Games Like Gordon and the Light Within

Cloudy Day is a 2D casual hand-drawn platforming game made entirely by a single person. Play as a lonely cloud that embarks on a journey to learn how to fly and be able to join their fellow clouds!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.7%, Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Emotional 11.4%, Casual 8.6%

Hungry Lily & the Fallen Knight is a platform 2D game with a twist. you start off as a weak sausage dog named Lily as she finds her way in a new world jumping platform to platform getting more stronger each level and having new powers. collecting sprats as her favourite treat. PLATFORM GAME.

Why similar: Dog 37.1% ★, Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Casual 8.5%

Star as "Diggy the Super Dog" in the Stunt Dog Adventure! Rescue the All-Star Stunt Dogs through hand-crafted levels, solve puzzles, battle bosses while braving the weather. Collect bones, master abilities, fly, and swim in this retro 2D platformer!

Why similar: Dog 24.1% ★, 2D Platformer 17%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Old School 7.8%

A cute Hand-Drawn platformer adventure about a brave doggy in a mysterious dreamland where the sun and the moon have stopped moving!

Why similar: Dog 23.4% ★, Hand-drawn 18.8%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 14.7%, Emotional 11.1%

Join Rondo, a cheerful Akita pup, as he explores 6 whimsical worlds, digging up coins, items, and throwable objects to solve puzzles, battle enemies, and uncover secrets... all with the charm and challenge of a classic 2D platformer!

Why similar: Dog 36.7% ★, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Cute 9.3%, Old School 6.2%

Cat Rescue is a casual 2D Platformer game about a cat finding it's way back home. Can YOU complete the journey?

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.5%, Platformer 25.9%, Nature 15.1%, Casual 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Play as Gale, a Good Boy, and fetch a mysterious orb for your little owner who keeps throwing it into the forest!

Why similar: Dog 30% ★, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Nature 12.7%, Emotional 11.6%, Platformer 11.2%

Tailscape is a Metroidvania game starring a cute puppy. Solve hidden puzzles and sometimes face large enemies to fill in the story of the bond between humans and animals.

Why similar: Dog 28.4% ★, Platformer 24.7%, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Cute 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

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: Dog 31.2% ★, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 18.9%, Cute 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

A simple and casual 2d platformer game with cute, brightly colored pixel graphics.

Why similar: Platformer 28.1%, 2D Platformer 25.5%, Casual 15.4%, Cute 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

A casual single-player game where you are the shepherd and your sheepdogs follow your every command. Your goal: Get those sheep into the pen!

Why similar: Dog 37.1% ★, Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Casual 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Take a journey through the seasons with this simple but charming 2d platformer. 48 levels to see and conquer with a few secrets to unlock.

Why similar: Platformer 31.8%, 2D Platformer 29.2%, Casual 14.8%, Nature 11.6%, 2D 8.7%

Run cute, jump cute and fall cute! A colorful troll platformer that is absolutely out to get you, where adorable pets get betrayed by every “friendly” object you meet, falling straight into your perfectly timed doom.

Why similar: Dog 35.8% ★, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 19%, Cute 9.6%, Casual 6.9%

The Arts And Craft Islands Awaits for your arrival, Join Coyote and General Warthog on a tropical Platforming Adventure across this creative archipelago, to save The Craft Kingdom from the Evil Captain Fat Cat.

Why similar: Dog 23.3% ★, Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 20%, Casual 10.6%, Cute 9.2%

A casual 2d Cave Escape game

Why similar: Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Emotional 11.2%, Casual 10.8%

Wishbone is a cute 2D side-scrolling platformer. Play through precisely designed levels, stomp enemies, and collect wishbones to make a heartfelt but selfish wish.

Why similar: Dog 33.8% ★, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Cute 10.7%, Platformer 10%, Emotional 7.8%

Shadow Touched is a 2D platformer where the player has to use their platforming skills and travel between dimensions to complete levels.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 25.2%, Cute 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, 2D 7.4%

Corgi Conquest is a difficult platformer where you're a corgi trying to get back to your owner! Continue to dash your way out of heaven all while trying not to fall back to hell...

Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.8%, Platformer 20.8%, Dog 19.5% ★, Cute 11.3%, Casual 7.5%

Don't be fooled by the cute appearance. This game ruthlessly tests your reflexes, concentration, and patience. Jump, dodge, and try again. How far can you go?

Why similar: Platformer 27.8%, 2D Platformer 25.2%, Casual 15.2%, Cute 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Bark at your enemies! Rescue your friends! Spring into action! Will you find all the locked up puppies on Doggo Island? Journey like no dog before and become a husky hero!

