- #1 Rogue Worlds
97% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue Worlds is a chaotic tactical roguelite platformer where you wield the environment and creative abilities to overcome challenges. Outwit powerful guardians and blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths!
Why similar: Roguelike 14.1%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Platformer 11.7%, Side Scroller 11%, Difficult 10.5%
- #2 Elsie
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Shift GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 12%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Roguelike 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #3 Dizzy Rogues
96% matchVery Positive92% of 51 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 20.6%, Roguelike 17.6%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Difficult 13.2%, Roguelite 11.1%
- #4 30XX
95% matchVery Positive91% of 2,768 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 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: Action Roguelike 14.5%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Roguelike 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #5 Bard's Gold
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Lantern
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that let's you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. Help the Bard to overcome the dungeon’s many dangerous perils and use your new-found treasures to improve your character and to buy new weapons and gear!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.2%, Platformer 15.5%, Difficult 14.9%, Roguelite 12.1%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #6 Brainmelter Deluxe
94% matchPositive98% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmocat
Windows
Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!
Why similar: Difficult 18.3%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Procedural Generation 17.8%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 14%
- #7 Verlet Ascend
93% matchVery Positive89% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Sagewind StudioPub: Stratera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.6%, Precision Platformer 16.9%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Roguelike 12.2%
- #8 Spirits Abyss
92% matchVery Positive96% of 424 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 14.7%, Roguelike 13.8%, Difficult 13.6%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Platformer 12.3%
- #9 Downwell
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,526 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 24.9%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
- #10 NETHER DUNGEONS
90% matchVery Positive83% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Nether Dungeons is an action-packed dungeon crawler. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons, face relentless enemies, and defeat epic bosses. Customize your hero, wield diverse weapons, and survive intense challenges as you descend into ever-changing, dangerous depths.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Roguelike 14.9%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelite 13%
- #11 Footgun: Underground
89% matchVery Positive87% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Turtle Knight GamesPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Roguelike with balls! Prove your ball skills and dribble your way through a randomly generated, dangerous track network full of deadly challenges! Face post-apocalyptic mutants, improve your balls with high-tech upgrades and escape the pixel art underground labyrinth.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.7%, Roguelike 19.4%, Roguelite 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Platformer 7.9%
- #12 Platformines
91% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2014
Dev: Magiko GamingPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world! Customise your character, master all difficulty levels and literally jump to the top of the leaderboards to prove your skills!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 55.6%, Platformer 26.8%, Action 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4%, 2D 3.6%
- #13 NETHER HEROES
86% matchVery Positive90% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: MitridanPub: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in Nether Heroes, an intense action-platform roguelike game. Conquer challenging dungeons, face menacing creatures, and defeat powerful bosses on your epic adventure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.5%, Roguelike 18.4%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #14 Eat Colors
88% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Icy Mountain StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Face extreme challenges in a precision platformer where every move is a daring jump! Use your skill to fling yourself and stick to surfaces, navigating adrenaline-filled scenes and unpredictable obstacles.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, 2D Platformer 11.1%
- #15 Dig Dog
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
An action roguelike digger. Dig to discover treasure, adventure and bones! Jump, dash, stomp and dig your way through a strange world inhabited by stranger creatures.
Why similar: Roguelike 19%, Action Roguelike 18.8%, Platformer 15.7%, Roguelite 12.1%, Difficult 9%
- #16 Jetboard Joust
87% matchVery Positive82% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: BitBull LtdPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelike 14.3%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 12.1%, Difficult 11.1%
- #17 Stray Savior
85% 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: Platformer 19.7%, Side Scroller 18.2%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Precision Platformer 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #18 Fallback
86% matchVery Positive86% of 398 reviews2019
Dev: Endroad
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.3%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Difficult 13.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Roguelike 12%
- #19 Aura of Worlds
84% matchVery Positive91% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Roguelike 15.2%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Platformer 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Difficult 11.6%
- #20 Skigill
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Achromi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight! Collect! Explore! Experiment! Survive! Master the SKIGILL, a large skill tree spanning the entire battleground, to power your character and survive waves of enemies. Unlock upgrades, weapons, and characters in a meta sigil after each game, and maybe you'll see the end!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.7%, Roguelike 24%, Loot 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Action 7.1%
- #21 Rift Racoon
83% 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 23.5%, Difficult 17.5%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 12.8%
- #22 Polyroll
82% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: HOF Studios
Windows
Explore branching levels, fight quirky bosses, and save the day in this retro platformer inspired by the classics!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 16.1%, Difficult 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #23 Voidigo
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,782 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.5%, Roguelike 18.9%, Difficult 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Roguelite 13.1%
- #24 Indie Pogo
81% matchVery Positive84% of 349 reviews2018
Dev: Lowe Bros. Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Indie Pogo is a platform brawler game for 2-4 players about bouncing, ricocheting, and pogoing your friends into oblivion! Gather your friends for 2-4 player local romps, or climb the online ladder in the bounciest of battles. Prepare yourself for a rompin' stompin' jumpin' good time!
Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Pixel Graphics 32.5%, Action 23.6%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #25 Galactic Glitch: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive97% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Galactic Glitch: Prologue is a stand-alone Action-Roguelike game with physics-based combat mechanics. Fight through bubbles of glitched Spacetime, dodge projectiles, bounce foes off walls and hurl giant rocks in challenging twin-stick combat. Play it for free today!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28%, Difficult 24%, Roguelike 22%, Roguelite 13.8%, Action 6.6%
- #26 TowerClimb
81% matchVery Positive92% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Davioware and Quazi
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.8%, Difficult 17.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #27 Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
79% matchVery Positive83% of 6,336 reviews2019
Dev: Superku
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27%, Difficult 21.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Side Scroller 11.2%
- #28 1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
80% matchVery Positive87% of 223 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 25%, Difficult 18.6%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 10.5%
- #29 Scarlett's Dungeon
82% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Scarlett's Dungeon is a retro-inspired action RPG dungeon crawler with roguelite elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fight monsters, and collect loot in beautifully crafted pixel art reminiscent of the Game Boy Advance era. Test your skills as you dive deep into ever-changing challenges!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.5%, Roguelike 17.4%, Procedural Generation 17.4%, Difficult 17.3%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #30 20XX
78% matchVery Positive91% of 4,534 reviews2017
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.8%, Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #31 Spiritfall
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,914 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Giant
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Spiritfall is a fast-paced Action Roguelite with combat inspired by Platform Fighters. Slash, smash, launch, and wall-splat a multitude of enemies using an ever-changing arsenal of divine powers.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Roguelike 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%
- #32 The Rogue Prince of Persia
74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,590 reviews2025
Dev: Evil EmpirePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In this challenging, fast-paced roguelite, every death is a unique chance to rewrite fate, save Persia or die trying. Master fluid, acrobatic combat and parkour as you explore your kingdom to right your wrongs!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.5%, Roguelike 18.8%, Roguelite 18.3%, Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%
- #33 Tiny Rogues
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,556 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.9%, Difficult 22.6%, Roguelike 20.4%, Roguelite 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #34 Plague Breaker
77% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Wozzy Games Limited
Windows
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.5%, Difficult 15.8%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Roguelike 14%, Platformer 12.7%
- #35 Catacomb Kids
76% matchVery Positive87% of 628 reviews2015
Dev: FourbitFriday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.5%, Roguelite 17.3%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Difficult 8.4%
- #36 Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge
76% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Jump or Die! Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge is a fast-paced crazy difficult sometimes rage-inducing 3d first-person platformer. Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Platformer 29.7%, Precision Platformer 28.7%, Difficult 15.1%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action 11.7%
- #37 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
74% matchVery Positive81% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Roguelike 27.7%, Action Roguelike 25.7%, Roguelite 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Action 6.7%
- #38 DIG - Deep In Galaxies
73% matchVery Positive95% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Molton Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 15.3%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelike 12.5%, Difficult 11%, Platformer 10.9%
- #39 Star Leaping Story:prologue
72% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: ZerovHao
Windows
Players will use a unique dash system to navigate through various obstacles! The main challenges lie in maneuvering skills and reaction speed, utilizing it to complete different levels in the game, gradually piecing together the truth of the story. This is a free-to-play prologue version.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.2%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #40 Upfall
72% matchPositive100% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Amicable Animal
Windows
Upfall is a game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences. Burst bubbles to progress upwards, but be careful to dodge the hazards in the depths. How far will your upfall be? A free game for the in betweens.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.1%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #41 Super Magbot
73% matchVery Positive84% of 407 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.1%, Difficult 16.8%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Platformer 9.7%
- #42 ScourgeBringer
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,222 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 15.4%, Roguelike 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Platformer 9.3%
- #43 Corebreaker
69% matchVery Positive93% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: aQuadiunPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Corebreaker is a fast-paced action-platformer game with rogue-like elements. Play as Nova, a robot designed to awaken when humanity is extinct by the machines. Unlock abilities, upgrades and powerful weapons as you fight your way through supreme robots to find out your purpose!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.3%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Robots 7.8%
- #44 Deflector
71% matchVery Positive87% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Arrowfist GamesPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Deflector is a top down action rogue-lite set in a deadly microcosm. Dive deep into hostile worlds teeming with viruses. Strike down increasingly challenging enemies with your weapons and their own deflected projectiles. Live, die, grow stronger and become powerful enough to reach the Source!
