- #1 Circa Infinity
97% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2015
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.9%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Abstract 13.2%, Demons 9.5%, Platformer 5.5%
- #2 Philophobia: The Fear of Love
96% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Tim Ruswick
Windows
Love is Hell. In this precision platformer based on the 5 stages of grief, navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.5%, Demons 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Platformer 11.5%
- #3 World of One
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.6%, Abstract 14.6%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 10.6%
- #4 Klang
95% 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: Rhythm 34.6%, Precision Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #5 Dream Alone
94% matchMixed58% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Play2ChillPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Dark 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #6 Mute Crimson+
94% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
Why similar: Demons 30.8%, 2D Platformer 23.2%, Platformer 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, 2D 6.7%
- #7 Thumper
93% matchVery Positive92% of 4,357 reviews2016
Dev: Drool
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
Why similar: Rhythm 48.6%, Psychedelic 25.2%, Dark 5.8%, Horror 5.4%, Atmospheric 5%
- #8 The End Is Nigh
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,403 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Precision Platformer 50.3%, Platformer 23.1%, Dark 5.8%, 2D 4.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #9 The Shaman's Ark
91% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Amortiz Games
Windows
A dark metroidvania where your shaman drum is the only weapon against the Abyss. The music of the ancients becomes your blade, and every battle is a ritual on the edge of death.
Why similar: Rhythm 42.5%, Dark 17.5%, Platformer 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #10 Grimind
92% matchMixed64% of 290 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Platformer 43.9%, Horror 21.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 2D 6.4%
- #11 Electronic Super Joy
90% 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 37.5%, Precision Platformer 24.8%, Rhythm 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 4.4%
- #12 Nekomew's Nightmares
89% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Pikewin
Windows
Face Nekomew's nightmares in this spooky rhythm game!
Why similar: Rhythm 58%, Thriller 21.7%, Horror 17.4%, Action 2.9%
- #13 Shelldom
88% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: RoteMandarinen
Windows
Climb, endure, and test your skill in Shelldom. a brutal platformer where every jump counts. One slip could send you tumbling down, but at the top lies the fabled Holy Water. Many have fallen trying to claim it. will you break the curse, or become just another lost shell in the tower?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Demons 16.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Dark 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #14 They Bleed Pixels
89% matchVery Positive83% of 2,545 reviews2012
Dev: Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.8%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #15 Metal: Hellsinger
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,801 reviews2022
Dev: The OutsidersPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.
Why similar: Rhythm 40.1%, Demons 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #16 Hoppup!
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Stephen Damm Boeaas
Windows
Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.1%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 1.5%
- #17 Odium to the Core
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Dark-1
Windows · Mac · Linux
Odium to the Core is a challenging single-button, music based game with a dark monochromatic art style. Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fueled levels to eliminate the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world!
Why similar: Rhythm 39.7%, Platformer 19.5%, Psychedelic 19%, 2D 9.3%, Action 7.7%
- #18 Grey Area
84% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.1%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 16.4%, Horror 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #19 After Death
85% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Horror 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Action 12.4%
- #20 PSYCRON
84% 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: 2D Platformer 25.4%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Platformer 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #21 Ascending Inferno
82% matchVery Positive100% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Oppolyon Studios
Windows
Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.1%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%
- #22 ION Shift
81% matchVery Positive92% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Electro Soul Games
Windows
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.2%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Rhythm 15.6%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%
- #23 The Tribulation Entanglement
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.5%, Dark 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #24 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
82% 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: Rhythm 38.3%, Precision Platformer 32.1%, Platformer 16.1%, Atmospheric 5.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #25 Blasphemous
79% matchVery Positive90% of 63,499 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 36%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Platformer 15.8%, Horror 10.3%, 2D 8.6%
- #26 LOVE ETERNAL
77% matchVery Positive97% of 369 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.6%, Psychedelic 11%, Dark 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 9.4%
- #27 SATANIC PANIC 666
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2021
Dev: deadworld games
Windows
Descend into hell and destroy the cursed tapes with occult music known as †HEAVY METAL† to save our children's souls. On your way you will face Satan himself.
