- #1 MO:Astray
97% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 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: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Side Scroller 8%
- #2 What Lies in the Multiverse
96% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #3 Mayhem in Single Valley
96% matchVery Positive87% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Fluxscopic Ltd.Pub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In this fast-paced, puzzle-loaded action adventure, you’ll juggle housework, zombie hordes, family dinners and radioactive squirrels! Oh, and you have to prevent the end of the world while keeping everyone from finding out it was all your fault.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Exploration 10.6%
- #4 One Gun Guy
95% matchMixed69% of 916 reviews2022
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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: Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #5 Golf Club Nostalgia
94% matchVery Positive81% of 1,534 reviews2021
Dev: Demagog StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #6 Ugly
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 583 reviews2023
Dev: Team UglyPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #7 RATUZ
93% matchVery Positive88% of 345 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: Dark Humor 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Blood 11.6% ★, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #8 Full Void
92% matchVery Positive91% of 268 reviews2023
Dev: OutOfTheBit Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gripping, retro-inspired 2D cinematic puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian future where AI has taken over humanity. A short game in handcrafted pixel art, to experience in a film-like journey. Play as a young teenager, alone in a run-down world, relying only on your hacking skills to survive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #9 Genopanic
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 364 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: Side Scroller 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #10 Monochroma
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 724 reviews2014
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
Why similar: Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #11 REZ PLZ
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Long Neck GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #12 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 629 reviews2025
Dev: Mostly Games
Windows · Mac
An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.
Why similar: Dark Humor 25%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Platformer 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #13 OUTBUDDIES DX
89% matchMixed70% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Julian LauferPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Why similar: Platformer 18%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Action 7.9%
- #14 Total Party Kill
89% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #15 Exographer
86% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 8%
- #16 Jump Off The Bridge
87% matchVery Positive87% of 255 reviews2019
Dev: Cody Penn
Windows
An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Dark Humor 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 12.4%
- #17 Entangled
86% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: P² Studios
Windows
Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 14%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #18 LUNARK
85% matchVery Positive88% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Canari GamesPub: WayForward
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Why similar: Platformer 15.2%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Sci-fi 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #19 Gunbrella
83% matchVery Positive86% of 969 reviews2023
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Uncover the dark secrets of a gritty, tangled metropolis and battle diabolic villains with your trusty Gunbrella, a bulletproof brolly that doubles as a firearm.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.3%, Platformer 20.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 7.7%
- #20 Retro Machina
84% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Action 8.9%
- #21 Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,041 reviews2015
Dev: CarbonPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.
Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle 17%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 10.2%
- #22 Bionic Bay
79% matchVery Positive86% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: Psychoflow StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Sci-fi 18.3%, Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #23 Ghostory
82% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: RigidCore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Dark Humor 20.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #24 Rikki & Vikki
82% matchVery Positive91% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: PenguiNet
Windows
Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #25 Beam
81% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Dark Humor 18.6%, Sci-fi 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 9.7%
- #26 Disc Room
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: TerriPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 15.1%, Gore 14%, Action 8.2%
- #27 After Death
81% 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: Side Scroller 18.1%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 11.7%
- #28 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: Side Scroller 22.7%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Platformer 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 8.1%
- #29 ECHOPLEX
80% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Output Games
Windows · Mac
ECHOPLEX is a time-bending puzzle platformer with a full-motion video story. Trapped in a mysterious looping simulation, you are followed by an “Echo” -- a duplicate of yourself who repeats everything you do.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.9%, Puzzle 19.1%, Action 15%, Story Rich 11.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #30 Ministry of Broadcast
78% matchVery Positive82% of 466 reviews2020
Dev: Twin PetesPub: Hitcents
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.
Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Platformer 10%
- #31 OVERWHELM
78% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Platformer 42.6%, Action 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 7%
- #32 默途 Monobot
77% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: DreamSmith StudioPub: 3DM Games
Windows
Coming online, Mono finds himself alone in a dark, dystopian world overrun with other hostile robots. Guide Mono through his solo journey, unravelling puzzles to uncover the buried secrets of this desolate world. Can you break the infinite cycle and find your true self?