Why similar: Difficult 23%, Action Roguelike 21.3%, Roguelite 19%, Roguelike 18%, Robots 13.9%
- #45 Lawyer Guy: Defender of Justice
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 reviews2020
Dev: Rob Welch
Windows · Linux
Lawyer Guy is a challenging, fast-paced 2D action platformer. No gimmicks, just high-quality level design and old-school difficulty, with some modern quality-of-life touches. You should play it even though it's not a roguelike.
Why similar: Difficult 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14%, Robots 13.9%, Precision Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 9.5%
- #46 Janosik
71% matchVery Positive94% of 683 reviews2020
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Precision Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Action 7.7%
- #47 Double Down
70% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Burndown Studios
Windows
Double Down is a roguelike FPS for high-octane high rollers. Smash robots and spin slots to win powerful upgrades, and make your way through growing waves of enemies to face The House and take back the casino.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44%, Roguelike 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #48 Slash/Jump
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Starts With Cinder
Windows
How do you platform if walking and jumping aren't an option? With a sword of course! Bounce and slash your way through this short and sweet, uniquely controlled precision platformer!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.7%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #49 Dunjungle
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 733 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: Procedural Generation 19.5%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Difficult 15.6%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #50 BZZZT
67% 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 24.6%, Difficult 18.3%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 12.6%, Robots 12.3%
- #51 UnderMine
68% matchVery Positive90% of 9,783 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.6%, Roguelite 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Roguelike 4.8%
- #52 Caveblazers
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,500 reviews2017
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.7%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Roguelike 12.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Difficult 10.7%
- #53 iZBOT
70% matchVery Positive81% of 285 reviews2015
Dev: Ruxar
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
iZBOT is fast paced, double jumping, wall sliding, edge of your seat platformer that delivers delicious bite sized challenging platforming levels while always keeping you in the action.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.7%, Platformer 14.2%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Difficult 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.3%
- #54 Space Gladiators: The Hole
67% matchVery Positive88% of 154 reviews2020
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! This is the prelude for Space Gladiators, a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives fighting their way out of a planet prison. Defeat hordes of aliens in the gladiatorial arenas and earn your freedom!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Roguelike 16.3%, Platformer 14.7%, Roguelite 14.3%
- #55 Flinthook
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 841 reviews2017
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.4%, Roguelike 12.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Roguelite 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #56 Cave Crawler
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,111 reviews2022
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.5%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #57 Abalyte
69% matchMixed67% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Purple Studios
Windows
Abalyte is a 2D-roguelike metroidvania that focuses on the player's skill and inventiveness. While other games have crutches or progression systems that help the player beat the game, Abalyte does the opposite and throws you in a spike-pit.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Difficult 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #58 The Dungeoning
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2014
Dev: Nick Donnelly
Windows · Mac
The Dungeoning is a difficult action platformer with character levelling, set in a procedurally generated dungeon. Kill enemies, level up using experience and master varied weapons and magic. Collect gold to spend with traders and buy better weapons. Try NG+ and beyond for an extra challenge.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.2%, Roguelike 22.1%, Platformer 16.7%, Roguelite 13.6%, Action 8.4%
- #59 Whackerball
66% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Whackerball is a twin-stick shooter roguelite with Breakout inspired mechanics. Master the unique combat system as you venture through a multitude of diverse areas while collecting powerful and game changing upgrades.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.9%, Roguelike 31.4%, Action 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, 2D 4.8%