- #1 SANABI
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,256 reviews2023
Dev: WONDER POTIONPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.9 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 23.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Action 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-speed, physics-based traversal and an emotional story that mirrors the intensity and narrative depth of MO:Astray.
- #2 CARRION
97% matchVery Positive95% of 30,368 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Why similar: Gore 27%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Violent 11.4%, Action 7.3%, Sci-fi 6%
Why You'll Like It: You play as an amorphous, biological monster that moves and consumes in a way that feels like a spiritual successor to MO's movement.
- #3 Katana ZERO
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Great Soundtrack 20%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Gore 9.2%, Violent 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers fast-paced, stylish action-platforming with tight controls and a dark, mysterious narrative.
- #4 Axiom Verge
95% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 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: Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive sci-fi metroidvania that excels in creating a bizarre, alien world filled with secrets and unique weaponry.
- #5 The Swapper
94% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Sci-fi 20%, Platformer 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Atmospheric 10%
Why You'll Like It: A cerebral sci-fi puzzle-platformer that uses a unique cloning mechanic to navigate complex, atmospheric environments.
- #6 Iconoclasts
94% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer with a strong narrative and sci-fi elements that emphasizes creative boss encounters and environmental interaction.
- #7 The Messenger
93% matchVery Positive93% of 12,834 reviews2018
Dev: SabotagePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.3%, Platformer 21%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Action 7.1%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines incredibly fluid platforming movement with a retro aesthetic and a surprising narrative shift.
- #8 Gato Roboto
92% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Indie 10.9%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A compact, sci-fi metroidvania that features tight platforming and a charming, retro-inspired aesthetic.
- #9 Blasphemous
91% matchVery Positive90% of 62,190 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 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: Gore 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Violent 10.3%, Platformer 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, gory, and challenging pixel-art platformer that shares the grim, atmospheric tone found in MO:Astray.
- #10 Rain World
91% matchVery Positive94% of 50,449 reviews2017
Dev: VideocultPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Difficult 16%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Indie 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, physics-based survival platformer set in a bizarre, decaying sci-fi world that rewards careful observation.
- #11 GRIME
90% matchVery Positive85% of 6,299 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 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: Platformer 25%, Difficult 14.8%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, biological-themed metroidvania that features unique combat mechanics and a surreal, unsettling atmosphere.
- #12 ANIMAL WELL
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Platformer 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that focuses on exploration and non-linear discovery in a mysterious world.
- #13 INMOST
89% matchVery Positive91% of 7,185 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: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-driven puzzle-platformer that uses dark themes and deliberate movement to build tension.
- #14 Hyper Light Drifter
89% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Difficult 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, pixel-art action game that conveys a mysterious sci-fi story through environmental design rather than dialogue.
- #15 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
88% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23%, Platformer 12.4%, Action 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, challenging platformer with RPG elements that captures a similar sense of scale and grim world-building.
- #16 Rusted Moss
85% matchVery Positive90% of 1,532 reviews2023
Dev: faxdoc, happysquared, sunnydazePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Platformer 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Difficult 10.4%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, physics-based grappling hook movement system that demands the same precision as MO:Astray.
- #17 Valfaris
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,694 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 18%, Platformer 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, gory, and stylish action-platformer that leans into heavy metal aesthetics and challenging combat.
- #18 Environmental Station Alpha
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Platformer 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging pixel-art metroidvania that excels in sci-fi exploration and intricate level design.
- #19 Ori and the Blind Forest
84% matchVery Positive94% of 59,304 reviews2015
Dev: Moon Studios GmbHPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.2%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides high-quality platforming with a focus on fluid movement and a deeply atmospheric, emotional journey.
- #20 Greak: Memories of Azur
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,487 reviews2021
Dev: NavegantePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Greak: Memories of Azur is a single-player puzzle platformer adventure. Azur is under threat from an enemy attack who have control of strange creatures infecting the land. Take on the role of three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel and utilize their unique abilities to escape the invasion together.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.8%, Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Action 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric platformer that uses unique character-switching mechanics to solve environmental puzzles.
- #21 Dead Cells
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 178,807 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Platformer 19.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, fluid action-platformer that emphasizes constant movement and combat mastery.
- #22 Owlboy
84% matchVery Positive84% of 6,043 reviews2016
Dev: D-Pad Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features fluid, flight-based platforming in a beautifully detailed pixel-art world with a heartfelt story.
- #23 Overloop
80% matchVery Positive94% of 244 reviews2022
Dev: Charge GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Side Scroller 8%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that utilizes cloning mechanics to solve environmental challenges in a dystopian setting.
