- #1 Conquistador
97% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: bubby
Windows · Linux
Conquistador is dangerous and challenging platformer. You will be skewered, incinerated, squished and gibbed many times. Collect loot and purchase tools, weapons and abilities to strengthen yourself, and conquer the vile creatures deep under the earth.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 13.2%, Precision Platformer 12.7%, Difficult 12.7%, Perma Death 11.7%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #2 Game Dev Journey
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HollywoodDeme
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wondered how your favorite games are made? What steps must they go through to reach their final form? Want to be in the role of the lead developer? Jump into this journey to find the answers and start developing your first game by playing it! :)
Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #3 Spirits Abyss
96% matchVery Positive96% of 427 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 13.7%, Difficult 13.3%, Roguelike 12%, Platformer 11.9%, Perma Death 11.5%
- #4 Corvian Curse
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made by Gare
Windows · Linux
Corvian Curse is a roguelike platformer that offers a new experience on every run with randomized levels, potions, and items. Can you find and defeat the source of the curse that's causing the worlds to shift?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.1%, Perma Death 16%, Platformer 15.7%, Roguelike 15.2%, Procedural Generation 13.6%
- #5 Rogunky
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiroxas
Windows
Descend into the unknown in this unique roguelike platformer! Brave a constantly shifting dungeon filled with deadly monsters, traps, and powerful relics. The deeper you go, the greater the challenge. Uncover secrets, explore diverse environments, and fight to discover what awaits at the bottom.
Why similar: Difficult 18.4%, Procedural Generation 18%, Roguelike 16.6%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Platformer 9.5%
- #6 Pogo Rogue
94% matchVery Positive92% of 212 reviews2024
Dev: Bounce Back Games
Windows
Bounce to the top in this skill based, roguelite action-platformer! Collect powerful items, pick unique weapons, and fight off a variety of enemies while navigating around with a fun, difficult, and unique movement system. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 16.6%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Roguelike 13.5%
- #7 ウルトラジェットガール
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ashi
Windows
Jetpack Action Game The protagonist, Lou, picks up a broken jetpack and sets off for the distant Sky Islands in search of his mother. The jetpack is broken and can't hold much fuel, so defeat enemies to refuel as you make your way to the Sky Islands!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.5%, Difficult 19.2%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Platformer 8.4%
- #8 Spelunky
92% matchVery Positive92% of 16,651 reviews2013
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, Action Roguelike 20.5%, Roguelike 18%, Difficult 15.4%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #9 Curse Rounds
91% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: TENTACLES INTERACTIVE
Windows
A roguelike with unique curses, 60+ cards, incredible shots and power-ups. No two attempts are ever the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.6%, Action Roguelike 20%, Roguelike 16.5%, Difficult 16%, Procedural Generation 15.2%
- #10 MeowFall
91% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Moggy Studios
Windows
MeowFall is a charming 2D platformer in pixel art style. Take control of an adorable cat, overcome obstacles and uncover the secrets. Are you ready for an adventure to find the best hat ever?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.1%, Perma Death 19.3%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Difficult 16.1%, Platformer 11.9%
- #11 Tower of Nod
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Indiana KufferPub: Tiny Abyss
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Tower of Nod, master sleep-based controls to manipulate falling blocks and build your path upward. Navigate shifting floors, deadly traps, and monsters in this action-roguelike deckbuilding platformer. Every run is unique—discover powerful relics and conquer the ever-changing tower.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.2%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Perma Death 16%, Roguelike 10.8%, Platformer 10.7%
- #12 Angvik
89% matchVery Positive88% of 2,537 reviews2014
Dev: Alastair John Jack
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.
Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, Difficult 18.7%, Perma Death 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #13 Sluggish
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jim DoddPub: Doddspeed
Windows
Sluggish is a charming yet punishing platformer that blends simplicity with challenge. Guide a bouncy, slippery slug spirit upward through the interconnected vertical underworld of Sorborn, aiming for the Well of Souls atop the highest peak to find eternal rest.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26%, Platformer 19.3%, Roguelike 17.9%, Perma Death 15.3%, Difficult 12.2%
- #14 Gunjump Before Dinner
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pysethus
Windows
2D precision platformer with tight and responsive controls. Gunjump your way through challenging obstacle course. Rescue your lame dad who's been kidnapped and get home for dinner.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 19.5%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Platformer 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #15 Void Balls
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LoopedInGames
Windows
A two-button roguelite bullet hell. Parry enemies to steal their power, evolve with 15 upgrade cards, and face the Mjolnir boss. ~10 minute runs. Simple to learn. Hard to master. Every run is different.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.8%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Perma Death 18%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 10.1%
- #16 Elemental Odyssey
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Kubini Game Dev
Windows
Elemental Odyssey is 2D platformer where you need to RUN, JUMP, SLIDE, AVOID TRAPS, and don't let the game make you mad!!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.7%, Difficult 18%, Platformer 14.7%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelike 13.4%
- #17 Downwell
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,612 reviews2015
Dev: MoppinPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 13.8%, Arcade 6.8%
- #18 Colorful Boi 2
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webnetic s. r. o.
Windows
Jump, dash and wall-climb through 74 colorful, deadly levels! Colorful Boi 2 is a tight, fast precision platformer stuffed with spikes, saws, conveyors and launchers - with instant retries, brutal-but-fair challenge and leaderboards for the fastest runs.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.7%, Difficult 22%, Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 13%, Funny 3.1%
- #19 Goat Mode: Activated
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Monosurge
Windows
A hilarious, challenging, and seriously addictive platformer. Ready to become THE GOAT? Choose your torments and create an increasingly impossible experience. Enter the arena. Jump, fail, repeat.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.8%, Difficult 22.4%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #20 Hecaton
84% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: NWatch Games
Windows
Hecaton is futuristic action rogue-like set on Titan, a terraformed moon of Saturn. Play as a Bounty Hunter and fight your way through an army of space pirates. Brave the surface of Titan and begin your descent to find the Pirate Base and your ultimate goal.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.4%, Perma Death 19.7%, Roguelike 18%, Difficult 17.6%, Platformer 16.6%
- #21 It’s A Game Changer
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Oakie Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
t's A Game Changer is a fast-paced, single-player microgame roguelike inspired by WarioWare. Cycle through diverse 2D and 3D microgames like dodging the rain and fishing. Choose upgrades, face rapid-fire challenges, and enjoy endless replayability. Created by a passionate indie developer.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.4%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelike 15%, Platformer 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.3%
- #22 1 Screen Platformer 2
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows
Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps, 8 playable characters each with a unique gameplay style. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.6%, Difficult 20.2%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Platformer 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #23 Prime Protocol
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Prime Protocol Interactive
Windows
A high-stakes extraction platformer. Enter procedural runs, grab artifacts, manage rising instability, and reach extraction before you lose everything you carried.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.8%, Perma Death 18%, Platformer 16.2%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Difficult 11.6%
- #24 Brainmelter Deluxe
82% matchPositive98% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmocat
Windows
Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!
Why similar: Perma Death 23.4%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Difficult 19.3%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Platformer 14.6%
- #25 Iron Dungeon
81% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Iron Dungeon combines a twin-stick shooter, a 2d platformer and a roguelite. Explore a dangerous underground complex in search of dozens of weapons, gadgets and upgrades to find a way to the surface and find out if there is still life on Earth!
Why similar: Perma Death 15.2%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Action Roguelike 15%, Difficult 13%, Procedural Generation 11.2%
- #26 Into the Loop
80% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Creational Labs
Windows
Into the Loop is a minimalist physics-based platformer about momentum. Use loops to create momentum and traverse levels.
Why similar: Difficult 20%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Precision Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 11%
- #27 I Have No Nose and I Must Climb
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Team Sometimes Y
Windows
Work with your hands to help Wally reach the top of the world to retrieve something dear to them.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.4%, Difficult 20.4%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Cartoony 4.1%
- #28 Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
79% matchVery Positive85% of 812 reviews2022
Dev: SmokeStabPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Why similar: Platformer 25.9%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Difficult 13.4%, Perma Death 12.8%, Roguelike 12.5%
- #29 Joe and the Lost Pixels
78% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: RetroBlade Studios
Windows
Lethal pixels, impossible platforms, and retro nods! Joe and the Lost Pixels is a brutal 2.5D platformer where you'll die more times than in your worst '80s nightmares. Every level is a trap. Every pixel, a threat. Do you dare?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.2%, Perma Death 15.8%, Difficult 15.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #30 Grave Robber
78% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: kurigamedev
Windows
Grave Robber is a simple, tiny, fun and challenging arcade game where you'll face hordes of undead enemies and try to get the highscore.
