- #1 Katana ZERO
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,917 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Cyberpunk 11.5%, Difficult 11%, Violent 10.8%
- #2 iZBOT
97% matchVery Positive81% of 285 reviews2015
Dev: Ruxar
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
iZBOT is fast paced, double jumping, wall sliding, edge of your seat platformer that delivers delicious bite sized challenging platforming levels while always keeping you in the action.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.7%, Precision Platformer 17.3%, Difficult 13.4%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #3 Ingression
96% matchVery Positive84% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.1%, Precision Platformer 14.5%, Difficult 14.1%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Cyberpunk 10.4%
- #4 Super Magbot
95% matchVery Positive84% of 407 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.9%, Difficult 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #5 reIterate()
94% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Zayne BlackPub: Black Country Games
Windows
A modern-classic 2D precision-platformer
Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.2%, Precision Platformer 25.3%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Futuristic 9%, Platformer 7.5%
- #6 Velocibox
94% matchVery Positive88% of 639 reviews2014
Dev: Shawn Beck
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 47.6%, Difficult 37.1%, Action 8.7%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #7 Aeon Drive
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: 2Awesome StudioPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
Why similar: Difficult 27.1%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Platformer 7.1%
- #8 Advent NEON®
91% matchVery Positive99% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: CryoGX
Windows
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 44.9%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Futuristic 8.2%, Platformer 6.4%, Action 6.1%
- #9 Axiom Verge
91% matchVery Positive90% of 6,505 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Platformer 12.2%, Difficult 9.1%, Cyberpunk 7.9%
- #10 Klang
92% matchMostly Positive70% of 127 reviews2016
Dev: TinimationsPub: Snow Cannon Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Fast-Paced 24%, Difficult 17.5%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Rhythm 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
- #11 Nullstar: Solus
89% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Smash Attack AusPub: indie.io
Windows
BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Platformer 11.7%, Action 10.4%
- #12 BUTCHER
90% matchVery Positive86% of 1,374 reviews2016
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 27.6% ★, Gore 16.3%, Difficult 14.8%, Violent 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #13 Rifter
89% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 40.6%, Futuristic 17.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Action 8.6%, Platformer 7.6%
- #14 Gravity Circuit
87% matchVery Positive94% of 3,556 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #15 Velocity Noodle
88% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Shotgun AnacondaPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Master the art of lightning-fast noodle delivery in this challenging 2D platformer. With deadly traps, a range of moves to master, including teleportation, and trophies to unlock, are you ready to become the ultimate noodle delivery master?
Why similar: Difficult 24.1%, Precision Platformer 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 7.6%
- #16 SANABI
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,901 reviews2023
Dev: WONDER POTIONPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Cyberpunk 19.5%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Difficult 11.5%, Action 5.9%
- #17 On Rusty Trails
86% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2016
Dev: Black Pants Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.9%, Difficult 19.7%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #18 1 Screen Platformer
85% matchVery Positive87% of 426 reviews2019
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows · Mac
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Why similar: Difficult 25.6%, Precision Platformer 23.1%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #19 Blood Harvest 3
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.7%, Difficult 14.9%, Violent 14.4%, Gore 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #20 Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer
84% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing Cactus
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.
Why similar: Difficult 29.5%, Sci-fi 26.3%, Action 15.6%, Platformer 14.4%, Indie 11.2%
- #21 GravNewton
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: JOZGamerPub: JOZGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.
Why similar: Difficult 28%, Precision Platformer 24.5%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Platformer 8.4%, 2D Platformer 7%
- #22 RITE
82% matchVery Positive85% of 345 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: Difficult 21%, Precision Platformer 20.9%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Platformer 9.2%
- #23 Stray Savior
80% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Difficult 14.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Precision Platformer 11.2%
- #24 Impulsion
81% matchVery Positive87% of 316 reviews2018
Dev: Driving Force GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.8%, Difficult 24.6%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Action 11.6%, Platformer 6.8%
- #25 Agent in Depth
79% matchVery Positive84% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Naturepixel StudiosPub: Next in Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
Agent in Depth is a daring action-platformer featuring fast-paced action and instant-death combat. You’ll run, jump, aim, and deflect bullets with your katana to blow up your enemies. No checkpoints, no upgrades: just pure skills. Deflect, die, learn, repeat. Be better, be faster.
Why similar: Difficult 31.5%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Action 6%
- #26 Aeon Must Die!
82% matchMixed55% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: Limestone GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ignite the galaxy. Aeon Must Die! Experience a unique beat ‘em-up introducing breakneck risk-reward gameplay, innovative AI and tactical fighting, all packaged in an incredible art style.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.8%, Futuristic 21.2%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Aliens 14.7%, Action 9.7%
- #27 POLY IMPULSE
76% matchVery Positive97% of 60 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: Fast-Paced 36.5%, Difficult 28.5%, Precision Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 6.4%, Action 6.2%
- #28 Prison City
78% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Retroware
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.1%, Sci-fi 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Retro 7.6%
- #29 Krimson
77% matchVery Positive98% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: CryingPsychoPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.2%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Rhythm 15.6%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%
- #30 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 24.3%, Difficult 20.2%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Indie 13.8%, Sci-fi 13.4%
- #31 Rift Racoon
78% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Marcos Game Dev
Windows
Rift Racoon is an intense precision platformer about a lost racoon with a fun abillity: teleportation! Teleport through dangerous traps, use your claws to climb walls and jump your way across difficult platforming levels with retro visuals!
Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Precision Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #32 Katanaut
73% matchVery Positive90% of 381 reviews2025
Dev: VoidmawPub: Acclaim, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 31.4%, Difficult 23.1%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Platformer 6.5%
- #33 MO:Astray
74% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Gore 14.9%, Violent 14.5%, Difficult 10.8%
- #34 LUNARK
74% matchVery Positive88% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Canari GamesPub: WayForward
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Sci-fi 16.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9%
- #35 Hyper Box
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2016
Dev: Pixelated CupcakePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Hyper Box you try to beat a bunch of platform levels in less than 30 seconds each by using the box rotation to your advantage, this is meant to be a very challenging yet rewarding experience as you improve at the game.
Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Action 7%
- #36 Venture Kid
76% matchVery Positive83% of 226 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.6%, Action 21.4%, Platformer 16.6%, Retro 13.7%, Indie 11.1%
- #37 DESYNC
75% matchVery Positive80% of 499 reviews2017
Dev: The Foregone SyndicatePub: Adult Swim Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
DESYNC is an intense single-player first person action game that begs you to play dangerously and creatively. Eliminate your opponents as you perform violent attack sequences using the explosive digital weaponry and lethal side-arms at your disposal.
Why similar: Difficult 28.6%, Action 17.9%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Fast-Paced 13%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #38 Arksync
70% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Dykom Software
Windows
Wired from the ashes of twin stick Shooters, Arksync evolves the genre with breakneck player movement and combat. Survive and buy weapons, utilities, and upgrades; then risk it all as you fight to survive, and take a toy bear home.
Why similar: Difficult 24.4%, Violent 19.9%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Gore 13.7%
- #39 Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
71% matchVery Positive86% of 792 reviews2022
Dev: SmokeStabPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Why similar: Difficult 20.3%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Cyberpunk 10.1%
- #40 Powernaut VANGARDT
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: ConfoundGreatJob
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.8%, 2D Platformer 20.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Retro 10.6%
- #41 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
73% matchVery Positive90% of 194 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: Precision Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 23.6%, Rhythm 17.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Retro 6.5%
- #42 ACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: deadworld games
Windows
ACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID is a a fast-paced arcade game with bullet-hell elements.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.9%, Precision Platformer 18.5%, Difficult 15.3%, Rhythm 10.2%, Cyberpunk 9.7%
- #43 PSYCRON
70% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Mothware
Windows
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.1%, 2D Platformer 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, Platformer 9.6%, 2D 5.6%
- #44 VVVVV
73% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 21%, Difficult 17.3%, Action 16.2%, Gore 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #45 PositronX
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Scorpius Games
Windows
PositronX is a futuristic rogue-lite fps featuring fast-paced combat, creative movement, time control mechanics and breathtaking visuals, each playthrough giving you a unique experience.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 32.4%, Difficult 24%, Futuristic 18.5%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Action 4.2%
- #46 Steel Assault
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 440 reviews2021
Dev: Zenovia InteractivePub: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.3%, Difficult 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Futuristic 9.6%
- #47 Rebel Transmute
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Difficult 28.1%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 7.1%
- #48 Electronic Super Joy
69% 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: Difficult 37.3%, Platformer 16.6%, Precision Platformer 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Rhythm 6.3%
- #49 Super Dungeon Boy
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.3%, Difficult 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Platformer 8.6%, Action 7.3%
- #50 Ion Assault
72% matchMixed69% of 181 reviews2010
Dev: CoreplayPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Why similar: Action 64.8%, Indie 35.2%
- #51 Q - A Neon Platformer
69% matchPositive90% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Manatea Entertainment
Windows
Jump into a neon-filled platformer world as Q and overcome a gauntlet of tricky platform challenges.
Why similar: Difficult 21.6%, Precision Platformer 18.2%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #52 Jaded
63% matchVery Positive94% of 2,077 reviews2025
Dev: ShellSnore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.5%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Platformer 10.7%, 2D 7%
- #53 Valfaris
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,721 reviews2019
Dev: Steel MantisPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Why similar: Gore 19.3%, Violent 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Difficult 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #54 Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
69% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2016
Dev: ThirtyThreePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 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: Difficult 35%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Action 17%, Platformer 10.9%, Indie 9.8%
- #55 VVVVVV
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,449 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: Precision Platformer 22.9%, Difficult 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 8.3%
- #56 Cursedland
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 641 reviews2025
Dev: CSStudios
Windows
Step into Cursedland, a 2D indie action platformer where every jump, movement, and decision truly matters. This is a game built around precision, reflexes, and mastery, challenging players to push their skills to the limit while navigating a world filled with chaos, humor, and surreal surprises.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.4%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Action 14.9%, Platformer 13.5%
- #57 DeadCore Redux
64% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows
DeadCore Redux is a challenging FPS-platformer set in a futuristic universe. Chain precise jumps, manipulate mechanisms with your SwitchGun, hunt hidden collectibles and new shortcuts, and push your skills to the limit as you climb a colossal Tower born from the void. Will you reach the Summit?
Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.9%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Futuristic 12.7%, Platformer 6.9%
- #58 Anomaly Agent
62% matchVery Positive95% of 9,614 reviews2024
Dev: Phew Phew Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.7%, Cyberpunk 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Platformer 13.6%, 2D 7.8%
- #59 Possessor(s)
63% matchMostly Positive76% of 588 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Action 48.4%, Platformer 48%, Singleplayer 3.6%