Why similar: Dog 32.6% ★, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Cute 11.7%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

A hand-drawn, 2D platformer following the breathtaking story of an endangered red panda, named Ailuri. Climb, explore and survive the intricate levels while trying to defeat enemies to restore balance of life in the world.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.2%, Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Nature 15.1%, Cute 12.4%

Lead this platform game in 2 players or 1 player, if you prefer, using only one controller if you don't have another. And go in search of rescuing Bibou and Udi's grandfather, who was kidnapped.

Why similar: Dog 31.1% ★, Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Cute 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

The Forgotten Mine is a small 2D Platformer, from a young small Team.In this Platformer you fell into a mine where nobody was for years. You had a friend with you, but since you woke up the friend is gone. So you're going to search for your friend and for an exit of the mine

Why similar: Platformer 31.4%, 2D Platformer 28.4%, Casual 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 8.3%

The Dream Witch lives in a Dream Realm with her only friend, Mr. Prestone.One day, darkness comes into the Dream Realm, and they kidnap Mr. Prestone.She goes through the darkness of the world alone to get Mr. Prestone back.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.7%, Platformer 24.4%, Cute 12.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Casual 9.1%

Jump & Fall is a challenging platformer game where players control a tiny assassin, using simple movement and jumping mechanics to move precisely between platforms.

Why similar: Platformer 31.9%, 2D Platformer 26.3%, Casual 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, 2D 9.3%

is a 2D pixel platformer with heartfelt emotion and thrilling challenge. Time your jumps to leap forward—falling is okay. Find your route through the paths ahead. Journey to Haessi Star with warm encouragement from animal townsfolk, experiencing a world that transforms with every season.

Why similar: Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Emotional 10.9%, Nature 10.4%

Face your greatest enemy—yourself—in Aether’s Echo: Yazid’s Paradox, a challenging 2D platformer where you control time to conquer puzzles and precise jumps. Climb a mysterious mountain filled with escalating trials, shadowy clones, and atmospheric storytelling.

Why similar: Platformer 25.6%, 2D Platformer 23.2%, Casual 14.7%, Cute 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Clover's world is thrown into disarray when it starts to snow during the summer cider festival. A sense of curosity will help clover to understand the mystery behind the changing weather patterns, and through skill and mindful exploration maybe even bring magic to their world.

Why similar: Dog 21.5% ★, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Emotional 8.6%

A colorful and difficult rhythm platformer game.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.4%, 2D Platformer 24.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Casual 12.7%, Nature 11.8%

Join three adorable doggie companions in our enchanting escape puzzle game. Brew a witch's potion, uncover secrets, and have a spooktacular adventure together!

Why similar: Dog 42.7% ★, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Casual 13.9%, Cute 13.7%, Linear 4.4%

Play as Auro, a fearless bunny, and embark on an adventure through diverse levels. Collect fruits, dodge deadly traps like saws, scythes, and lava, and prove your skills and bravery in this thrilling 2D platformer!

Why similar: Platformer 24.8%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Nature 19.6%, Cute 12%, 2D 7.3%

Find 100 dogs in India! A simple hidden object game made with Kivy. Do you recognize the real-life buildings in the background?

Why similar: Dog 46.5% ★, Hand-drawn 23.8%, Casual 12.5%, Cute 11.3%, 2D 4.2%

A preachy game based on a Russian fairy tale.

Why similar: Platformer 33.2%, Emotional 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, 2D 8.5%

This is a classic horizontal board game, and it also contains some biological knowledge~ The game mechanics are rich and varied, waiting for you to explore!

Why similar: Dog 36.4% ★, Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Casual 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

Never Stop Rolling is a single-player 2d platformer with a heavy focus on precisely timed jumps. Players will need to navigate through spikes, cannons, and more to reach the end.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.6%, Platformer 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Old School 10.1%, 2D 6.9%

This is a different platform jumping game.You can control the distance and height of jumping by yourself。

Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, 2D Platformer 24.5%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Casual 14.6%, Cute 12.8%

You are drastically separated from your family in a scary forest with dangerous creatures, and you have to find them again! Ratyrinth is a cute and challenging precision platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 25.9%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Casual 13.5%, Cute 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

"Just Run" is a very simple platform jumping game that only requires movement and jumping to complete the entire process. The key point is a simple jumping adventure, using the props of the scene to interact and reach the end.

Why similar: Platformer 20.3%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Hand-drawn 19%, Nature 12.2%, Cute 10.9%

Casually walk and jump over spikes and snails in this dog-based action platformer!

Why similar: Dog 48.4% ★, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 13.2%, Cute 7.3%, Casual 5.7%

A great pixel adventure in a vast, coluorful world. Aren't you curious what's behind the door? You wouldn't know until you look there. Follow the white rabbit. Exploration, interaction, friends, enemies and even some bosses to defeat. All this in a beautiful pixel art 2D platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 21%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Nature 11.2%, Cute 10.2%

Play as a rabbit ascending up a paper scroll, scrambling to escape a rampaging wall of deadly ink. Can you ensure your beautiful world won't be erased from the history books?

