Games Like Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Difficult 27.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Philosophical 13.1%, Physics 8.7%, Platformer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is an especially direct successor to Getting Over It, built around unforgiving physics-driven climbing and long, painful falls.

Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41%, Difficult 40.7%, Platformer 7%, Funny 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its pogo-stick movement creates the same demanding momentum management, vertical ascent, and spectacular loss of progress.

The higher you climb, the bigger the fall.

Why similar: Difficult 38.3%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Physics 16.4%, Platformer 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: From a fellow rage-game creator, it translates the one-more-attempt climbing ordeal into physics golf with similarly brutal setbacks.

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 42.1%, Psychological Horror 39.6%, Philosophical 5.2%, Platformer 4.5%, Dark Humor 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Every committed jump can send you back down the mountain, making its precision platforming and lost progress feel intensely Foddy-like.

Roll the boulder to the top.

Why similar: Difficult 29.7%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Philosophical 14.2%, Physics 11.7%, Funny 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Pushing a boulder uphill through unstable physics and punishing drops directly channels the absurd labor and frustration of Getting Over It.

A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. (Warning: As an accurate representation of the ancient Myth of Sisyphus, this is likely the most difficult and punishing game you will ever play.)

Why similar: Difficult 37.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Philosophical 11.6%, Physics 6.9%, Platformer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-heavy uphill struggle makes clumsy object control and the threat of losing everything the entire challenge.

This game is hard-boiled. Face the challenge of being a real, fragile egg. Escape the hen-house and jump, roll and climb your way through a farm shop, factory and other perilous environments. With some determination, you might just reach your freedom.

Why similar: Difficult 25.8%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Philosophical 17.2%, Physics 11.3%, Dark Humor 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Balancing a fragile egg through physics obstacles delivers the same tense, ridiculous climb where a tiny mistake becomes a disaster.

You are poor and bald. Get to Work.

Why similar: Difficult 54.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Funny 10.1%, Dark Humor 9.4%, Comedy 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its awkward wheelbarrow locomotion, steep obstacle courses, and fall-driven resets make it a close modern take on the formula.

What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.

Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Psychological Horror 32.2%, Physics 15%, Platformer 7.1%, Funny 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It centers on an intentionally unwieldy physics-climbing character and a vertical course designed to punish imprecision.

Travel around The Great Gales to climb challenging peaks in this physics-based climbing adventure set in 1887. Meet like-minded mountaineers, unlock helpful climbing gear, and become a pioneer of mountaineering.

Why similar: Difficult 34.8%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Physics 14.6%, Philosophical 13.5%, Platformer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person climbing game emphasizes careful route planning and nerve-racking falls while retaining the satisfaction of conquering a mountain.

A punishing VR climbing game. Climb a surreal mountain with nothing but a hammer.

Why similar: Difficult 25.5%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Philosophical 15%, Physics 10.7%, Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its hands-on climbing movement makes every grip and swing matter, with difficult routes that reward persistence over comfort.

Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had… putting one foot in front of the other.

Why similar: Difficult 32.9%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Physics 15.3%, Funny 6.9%, Comedy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Deliberately manual walking controls turn basic movement into slapstick struggle, sharing Getting Over It's commitment to awkward embodied control.

Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.

Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, Philosophical 11.6%, Dark Humor 7.3%, Platformer 6%

Why You'll Like It: Maintaining a handstand through precision platforming makes balance, recovery, and inevitable tumbles the focus of every attempt.

Prove your skills by driving the Bathtub on Wheels! Solve puzzles, collect soap, and dive into Jeff's family drama. Drive, Fall, Learn, Repeat.

Why similar: Difficult 33.6%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Physics 14.3%, Dark Humor 7.1%, Platformer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fragile vehicle, momentum-based obstacle courses, and massive fall penalties recreate the anxiety of a precarious ascent.

A physics driven parkour game inspired by "Getting Over It" and "Jump King". Flip, ski, and dive yourself up a massive mountain of stuff. Fall down, rage, get up, shake it off, parkour-on!

Why similar: Difficult 27.8%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Philosophical 15.5%, Physics 10.8%, Platformer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Launching and flipping through a mountain of difficult obstacles offers a compact dose of precision-platforming rage and recovery.

