- #1 The Flesh God
97% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Nuberu Games
Windows
The Flesh God is a tough action platformer where you shoot a massive gun to fly through deadly levels infested with mutant flesh.
Why similar: Action 43.4%, Indie 34.5%, Platformer 22.1%
- #2 Gambol
96% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Mike Pickering
Windows
Gambol is a wall-hopping, ceiling-slapping jaunt of a platformer with straight forward controls, and buttery smooth movement. You control the Gambol Gumball through a gauntlet of levels designed with flow and rhythm in mind to test your platforming grit.
Why similar: Indie 40.5%, Action 37.9%, Platformer 21.5%
- #3 NightmareZ
96% matchMixed44% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Indie 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Difficult 11.5%
- #4 Deadfall Tropics
95% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Jimothy
Windows
Play as smuggler Hank Hudson in this 2D action platformer as he defies death at every turn to find his way off a deadly tropical island...
Why similar: Action 28.6%, Indie 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Difficult 16.3%, Platformer 10.8%
- #5 Dogurai
94% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Hungry Bear Games
Windows · Linux
Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!
Why similar: Action 29.4%, Indie 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Platformer 13.2%, Retro 12.3%
- #6 Venture Kid
93% 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: Action 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Indie 19.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Retro 13.9%
- #7 Nick Reckless in The Curse of the Lost Cause
94% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Akedo Studio
Windows
Unravel the mysteries of old-school gameplay in this classic side-scrolling platformer, venture through four different environments and procedurally generated levels for ever-changing play sessions, and hope to lift... The Curse of the Lost Cause.
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Indie 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Retro 11.9%
- #8 DED
92% matchVery Positive82% of 747 reviews2017
Dev: L. Stotch
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DED - a game in the shoot'em up genre. Your granddaughter has been kidnapped, and your daughter and son-in-law murdered. Having just bits and pieces of information about the abductors, you will have to save your granddaughter and find the masterminds behind these crimes.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.4%, Action 20%, Indie 17.2%, Fast-Paced 14.4%, Difficult 12.9%
- #9 Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
91% matchMixed67% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: Sinclair StrangePub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
Why similar: Action 28.9%, Indie 26%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Retro 13.5%, Platformer 10.6%
- #10 Cataegis : The White Wind
91% matchMixed78% of 556 reviews2015
Dev: Acido CinzaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to Cataegis - The White Wind: Ziggurat Chapter, a frantic 2D arcade action retro-style game that pays homage to the glory days of 8-bit side scrolling gaming.
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Indie 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Retro 11.5%
- #11 The Square Game
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Aiden J Rodgers
Windows
The Square Game is an insanely hard 2D action platformer with 24 short action packed levels.
Why similar: Action 36.3%, Indie 28.9%, Difficult 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Platformer 7%
- #12 A Hole New World
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 103 reviews2017
Dev: MadGearGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The city is being invaded by monsters from the Upside Down World! You, the Potion Master, must defeat evil all alone, with no tutorials or "Easy Mode" to assist you. You'll have to rely on the help of Fäy, your companion fairy, and your potions!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.8%, Action 19.1%, Difficult 17.5%, Retro 14.6%, Indie 14.4%
- #13 Yury
89% 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: Indie 20.7%, Difficult 16.3%, Action 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.1%, Platformer 12.6%
- #14 Miles & Kilo
87% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Michael Burns
Windows · Mac
Race across a curious island in this fast-paced, light-hearted platformer
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Action 20.1%, Difficult 16.7%, Indie 16%, Platformer 14%
- #15 iaidoka_interlude
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.
Why similar: Action 25.1%, Indie 20%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Platformer 13.8%, Difficult 13.1%
- #16 Pixel Fodder
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: WachaPub: wacha.ru
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pixel Fodder is a old school platformer with a fully destructible world, a large choise of characters, incredible dynamics and gigaliters of 8-bit meat.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.3%, Action 28.9%, Indie 21.6%, Platformer 9.4%, 2D 7.8%
- #17 TAYAL
85% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: SHIBAPOWER
Windows
TAYAL IS A RETRO & MEGA STYLE FAN GAME. WE WILL FOLLOW A BOY TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH OF HIS FATHER.