Why similar: Rhythm 35.3%, Precision Platformer 33.8%, Platformer 17%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Action 5.2%
- #28 OVERWHELM
80% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 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: Platformer 40.1%, Action 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.6%
- #29 GRIME
78% matchVery Positive85% of 6,541 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 32.6%, Platformer 25.2%, Dark 19.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Action 6%
- #30 INHUMAN
79% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: 秋太虚工作室Pub: QutosoGame
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.1%, Thriller 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12%, Psychological 11.4%
- #31 140
78% matchVery Positive93% of 4,679 reviews2013
Dev: Carlsen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 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: Rhythm 55.1%, Platformer 24.8%, Precision Platformer 6.3%, Abstract 5.1%, Puzzle 3.6%
- #32 sun-rise.exe
77% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Abstract 22.3%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Dark 10.3%
- #33 TEOCIDA
75% matchVery Positive96% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: VikintorPub: Vikintor Interactive
Windows
Solve riddles, puzzles and platforming challenges as you descend the cryptic pathways of a distorted microcosm reality fueled by a symbolic landscape of faith and erotic nightmares.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.4%, Demons 19.2%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 8.7%
- #34 Geometry Dash
73% matchVery Positive93% of 596,917 reviews2014
Dev: RobTop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 99.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Why similar: Rhythm 42.8%, Precision Platformer 31.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, 2D 5.9%
- #35 Ingression
74% 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: Precision Platformer 31.8%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 15.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #36 GravNewton
76% 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: Precision Platformer 44.9%, Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, 2D 7.2%
- #37 Wraithslayer
76% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Devin ColePub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intense and challenging boss battle in an abstract horror world.
Why similar: Action 53.5%, Adventure 46.5%
- #38 MO:Astray
73% 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: Platformer 21%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Action 9.4%
- #39 RATUZ
74% matchVery Positive88% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22%, Horror 18.8%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #40 The Devil Within: Satgat
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 901 reviews2024
Dev: Newcore Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Why similar: Demons 24.2%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Platformer 14.5%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Dark 11%
- #41 INMOST
71% matchVery Positive91% of 7,236 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark 10.3%, Platformer 8.7%
- #42 Dead Dungeon
73% matchVery Positive91% of 284 reviews2018
Dev: Roenko Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.4%, 2D Platformer 22%, Platformer 21.7%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 5.7%
- #43 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 660 reviews2025
Dev: Mostly Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.4%, Psychological 28.3%, Platformer 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #44 Bat to Bed
70% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.3%, Dark 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
- #45 Jump King
70% matchVery Positive90% of 13,176 reviews2019
Dev: Nexile
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.7%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Platformer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, 2D 3.7%
- #46 CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999
75% matchMixed51% of 304 reviews2017
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
CRIMSON METAL - Far from Perfect, brutal and merciless.
Why similar: Dark 25.5%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%
- #47 Necrosphere
72% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Cat Nigiri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 67.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #48 Implements of Hell
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Psychological 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 12.1%
- #49 RITE
71% 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: Precision Platformer 33.6%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 5.7%
- #50 Stray Savior
68% 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 24.9%, Platformer 23.3%, Precision Platformer 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Action 8.3%
- #51 Rap Pop Jump Core
69% matchVery Positive86% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Rap Pop Jump Core is a hardcore action platformer demanding constant movement, quick decisions, and combat. Navigate a vibrant city by leaping between platforms. One mistake, and you fall to your fate. Escape swiftly!
Why similar: Rhythm 46.8%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 15.7%, 2D 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #52 Crisol: Theater of Idols
66% matchVery Positive87% of 3,750 reviews2026
Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Dark 24.4%, Puzzle 17.2%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Action 8.3%
- #53 Project Liminal 2
67% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Puzzle 15.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Action 10.7%, Dark 10.1%
- #54 Gore In Crayon
67% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Leigh CarrPub: Carrthulhu
Windows
A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #55 Triple Take
69% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAway StudiosPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Triple Take is a fast 2D precision platformer where the stage evolves as you complete it! Run, wall jump, climb and swim through increasing difficult levels in vibrant colored worlds!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Horror 15.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Platformer 12.2%
- #56 Decarnation
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,071 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 11.8%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #57 Psychroma
66% matchVery Positive89% of 189 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
Windows · Linux
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Psychedelic 38.8%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Puzzle 5%
- #58 Death Frame
65% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20%, Thriller 14.7%, Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #59 Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest
65% matchVery Positive86% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Maddison BaekPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer with challenging spectacle fighter inspired combat. Playing as a Reaper of the twisted purgatorial afterlife, push your skills to the limit to destroy the hordes of demons and epic bosses to reach your destination.
Why similar: Demons 26.6%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Platformer 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #60 Katana ZERO
64% 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: Platformer 26.1%, 2D Platformer 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Action 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%