- #1 ElecHead
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
⚡+🤖+🧩
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, Platformer 14.6%, Linear 13.9%, Retro 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer features clever environmental interactions where your character's presence powers the world around them.
- #2 Toki Tori
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,125 reviews2010
Dev: Two TribesPub: Two Tribes Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Cute 14.5%, Family Friendly 13.6%, Indie 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Pompom, this game requires you to use a variety of tools and items to guide a character through complex, puzzle-filled levels.
- #3 Thomas Was Alone
96% matchVery Positive94% of 9,361 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, Side Scroller 20.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Linear 12.5%, Family Friendly 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle-platformer where you manipulate different characters with unique abilities to navigate obstacles.
- #4 Braid, Anniversary Edition
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,739 reviews2024
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 28%, Platformer 15.1%, Colorful 6.2%, 2D 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This classic puzzle-platformer focuses on manipulating time and the environment to solve intricate level designs.
- #5 MagiCat
94% matchVery Positive90% of 690 reviews2017
Dev: Kucing RembesPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
Why similar: Cats 30.2%, Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Cute 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired platformer with a cute feline protagonist and challenging level design that rewards precision.
- #6 Gato Roboto
94% matchVery Positive94% of 5,104 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Cats 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Retro 11.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled metroidvania featuring a cat in a mech suit, capturing the cute pixel-art aesthetic and tight platforming feel.
- #7 VVVVVV
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,449 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Platformer 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 26.8%, Retro 19.9%, Indie 7%, 2D 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled 2D platformer that forces you to master gravity-flipping mechanics to navigate challenging, puzzle-like stages.
- #8 Super Phantom Cat
93% matchVery Positive82% of 237 reviews2019
Dev: Veewo Games
Windows
A retro-casual platformer game! No matter who you are! Get your cat ears ready, BRING IT ON! Set off on the crazy journey to rescue your sister!
Why similar: Cats 25.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 12%, Retro 11%, Family Friendly 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, colorful platformer that focuses on exploration and cute character design in a 2D world.
- #9 Trine Enchanted Edition
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,837 reviews2009
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.4%, Platformer 28.4%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer where you must creatively use the environment and character abilities to progress.
- #10 Unravel
90% matchVery Positive91% of 5,467 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.
Why similar: Family Friendly 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 15.9%, Colorful 9.6%, Side Scroller 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features physics-based platforming where you use yarn to interact with the environment and solve environmental puzzles.
- #11 Heart Star
91% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Heart Star is an adorable puzzle platformer where you guide two little friends through two parallel worlds. Swap between the worlds to solve unique puzzles. Overcome all obstacles with the power of teamwork!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Indie 11.6%, Retro 10.5%, Platformer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where you switch between two characters in parallel worlds to clear paths for one another.
- #12 FEZ
89% matchVery Positive93% of 16,126 reviews2013
Dev: Polytron CorporationPub: Trapdoor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
Why similar: Platformer 39.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Indie 10%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A perspective-shifting puzzle-platformer that rewards players for manipulating the 3D world to create new 2D paths.
- #13 Promenade
86% matchVery Positive95% of 873 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 15.8%, Family Friendly 14.7%, Retro 12.6%, Cute 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant, cute collectathon platformer that emphasizes exploration and creative movement through its world.
- #14 Downpurr
88% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Robin FoxPub: Studio Nevermore
Windows · Linux
Mimi's platformer-shooter adventure through a land of magic, cats, and rain!
Why similar: Cats 30.9%, Platformer 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Cute 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, magic-infused platformer that focuses on exploration and charming character interactions.
- #15 Gravity Cat
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 522 reviews2016
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gravity Cat - it's a puzzle-platformer. You play as a cat who has an ability to change the gravity.
Why similar: Cats 54.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Cute 9.5%, Indie 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging platformer that centers on gravity-manipulation mechanics to overcome obstacles.
- #16 World of Goo
87% matchVery Positive94% of 6,512 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Comedy 24.7%, Indie 22.2%, Cute 19.3%, 2D 16.4%, Singleplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based construction game that shares the 'building to solve' spirit found in Pompom's level design.
- #17 Rift Racoon
85% 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: Side Scroller 17.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Linear 11.7%, Retro 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that requires quick reflexes and careful movement through retro-styled environments.
- #18 YesterMorrow
86% matchMixed68% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
Why similar: Platformer 17%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Cute 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Adventure 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that utilizes time-travel mechanics to alter the environment and solve puzzles.
- #19 Super Catboy
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: PixelpogoPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Why similar: Cats 21.2%, Side Scroller 14.8%, 1990's 13.8%, Retro 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that delivers high-energy gameplay with a distinct retro pixel-art style.
- #20 Bubbles the Cat
84% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Team Cats & Bears
Windows
Leap, blast and bob your way through over a hundred levels of cute platforming action in BUBBLES THE CAT!