Why similar: Action 31.7%, Indie 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 26.5%, Retro 15.1%
- #18 Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin is a pseudo 8-bit action platformer. While it integrates gameplay mechanics of the previous titles in the series, they are combined in a manner which differentiates itself from its predecessors.
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.7%, Indie 19.3%, Platformer 18.9%, Retro 12.7%
- #19 OVERWHELM
84% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Action 21.7%, Platformer 18.2%, Indie 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Difficult 10.2%
- #20 Gilded Eternal
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Ethington
Windows
Gilded Eternal is an action arcade game about luring monsters into the King's crushing hand.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 13%
- #21 Super Helmets on Fire DX Ultra Edition Plus Alpha
84% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Ripper Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Super Helmets on Fire DX is a crazy side scrolling action platformer game, with lots of nods to old school games, mixed with hardcore runner gameplay and a pinch of RPG lite elements.
Why similar: Difficult 22.3%, Action 21.4%, Platformer 17.5%, Indie 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%
- #22 Jet Gunner
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 627 reviews2014
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.
Why similar: Action 34.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Platformer 15.6%, Indie 14.4%, Retro 12.3%
- #23 Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
82% 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 27.7%, Indie 22%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Difficult 15.3%, Platformer 11.8%
- #24 Jazz Lightning : Castle Dungeons
81% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Kappa Bits Games
Windows
A single player pixel 2D action platformer where you need to find your way through lethal castle dungeons and obtain their mythical gems.
Why similar: Action 30.6%, Fast-Paced 26.9%, Indie 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%
- #25 Bloo Kid 2
80% matchVery Positive89% of 281 reviews2015
Dev: winterworks GmbH
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Bloo Kid 2 is a classic 2D retro-style platformer experience with lovely designed pixel-graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. Run, jump and swim your way through five huge worlds with twelve levels each. Master brutal bossfights and discover lots of secrets in the world of Bloo Kid 2.
Why similar: Indie 25.6%, Action 24.8%, Platformer 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Retro 12.1%
- #26 Down Ward
79% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Fisholith
Windows
Venture into the haunted wilds with Gable, a little owl, as she sets out to rekindle the dormant relics of a land long abandoned to ruin.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Indie 30.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Platformer 11.9%
- #27 Smashroom
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Jonathan Calsolaro
Windows
The faith of the forest is threatened by evil forces. A mysterious curse has turned your human body into a small mushroom and your world is invaded by molds, but not all is lost. Your new form comes with new abilities!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.1%, Action 19.9%, Platformer 17.7%, Retro 13.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #28 The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight
81% matchMostly Negative40% of 168 reviews2014
Dev: alpha six productionsPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 18%
THE JOYLANCER: LEGENDARY MOTOR KNIGHT is a new breed of action game, combining ultra-technical action with a simple control scheme and an artstyle inspired by portable games of old! Wield the divine power of the Motor Knights and save the world!
Why similar: Action 33%, Indie 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Retro 10.9%
- #29 League of Evil
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
League of Evil is an action game where you, as a bionic super agent take on the mission to defeat the League of Evil. Use your acrobatic skills to punch your way through levels filled with deadly traps and defeat your enemies. The world is counting on you!
Why similar: Action 35.1%, Indie 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Platformer 16.7%
- #30 DYE
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Action 17.9%, Fast-Paced 17.2%, Indie 15.6%, Difficult 15.3%, Platformer 12.9%
- #31 Entertainment Hero 2
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Windzen
Windows
Training's Over, Hero! Conquer Eleven Stages Full of Unique Enemies and Obstacles! Confront All Nine Exciting Boss Battles Leading to the Final Boss! Find Secret Power-Ups and Additional Weapons to Help You on Your Way!
