- #1 BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer
97% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Novelline, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.
Why similar: Indie 52.3%, Action 30.9%, Difficult 11.2%, Platformer 5.7%
- #2 Shadow Blade: Reload
96% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Dead Mage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Why similar: Ninja 60.6% ★, Indie 18.1%, Action 11.6%, Platformer 9.7%
- #3 One Try, One Kill
94% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2020
Dev: Repa GamesPub: KuKo
Windows
One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.
Why similar: Indie 41.5%, Ninja 24.3% ★, Action 24.2%, Difficult 10%
- #4 Salmon Ninja
96% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Krax Games
Windows
Dash through levels at the speed of a tiny ninja with a grappling hook in this super fast-paced platformer.
Why similar: Ninja 42.8% ★, Indie 22%, Difficult 14.8%, Action 12.8%, Platformer 7.6%
- #5 Ninja Roquinexu
94% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Alexander SaiborgPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
You have challenged a criminal Syndicate, but are you strong enough to make it all the way up to the end?
Why similar: Ninja 36.5% ★, Indie 24.4%, Action 16.1%, Difficult 10.6%, Platformer 7.5%
- #6 DORAIJIN
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silver sword REQUIEM
Windows
"DORAIJIN" is a traditional 2D action game expressed by beautiful 2D graphics and animations. You become an angry thunder god "DORAIJIN" and defeat evil! And regain the beautiful world.
Why similar: Ninja 44.5% ★, Indie 35.1%, Action 20.5%
- #7 Demon Hearts
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jon Harwood Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Demon Hearts is a 2D platformer game that will leave you feeling blood thirsty for victory every time you play! Take the winged and dangerously swift Vampiress Snow through many challenging silhouette environments while withstanding the many divergent demons, evil forces, and bosses!
Why similar: Indie 54.1%, Action 31.6%, Platformer 14.4%
- #8 Ninja Run
92% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: CooperAceProductions
Windows
Run jump slide and battle your way to a high score in Ninja Run by CooperAce Productions
Why similar: Indie 40%, Ninja 30.6% ★, Action 23.3%, Platformer 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #9 The Hour of the Rat
91% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
The Hour of the Rat is a platformer about an assassination attempt on an emperor. Use limited resources to succeed within a limited time.
Why similar: Indie 48%, Action 28%, Ninja 20.4% ★, Platformer 3.6%
- #10 Shadow Bug
91% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: Muro Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.
Why similar: Ninja 55.7% ★, Indie 21.3%, Action 12.4%, Platformer 10.6%
- #11 GunnRunner
83% 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: Indie 43.3%, Action 25.3%, Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 10.7%
- #12 PyroNinja: Fire Dodge
90% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: HolmesGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dodge fireballs for as long as possible and collect coins.
Why similar: Indie 48.3%, Action 28.2%, Ninja 23.4% ★
- #13 Ninja SpeedRush
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: R.P.
Windows
Simple arcade game with intuitive gameplay.
Why similar: Ninja 54.2% ★, Indie 29%, Action 16.9%
- #14 A-Gents
89% matchVery Positive80% of 130 reviews2016
Dev: phime studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A-Gents is the squad of highly trained operatives and bounty hunters. Join Sean and Emma in this dynamic, non-stop-action game. Storm the compounds of contraband dealers and smugglers around the globe, and collect goodies.
Why similar: Action 52.6%, Indie 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Retro 8.3%
- #15 The Square Game
84% 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: Indie 48.1%, Action 28.1%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 5.6%, Retro 3.3%
- #16 Super Hyperactive Ninja
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Grimorio of GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Super Hyperactive Ninja is a fast-paced hyper-caffeinated action-platformer in 2D, designed for those who want a real tough challenge. Recover the stolen coffee before you fall asleep! Use the power of caffeine to make your way!
Why similar: Ninja 40.5% ★, Indie 25.1%, Action 15.6%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 6.7%
- #17 Ninja Senki DX
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?
Why similar: Ninja 43.5% ★, Indie 25.1%, Action 15%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Retro 5.7%
- #18 Tross
88% matchMostly Negative40% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: Shadowprerequisite
Windows
Enter the unforgiving Tross program and fly through a digital world in order to prevent the next Cyberplague.
Why similar: Indie 55.4%, Difficult 23.4%, Action 21.2%
- #19 NightmareZ
86% 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: Indie 36.3%, Action 22.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Platformer 11.9%, Retro 6.8%
- #20 Konrad the Rocket
85% 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: Indie 44.5%, Action 26%, Difficult 20%, Platformer 9.5%
- #21 Blaite
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 553 reviews2017
Dev: Dosane GamesPub: Akim Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.
Why similar: Indie 48.5%, Difficult 20.8%, Action 18.6%, Platformer 12.1%
- #22 Ninja Turdle
80% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Kenny Cason
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ninja Turdle sets out to destroy all the parasites in order to save his creator, Steve.