Why similar: Difficult 24.7%, Precision Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 17.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Arcade 10.9%
- #31 Mask Around
76% matchPositive95% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Rouli
Windows
Mask Around is an action-packed, weird and colorful 2D roguelite with tons of hidden secrets. Buy weapons & items, unlock masks with unique powers and combo enemies using melee attacks and shooting power.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.8%, Difficult 17.3%, Platformer 16.3%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #32 The Tower to God
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Seyff
Windows · Linux
A tower built to reach God. A wound that never healed. It is bleeding the world dry. Ascend it anyway. Bear a golden amulet that can drain the divine power of others — at the cost of their lives. Survive the blood rain. Defy a structure that does not want to be reached. Hope is your only weapon.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.9%, Difficult 17.7%, Perma Death 16.5%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Platformer 13.9%
- #33 Doughball Descent
76% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Plubsoft
Windows
Doughball Descent is a Roguelite Puzzle-Platformer about smashing through tiles with your sheer weight as you amass food & items as you traverse the procedurally generated layers of the Food Zigguraut
Why similar: Perma Death 17.4%, Procedural Generation 14%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelike 11.3%, Platformer 11.2%
- #34 1 Screen Platformer
75% matchVery Positive87% of 428 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 31.5%, Difficult 21.8%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Platformer 14.8%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #35 Ducky Runnerz
74% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Occasional Gamer Studios
Windows · Linux
Ducky Runnerz is a fast-paced 2D precision platformer where you play as a determined mother duckling rescuing her stolen eggs from the malicious raccoon gang!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29%, Side Scroller 21%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #36 Dr. oil
75% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2021
Dev: Antena
Windows
This is a classic 2D hardcore platformer in which you have to constantly die in order to advance and kill the most evil seagull in the world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.3%, Difficult 21.5%, Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #37 HELLEVATORS
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kohl Meek
Windows
HELLEVATORS is a fast-paced action-roguelike where you jump, dash, slide, and BLAST your way through mobile arenas. Make friends with weirdos, amass mystical knick-knacks, and get frighteningly rich as you survive a series of 1-minute Hellevator rides on your commute to Heaven.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.4%, Difficult 18.2%, Roguelike 16%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Perma Death 14%
- #38 Keepy UP
72% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: TLL
Windows
Push yourself ever higher in this challenging reimagining of a classic childhood game. Guide your balloon through a vertical gauntlet of seagulls, ghosts, UFOs and more! Your balloon is your only friend, and gravity is your greatest foe. Are you skilful enough to Keepy UP?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.4%, Difficult 26.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #39 Prism: It's a Light Sentence
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nathan Knight
Windows
You will jump, double jump, dash, wall slide, and wall jump your way through PRISM — and the game really expects you to master all of it. Levels are designed to push you to your limits, chaining mechanics together in increasingly demanding ways that require precision and quick reactions.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.7%, Side Scroller 23.6%, Difficult 21.3%, Platformer 15.8%, Indie 3.5%
- #40 Dizzy Rogues
73% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: kumakare
Windows
Dizzy Rogues is an auto-runner roguelike with "turn" based combat. Bounce your weapon off enemies and objects, rack up your combo, and purchase unique items.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Roguelike 15.2%, Difficult 12.7%, Perma Death 12.4%
- #41 Aura of Worlds
72% matchVery Positive91% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.3%, Roguelike 15.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Procedural Generation 13.3%
- #42 1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive87% of 227 reviews2020
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLCPub: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows
FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.7%, Difficult 22.3%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #43 Seedovia
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ab
Windows
Seedovia is a rogue-like dungeon crawler where you traverse room after room, fighting challenging monsters. Chain your weapons, collect game-changing passive upgrades, and equip items to create unique builds and become increasingly more powerful.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.2%, Difficult 18.4%, Roguelike 17.6%, Procedural Generation 16.8%, Perma Death 14.7%
- #44 Our Darker Purpose
71% matchVery Positive82% of 743 reviews2014
Dev: Avidly Wild Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.3%, Roguelike 23.1%, Difficult 16.2%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Female Protagonist 5.7%
- #45 Rosie's Rampage
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scrimbly Games
Windows