Why similar: Action 32.4%, Fast-Paced 28.5%, Indie 25.8%, Platformer 13.4%
- #32 Flem
77% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Henchman & Goon
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 36.4%, Indie 28.6%, Platformer 15.6%, Difficult 10%, Retro 6.5%
- #33 The Outlaw, The Drunk, & The Whore
76% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
When three unscrupulous jerks meet an early demise, only the devil himself can give 'em another shot at that federal gold! Contains cussin' and such
Why similar: Action 37%, Pixel Graphics 33.6%, Indie 29.4%
- #34 Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
73% matchVery Positive93% of 585 reviews2020
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The ultra-refined 2D side-scrolling action you remember from "Azure Striker Gunvolt" is recharged and better than ever! In Gunvolt 2, series anti-hero Copen joins the fray as a playable character! Copy abilities from defeated boss characters and use them as your own!
Why similar: Action 25%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Indie 19.4%, Platformer 17.3%, Retro 10.6%
- #35 Blood Harvest 3
75% 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 21.3%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Indie 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Platformer 10.4%
- #36 Super Flippin' Phones
76% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: BlauwPrint
Windows
In Super Flippin' Phones, you flip phones out of people's hands to warn them about an impending disaster. Unfortunately, no one in the mall is listening to you because they're too busy with their phones. While slapping away phones you evade cops, save humanity and unlock new officers, floors and outfits!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.3%, Action 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.8%, Indie 14.1%, Platformer 13.8%
- #37 The Last Deathbound
74% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Kenny Doan
Windows
Deathbound is a fast-paced rogue-lite arena fighter game. You'll be fighting for your survival against impossible odds. Equipped with just a sword, it would seem that you are destined to fall. Will you defy that fate?
Why similar: Action 34.5%, Indie 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.5%, Difficult 17.5%
- #38 Boom Stick
73% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Fortyate
Windows
Boom Stick is a Fast-Paced Shooter with projectile based combat. Inspired by many of the Old School Shooters but with some new Ideas.
Why similar: Action 39.1%, Indie 31.1%, Fast-Paced 18.7%, Difficult 11.1%
- #39 Beardy McStrongarm
73% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Blekoh
Windows · Linux
Beardy McStrongarm is an Indie developed 2D Platformer with unique mechanics and challenging game-play. Take on the role of Beardy, a bearded strongman with questionably endless strength in his one arm, joined by his buddy Jorgy, a purple cat, to travel across the distant lands on a grand adventure.
Why similar: Action 29.4%, Indie 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 12.7%
- #40 Bleed
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,897 reviews2013
Dev: Ian Campbell
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.3%, Action 18.2%, Platformer 15.6%, Indie 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #41 Selective Jump: Once Again With Feeling
75% matchMixed67% of 39 reviews2015
Dev: Nekomura Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An atmospheric platformer where players fight weird monsters that keep on claiming they're part of an operating system.
Why similar: Action 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Platformer 18%, Indie 14.6%, Retro 13.4%
- #42 88 Heroes
72% matchVery Positive82% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: Bitmap BureauPub: Rising Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Prepare to infiltrate Dr. H8’s lair with the help of the strangest, dumbest and most pointless superheroes ever – the 88 Heroes!
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 26.9%
- #43 Space Monkeys
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Carter Hastings
Windows · Mac
Space Monkeys is a solo-developed, fast-paced action game where you must unleash your inner ape to face 12 unique levels in space. Use skill and strategy to dodge lasers, evade enemies, and collect bananas in zero-gravity on your journey to escape a retro-styled evil space station.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.1%, Action 18.9%, Difficult 15.9%, Retro 12.1%, Indie 9.6%
- #44 Shadowcrypt
74% matchMixed58% of 111 reviews2014
Dev: One-bit Punch
Windows · Mac
Shadowcrypt is an arcade-style dungeon crawler with tactical sword & shield combat. Find the Necromancer and defeat his horde of undead warriors through a series of labyrinthine rooms.