- #24 Stray Savior
77% 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: Platformer 22%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11.6%
- #25 The Way
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,295 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure game that emphasizes puzzles and platforming in a lonely, atmospheric setting.
- #26 Mages of Mystralia
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,481 reviews2017
Dev: Borealys Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia.
Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Action 23.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Indie 18.4%, Cute 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that focuses on creative puzzle-solving through a unique spell-crafting system.
- #27 Out There Somewhere
81% matchVery Positive93% of 6,916 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy sci-fi platformer that features a unique teleportation mechanic for movement and puzzle-solving.
- #28 Super Magbot
79% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 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: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Indie 10%, Platformer 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A precision puzzle-platformer that introduces unique magnetism-based movement mechanics to solve complex levels.
- #29 Horace
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 686 reviews2019
Dev: Paul HelmanPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging platformer that hides a surprisingly deep and emotional story behind its retro-inspired visuals.
- #30 Ageless
79% matchMixed56% of 402 reviews2020
Dev: One More Dream StudiosPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer centered around manipulating the age of objects and yourself to navigate complex environments.
- #31 MIO: Memories in Orbit
69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Platformer 28.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Difficult 14.4%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Indie 10.1%
- #32 VVVVVV
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,401 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 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: Pixel Graphics 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 9.4%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that replaces traditional jumping with a unique gravity-flipping mechanic, demanding high skill.
- #33 Metal Unit
75% matchVery Positive83% of 2,864 reviews2021
Dev: JellySnow StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Action 20.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 15.5%, Side Scroller 8.9%
- #34 Balthazar's Dream
77% matchVery Positive88% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Psilocybe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Visit a wonderfully peculiar dog's dream in a heroic attempt to save your owner in this beautiful pixel art puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Platformer 8.7%, Indie 6.8%
- #35 VVVVV
76% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Why similar: Action 15.8%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%
- #36 Minoria
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,592 reviews2019
Dev: BombservicePub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Why similar: Action 22.3%, Difficult 15%, Indie 14.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #37 DEADBOLT
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,556 reviews2016
Dev: Hopoo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Gore 13.2%, Difficult 7.4%, Indie 6.5%
- #38 Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 69,981 reviews2016
Dev: Moon Studios GmbHPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Platformer 19.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 7.1%, Cute 6.4%
- #39 Escape Goat 2
75% matchVery Positive95% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.
Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Indie 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Action 9.4%
- #40 Souldiers
71% matchMixed69% of 2,964 reviews2022
Dev: Retro ForgePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 42.3%, Difficult 17.1%, Action 16.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Platformer 5.9%
- #41 Astronite
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Dume Games StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
Why similar: Platformer 15.8%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Adventure 10.8%
- #42 Disorder
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Swagabyte Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%
- #43 Celeste
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,420 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Difficult 9.9%
- #44 Adventures of Pip
73% matchVery Positive87% of 275 reviews2015
Dev: Tic Toc Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Platformer 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 10.7%
- #45 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,220 reviews2020
Dev: Moon Studios GmbHPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Platformer 20.4%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #46 After Death
72% matchVery Positive89% of 166 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: Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 11.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #47 MindSeize
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2020
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Action 16.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #48 Pid
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,430 reviews2012
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.8%, Platformer 20%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%
- #49 Haiku, the Robot
67% matchVery Positive90% of 3,390 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21%, Platformer 18.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #50 Airhead
66% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 11.7%, Action 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
- #51 Jump Off The Bridge
70% matchVery Positive87% of 255 reviews2019
Dev: Cody Penn
Windows
An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Platformer 14.1%, Difficult 8.7%, Side Scroller 8.7%
- #52 One Dog Story
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 516 reviews2017
Dev: Big Way GamesPub: Big Way
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Platformer 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Action 9.2%
- #53 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 9,094 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.9%, Cute 18%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 13.6%, 2D 10.7%
- #54 Gravity Circuit
63% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 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: Platformer 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Action 11%, Side Scroller 8.8%
- #55 Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,120 reviews2017
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sundered is a chaotic hand-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!
Why similar: Platformer 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Indie 9.9%, Difficult 9.6%
- #56 Dispersio
70% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2016
Dev: Achpile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Platformer 17.9%, Indie 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%
- #57 One Step From Eden
65% matchVery Positive93% of 7,592 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas Moon KangPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.1%, Difficult 24.5%, Action 17%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 11.7%
- #58 CrossCode
66% matchVery Positive93% of 17,652 reviews2018
Dev: Radical Fish GamesPub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 42.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Indie 6.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #59 Unbound: Worlds Apart
65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Platformer 20.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Atmospheric 10%, Indie 9.8%
- #60 Blood Harvest 3
69% 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: Gore 12.1%, Action 12%, Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%