- #1 KnightLight
97% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 8.2%
- #2 Return to the Skyway
96% matchVery Positive81% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Cloud CatsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Traverse through a fantastical island and utilize the local fauna to destroy obstacles. In this 2D platform, the player controls a character that has crash landed on a tropical island. Complete puzzles utilizing the creatures' unique abilities in order to fix their ship and return to the Skyway!
Why similar: Steampunk 20% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.7%
- #3 Teslagrad Remastered
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 240 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!
Why similar: Steampunk 24.8% ★, Metroidvania 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 10%
- #4 Teslagrad
95% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Steampunk 21.6% ★, Metroidvania 21.2%, Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #5 Dark Labyrinth
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiaote
Windows
You have stumbled into a world shrouded in darkness, where your body has transformed into that of a strange creature. Using your ability to dispel the darkness, you must explore and learn within this mysterious realm, uncovering the truth of this world while seeking a way to return to your own.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #6 Synchronous
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Rochester XPub: Rochester X Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Synchronous is a puzzle-platformer where you commandeer up to three unique player characters at once. Use numerous gizmos to solve 49 increasingly complicated puzzle levels, and all this is made possible by magnetization, allowing characters to move simultaneously and independently at once.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #7 Teslagrad 2
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 552 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
Why similar: Steampunk 23.3% ★, Metroidvania 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 10.7%
- #8 Öoo
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #9 Gelu
92% matchVery Positive81% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: NedoStudio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
2D Pixel platformer about a cute character named Gelu. He can create and destroy his copies made of ice, limited number of times. With the help of ice copies he can climb on platform, pass the obstacles and pass the levels. Help Gelu to pass hard levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #10 TRAIT
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctaGames
Windows
Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 17.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 8.9%
- #11 Core Descent
89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: travisisgood
Windows
Core Descent is a puzzle-platformer set in a vivid world filled with puzzles to solve, items to collect, and secrets to find.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Metroidvania 17.5%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #12 Dutch's Chickens
90% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Side Scroller 11%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #13 Hatup
89% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
- #14 Pinion Tales
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silver Monk Studios Inc.
Windows
Pinion Tales is a whimsical physics-based puzzle adventure where nature and machines coexist in a relaxing, immersive world brought to life through hand-crafted visuals. You need to guide the Keeper through tricky obstacles, solve playful mini-tasks, and befriend quirky companions along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Steampunk 17.8% ★, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #15 Seeing Double
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serrated Studios
Windows
In this puzzle platformer, your screen is split down the middle. Control Pitter and Patter simultaneously as you jump, dash, and climb through two parallel realities in this atmospheric adventure on your quest to reunite them.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #16 Bubble Frog DX
86% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Timbo Johnson
Windows · Linux
Bubble Frog DX is a fun and challenging short Action Puzzle game where you take on the role of a Frog in a Bubble who's been tasked to save 160 Onigiri from all kinds of hazards across 50 levels and 4 colorful zones in this retro throwback title!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Side Scroller 19.4%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #17 NIA
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: local_devPub: TBC
Windows
Drill, smash, leap and slide through this 2d puzzle platformer mashing retro graphics & icepunk aesthetics. Explore dozens of hand crafted worlds in well over 100 different levels.
Why similar: Steampunk 20.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Side Scroller 16%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.1%
- #18 Sélas
84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: DougVeiraDevPub: Gigantic G
Windows
Sélas is a challenging puzzle-platformer where every jump counts. Explore a mysterious world, overcome obstacles, and uncover hidden secrets. Are you ready to unravel its mysteries?
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.6%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 8.4%, Exploration 8.2%
- #19 The SOL Device 2
85% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Straitlace Studios
Windows
After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #20 Leo’s Fortune - HD Edition
84% matchVery Positive92% of 438 reviews2015
Dev: 1337 & Senri ABPub: Tilting Point
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
An award-winning platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning thief who stole his gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life, offering a journey full of challenges. Revisit this classic adventure as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Why similar: Steampunk 21.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 7.5%
- #21 方块 Block
82% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: GlanielStudio
Windows
Block is a minimalist platform puzzle game where you explore various bizarre locations and interact with creative scene mechanisms!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #22 Gridvania
83% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ExpertStars
Windows
In this 2D Puzzle Metroidvania, explore the world collecting items to help you solve puzzles on your way to reach the flag! Will you remember where you came from, and will you be able to collect all the hidden gems?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 9.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #23 ALPO : Way home
82% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Team Escape
Windows
A spirit 'ALPO' that lived high in the sky falls to an underground city where gravity is randomly reversed for some reason. It's a 2D flat-former game where you have to explore the underworld and find a way to climb up to get back to where you were.
