- #1 Splasher
97% matchVery Positive93% of 1,199 reviews2017
Dev: SplashteamPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 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 55.9%, Action 16.5%, Indie 14.8%, Difficult 8.7%, 2D 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar paint-based mechanics and fast-paced, precision-focused platforming.
- #2 N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
96% matchVery Positive94% of 3,573 reviews2016
Dev: Metanet Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Difficult 31.6%, Colorful 14.4%, Action 11.3%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-based platformer that emphasizes precision and momentum in every jump.
- #3 Super Meat Boy
96% matchVery Positive94% of 39,210 reviews2010
Dev: Team Meat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Difficult 31.5%, Indie 8.8%, 2D 4.5%, Action 2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive precision platformer that shares the same 'try-die-repeat' loop and high difficulty.
- #4 Dustforce DX
95% matchVery Positive88% of 2,393 reviews2012
Dev: Hitbox Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
Why similar: Platformer 55.2%, Difficult 25.5%, Indie 9.1%, Action 5.8%, 2D 4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on speed, flow, and precision platforming with a high skill ceiling.
- #5 Celeste
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 147,901 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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: Platformer 42.8%, Difficult 34.1%, Indie 10.2%, 2D 4.3%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers incredibly tight controls and challenging, screen-based platforming that rewards mastery.
- #6 140
94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,699 reviews2013
Dev: Carlsen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.0 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 57.7%, Difficult 16.6%, Indie 10.2%, Colorful 7.4%, Action 4%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer where the environment and obstacles react rhythmically to the music.
- #7 Electronic Super Joy
93% 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 55.1%, Difficult 26.8%, Indie 9.3%, Action 5.5%, 2D 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, music-synced platformer that matches the high-energy, difficult nature of INK.
- #8 The End Is Nigh
92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,510 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Platformer 47.4%, Difficult 28.5%, Indie 9%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal precision platformer from the creator of Super Meat Boy that excels in difficult, room-based challenges.
- #9 DYE
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.
Why similar: Platformer 31.9%, Difficult 19%, Colorful 13.8%, Action 11.8%, Indie 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features colorful, fast-paced precision platforming that shares a similar visual and mechanical energy.
- #10 Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
91% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2016
Dev: ThirtyThreePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Platformer 33.4%, Difficult 23.2%, Action 21%, Indie 18%, 2D 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, difficult, and minimalist platformer that requires constant adjustment to survive.
- #11 VVVVVV
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,563 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Platformer 51.6%, Difficult 26.3%, Indie 10.3%, 2D 4.4%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, gravity-flipping platformer that is both difficult and highly rewarding to master.
- #12 Never Give Up
89% matchVery Positive87% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Platformer 41.8%, Difficult 25.3%, Indie 11%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, fast-paced platformer that embraces death as a core part of the learning process.
- #13 STANDBY
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 234 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: Platformer 35%, Difficult 24%, Action 11.2%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A twitch-based platformer that rewards precision and speed in every short, intense level.
- #14 They Bleed Pixels
88% matchVery Positive83% of 2,553 reviews2012
Dev: Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Why similar: Platformer 46%, Difficult 31.3%, Action 9.8%, Indie 6.8%, 2D 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, fast-paced action-platformer with a dark, stylish aesthetic and tight controls.
- #15 Escape Goat 2
87% matchVery Positive95% of 460 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.
Why similar: Platformer 68.6%, Indie 16.8%, Action 10.1%, 2D 3.6%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: Features clever, room-based puzzle-platforming that requires precise timing and logic.
- #16 Blitz Breaker
86% matchVery Positive88% of 154 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: Platformer 39.3%, Difficult 24.6%, Action 17.3%, Indie 15.3%, 2D 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, fast-paced platformer that focuses on momentum and precise movement.
- #17 Downwell
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,640 reviews2015
Dev: MoppinPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Platformer 44.8%, Difficult 26.3%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.6%, 2D 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, minimalist action-platformer that demands quick reflexes and constant movement.
- #18 Element4l
86% matchVery Positive83% of 657 reviews2013
Dev: I-Illusions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.
Why similar: Platformer 53.3%, Indie 18.4%, Difficult 15.7%, Action 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and challenging platformer that requires shifting states to overcome obstacles.
- #19 Super Hexagon
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,137 reviews2012
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Why similar: Difficult 69.2%, Indie 15%, Colorful 6%, Action 5.2%, 2D 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: While a different sub-genre, it shares the minimalist, fast-paced, and rhythm-based intensity of INK.
- #20 HoPiKo
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 228 reviews2017
Dev: Laser DogPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!
