- #1 Super Mombo Quest
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.2%, Metroidvania 23.1%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #2 The Rise
96% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Icy Mountain StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Help Sam and Elicy on their challenging journey through the abyss. An epic 2D precision platform game where exploring the unknown, overcoming obstacles, and discovering secrets are crucial to reaching the top of the abyss. Adventure awaits you!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25%, Difficult 15.2%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Platformer 8.9%
- #3 TetherGeist
95% matchVery Positive98% of 213 reviews2026
Dev: O. and Co. Games
Windows
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.9%, Difficult 17.7%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Platformer 8.2%
- #4 1 Screen Platformer
96% 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: Precision Platformer 31.7%, Difficult 19.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 9.2%
- #5 Stray Savior
94% 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 16.6%, Platformer 13.6%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Precision Platformer 12.5%
- #6 SAOMI
94% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.5%, Metroidvania 15.8%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #7 Rift Racoon
93% 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: Precision Platformer 28.5%, Difficult 17.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Platformer 9%
- #8 Rebel Transmute
92% 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: Metroidvania 24.7%, Difficult 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 9%
- #9 Jubilee
91% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.7%, Metroidvania 20.1%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #10 Haiku, the Robot
91% matchVery Positive90% of 3,452 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 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: Metroidvania 27.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #11 Derelict Star
88% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.2%, Metroidvania 20.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #12 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.4%, Precision Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
- #13 bobo robot
89% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Action 31%, Metroidvania 29%, Adventure 27.5%, Exploration 7.5%, Cute 4.9%
- #14 MIO: Memories in Orbit
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,685 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Metroidvania 23.7%, Precision Platformer 17.3%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 10.8%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
- #15 LAPIN
87% matchVery Positive94% of 340 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Doodal
Windows
LAPIN is a 2D precision platformer game featuring a group of brave rabbit explorers. Break through life-threatening obstacles with precise controls, and embark on an adventure filled with new encounters and stunning landscapes!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.6%, Difficult 15.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Platformer 9.4%
- #16 Devil's Drizzle
86% matchVery Positive98% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Cozy Creeps GamesPub: ZNT Productions
Windows · Linux
Devil's Drizzle is a 2D platformer that narrates the story of a kid in pursuit of his friend, an umbrella. Brave the storm and outrun the clutches of the demonic Pazuzu in this audacious effort to save your buddy.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Platformer 9.2%
- #17 Squirbs
89% matchMixed67% of 443 reviews2016
Dev: Team Indev
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.
Why similar: Difficult 36.4%, Platformer 33%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D 8.9%
- #18 MO:Astray
85% 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 20.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Difficult 13.8%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #19 Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
84% matchVery Positive89% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: MY.GAMESPub: Knights Peak
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!
Why similar: Difficult 20.1%, Metroidvania 19.9%, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Side Scroller 9.1%
- #20 Super Meddl Boy
83% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Rainer Zufall
Windows
Super Meddl Boy is an action-packed platformer game. Only the toughest Meddlers make it to the finish line - are you ready to take the stage?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 34.1%, Dark Humor 25.9%, Exploration 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%, 2D 7.7%
- #21 The Adventures of Poppe
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Shiny Byte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11%
- #22 Rusted Moss
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,593 reviews2023
Dev: EmlisePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Precision Platformer 22%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
- #23 Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
79% matchVery Positive83% of 1,615 reviews2024
Dev: Squid Shock StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25%, Metroidvania 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Platformer 8.6%
- #24 Milli & Greg
81% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: 2ndBoss
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Milli to find Greg in this challenging platform game.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.9%, Difficult 16.7%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Platformer 9.2%
- #25 Squirreltopia
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: SD
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Squirrel-based 2D platformer
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.1%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Platformer 6.6%
- #26 Brave Escape
78% matchVery Positive99% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Hit Start Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.1%, Difficult 18.6%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 9.5%, Side Scroller 8.8%
- #27 Sir Lovelot
80% matchVery Positive86% of 125 reviews2021
Dev: pixel games SARL-S
Windows
Sir Lovelot is on a quest to find the love of his life. Join him in this wacky tight platformer, where impressing cheeky damsels is harder than a heart of stone!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.1%, Difficult 20.1%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #28 Vampire's Best Friend
77% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31%, Metroidvania 21.4%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #29 Xeodrifter
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.9%, Difficult 12.1%, Precision Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #30 Frauki's Adventure!