Why similar: Steampunk 23.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%
- #24 Ikal
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Estarta Estúdio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cartoon-style puzzle platformer set in a mesoamerican civilization where a child must use the powers of an ancient magical artifact to alter the scenery around them, solve puzzles, and save their village from Spanish invaders.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 13.1%, Historical 12.9%, Exploration 9.5%
- #25 我想要你的心
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: 猫猫虫
Windows
This is a platform jumping game. You can experience happiness in it. If the game often flashes back, you can use Windows Compatibility mode to select Windows 7 to run
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Side Scroller 20.6%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #26 Ika's Odyssey
79% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dongle Duck
Windows
Before his flock's migration, Ika the Woodpecker lost his ability to fly. He is forced to do the impossible - walk the migration path. Hope emerges when he discovers a magical child of a long extinct species. Craft, climb, and solve puzzles to overcome obstacles as a duo in this puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 8%
- #27 Duck Block
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Watata
Windows
A new type of puzzle 2D platformer! Make the blocks materialize and guide the duck to the goal!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 14.9%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #28 Light of Atlantis
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duck 'n' Run Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the depths of the ocean in this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Side Scroller 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Platformer 7.5%
- #29 Xanthiom 2
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MathanGames
Windows
Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Side Scroller 19.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #30 跳跳为营/Leap Tactics
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mingri Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Leap Tactics" is a pixel-art platform puzzle game where players alter mechanism states through jumping actions. Overcome obstacles and chart paths to the goal. Featuring 10+ jump-activated mechanisms, 100+ levels, a gentle difficulty curve, and an undo function.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Physics 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Platformer 10.1%
- #31 Beau & Bow
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: A. T. FerrellPub: Studio Ten/Ten
Windows · Linux
Beau & Bow! A game about two sweethearts going on a lighthearted adventure. Best platforming challenges and solve puzzles! This game is inspired by handheld platformers from the late '80s and early '90s. Beau & Bow! A great introduction for those new to the platforming genre.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Platformer 14.5%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #32 Teleportia
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: 룰루랄라
Windows
Master instant teleportation, conquer puzzles, and navigate through intricate levels in this captivating puzzle game. Sharpen your skills and embark on an exhilarating journey of clever problem-solving. Can you conquer Teleportia?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #33 Szikra
75% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Imre Pap
Windows
A relaxing, 2.5D side-scrolling short game set in a unique steampunk/fantasy environment. Find your way through vast fields, magical forests, and giant gears in a steaming factory to reach the twisted circus where your friend is locked up. Jump, find switches, push boxes around to get there.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 16%, Steampunk 15.5% ★, Side Scroller 14%, 2D Platformer 12.9%
- #34 Romino's Adventure
76% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Side Scroller 21.5%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Platformer 9.1%
- #35 Edgar's Poetical Nightmare
76% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Spacefarer Games Limited
Windows · Linux
A 'poe', steampunk inspired platformer and hack n slash with a poetic story and challenging platforming and stragety based levels with a unique Ghost Phase shift ability! Featuring retro arcade graphics and charming details, this will keep you entertained for hours.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Historical 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
- #36 Fractured Balance
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vrglab
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced action-platformer where your health is tied to the world's stability. Defend energy cores from waves of magical skulls, repair damage, and stop reality from decaying—because if the world dies, you die with it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Side Scroller 15.7%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 10.5%
- #37 Press Start
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: yeetgench
Windows
A short experimental puzzle platformer exploring the idea of a glitched out main menu.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Side Scroller 21.3%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 8%
- #38 Endless Evolution
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raccoons With Internet Access
Windows · Mac · Linux
Absorb the DNA of other creatures to gain their unique abilities. Solve handcrafted pixel-art puzzles. Switch forms strategically, your last DNA is your only power until you die and choose again.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 16.5%, Side Scroller 15.4%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #39 EFO: Escape From Outerworld
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Apricat GamesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
EFO is a side scrolling platformer, wherein you control an alien who has crash landed, and must reach the top of the mountain in order to call for a ride home before the battery on your distress beacon runs out. The climb is difficult, but you have the power of telekinesis!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Side Scroller 21%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #40 Yuna and the Spirit Forest
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RavenRaiders
Windows
A 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you fight using elemental spirits instead of basic attacks. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles in a magical forest.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Side Scroller 17.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 7.9%
- #41 Little Nemo
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Cine Game Interactive SystemsPub: Gilles Villeneuve Pictures
Windows
Little Nemo is a tiny 2D Open World game inspired by good Retro titles. Talk, Run, Explore. Find secret passages and characters and discover a Magic World full of Mistery and Color. Little Nemo is a modern Maze Runner Adventure. Can you find the Keys before your Time runs out?