Angry and out of work, Rosie goes straight to the top to file a complaint in person. Play as an auto mechanic who, after discovering her factory will be retooled for building tanks, decides to tear down the establishment!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.2%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Platformer 14.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, 2.5D 9.2%
- #46 DOOMER'S ADVENTURE
70% matchVery Positive85% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: deadworld games
Windows
An platformer game about collecting stuff to bear with reality. Just like life, this game is short and meaningless, filled with existential questions of being.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.5%, Difficult 17.9%, Perma Death 16.7%, Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%
- #47 Randomverse: Expedition
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Randaro
Windows
Randomverse: Expedition is an experimental platformer game with chaotic randomized elements that will test your luck. Explore procedurally generated levels, loot chests, fight monsters that can end your run in a single hit, and secure your items for future adventures.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.9%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Perma Death 17.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #48 Telmari
69% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Phoenix Blasters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Telmari save her Sunflowers on her journey to the Demon Tree, on this precision platformer with your catastic companion. Face over 100 hand-crafted levels where your skill and patience will be tested as you explore the world of Agra.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 17.8%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Arcade 8.4%
- #49 Dunjungle
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 749 reviews2025
Dev: Bruno BombardiPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.7%, Perma Death 19.4%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Difficult 18.1%, Roguelike 14.4%
- #50 Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue DX
69% matchMixed69% of 369 reviews2021
Dev: DejimaPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take on the role of a young rescue officer starting her career. Armed with a trusty axe and high-pressure fire hose that also acts like a jetpack, Firegirl responds to emergency calls across the city. Can Firegirl save all the trapped civilians caught in each blaze?
Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.4%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelike 15.7%, Platformer 15%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #51 Pong Temple
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: JFxGames
Windows
Set in a fantasy atmosphere inspired by Incan mythology, Pong Temple takes the well-known gameplays of Pong and Brick Breaker and mixes them into a procedural dungeon crawler focused on action and reflexes.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.1%, Action Roguelike 18.8%, Perma Death 18.2%, Procedural Generation 16%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #52 Elliot
69% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Plain and Game
Windows
Elliot is a colourful 2D platformer inspired by 16-bit classics, with a touch of hardcore. Don't be misled by appearances: it's a colorful game, but really it's technicolor hell!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.7%, Difficult 19.1%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Platformer 13.6%, Family Friendly 6.6%
- #53 The Storied Sword
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Bite the ChiliPub: Orc Face Games
Windows
An 8-bit action-adventure! Retrieve the fabled Storied Sword from the evil clutches of the dark sorcerer Vectre!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.2%, Difficult 19.6%, Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #54 Power Pals
68% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Become a Power Pal and help the team save their children from the evil Blitterbom. Power Pals is an arcade style platformer with a cute family friendly atmosphere. Play through increasingly difficult levels as one of the 5 Power Pals.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.6%, Perma Death 19.1%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Platformer 12.2%, 2.5D 8.4%
- #55 30XX
66% matchVery Positive90% of 2,809 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Platformer 12.4%
- #56 Spelunky 2
66% matchVery Positive93% of 21,899 reviews2020
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Why similar: Perma Death 18%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 15%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Side Scroller 10.6%
- #57 DarkLight: Platformer
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nomade Games
Windows
Welcome to the world of DarkLight: Platformer, where adventure and fun await you at every step. This exciting 2D platformer promises you an unforgettable journey through 150 unique levels and five diverse biomes.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.3%, Difficult 19.7%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #58 Ever Roach
65% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: playablecuriosity
Windows
Play as a cockroach climbing toward The Bright in this short, hand-drawn 2D precision platformer. Master double jumps, glides, and wall-climbs through tightly designed levels. Collect optional spores on harder paths and complete the ascent before your 100 lives run out.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.3%, Difficult 21.9%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Perma Death 7%