Why similar: Indie 74.9%, Ninja 22.5% ★, Retro 2.6%
- #23 10 Second Ninja X
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,285 reviews2016
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.
Why similar: Ninja 35.5% ★, Indie 23.7%, Action 15.1%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 12.2%
- #24 Clumsy
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SomeAydenPub: Ayden Dudley
Windows
Your earliest memory is a void. You wake up on the run, twenty years after being abducted. Now, armed only with a digital watch, you're forced to collect your father's sauce just to survive. In this surreal world, your biggest mistakes are your only path forward.
Why similar: Ninja 46.2% ★, Indie 38.8%, Action 15.1%
- #25 DungeonGOGO
82% 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 48.6%, Difficult 21.2%, Action 19.2%, Platformer 11%
- #26 Sacred Stones
78% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Why similar: Indie 50.3%, Action 28.3%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 8.9%
- #27 Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident
82% matchMixed57% of 83 reviews2015
Dev: phime studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Use your detective skills to solve the mystery of the missing film crew and finish the movie.
- #28 Deadfall Tropics
78% 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: Indie 40.4%, Action 23.5%, Difficult 21.1%, Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #29 FatCat with Hat - Reload the Powergun
75% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Mathias Neubert
Windows
FatCat's life is relaxed. But one day his great love Mrs.Cat is kidnapped by the nasty FatDog. FatCat immediately sets out to save his beloved, but the cunning FatDog is prepared. He sends his henchmen to take out the unloved adversary.
Why similar: Indie 54.3%, Action 32.1%, Difficult 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #30 Venusian Vengeance
81% 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: Ninja 35.6% ★, Indie 26.8%, Action 15.6%, Difficult 11.4%, Retro 5.4%
- #31 Megamagic: Wizards of the Neon Age
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: BeautiFun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Prepare to delve into a fascinating world where the forces of technology and magic are embroiled in a vicious struggle! Blurring the lines between the RPG and strategy genres, Megamagic recaptures the unmistakable flavour of the 80s in a game magnified by the incredible music by Mitch Murder.
Why similar: Indie 56.9%, Action 33.2%, Retro 9.9%
- #32 Barbara-ian
77% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Owlbear
Windows · Mac
Break-neck dungeoneering with 1 hit point. You play Barbara-ian, a mythical badass with perma-rage & a penchant for smashing. Featuring super fast paced physics based mayhem, one hit is all that stands between you and a quick restart
Why similar: Indie 44.9%, Difficult 29%, Action 26.2%
- #33 Dynamite Alex
77% matchMixed64% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: Ryan SilbermanPub: Opium Pulses Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dynamite Alex is an action platform-shooter starring a 17-year old tomboy named Alexandra Tobynskii. After a cliched outbreak of robbers invading the city, it's up to her to investigate what's going on! Donning glorious retro flair, the game transports players back to when gameplay was king!
Why similar: Indie 58.9%, Action 14.9%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
- #34 Deadly Traps
76% 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: Indie 42%, Action 25.3%, Difficult 20.1%, Platformer 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #35 Wormhole City
73% matchMixed41% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Zenrok Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Wormhole City is a sci-fi adventure game with run-and-gun mecha combat and interactive cyberpunk environments. You must interact with your surroundings to achieve your objectives and progress throughout the game.
Why similar: Indie 61.1%, Action 38.9%
- #36 Super Galaxy Boy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DesignBy.Cloud
Windows
Let go of Gravity in this indie platformer adventure! Search from one star system to the next and blast beyond your enemies with your multi-functional raygun to save your friends!
Why similar: Indie 47.6%, Difficult 22.8%, Action 18.8%, Platformer 10.8%
- #37 ClickRaid
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2017
Dev: Slikey Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A Multi-player incremental clicker game.
Why similar: Indie 62.2%, Action 37.8%
- #38 Ninja Guy
79% matchMostly Negative28% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: Immunity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
From a peaceful training village to a hell-like demon world, you become Ninja Guy, in his hilariously epic quest to prove himself to the Holy Cow Sensei and bring down an evil gargantuan Minotaur! Remember... Guns don't kill people, Ninja do!
Why similar: Ninja 50.3% ★, Indie 31%, Action 18.6%
- #39 Wandering Gem Jockeying
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: sinis
Windows
Run, slip, slide, collect, glide, jump, fly and (don't) die in this chill, ice-themed, platformer.
Why similar: Indie 43.4%, Action 26.1%, Difficult 18.3%, Platformer 12.1%
- #40 Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 198 reviews2016
Dev: Fat Panda GamesPub: Games Starter
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!