Why similar: Platformer 64.7%, Action 17.9%, Indie 17.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, twitchy platformer that demands quick reflexes and constant action.
- #21 RITE
82% matchVery Positive85% of 351 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 40.5%, Difficult 20%, Action 10.1%, Colorful 10%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-difficulty precision platformer designed for players who enjoy tight, challenging levels.
- #22 Color Symphony 2
83% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2015
Dev: REMIMORY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 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 44.5%, Difficult 18.9%, Action 14.9%, Indie 13.9%, 2D 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses color-shifting mechanics to alter the environment and solve challenges.
- #23 Dispersio
82% matchVery Positive89% of 91 reviews2016
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Platformer 38.9%, Difficult 28.7%, Indie 18.4%, Adventure 14%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, minimalist platformer that focuses on exploration and high-difficulty movement.
- #24 Miles & Kilo
81% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Michael Burns
Windows · Mac
Race across a curious island in this fast-paced, light-hearted platformer
Why similar: Platformer 38.8%, Difficult 23.4%, Action 15%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Fast-paced, retro-inspired platforming that features very tight controls and challenging level design.
- #25 Karma Knight
79% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Action 32.4%, Indie 27.4%, Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 14.5%, 2D 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy 2D platformer that combines challenging combat with precise movement mechanics.
- #26 Fly'N
81% matchVery Positive87% of 515 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 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 62.3%, Indie 12.8%, Difficult 8.3%, Action 5.6%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, puzzle-platformer that utilizes unique character abilities to navigate complex environments.
- #27 Klang
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2016
Dev: TinimationsPub: Snow Cannon Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Klang is an innovative take on traditional rhythm games that pushes the genre beyond pressing buttons to tempo into a world of fast-paced exploration, platforming and combat.
Why similar: Platformer 36.7%, Difficult 23.6%, Colorful 13.7%, Action 8.7%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based action platformer that demands high precision and timing to succeed.
- #28 Inside My Radio
79% matchVery Positive88% of 472 reviews2015
Dev: Seaven StudioPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life!
Why similar: Platformer 46.4%, Action 19%, Colorful 17.5%, Indie 17.1%
Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based platformer where every movement and action must be performed in time with the beat.
- #29 Savant - Ascent
78% matchVery Positive92% of 2,796 reviews2013
Dev: D-Pad Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!
Why similar: Action 28.9%, Platformer 22.8%, Indie 22%, Difficult 19%, 2D 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, music-driven action platformer with a unique, vertical movement style.
- #30 Geometry Dash
75% matchVery Positive93% of 646,137 reviews2014
Dev: RobTop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 104.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Why similar: Difficult 40.2%, Platformer 31.4%, Colorful 13%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 4%
- #31 A Walk in the Dark
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 389 reviews2013
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.
Why similar: Platformer 53.8%, Difficult 17.5%, Indie 15.6%, Action 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, minimalist platformer that uses shadow and light to create challenging navigation puzzles.
- #32 InKing
70% matchVery Positive95% of 199 reviews2024
Dev: Team Digital ToiletPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
is a fast-paced 2D top-down action game. Players take on the role of an ink bottle warrior on a journey to become the king of tools. Use your fast attacks, moves, and powerful skills to defeat the tools that stand in your way, prove that ink and pen are the best tools, and become the King of Tools.
Why similar: Difficult 51.4%, Action 18.2%, Indie 17.8%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #33 Angvik
77% matchVery Positive88% of 2,538 reviews2014
Dev: Alastair John Jack
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.
Why similar: Platformer 49.8%, Difficult 17.8%, Indie 12.8%, Action 12.1%, 2D 3.4%
- #34 Time Up
76% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Game
Windows · Mac
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: Platformer 28.2%, Difficult 21.1%, Action 17.4%, Indie 15%, Adventure 12.1%
- #35 Spark the Electric Jester 2
74% matchVery Positive89% of 759 reviews2019
Dev: Feperd GamesPub: Feperd Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fast paced 3D action platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 45.7%, Action 40.2%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #36 Slip
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: Handsome Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Slip is a fast paced side scrolling platformer featuring a two color, swap mechanic. Using your two colors flee from Steve and his wretched purple beam through a multitude of obstacles and enemies. Slip combines the elegant simplicity of platforming with a polarity mechanic to create an easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master...
Why similar: Platformer 50.7%, Action 25.5%, Indie 23.7%
- #37 Tag: The Power of Paint
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,027 reviews2022
Dev: Tag TeamPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
The world is your canvas in this innovative first-person puzzle platformer. Tag walls and other surfaces with different colors of spray paint to reveal new ways to navigate each level, including bouncing off, sliding across, and sticking to the surfaces you paint.