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #42 Switch Box
72% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 鲁搬三试
Windows
"Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Metroidvania 22.2%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #43 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
71% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.5%
- #44 Emuls: Oil & Water
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokoPonto
Windows
Meet EMULS: Oil & Water — a platforming puzzle game where you play as a classic green-and-yellow kitchen sponge! Soak up oil or water, squirt them off to create conditional platforms. Experiment freely, make mistakes, and enjoy the messy fun of figuring it all out.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Puzzle 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #45 Low Oxygen
71% matchVery Positive89% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #46 Woten DX - Traveller's Dream
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grapple Bug Games, Inc.
Windows
Woten DX - Traveller’s Dream is a 2D puzzle-platformer imbued with the spirit of discovery! Dive headfirst into a rich and enchanting world full of charm, challenge and intrigue!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #47 Ember Fall
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ASH GAMES
Windows
Step into the shoes of a lone wanderer in a ruined world, guarding the last ember of hope. Solve creative light-based puzzles, battle predators lurking in the shadows, and uncover the forgotten secrets of a broken land in this emotional platformer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 12.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #48 Butterfly X
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: grin robot
Windows
A free cute puzzle game from the Butterfly series of games. You can choose any level to pass through. The caterpillar can't jump on its own! It can fly from place to place bouncing off various game objects in its path. It also moves around the level on pipes. Use logic and have fun!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #49 The Matter Gun
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karumbe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SHOOT NOT TO KILL? use The Matter Gun to traverse this one of a kind 2d PUZZLE-platformer (metroidvania/brania). Drop into the lab, explore the caves, discover new types of matter, uncover secrets, and try not to cause the end of the world...or something.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #50 Memory Draw
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Restart Studio
Windows
Dive into the conscious and use your brushes to solve puzzles, reclaim forgotten memories.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Physics 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #51 Little Witch
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: QianQi
Windows
This is the story of an adventurous little witch and her cat in the paper world. The puzzle mainly tests the player's observation of the stage and the application of elements. Use the cat to eat the elements and use them in the right place to open the channel or get new elements.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #52 Deathplane
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: koolaPub: Lekooliatris Games
Windows
Deathplane is a 2D puzzle-platformer game about moving the actual deathplane below the level up and down to kill enemies and find solutions and secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Platformer 15.3%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #53 Maggie the Magnet
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Kiepska Spółka
Windows
Science doesn't have to be boring! Use the powers of gravity and magnetic attraction to fling yourself across the laboratory and help Maggie solve dozens of puzzles to fulfill her mission as a researcher!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 14.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Linear 7.2%
- #54 Keena The Voidslayer
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Exploration 7.4%
- #55 Fornani
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Minus One Percent
Windows
Explore an ancient island that drifts amongst the raging clouds of a gas giant. Collect various guns and items, solve puzzles, and shoot any thugs or monsters that get in your way. Meet the locals and aid them in their quest to take down Skycorps while they aid you with yours: finding your brother.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Steampunk 14.3% ★, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 11.1%
- #56 Leena
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tuqirism Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Leena is a classic 2D platforming game with a unique twist. Navigate through beautiful hand crafted levels by jumping past obstacles, balancing on platforms, climbing moving walls, and dashing through the air.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Side Scroller 17%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #57 Platformito
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Ian Coetzee
Windows
A casual 2D pixel-art platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Side Scroller 17.4%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 7.1%
- #58 Find Eden
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
Windows
Play as Timmy, whisked into a mysterious cat realm invaded by monsters. Journey through enchanting realms, solve puzzles, and harness new abilities to save this world—and maybe your own—in a cozy, dark, and hand-drawn 2D adventure full of secrets and quirky cats.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #59 GumBall Warrior
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizarre Games StudioPub: Bizarre Games Studio
Windows
GumBall Warrior is a 2d shooter puzzle adventure game inspired by the Mega Man games and other tiles. Choose your own path, travel through several strange worlds, as you defeat each of the bosses on each world unlocking new powers and expanding your kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #60 Divemensions
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SoyVixterDevPub: Diveverse Studios
Windows
Divemensions is a 2D Puzzle Platformer.... just that the levels are not actually 2D! In this game you'll need to move between the layers of the world to overcome various challenges! Get ready to solve puzzles by understanding the 3D layout of the levels or create your own with the level editor!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Side Scroller 18.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle 7.8%