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Why similar: Physics 32%, Platformer 29.6%, Funny 20.6%, Third Person 7.7%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its relentless upward climb and severe consequences for falling create the same high-pressure progression, especially when coordinated with others.

Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory.

Why similar: Physics 41.9%, Dark Humor 21.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Funny 10.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Physics-driven obstacle courses, brutal crashes, and chaotic failure animations make it a natural fit for players who enjoy absurd punishment.

Soviet Bear Uni Adventure is a painfully challenging physics-based action/adventure game. Pedal and lean to stay upright and overcome each crazy obstacle.

Why similar: Difficult 36.1%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Physics 14.1%, Platformer 6.3%, Funny 6%

Why You'll Like It: The strange physics platforming and darkly funny punishment fit the absurd, masochistic spirit of Getting Over It.

City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

Why similar: Difficult 33.1%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Physics 13.5%, Platformer 6.3%, Horror 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a close match in both premise and feel, using awkward climbing physics and vertical setbacks as its main source of challenge.

A physics-based platformer with unique controls and a pun-laden narrator. Jump, stick, and attempt to roll a loop over obstacles. Perhaps this game will teach you patience. Stick with it! I'll be right there with you. In your earhole. *Plorp*

Why similar: Difficult 30%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Philosophical 18.5%, Physics 12.5%, Platformer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its slippery, momentum-sensitive movement and demanding obstacle navigation reward the same patient control and persistence.

[3D 3rd Person Perma-Death Runner Game]Try to overcome various obstacles until the end.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.9%, Physics 31.9%, Platformer 14.2%, Third Person 4.9%, Casual 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hapless character must survive a cruel 3D obstacle gauntlet full of traps, physics mishaps, and repeat failures.

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: Difficult 64.5%, Platformer 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although it uses traditional controls rather than physics, its brutally precise platforming and willingness to make you fail repeatedly are an excellent match.

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: Difficult 66.2%, Horror 12%, Platformer 11.7%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person climbing and platforming ask for careful movement through towering spaces where a missed landing can be costly.

You are bread. Your mission, become toast! Take on all hazards to deliciousness as you head on an epic adventure in one of the the toughest games ever baked. All of the game modes (including Bagel Race) are now unlocked so there's sure to be something to suit everyone's taste!

Why similar: Difficult 49.2%, Physics 21.7%, Funny 11.2%, Comedy 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Awkward physics controls turn a simple objective into a hilarious battle against momentum, surfaces, and self-inflicted catastrophe.

A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.

Why similar: Physics 36%, Platformer 23.7%, Funny 16.6%, Comedy 8.8%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Floppy character physics and exacting platform challenges create frequent slapstick failures and satisfying recoveries.

Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?

Why similar: Difficult 29%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Philosophical 13.4%, Physics 10.6%, Platformer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Using launch-based movement to navigate demanding courses captures the momentum control and repeated-attempt structure of a rage climber.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Physics 55.9%, Funny 26%, Comedy 4.6%, Adventure 4.4%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its loose physics body control and environmental climbing provide a lighter, more exploratory version of the same awkward-motion comedy.

You’re stranded in a strange and dangerous world. Do you have what it takes to get back home?

Why similar: Difficult 55.8%, Platformer 13.7%, Funny 10.7%, Action 8.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This punishing platformer is explicitly built around precision jumps, hostile hazards, and restarting after tiny mistakes.

This is a clicker game about a sausage.

Why similar: Difficult 43.1%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Physics 21.4%, Funny 5.5%, Platformer 3.5%

Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.

Why similar: Difficult 45.7%, Physics 25.8%, Funny 6.4%, Platformer 5.3%, Singleplayer 5%

A physics-based rage game. Control a ravioli can. Fight the physics. Accept the fall. Inspired by an iconic early 2000s ravioli commercial.

Why similar: Difficult 42.9%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Physics 16.6%, Funny 1.7%, Adventure 1.7%

It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.

Why similar: Difficult 27%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Philosophical 15.4%, Physics 10.7%, Horror 6.1%

Ben and Ed is a 3D platformer, in which the player controls Ed the Zombie, who is forced to participate in a grotesque game show called "Rundead". Will he beat all obstacles Hans Showmaster confronts him with, to save his best friend Ben?

Why similar: Difficult 48.3%, Funny 11%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 4%

A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...