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Sci-fi 11%
- #33 The End Is Nigh
76% matchVery Positive94% of 3,330 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Platformer 46.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Adventure 9.9%, 2D 9.8%, Action 7.9%
- #34 The Warrior
73% matchVery Positive97% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: ThornDuck
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 9%
- #35 Orten Was The Case
74% matchVery Positive96% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Woodhill Interactive
Windows · Mac
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.3%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Exploration 13.1%, Story Rich 10%
- #36 Turbo Kid
73% matchVery Positive94% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Outerminds Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A nostalgic metroidvania adventure with insane weapons, skills, and pixel gore. Ride your BMX and blast your enemies as you discover the secrets of the Wasteland.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.8%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Gore 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #37 Axiom Verge
76% 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: Platformer 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Side Scroller 7.8%, 2D 7.6%
- #38 Lair of the Clockwork God
75% matchVery Positive92% of 752 reviews2020
Dev: Size Five Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Action 18.5%, Platformer 11.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Indie 8.9%
- #39 What Lies in the Multiverse - Prologue
73% matchVery Positive96% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Experience the first hour What Lies in The Multiverse. A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly & hilarious story.
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 2D Platformer 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #40 Frebbventure
72% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: AlmyriganHero
Windows
In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.5%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #41 Mustache in Hell
75% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Action 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 14.9%, Atmospheric 11%
- #42 The Last Shot
71% matchVery Positive89% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Rumata LabPub: Nelset
Windows
An adventurous engineer, a diesel-punk world divided by endless conflict, and a whole lot of colossal guns. Sounds like a good time! With massive war machines threatening your home, will you be the one small cog that brings it all to a halt?
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 13%
- #43 Garbanzo Quest
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 586 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: 2D Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Local Co-Op 12.1%
- #44 MotionRec
67% matchVery Positive100% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: HANDSUMPub: PLAYISM
Windows
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, 2D Platformer 16%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #45 The Superfluous
74% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Voided Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"The Superfluous" [soo-pur-floo-uh s] A cave-diving, sci-fi, rogue-lite, platformer with jet packs and lots of explosions. Help stop an apocalyptic asteroid on collision course with Earth. Lead a squad to the center of the asteroid and blast it into space dust.
Why similar: Platformer 21.6%, Sci-fi 19%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Action 12%, Adventure 11.5%
- #46 Overhaul
71% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Bread Panda
Windows
Solve your way through this fast-paced rogue-lite puzzle game and outwit unforgiving creatures as you venture into the mysterious Power Plant!
Why similar: Puzzle 31.7%, Mystery 20.2%, 2D 14.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 9.3%
- #47 Black Future '88
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 739 reviews2019
Dev: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Why similar: Action 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Local Co-Op 15.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.6%
- #48 Dogworld
70% matchVery Positive96% of 110 reviews2021
Dev: Lateralis Heavy Industries
Windows
Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 19.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Action 8.3%
- #49 Wunderling DX
70% matchVery Positive94% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Bitwave Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Action 18.6%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 8.4%
- #50 The Library of Babel
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Game StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.3%, Platformer 20.7%, Sci-fi 16.7%, 2D 8.6%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #51 Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
69% matchVery Positive81% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: Unspeakable PixelsPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Platformer 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #52 -KLAUS-
69% matchVery Positive86% of 116 reviews2019
Dev: La Cosa
Windows
Klaus is lost and alone. Who? Where? Why? He doesn't know anything. Only you can help him find the truth. Join Klaus and K1 - a friendly brute - as you explore this puzzle platform game, through a geometric kaleidoscopic world with high contrast and pop art.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 15.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #53 Orange Moon
71% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Betelgeuse Zero
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Search for new life forms as you try to survive on a mysterious hostile world in the surreal 2D action-platformer Orange Moon.
Why similar: Gore 19.4%, Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 13.5%
- #54 Elypse
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 359 reviews2023
Dev: Hot Chili GamesPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark upon a tragic tale and discover the ravaged world of Elypse! Fight your destiny in an arduous 2D adventure, story rich platformer, in a mesmerising and mysterious world.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.1%, Platformer 25.4%, 2D 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Action 9.1%
- #55 Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition
68% matchMixed66% of 666 reviews2022
Dev: Oddworld Inhabitants
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #56 The Way
68% 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 20.4%, Platformer 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.9%
- #57 Overbowed
65% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Klardonics Digital, Ltd
Windows
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.7%, Platformer 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, 2D 10.2%, Action 10.2%
- #58 MegaSphere
70% matchMixed64% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: AKGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a special ops combat unit sent to investigate why the stars around Solar System are going dark in MegaSphere — a story-based post-cyberpunk action platformer adventure game of supermassive scale set in early 22nd century: smart guns, robots, self-reconstructing environments, and vast AIs.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Action 22%, Adventure 20.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Indie 10%
- #59 BIOMORPH
63% matchVery Positive92% of 651 reviews2024
Dev: Lucid Dreams Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Exploration 14%, Story Rich 9.4%, 2D 9%
- #60 Stealth Bastard Deluxe
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,209 reviews2012
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Why similar: Platformer 39.2%, Puzzle 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%, Action 9.5%, Indie 6.1%