
There Was A Caveman is a prehistoric themed, retro styled, action platformer. With challenging gameplay that will keep you on your toes. Get ready to die and die a lot.
Why similar: Difficult 27.9%, Platformer 17.5%, Colorful 13.8%, Retro 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #58 Chameleon Run Deluxe Edition
67% matchVery Positive92% of 123 reviews2019
Dev: Hyperbolic MagnetismPub: CINEMAX GAMES
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Chameleon Run is a unique, fast and challenging autorunner with a colorful twist. Jump, switch and run through expertly crafted levels that will have you running back for more.
Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Platformer 25.7%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Action 11.3%, Indie 11.2%