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: CLYDE games
Windows · Linux
Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Difficult 20.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #31 Archaeogem
76% matchVery Positive86% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.1%, Difficult 17.8%, Platformer 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #32 Awita: Journey of Hope
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #33 Lone Fungus
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,159 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.3%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Side Scroller 9.8%
- #34 Super Dungeon Boy
78% 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: Difficult 22.5%, Platformer 15.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #35 BZZZT
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,143 reviews2023
Dev: KO.DLLPub: CINEMAX GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.8%, Difficult 20%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Platformer 9.7%
- #36 Genopanic
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.2%, Metroidvania 19.1%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Platformer 9%
- #37 Monospaced Lovers
74% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Scarlet String Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monospaced Lovers is an exploration-driven platformer about closeness and distance. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.9%, Platformer 19.5%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 13.1%, Cute 8.8%
- #38 Super Roboy
71% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent PenningPub: VP Games
Windows
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.9%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 14.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #39 Transiruby
73% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2021
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Platformer 8.6%
- #40 Adventures of Quin85
73% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Deathclaim (Dreadnoughts)
Windows
A relatively hard 2D Platformer with a relatively high skill Ceiling developed by one guy as a hobby in his free time. You can expect skill-driven movement and action- filled Combat with multiple unique enemies and Bosses.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 21.3%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action 9.9%
- #41 Garbanzo Quest
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: zagawee
Windows · Mac · Linux
GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.1%, Difficult 16.8%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #42 lost bits
72% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Mabbit
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2.5D retro platformer where you join M1L0 on his quest for the Great Legume.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 40.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Action 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Adventure 7.8%
- #43 Narvas
74% matchMixed45% of 355 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Take control of Mace in this local co-op side scrolling platform shooter as you travel from assignment to assignment taking on enemy bots and dangerous bosses on different planets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.1%, Difficult 18%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 10.3%
- #44 Smilemo
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2022
Dev: REXECHOPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
A new side-scrolling platformer where you go flying out of control at the slightest touch! In this virus-infected world, it is your job to collect the scattered pieces of vaccine code and exterminate the virus!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Difficult 10.6%
- #45 Windswept
67% matchVery Positive93% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: WeatherFellPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
🦆 Marbles and 🐢 Checkers need your help finding their way home after being swept away in a storm. In this 90s buddy-platformer there's a ton of stuff to do and even more to collect!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 19.1%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #46 Splodey
69% matchVery Positive91% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Send It StudiosPub: Mad Mushroom
Windows
The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.7%, Difficult 16.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 11%, Dark Humor 10.7%
- #47 Gato Roboto
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 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: Metroidvania 37.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 7%, Difficult 6.8%
- #48 One Gun Guy
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 981 reviews2022
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.1%, Difficult 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%
- #49 Axolotl is Dry
71% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Manodeix
Windows
Axolotl is Dry is a precision platforming game where you play as a little axolotl taken from his home. You'll need to jump, dash and slide your way through the harsh desert before you sweat yourself dry. Help the axolotl get to his home!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.8%, Difficult 20.3%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Platformer 9.3%
- #50 Dadish
70% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas K. Young
Windows
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Cute 11.5%, Action 10.6%
- #51 Moventure
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: Pixelatto
Windows
100 moves, 2 buttons, 0 tutorials. Master a massive moveset hidden within a D-Pad and 2 buttons. Conquer +100 levels in the ultimate movelike precision platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 17.8%, 2D Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 10%, Platformer 8.8%
- #52 Adventure of Leek
70% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: plufmot
Windows
Equipped with nothing but water balloons, you must help a young child named Leek on an uber-challenging journey home!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #53 Bittersweet Birthday
67% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: World Eater GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bittersweet Birthday is a boss fight-only action adventure where every encounter is a unique and emotional showdown. Explore a colorful world full of endearing characters, uncover your memories, and battle your way through challenges that push skill, timing, and determination to their limits.
Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 8.8%
- #54 DOOMBLADE
68% matchVery Positive80% of 367 reviews2023
Dev: Muro StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.3%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 10.8%
- #55 BOKURA
64% matchVery Positive92% of 12,560 reviews2023
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.9%, Action-Adventure 23%, 2D 11.4%, Cute 9.9%, Action 9.6%
- #56 Kitten Lost Her Box
69% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: sadimakegames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help tiny Kitten get back her favorite paper box only with her agile actions. In this tight platformer kitten brave hand-crafted challenges, meet cute creatures and finally fight with her old enemy!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.3%, Difficult 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Side Scroller 7.5%
- #57 Aestik
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Hooded Traveler Games
Windows
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.5%, Metroidvania 20.1%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Platformer 9.7%
- #58 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,647 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #59 Planet Cube: Edge
67% matchVery Positive87% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: Sunna EntertainmentPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Planet Cube is being invaded! Prepare to run, gun, jump and dash your way through an underwater science complex, collecting fire-power to turn the tables on a mysterious aggressor. This is high-speed adventuring set in a hand-crafted pixel art world, filled with precision platforming and thrills.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.5%, Difficult 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 9.5%