Why similar: Indie 56.5%, Action 22.5%, Platformer 21%
- #41 Swift
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Windflow
Windows · Mac
Swift is a 2D online multiplayer platformer with the one-hit combat system.Explore the map to find weapons, abilities and buffs to be stronger and faster. Beware the debuffs, because it can be the last thing you get.Play in several team-based and solo game modes with up to 12 players on a server.
Why similar: Ninja 42% ★, Indie 32.3%, Action 18.9%, Platformer 6.9%
- #42 Pivot Pilot
74% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Niko Kivilahti
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pivot Pilot is a challenging platformer with puzzle elements in which you take simultaneous control of a boy and a giant robot arm.
Why similar: Indie 44.9%, Action 25.4%, Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 10.7%
- #43 Kickochet
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AesthPub: Robo Corp
Windows
Kickochet is a tough-as-nails-lite™ action game where you skillfully kick and ricochet your only shuriken off walls, around puzzles, and through robot faces. Race the clock, rescue your ninja cat, and destroy Robo Corp before their cat memes take over the world!
Why similar: Indie 47.8%, Action 27.9%, Difficult 22.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #44 CactusLamp
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Miquéias Veloso
Windows · Linux
Take on the seven deadly sins in CactusLamp, an intense 2D action-platformer centered around unforgiving boss battles. Each sin is embodied as an epic boss inspired by Brazilian culture, requiring precision and fast reflexes to be victorious in this unique pixel art world.
Why similar: Indie 38.5%, Difficult 30.2%, Action 17%, Platformer 13.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #45 Disastr_Blastr
72% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Dog Theory
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Descend into a radical new dimension of abstract minimalist arcade fury in Disastr_Blastr! Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear game world with 100+ stages of cortex-shattering cubic mayhem!
Why similar: Indie 57.2%, Action 32%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #46 interLOGIC
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: phime studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
interLOGIC is a simple and atmospheric matching blocks puzzle game.
Why similar: Indie 47.4%, Difficult 32%, Retro 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #47 P-Walker's Simulation
71% matchMixed44% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: BrainStrainStudios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this game, you control Paul, a man that faces many obstacles in both life and death.
Why similar: Indie 62.2%, Action 37.8%
- #48 YOBA
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: PEKA GamingPub: Besedka
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Collect all coins on the level to reach the next one. Avoid the dangers on your way. Just remember, you have only one chance, if you die, you will start again!
Why similar: Indie 63.6%, Difficult 36.4%
- #49 Burgers 2
71% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Digitized Organism
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Continue the unfinished fight from WWII. Join the story of Erwin Freud and defeat the alien bad boys again. Ultimately, make sure you eat Burgers this time.
Why similar: Indie 64.2%, Action 35.8%
- #50 DubWars
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 293 reviews2016
Dev: MURA InteractivePub: WOBBL3 Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DubWars is a music game that combines the mechanics of a top-down shooter with the power of Dubstep and Electronic music. Your weapons are synced to the music creating times of intense weapon load outs and calm moments where your survival skills are tested.
Why similar: Indie 67.3%, Action 32.7%
- #51 Runeyana
70% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Blackturn Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In this deep Hack and Slash enhanced RPG you’ll explore a huge world inhabited by different races. Cope with social tensions, get armed and customize your character physically and psychologically to successfully get through this adventure.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #52 Rest House
63% matchMostly Negative29% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: studio Don Quixote
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
“All wrong.” Game consists of five stories that are connected with mysterious characters and events. The main character is trying to discover the meaning each of them. He gets sucked in the events that will lead him to the strange places where he meets strange people, fairy tale creatures and landscapes.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 SolarGun
67% matchVery Positive84% of 209 reviews2017
Dev: Mechanical BossPub: GGtech Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 An Alien with a Magnet
68% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Rejected Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Welcome to the galaxy of An Alien with a Magnet, an amazing new platform-adventure-puzzler with a literal twist! Pick up diamonds, find secret orbs and unlock new levels to get the alien home safely in this new crazy game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 One Man Is Not No Man
69% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2016
Dev: TEN TIULENYA team
Windows
Do you want to fight with a sword? Do you want to feel like a hero? "One Man Is Not No Man" project will quench that desire! You will defend the castle from the army of enemies on your own!
Why similar: Indie 57.6%, Action 27.9%, Difficult 14.5%
- #56 Flem
70% 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: Indie 45.9%, Action 27.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Difficult 11.7%, Retro 3.3%
- #57 Down Ward
60% 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: Indie 53.7%, Action 29.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #58 The Slimeking's Tower
53% matchMostly Positive75% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: RevampedPRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Slimeking's Tower is an action/roguelike game where you have to explore a procedural generated tower, collect over 300 different items and slay over 100 different enemies in five different gamemodes to retrieve your people's moustaches back from the Slimeking.
Why similar: Indie 62.8%, Action 37.2%