Why similar: Cats 32.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Retro 11.7%, Cute 11.3%, Family Friendly 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted, indie platformer that offers a relaxing experience with cute visuals and simple mechanics.
- #21 Shovel Pirate
83% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Neutronized
Windows
X marks the spot! Follow the map and find hidden treasures.
Why similar: Pirates 17.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that captures the retro, side-scrolling spirit with a focus on exploration.
- #22 Öoo
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,955 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Platformer 14.5%, Linear 12.8%, Cute 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that combines exploration with logic-based challenges in a 2D environment.
- #23 Hamster on Rails
82% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Virtual Arts Studio
Windows
Embark on this adventure through different worlds with your friend, the railway builder Hamster! Help the Hamster village collect minerals by building crazy railways to solve fun challenges.
Why similar: Family Friendly 37.9%, Cute 27.9%, Colorful 20.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game featuring hamsters that emphasizes path-building and strategic planning to guide your characters.
- #24 Bobo The Cat
82% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Bobo The Cat
Windows
In this Marioid styled game you can help little cat Bobo. Jump on enemies, run, scratch and spit furballs to fight your way back home. Bobo feels completely powerless and struggles to get in shape at first, but he constantly learns new mechanics and abilities.
Why similar: Cats 31.1%, 1990's 15.3%, Family Friendly 12.5%, Cute 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer with an atmospheric, cartoony style that focuses on exploration and movement.
- #25 Go Slimey Go!
78% matchVery Positive99% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: TembacPub: Tembac and Chabbie
Windows · Mac
A precision platformer that welcomes newcomers and rewards mastery. Master smooth movement, discover hidden secrets, and overcome handcrafted challenges in a charming adventure built for all skills levels.
Why similar: Cats 15.6%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Retro 10.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Linear 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful precision-platformer that focuses on singleplayer challenges and retro-inspired pixel graphics.
- #26 Kitten Lost Her Box
81% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: sadimakegames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help tiny Kitten get back her favorite paper box only with her agile actions. In this tight platformer kitten brave hand-crafted challenges, meet cute creatures and finally fight with her old enemy!
Why similar: Retro 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Linear 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Platformer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that challenges players with tight controls and a cute, retro aesthetic.
- #27 Romino's Adventure
81% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, Side Scroller 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Linear 10.2%, Platformer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that blends side-scrolling action with environmental logic puzzles.
- #28 Hatup
80% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 12.4%, 1990's 11.2%, Cute 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual platformer that provides a straightforward, fun experience with puzzle elements.
- #29 Super Puzzled Cat
77% matchVery Positive98% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Platformer 8.8%, Cute 6.3%
- #30 StrikeForce Kitty
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,166 reviews2018
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Comedic puzzle-adventure with strong RPG influences. Take away costumes from the foxes, create the most mad combinations of clothes, explore the world, find secrets and save the princess from the clutches of the cunning king!
Why similar: Cats 34.5%, Platformer 23.1%, Adventure 11%, Indie 10.3%, Cute 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-platformer that features a team of cats and light strategy elements for a fun, family-friendly experience.
- #31 Rules & Rodents
77% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Gravy Crew Games
Windows
A puzzling adventure where you abuse the Rules set by your Rat captors! 📜🐀 Manipulate enemies and environments with the commanding power of Rules to escape!
Why similar: Cute 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.8%, 2D 15.9%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11%
- #32 Comit the Astrodian
79% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Platformer based on a 22 year old blueprint. Help Comit boost his was through several planets in an attempt to stop the evil space pirate Krater from taking over the Star System.
Why similar: Platformer 20.6%, 1990's 17.7%, Space 13.6%, Retro 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that emphasizes fast-paced action and exploration in a retro-inspired setting.
- #33 Grapple Dog
76% matchVery Positive86% of 886 reviews2022
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
Why similar: Platformer 18.9%, Cute 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Family Friendly 10.6%, Retro 9.7%
- #34 Wakey Wakey
74% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Moon Jam Games LLC
Windows
Wakey Wakey is a Puzzle Platformer with a unique world-bending twist. Navigate your everchanging bedroom, take control of new household objects, and overcome surprising obstacles to help this sleepy guy get a good night's rest.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Comedy 11.1%, Linear 10.7%, Retro 9.9%
- #35 Cattie
75% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
Cattie is a platform game with retro graphics.
