
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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Platformer, 2D, Indie.

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.

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.

The Messenger
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.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Why similar: Ninja 28% ★, Side Scroller 14%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 10%
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: Ninja 32.3% ★, Platformer 12.4%, Retro 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Why similar: Ninja 33.1% ★, Platformer 10.4%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Difficult 9.8%, Retro 7.9%
With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.
Why similar: Ninja 41.9% ★, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Platformer 8.7%, Retro 7.3%
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 31.3% ★, Platformer 22%, Difficult 15.8%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Action 7.4%
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: Side Scroller 22.5%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Difficult 8.3%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.5%, Difficult 15.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Retro 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
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: Platformer 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Retro 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Why similar: Ninja 27% ★, Platformer 14.1%, Action 13.3%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Adventure 9.8%
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: Ninja 19.2% ★, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 13.7%, Difficult 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Why similar: Ninja 33.7% ★, Platformer 15%, Difficult 14.8%, Side Scroller 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.
Why similar: Difficult 25.5%, Platformer 21%, Side Scroller 17%, Fast-Paced 7.1%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.3%, Difficult 16.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Retro 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
Riptale is a challenging 2D roguelike action game aiming to make sword combat be as bloody and impactful as possible. The player collects gems that allow them to execute different attacks in the order of their choosing. All this results in a symphony of combos that fill the screen with blood and guts.
Why similar: Action 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Adventure 20.2%, 2D 18.6%, Indie 13.2%
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Why similar: Ninja 34.9% ★, Side Scroller 13%, Difficult 12.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22%, Ninja 18.5% ★, Platformer 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Side Scroller 7.9%
Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Platformer 35.5%, Action 20.3%, Retro 16.3%, Adventure 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Difficult 23%, Side Scroller 12%, Action 9.2%, 2D 7.6%
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 55.1% ★, Platformer 21.4%, Action 6.8%, 2D 6.8%, Action-Adventure 4.4%
Play as the samurai Kan and fight in a dark, demon-infested Japan. Face this 100% arcade experience without any credits or saves: you can only rely on your skills with the katana.
Why similar: Difficult 21.1%, Platformer 17.9%, Retro 12.3%, Arcade 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.5%, Platformer 15.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
Why similar: Difficult 20.9%, Ninja 18.9% ★, Platformer 17.4%, Retro 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Difficult 22.7%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Retro 10.9%
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 19%, 2D Platformer 17%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Fast-Paced 8.4%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Difficult 11.5%, Retro 10.1%
Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Difficult 17.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Retro 8.5%
The Ninja of the Nth Dimension is back! Explore vibrant retro landscapes, discover hidden secrets and take down menacing bosses in a modern reimagining of the classic action platforming adventure Zool.
Why similar: Ninja 41.1% ★, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Retro 10.8%, Difficult 8.3%
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 60.2% ★, Platformer 19.6%, Fast-Paced 10.8%, Action 6.4%, Indie 2.9%
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
Why similar: Ninja 24% ★, Side Scroller 21.1%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Demons 14.2%, Platformer 11.5%
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: Difficult 37%, Platformer 30%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, 2D 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.
Why similar: Difficult 15.7%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Arcade 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
Amaterasu and her yokai army rule over feudal Japan. Switch in real time between Kensei and Ayame to defeat the goddess in this intense, 16-bit action platformer with Metroidvania elements and gorgeous pixel art.
Why similar: Ninja 25.7% ★, Side Scroller 14.4%, Difficult 13.2%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 9.7%
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Why similar: Side Scroller 15.7%, Difficult 13.9%, Action 12.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Adventure 10%
Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.
Why similar: Platformer 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Fast-Paced 11.7%, Retro 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%
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: 2D Platformer 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Difficult 10.8%
Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.5%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 9.5%
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
Why similar: Ninja 35.9% ★, Platformer 18.7%, Difficult 14.9%, Arcade 7.6%, Action 5%
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.4%, Difficult 22%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Why similar: Demons 30.8%, 2D Platformer 23.2%, Platformer 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, 2D 6.8%
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: Platformer 24.2%, Difficult 21.7%, Retro 14.5%, Action 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
You are Hidalgo Bladewing, a bird with a beef. Hack, slash, platform, and soar through a beautifully chaotic pixel-art neonscape in your quest to save your feathered friends. Challenging retro-inspired platforming gameplay, transforming weapons, and fowl Ninja action await.
Why similar: Ninja 24.3% ★, Side Scroller 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Arcade 8.5%
Master the art of lightning-fast noodle delivery in this challenging 2D platformer. With deadly traps, a range of moves to master, including teleportation, and trophies to unlock, are you ready to become the ultimate noodle delivery master?
Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.
Why similar: Ninja 53.8% ★, Side Scroller 17.7%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D 6%, Action 3.9%
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
Why similar: Ninja 49.6% ★, Platformer 20.9%, Fast-Paced 9%, Difficult 8.2%, Action 5.3%
DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.
Why similar: Difficult 21.9%, Platformer 17.8%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Action 6.6%, Retro 6.4%
Save the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching.
Why similar: Ninja 55.7% ★, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 10.1%, Action 8.9%, Indie 6.2%
Shinobi alert! Use your 7 shinobi weapons to survive the bloodshed! Introducing a hard core 2D ninja action game by Hyper-retro graphics.
Why similar: Ninja 52.1% ★, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Retro 9.9%, Action 5.1%
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: Difficult 31.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Action 6.8%
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.9%, Action 18.7%, Difficult 17.6%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 12.3%
Enter the mechanical shape-shifting, dimension switching world of the award winning, high octane action-puzzle-platformer Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, and blow crime away.
Why similar: Platformer 42.3%, Great Soundtrack 27.8%, Action 14.7%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 5.8%
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 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Difficult 12.9%, Action 7.6%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Difficult 19.4%, Retro 9%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Difficult 17.7%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Arcade 9.5%
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: Difficult 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Blood 13.9% ★, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 13.5%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Ninja 54.5% ★, Platformer 20.6%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2D 5%, Action 3.2%
Arise from the dead as the 'Cursed King' in an enthralling action platformer. Wield the chains that once imprisoned you to vanquish foes and traverse your fallen kingdom. Uncover hidden areas, strategically level up, and reclaim your throne by banishing colossal bosses!
Why similar: Difficult 21.3%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 17.5%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.5%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Demons 14.5%, Action-Adventure 11%
Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.
Why similar: Difficult 38.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Action 9.4%, Adventure 5.7%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.1%, Difficult 16.6%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.7%