Games Like Never Give Up

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 25.1%, Platformer 24.5%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Indie 5.9%

Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.

Why similar: Difficult 22.4%, Platformer 18%, Precision Platformer 12.1%, Side Scroller 11%, Violent 6.8%

Super Rude Bear Resurrection is an ultra-tight, masocore platformer that anyone can beat! Use your corpses to get ahead, or take on the ultimate challenge and try to defeat the entire game without dying!

Why similar: Difficult 17.6%, Precision Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Fast-Paced 11.1%, Time Attack 8.5% ★

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Difficult 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Precision Platformer 6.5%, Indie 6.5%

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a brutally hard platformer, set in a world of brain-smashing electronic music. Run, jump, smash, & slice your way through 55+ weird & different levels, with giant monsters, swarming missiles & secret areas.

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Platformer 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Indie 9.4%

kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.

Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Difficult 19.1%, Indie 16.8%, Action 16%

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Difficult 33.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Platformer 15.4%, Precision Platformer 13.5%, Side Scroller 6.3%

Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Platformer 15.3%, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Difficult 12.8%, Action 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Difficult 21.4%, Platformer 20.5%, Precision Platformer 18.4%, Fast-Paced 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%

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: Platformer 28.9%, Action 21%, Indie 19.5%, Difficult 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%

Time Up is a fast paced action platformer, with each level only being 9 seconds. Sieze every opportunity, plan your route, Survive various deadly traps, and reach the finish line! This game combines a variety of classic platformer elements: The levels are carefully designed to make them harder, yet more enjoyable to give the player a...

Why similar: Difficult 21.3%, Fast-Paced 20.5%, Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Action 12%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!

Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Fast-Paced 18.7%, Precision Platformer 16.3%, Comedy 8.7%, Difficult 8.2%

Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.

Why similar: Difficult 27%, Platformer 22.8%, Action 16.6%, Indie 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Difficult 25.8%, Platformer 21.6%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Action 7.1%, Indie 7%

Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...

Why similar: Difficult 39.8%, Precision Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 16%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 4.7%

A brutally difficult physics-based platformer designed to test your patience, precision, and sanity.

Why similar: Platformer 35.4%, Precision Platformer 27.9%, Comedy 12.9%, Action 11.2%, Funny 7%

For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.

Why similar: Difficult 25.5%, Platformer 23%, Fast-Paced 14.6%, Indie 13.9%, Adventure 9.3%

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Action 10.4%, Comedy 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%, 2D 6.3%

VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.

Why similar: Action 13.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 12.8%, Difficult 11.6%, Platformer 11.4%

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: Platformer 28.1%, Difficult 27%, Indie 19.8%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 11.3%

Never STANDBY in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone?

Why similar: Difficult 24.8%, Platformer 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Action 7.8%, Indie 7.5%

Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.

Why similar: Platformer 38.6%, Difficult 23.4%, Indie 12.6%, Action 10.8%, Side Scroller 5%

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 19.7%, Platformer 19.4%, Fast-Paced 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Indie 8.6%

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: Difficult 28.9%, Platformer 23%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 13.8%

Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.

Why similar: Difficult 24.9%, Platformer 20.2%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Fast-Paced 6.7%, 2D Platformer 6.5%

No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

Why similar: Difficult 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Adventure 13.6%, Action 13.1%, Indie 12.8%

Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.

Why similar: Difficult 23%, Platformer 18.7%, Precision Platformer 13.6%, Fast-Paced 10.6%, 2D Platformer 6%

A fast-paced hardcore platformer featuring hand-crafted levels and lightning-fast respawns. Help Square survive his journey to the depths of Flatland, a minimalist neon-style 2D world. Run, jump, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Difficult 22.2%, Platformer 15.5%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Side Scroller 14%, Precision Platformer 13%

An insanely difficult precision platformer

Why similar: Difficult 40%, Precision Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 6.5%

A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!

Why similar: Difficult 22.4%, Fast-Paced 16.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Precision Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 8.6%

Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.

Why similar: Difficult 24.9%, Platformer 22.6%, Side Scroller 15%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Action 5.5%

Aftergrinder is a fast-paced 2D runner precision platformer. Skate your way through an unforgiving, difficult arcade side scroller. Pick a character, pick a level, and get ready to die. A lot. Test your skills over 90 adrenaline-inducing levels.