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.3%, Platformer 26.1%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Casual 9.8%, 2D 7.9%

Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!

Why similar: Dog 24.7% ★, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 20.3%, Cute 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

In Wald-Guard, you explore a strange land as a bumblebee — but the ground is “Lava”! Fly through precise 2D platforming levels, uncover hidden places, and overcome challenging obstacles.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.3%, Platformer 27.7%, 2D Platformer 26.2%, 2D 8.1%, Linear 5.9%

Climb. Fall. Repeat. A high-stakes pixel-art climbing game with grab-and-jump movement, harsh drops, and “safe points” that aren’t as safe as you’d like.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.2%, Platformer 24.6%, Emotional 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, 2D 9.1%

Super Onion Boy+ offers an exhilarating journey in a 2D platformer filled with action and adventure, in the nostalgic retro style. Your mission is to rescue the princess, who has been imprisoned in a magical bubble by a terrible monster.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.9%, Platformer 26.8%, Cute 13.5%, Casual 9%, 2D 7.3%

Brain Meltdown - Into Despair is a platformer game with a unique concept, where you need to control two characters by yourself. This is not a co-op game!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.7%, 2D Platformer 24.2%, Emotional 15.1%, Cute 11.9%, Platformer 8.7%

Meet Jirai the Red Panda! Explore a world filled with cute pixel animals. Jirai the Red Panda is a game about friendship, exploration, and slime? In this pixel platformer game you'll have to run, jump and dash your way through challenging platforming levels and boss battles.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 25%, Cute 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Casual 8.5%

Why Jump? Because the only way is up. Why Jump is a vertical platformer where one wrong move can cost you — but don’t worry, there are checkpoints to catch your breath. Sometimes. Test your patience, sharpen your skills, and see how high you can climb.

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Casual 13.9%, Nature 12.3%, Cute 11.8%

A game where you dig through the ground, collect ores, and earn money. Keep digging steadily, earn little by little, upgrade your gear, and aim to escape from the mine. Dig deep, mine tons of ores, and perhaps freedom awaits you at the very bottom.

Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, 2D Platformer 29.7%, Casual 18.4%, 2D 8.7%, Retro 7.3%

A narrative-driven 2D indie game composed of short slice-of-life vignettes exploring queer and disabled experiences through conversation, exploration, and gentle interactive moments. Each level is co-designed and created by queer and disabled developers, grounding every story in lived experience.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 31.1%, Emotional 21.9%, Cute 17.8%, Casual 17.1%, 2D 9.7%

A fast-paced platformer built around gaining speed and momentum.

Why similar: Dog 32.2% ★, Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Old School 8.2%, Casual 7%

Make Bob happy by collecting stars and crossing obstacles. Run through a vibrant world with an imaginative and sometimes even abstract landscape.

Why similar: Dog 40.6% ★, Hand-drawn 19.3%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 7.9%, Cute 7%

You only have one objective in the game and that is to poo on your unsuspecting targets. Go through the story of Don and get the message that this game sends to you.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.8%, Platformer 23.7%, Casual 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 5.9%

Red Pippy is a 2D pixel art platformer starring a red bird who dreams of flying high! Before taking off, he must train with his wise master, facing challenges filled with obstacles and enemies that will test his strength, endurance, and courage.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.3%, Platformer 27.9%, Cute 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D 7.6%

A 2D platformer with short challenging levels about a bunny who builds bridges.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.9%, Platformer 26.2%, Cute 14.4%, 2D 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Tales of Fire is a short story-driven game, embark on an adventure to bring fire to your ant village or else they all die to the cold winter breeze. Platform your way through mushrooms, escape from evil spiders and make friends along the way. Can you save them?

Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.1%, 2D Platformer 20.7%, Nature 17.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Cute 11.3%

Slow and steady? Not this turtle! Leap, dodge, shoot, and parry your way back through this mysterious land to reunite with your beloved home.This fast-paced platformer is packed with tricky platforming levels, engaging mini-games, intense boss fights, and a determined turtle on a mission.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 19.7%, Nature 13.4%, Emotional 11.9%, Cute 10.8%

Ocean Otter Climb is a 2D platformer game about climbing to great heights. Let's climb With CUTE SEA OTTER!

Why similar: Platformer 25.6%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Cute 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Casual 12.2%

TurtleQuest is a 2D-Platformer where you are sent on a quest to save your little turtle village from an unknown disease. You have to follow an ancient path through the old mountains, riddled with bewitched traps, to find the sacred plant Zingiber, which might help to cure all turtles.

Why similar: Platformer 26.1%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Nature 14%, Old School 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%

Bottle is a 2D pixel-based platformer, that may or may not have rage-like elements (depends on how good you get at it).

Why similar: Platformer 31.5%, 2D Platformer 28.5%, Casual 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, 2D 8.4%