Games Like Potatoman Seeks the Troof

Mibibli's Quest is a retro-style surrealistic platformer game. Join Mibibli as it blasts its way through over 20 crazy and eclectic levels! Conquer caves, dance through raves, wander the suburbs, and blow up eggs... travel through time and explore your nightmares along the way!

Why similar: Surreal 28.3%, Platformer 24.7%, Retro 20.4%, Action 13.6%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the surreal, chaotic, and retro-inspired platforming challenge found in Potatoman.

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 18%, Comedy 14.7%, Difficult 11.8%, Funny 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same high-energy, comedic, and fast-paced platforming style with a distinct, offbeat aesthetic.

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

Why similar: Difficult 26.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Philosophical 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the minimalist, high-stakes, and often surreal frustration of navigating difficult terrain.

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 31.6%, Difficult 29.7%, Indie 7.1%, Memes 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers the same level of punishing precision platforming and dark, quirky humor.

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Difficult 32.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Philosophical 18.9%, Platformer 9.1%, Funny 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Potatoman, this game uses frustration and philosophical absurdity to create a memorable, challenging experience.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Difficult 21.3%, Retro 14.7%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-styled, difficult platforming with a legendary soundtrack that matches the intensity of the seed game.

Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

Why similar: Platformer 20.2%, Funny 17.7%, Comedy 15.4%, Cute 13.8%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky and funny platformer that shares the lighthearted, surreal charm of Potatoman's journey.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Difficult 28.1%, Platformer 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Indie 6.3%, Side Scroller 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-focused, it provides the gold standard for difficult, rewarding precision platforming.

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: Platformer 36.2%, Surreal 33.4%, Retro 16%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, movement-focused platformer that feels like a fever dream, much like the potato-consciousness journey.

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

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Difficult 28.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Retro 6.2%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive difficult platformer that shares the reflex-testing nature of the seed game.

Sir Lovelot is on a quest to find the love of his life. Join him in this wacky tight platformer, where impressing cheeky damsels is harder than a heart of stone!

Why similar: Difficult 23.4%, Platformer 21.8%, Retro 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, precision-based platformer that maintains a retro aesthetic and a humorous tone.

Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 23.1%, Retro 22.9%, Funny 11%, Cute 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A funny, retro-inspired platformer that features a quirky protagonist and challenging level design.

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: Philosophical 32.7%, Difficult 22.2%, Platformer 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the existential themes and difficult platforming challenges that define the seed game.

A bite-sized 3D Platformer with a few weird elements.

Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Surreal 23.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Cute 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and fast-paced platformer that embraces a retro-polygonal aesthetic.

Enter the wacky & whimsical world of Uurnog Uurnlimited! Explore a silly, puzzle-filled land full of cubes, bombs, weird people & adorable animals — then steal them all! Play single player or co-op as you jump, grab, throw & teleport your colorful collection back to the Save Room.

Why similar: Platformer 55.7%, Indie 44.3%

Why You'll Like It: A bizarre, surreal puzzle-platformer that thrives on its strange logic and retro aesthetic.

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

Why similar: Difficult 21.8%, Comedy 12.6%, Action 12.6%, Indie 12.5%, Adventure 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that strips away the fluff to focus on pure, reflex-heavy gameplay.

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

Why similar: Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 15.5%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Retro 12.7%, Comedy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal precision platformer that captures the 'one more try' difficulty of the seed game.

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.5%, Retro 19.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 12.2%, Funny 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its retro visuals and unique, time-based surreal gameplay loop capture the experimental spirit of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Platformer 46.1%, Psychological Horror 37%, Difficult 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that blends psychological elements with difficult, repetitive movement challenges.

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: Platformer 22.8%, Difficult 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Arcade 10.5%, Retro 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, retro-styled action game that relies on tight reflexes and unique movement mechanics.

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Platformer 62.4%, Indie 18.6%, Adventure 14.8%, 2D 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and surreal platformer that emphasizes exploration and strange, dreamlike environments.

Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!

Why similar: Difficult 19.9%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Retro 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, retro-styled side-scroller that focuses on pure reflex-based platforming.

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Action 12.1%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features exceptional retro platforming mechanics and a great soundtrack that rivals the seed game.

Sit back and enjoy 30 minutes of original electronic and vaporwave music in this challenging platformer, push forward to unlock Time Trial mode and a second playable character who completely changes the gameplay.

Why similar: Memes 20%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 17.4%, Funny 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, funny platformer that focuses on collecting items in a challenging 2D environment.

Race across a curious island in this fast-paced, light-hearted platformer

Why similar: Platformer 21.8%, Difficult 20.5%, Retro 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-pixel platformer that demands quick reactions and precision.

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: Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 17.9%, Retro 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Funny 7.6%

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Why similar: Platformer 16.5%, Retro 13%, Action 10.4%, Difficult 9.4%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-feeling, retro platformer that emphasizes exploration and challenging jumps.

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: Platformer 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Retro 13.9%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure-platformer that uses pixel art to tell a strange, atmospheric story.

You're hungry. For a schnitzel. The problem is: you have to get it!

Why similar: Platformer 36.1%, Comedy 20.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Cute 12.4%, Action 9%

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Platformer 26.4%, Indie 14.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 14%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, retro-styled platformer that rewards persistence and skill.