Why similar: Action 34.4%, Indie 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Platformer 18.9%
- #45 Blitz Breaker
71% 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: Action 24.6%, Indie 20.1%, Difficult 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Platformer 15%
- #46 Venusian Vengeance
71% matchVery Positive85% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Renegade Sector Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
In the year is 196X the Soviets won the space race and colonized Venus. Now the Americans have sent Sgt. Jon Dagger to Venus to destroy the Secret Soviet Science Facility.
Why similar: Action 22.1%, Indie 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Fast-Paced 17.2%, Retro 11.2%
- #47 Kautic - The Bald Wizard
71% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Kautic is an action platform game where villagers from a little Town have been petrified and now Kautic, the Bald Wizard, has the hard mission of saving them, but he will need to venture into a world controlled by evil creatures.
Why similar: Action 30.6%, Indie 25%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Difficult 12.1%, Platformer 12%
- #48 GunnRunner
66% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: pixelCast Games
Windows
Get your fingers warm with this twin-stick shooter. Balance finesse movement with one hand while shooting accurately with the other. Plow through each enemy in your path or skillfully dodge the onslaught of bullets. Venture into the constructed world of machines and halt annihilation.
Why similar: Action 36.6%, Indie 29.1%, Difficult 19.2%, Platformer 15.1%
- #49 Realm Hacker
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: KaiChih TsengPub: KAICHIH Games
Windows
Realm Hacker is a game based on cyber worlds and hackers, allowing you to manipulate characters while building blocks, while using dexterous movement to pass the game level.
Why similar: Action 35.4%, Indie 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Difficult 9.3%, Retro 7.3%
- #50 Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
67% 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: Action 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.9%, Indie 21.2%, Platformer 16.9%, Retro 6.6%
- #51 Shootout on Cash Island
67% matchVery Positive84% of 370 reviews2018
Dev: Quantized Bit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.
Why similar: Action 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Indie 21.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Retro 10.7%
- #52 DungeonGOGO
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Davids
Windows · Mac
DungeonGOGO is a challenging precision platformer where you escape from a light prison and help rescue your friends from the secret chambers where they are being held.
Why similar: Indie 32.2%, Action 27.4%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 15.3%, 2D 5.8%
- #53 Bloody Walls
67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,497 reviews2016
Dev: L. Stotch
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bio-weapon research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Action 19.5%, Fast-Paced 16.9%, Indie 12.6%, Retro 11.2%
- #54 Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
64% matchVery Positive94% of 951 reviews2019
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Why similar: Action 27.8%, Indie 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Platformer 12.2%, Retro 9.9%
- #55 Deadly Traps
69% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: BT Studios
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.
Why similar: Action 35.1%, Indie 27%, Difficult 17.8%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D 4.9%
- #56 Terrian Saga: KR-17
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: WonderflingPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
KR-17 is a 32-bit, story-driven, side-scrolling action puzzle-platformer which follows the story of a military robot on a mission to subdue a rogue agent operating out of an installation on the planet Valiant. It will be the first in a multi-genre series of games centered around the story of Terrius, KR-17's home.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Platformer 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, Indie 19.9%, Retro 10.5%
- #57 Mighty Gunvolt
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 415 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Action 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Platformer 19%, Indie 17.3%, Retro 15.4%
- #58 Konrad the Rocket
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Indie 30.1%, Difficult 18.6%, Platformer 13.5%
- #59 Hikikomori No Chuunibyou
69% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hikikomori No Chuunibyou is a pseudo 8-bit platform-adventure game with beat-em-up, puzzle, and stealth elements. With its storytelling directing the player through open-ended levels, progression through each stage requires usage of parkour-like abilities and martial-arts techniques.
Why similar: Action 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Indie 20.6%, Platformer 15.8%, Retro 15.5%
- #60 Backpack Twins
67% match9 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Ima Bryn
Windows
Switch. Solve. Survive. Backpack Twins is a hard but fair single player puzzle platformer... with a twist! Control both twins and make them work together in order to solve environmental puzzles, move forward and stay alive!
Why similar: Action 26.6%, Indie 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 11%