Why similar: Cats 29.5%, Retro 15.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Cute 9.2%
- #36 Cleo - a pirate's tale
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 793 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Schultz
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Why similar: Pirates 26.9% ★, 1990's 13.3%, Retro 10.2%, Comedy 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #37 Freedom Planet 2
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,697 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 13%, 1990's 10.8%, Retro 10%
- #38 CATO: Buttered Cat
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,911 reviews2024
Dev: Team WollPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
Why similar: Cats 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Platformer 12.7%, Cute 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #39 TitTok
75% matchVery Positive87% of 129 reviews2021
Dev: Siberian Mouse
Windows
TitTok - Minimalistic adventure 2D puzzle platformer with cats, explosions and spinning saws! TikTok ≠ TitTok
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Platformer 15.1%, 1990's 12.3%, Family Friendly 7.8%
- #40 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
73% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.8%, Retro 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, 2D 10%, Adventure 5.3%
- #41 Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
71% matchVery Positive97% of 291 reviews2024
Dev: SmellyFrog
Windows
A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.1%, Retro 17.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Linear 9.2%
- #42 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,647 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Retro 24.8%, Platformer 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Family Friendly 15.1%, 2D 8.3%
- #43 Adventures of Pip
74% matchVery Positive87% of 275 reviews2015
Dev: Tic Toc Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 23.5%, Retro 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 7.4%
- #44 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
70% matchVery Positive99% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 半星BanXing
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, Platformer 17.9%, Retro 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Cute 9.9%
- #45 Maze Mice
69% matchVery Positive89% of 320 reviews2025
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 44.8% ★, Cats 17.2%, Retro 11.8%, Cute 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #46 The Ramsey
71% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
The Ramsey is a 2D platformer that allows you to play as cute squirrel characters solving puzzles using various weapons. Explore maze-like islands and overcome difficult obstacles with the strongest squirrels in the universe.
Why similar: Platformer 22.9%, 1990's 15.5%, Cute 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Colorful 9.1%
- #47 Taimumari: Definitive Edition
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 308 reviews2015
Dev: TERNOX
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.7% ★, Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #48 Patch me if you can
67% matchVery Positive99% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Linear 24.3%, Cute 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Colorful 13.3%, 2D 12.3%
- #49 Dimensional Animals
69% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Marcos Game Dev
Windows
Five animal friends with unique abillities unite in this metroidvania adventure! You'll need to master each animal's skill to complete your quest! Play as the dog, duck, cat, frog and raccoon at the same time!
Why similar: Cats 25.7%, Family Friendly 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Platformer 11.5%, Cute 9.7%
- #50 Tamagoneko
70% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: GDFET
Windows · Linux
Get off the tree and face the world full of saws, pits and spikes in this hardcore 2D platformer about the nimble white Cat. Make your way through wild plains, thorny deserts and crystal caverns on a challenging yet exciting journey to rescue the lost kitten eggs!
Why similar: Cats 19.1%, Side Scroller 17%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Retro 9.4%
- #51 CASSETTE BOY
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Wonderland Kazakiri inc.Pub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows · Mac
What you can’t see… doesn’t exist. CASSETTE BOY is a puzzle action RPG where you control perspective to change the world you see. Rotate a 2D pixel-styled 3D world, using disappearing obstacles and newly appearing paths to uncover the mystery of the vanished moon.
Why similar: Cats 23.2%, 1990's 22.4%, Retro 15.1%, Cute 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%
- #52 Tricky Cat
71% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: NanningsGames
Windows · Linux
Help this cute cat jumping on tiles but don’t fall down!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Platformer 12.3%, Linear 10.5%, 2D 8.3%
- #53 Bombun
64% matchVery Positive96% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: KekitopuPub: Critical Bliss
Windows · Linux
A bomb-throwing rabbit defends her floating fortress from her former friend turned foe.
Why similar: Comedy 20.7%, Platformer 19.8%, Cute 16.6%, Colorful 12.4%, Retro 10%
- #54 Splat Cat
68% matchVery Positive89% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Helen Spight
Windows · Mac
Wielding only your paintbrush, traverse your way through this 2D platforming artistic landscape and fight your creative block!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 19.7%, Cats 14.9%, Cute 8.8%, Colorful 7.6%
- #55 Colored Effects
67% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: TACSOU
Windows · Linux
Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Platformer 13.1%, Family Friendly 12.9%, Cute 9.2%
- #56 Bring You Home
64% matchVery Positive97% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Indie 34.7%, Family Friendly 17.7%, 2D 9.9%
- #57 The Purring Quest
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,724 reviews2015
Dev: Valhalla Cats
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Have you ever wanted to be a cat? You will be able, thanks to the aventure platformer The Purring Quest. Take on the role of Kimchi the cat and meet famous cat of the internet in a journey full of humor.
Why similar: Cats 59.8%, Platformer 14.7%, Cute 11%, Indie 4.1%, 2D 4.1%
- #58 Undercat
66% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: SparkyTailGames
Windows
Undercat is a non-restrictive 2D platformer with co-op and PvP modes. Help the Resistance to overthrow the Cats' tyranny and liberate the animal city!
Why similar: Family Friendly 16.7%, Retro 16%, Comedy 14.5%, Cute 11.5%, Platformer 11.4%
- #59 Astro Pig
65% matchVery Positive100% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Garoa Studios
Windows
A 90-s inspired lo-fi adventure puzzle platformer about a piglet astronaut and his intelligent ship.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Space 16.1%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Family Friendly 9%