A NOT Troll Game, a platformer where you journey through a world that constantly trolls you. Can you make it to Zoobtryx? Beware…

Why similar: Platformer 17.5%, Memes 15.3%, Retro 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Arcade 8.8%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Difficult 20%, Platformer 18.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Retro 6.9%

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: Platformer 34.6%, Retro 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Action 9.6%, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique platformer with a retro aesthetic that evolves as you play, matching the experimental nature of the seed game.

A new side-scrolling platformer where you go flying out of control at the slightest touch! In this virus-infected world, it is your job to collect the scattered pieces of vaccine code and exterminate the virus!

Why similar: Memes 21%, Platformer 19.4%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Action 8.3%

Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!

Why similar: Difficult 31.9%, Action 22.8%, Indie 21.3%, Cute 11%, 2D 9%

Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.

Why similar: Platformer 22.5%, Retro 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Indie 13.9%, Action 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-platformer that fits the aesthetic and difficulty profile of the seed game.

Leap over treacherous chasms, navigate past a sea of hazards, and locate all 12 bananas as you embark on an epic quest and travel the patience-testing path that lies ahead in this infuriatingly challenging, unforgiving, puzzling, memey platformer.

Why similar: Memes 51.8%, Platformer 30.4%, Action 8.7%, 2D 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!

Why similar: Platformer 22.8%, Difficult 13.8%, Retro 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Funny 9.1%

A physics-based platformer with unique controls and a pun-laden narrator. Jump, stick, and attempt to roll a loop over obstacles. Perhaps this game will teach you patience. Stick with it! I'll be right there with you. In your earhole. *Plorp*

Why similar: Philosophical 24.7%, Memes 21.4%, Difficult 16.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.3%, Difficult 17.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Surreal 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

A difficult obstacle course 3D platformer where the goal is to survive and escape the Island!

Why similar: Memes 51.5%, Platformer 14.1%, Funny 11.6%, Adventure 7.1%, Action 6.1%

A young moustache enthusiast goes on an adventure, to climb the highest flying mountain in search of a magical moustache gel!

Why similar: Difficult 20.3%, Retro 14.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Memes 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%

Hunt down monsters to cook and eat them! You’ve been revived in a massive underground complex and you must leave this bizarre facility. Aided by the undead Necro-Chef Simmer, you must stay safe, get fed, find a way to get out

Why similar: Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Difficult 13.7%, Comedy 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Grab, throw, eat, and UTTERLY WRECK everything using a mind-controlled spork in this quirky, story-driven, console-styled platforming dramedy. With an emphasis on variety and a grand sense of adventure, Psycutlery offers a surprising full-course meal, despite all unassuming appearances...

Why similar: Side Scroller 18.9%, Platformer 18.3%, Surreal 18%, Funny 10%, Action-Adventure 9.7%

ppL: The Animated Adventures is 2d platformer that will test your god gamer skills.

Why similar: Memes 37.9%, Platformer 14.5%, Comedy 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Adventure 6.4%

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Retro 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Indie 8.9%, 2D 6.3%

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

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, Difficult 22.2%, Platformer 19.3%, Retro 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!

Why similar: Philosophical 19.7%, Difficult 14.8%, Platformer 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Retro 9.3%

RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!

Why similar: Surreal 34.4%, Funny 18.5%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Platformer 16%, Indie 7.4%

Embark on an odyssey into the unknown! Behold the tale of Toadman, an enigmatic being born from alien tech and the mysteries of Radiant Verde. Witness his perilous quest through treacherous jungles to confront Captain Croak in an epic showdown! Welcome to "Spawn of the Spore Spectre"!

Why similar: Platformer 30.7%, Comedy 17.2%, Funny 15.6%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Action 6.1%

Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.

Why similar: Comedy 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Retro 12.5%, Funny 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.

Why similar: Difficult 20.5%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Platformer 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Funny 10.8%

A retro mashup of a Galaga-style shoot-em-up and simple platforming action. Made in collaboration with Eisner-award-winning James Kochalka, based on his graphic novel series for kids.

Why similar: Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Difficult 12.9%, Retro 12%, Surreal 11.9%

Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.

Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Difficult 23.8%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Action 10.7%

You Are Not a Banana is set in everyday life and has a sprinkle of imagination and humor. The audiovisuals (free OST included) seek to evoke nostalgia for the 80s and 90s. This short form experimental game unfolds as a sequence of thought provoking events and surprises.

Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Retro 19.9%, Funny 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, 2D 7.5%

A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

Why similar: Platformer 28.7%, Difficult 28.2%, Action 12.7%, Indie 11.7%, Arcade 11.2%

Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?

Why similar: Philosophical 20.5%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Avoid becoming Muncher's next meal in this fast-paced, brutally challenging adventure!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Difficult 15.2%, Funny 13.7%, Arcade 13.7%, Cute 10.3%

Be The TOFU. The one and only Tofu action game created by a real Tofu Meister. You choose one of three varieties, and in its endless journey it gradually softens, crumbles, stews, and acquires bittern to become TOFU.

Why similar: Side Scroller 32.1%, Platformer 19.1%, Funny 10.6%, Action 10.3%, Comedy 10%

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: Platformer 21.5%, Difficult 19%, Retro 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Funny 10.7%