Why similar: Philosophical 27.6%, Difficult 26.7%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Physics 8%, Dark Humor 4.5%

Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 25.2%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Singleplayer 6.1%

A giraffe born with slippery feet sets out to find love...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Difficult 22.8%, Physics 8.3%, Horror 5.8%, Funny 4.4%

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Physics 26.3%, Dark Humor 9.1%, Funny 8.6%, Horror 6.8%

Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 11.6%, Dark Humor 8%, Survival Horror 6.7%

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

Why similar: Difficult 46.2%, Physics 20.6%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Funny 9.1%, Comedy 5.2%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Physics 40.2%, Funny 26.5%, Comedy 12.8%, Dark Humor 5.9%, Singleplayer 4%

In Crowbar Climber, use your crowbars to make your way up! Face hooks, planks, and gears using only your arms. Can you beat the game before you run out of energy?

Why similar: Difficult 36.3%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Physics 18.7%, Platformer 5.7%, Singleplayer 3%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Difficult 58.6%, Platformer 13.1%, Dark Humor 9.1%, Funny 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Become the fella. Walk on the stilts.

Why similar: Difficult 49.4%, Physics 22.3%, Platformer 8.8%, Funny 8.7%, Comedy 4.5%

A difficult, minimalist, one-more-try, physics game. Slide your mouse up and down to control your skier's posture and initiate jumps. Stick the landings. Get to the cabin.

Why similar: Difficult 28.9%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Philosophical 15.5%, Physics 11.2%, Platformer 6%

Tilt and jump your way out of the depths of a grand city. A difficult game where falling is your biggest obstacle, get used to starting over. Don't get too tilted :)

Why similar: Difficult 40.7%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Physics 17.2%, Platformer 7.4%, Third Person 2%

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Difficult 61.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Platformer 7.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%

A game for those who can stick it, and stick to it.

Why similar: Difficult 40.1%, Psychological Horror 34%, Platformer 7.4%, Dark Humor 7.2%, Funny 5.4%

A brutally difficult physics-based platformer designed to test your patience, precision, and sanity.

Why similar: Physics 45.6%, Platformer 22%, Funny 17%, Comedy 7.9%, Action 3.3%

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: Difficult 31.4%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Philosophical 16.9%, Platformer 5.9%, Dark Humor 4.8%

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: Difficult 41%, Physics 19%, Philosophical 13.9%, Horror 6.1%, Platformer 5.6%

Use your controller or keyboard to balance the clumsy but fully functional unicycle. Thrust the threatening mythical monsters with your sharpened lance as they sit on your way to glory. Climbing over the dead enemies with your unicycle may be the last climb you take.

Why similar: Difficult 32.6%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Physics 15.2%, Dark Humor 6.1%, Platformer 6%

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: Difficult 34.7%, Psychological Horror 30.7%, Physics 14.2%, Platformer 6.6%, Funny 5.3%

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Physics 18.2%, Platformer 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 16%, Difficult 12%, Funny 11.6%

A 35 part obstacle course that is deceptively simple and infuriatingly obvious in the most difficult way.

Why similar: Difficult 54.5%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Casual 4.1%, Indie 3.6%, Action 2.2%

You are at point 0. Therefore, you need to go to point 1.

Why similar: Difficult 29.7%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Philosophical 14.4%, Physics 11.3%, Dark Humor 5.1%

An unlucky chicken fell to the bottom of a ravine and was injured. It can no longer fly smoothly, but now it just wants to go home and hopes you can help it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Difficult 18.3%, Philosophical 15.3%, Dark Humor 6.8%, Platformer 5.9%

I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.

Why similar: Difficult 43.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Funny 10.3%, Dark Humor 6.4%

YOLKED: Follow the EGG-scruciating escape of an egg with arms!

Why similar: Difficult 30.2%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Physics 14.6%, Dark Humor 6.6%, Platformer 5.5%

Climb a massive overgrown concrete tower while constantly at risk of falling and losing precious progress. BETON BRUTAL offers a fluid and responsive first person parkour experience through tranquil brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.9%, Difficult 31.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Physics 7.9%, Horror 5.3%

You're in a box and you have to climb as high as possible... if you can make it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Philosophical 21.1%, Physics 12.8%, Platformer 9.6%, Dark Humor 9.1%