Why similar: Platformer 60.2%, Colorful 19%, Action 18.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #38 Eat Colors
73% matchVery Positive90% of 61 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 53.6%, Action 23.7%, Indie 8.4%, 2D 6.6%, Adventure 6.3%
- #39 VVVVV
76% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Why similar: Action 23.8%, Platformer 22.9%, Indie 20.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Difficult 13.6%
- #40 POLY IMPULSE
66% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Dani Bedmar
Windows
POLY IMPULSE is a minimalist fast-paced movement FPS where you will have to shoot colorful polyhedrons to impulse yourself through the level. Speedrunning is not an option, only the fastest with godlike aim will get the SS rank.
Why similar: Platformer 38.4%, Difficult 37.3%, Action 15.2%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #41 Phantom Jump
75% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Phantom Pine Studios
Windows
Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.
Why similar: Platformer 46.3%, Difficult 28.1%, Indie 20%, 2D 5.6%
- #42 Pigment
65% matchVery Positive95% of 124 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 49.4%, Action 18.8%, Colorful 11.8%, Adventure 10%, Indie 5%
- #43 LOVE 2: kuso
73% matchVery Positive96% of 218 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: Platformer 38.7%, Action 22.1%, Indie 21.2%, Difficult 18%
- #44 Minimalism
74% matchMixed67% of 4,642 reviews2017
Dev: PixelMouse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.
Why similar: Platformer 36.9%, Difficult 28.2%, Indie 20.1%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 4.7%
- #45 Stealth Bastard Deluxe
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,231 reviews2012
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Why similar: Platformer 45.9%, GameMaker 27.3% ★, Indie 9.2%, Action 7.4%, Difficult 6.9%
- #46 Hue
70% matchVery Positive93% of 11,385 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Platformer 49.4%, Colorful 16.8%, Indie 16%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D 5.5%
- #47 Go Slimey Go!
61% matchVery Positive99% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: TembacPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
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: Platformer 44.7%, Colorful 18.3%, Action 10.2%, Indie 9.9%, Adventure 7.5%
- #48 Spectrum
71% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: 3D Avenue
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 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 51.2%, Indie 18.6%, Difficult 15.7%, Adventure 14.6%
- #49 YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer
71% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Artless Games
Windows
A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.
Why similar: Platformer 48.7%, Difficult 34.9%, Indie 7.7%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #50 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
69% matchVery Positive91% of 201 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: Platformer 49.2%, Difficult 24%, Indie 10.4%, Action 8%, 2D 6.3%
- #51 PONCHO
72% matchMixed64% of 199 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 39.9%, Indie 14%, Adventure 11.7%, Difficult 11.5%, Action 10.7%
- #52 BEEP
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,704 reviews2011
Dev: Big Fat Alien
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
Why similar: Platformer 55%, Indie 16.9%, Adventure 8.1%, 2D 6.9%, Difficult 6.4%
- #53 Spark the Electric Jester
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Feperd Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 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 60.1%, Action 15.4%, Indie 6.9%, 2D 6.5%, Colorful 5.5%
- #54 Ghostland Yard
62% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Obelisk Studio
Windows
Uncover the truth about the Ghostland Yard investigators disappearance in this challenging 2D platformer. Travel across the world in more than 250 handcrafted levels to find your friends!
Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Difficult 28.6%, Indie 11%, Colorful 9.7%, Action 5.4%
- #55 Colors! Platform
64% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
Colors! Platform is a minimalist casual platform game.
Why similar: Platformer 34.9%, Difficult 29.9%, Colorful 19.8%, Indie 5.3%, 2D 5.2%
- #56 FEIST
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 543 reviews2015
Dev: Bits & BeastsPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.
Why similar: Platformer 42.4%, Action 20.4%, Indie 17.8%, Difficult 10.7%, 2D 4.4%
- #57 Almost There: The Platformer
68% matchMixed64% of 486 reviews2019
Dev: Bony YousufPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.
Why similar: Platformer 39.3%, Difficult 27.2%, Colorful 9.8%, Indie 9%, Action 8.9%
- #58 GoNNER
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,347 reviews2016
Dev: Art in HeartPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Why similar: Platformer 56.6%, Difficult 19.4%, Indie 13.4%, Action 4.9%, 2D 4%
- #59 Infinitevania
56% matchVery Positive93% of 303 reviews2026
Dev: JHT Games
Windows
A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.
Why similar: Platformer 44.4%, Difficult 22.8%, Action 10.7%, Indie 9%, 2D 6%