Why similar: Difficult 25.7%, Platformer 21.5%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Precision Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 7.1%

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: Platformer 22%, Difficult 19.1%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Precision Platformer 12.6%, Action 7%

Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.

Why similar: Difficult 25.3%, Platformer 21.5%, Fast-Paced 16.1%, Precision Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 6.6%

Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.

Why similar: Difficult 37.4%, Platformer 36.1%, Indie 19.8%, 2D 6.7%

Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.

Why similar: Platformer 25.6%, Violent 18.7%, Gore 17.5%, Action 17%, Indie 16.1%

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Platformer 17.1%, Gore 13.1%, Action 9.8%, Violent 8.7%

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: Platformer 32.7%, Difficult 21%, Adventure 11%, Action 9.3%, 2D 8.1%

In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay.

Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Fast-Paced 17%, Platformer 15.3%, Precision Platformer 10.2%, Side Scroller 8.9%

Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!

Why similar: Platformer 42.2%, Precision Platformer 32.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Difficult 6.3%, Adventure 2.7%

Kill the Plumber is a challenging anti-platformer game. Play as the enemies instead of the hero for a unique new experience!

Why similar: Platformer 25.6%, Difficult 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!

Why similar: Difficult 35.1%, Platformer 20%, Precision Platformer 14.7%, Side Scroller 14.3%, 2D Platformer 6.5%

E.Z is a simple hardcore platformer game the goal being get across to the other side of each of the 100 levels while each death throws you back to the previous levels.

Why similar: Difficult 23.9%, Platformer 18.7%, Fast-Paced 15%, Precision Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 11.5%

Tilt and jump your way out of the depths of a grand city. A difficult game where falling is your biggest obstacle, get used to starting over. Don't get too tilted :)

Why similar: Difficult 40.7%, Platformer 27.8%, Precision Platformer 23%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 1.1%

Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Difficult 9.9%, Action 9.2%

Rap Pop Jump Core is a hardcore action platformer demanding constant movement, quick decisions, and combat. Navigate a vibrant city by leaping between platforms. One mistake, and you fall to your fate. Escape swiftly!

Why similar: Difficult 27.8%, Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 19.7%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Fast-Paced 7.7%

A hardcore, 2D action-platformer where only precision can keep you from death.

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Precision Platformer 14.7%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 9.9%

INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying.

Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Difficult 25.3%, Indie 11%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 6.5%

This game is hard-boiled. Face the challenge of being a real, fragile egg. Escape the hen-house and jump, roll and climb your way through a farm shop, factory and other perilous environments. With some determination, you might just reach your freedom.

Why similar: Difficult 35.7%, Platformer 24.1%, Precision Platformer 16.1%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 8%

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Difficult 17.3%, Platformer 17.2%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Side Scroller 11.2%

Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Difficult 36%, Precision Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 7.5%, 2D Platformer 7%

Are you a big fan of platform games? Can your nerves tolerate a high level of difficulty? If your answer is yes, then get your jumping skills ready for a new Super Meat Boy and Defrag(Quake3Arena) inspired platformer Run Rabbit Run!

Why similar: Difficult 31.3%, Platformer 27.6%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D Platformer 6.8%

A challenging 2D precision platformer with minimalist graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack. Escape a dangerous dungeon filled with enemies and deadly traps.

Why similar: Difficult 24.1%, Platformer 19.8%, Precision Platformer 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, 2D Platformer 6%

Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

Why similar: Difficult 35.7%, Platformer 32.6%, Action 7.4%, Indie 6.4%, Side Scroller 5.5%

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 41%, Difficult 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Indie 9.3%, Precision Platformer 3.4%

A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.1%, Difficult 21%, Platformer 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Action 11.7%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Difficult 31.7%, Platformer 23.1%, Precision Platformer 13.8%, Comedy 7.9%, Adventure 7.2%

Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!

Why similar: Difficult 30.1%, Platformer 24%, Side Scroller 21.2%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Action 6%

RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

Why similar: Platformer 27.1%, Difficult 22.8%, Precision Platformer 15.2%, Action 7.8%, 2D Platformer 7.6%

"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. The weak need not apply.

Why similar: Platformer 32.6%, Difficult 21.8%, Indie 20.6%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%