Games Like Potatoman Seeks the Troof

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: Great Soundtrack 32.5%, Platformer 21%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Retro 9.4%, Indie 7%

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

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: Platformer 31.2%, Retro 26.2%, Indie 17.1%, Action 16.8%, Surreal 8.7%

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

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 38.4%, Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Difficult 10.4%, Indie 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

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

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: Platformer 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Difficult 17.6%, Retro 10.9%, Indie 10.3%

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

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

Why similar: Difficult 33.1%, Platformer 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 8%, Funny 4.4%

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

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: Platformer 47%, Pixel Graphics 36.4%, Difficult 16.7%

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

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

Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Great Soundtrack 21.3%, Retro 14.6%, Indie 6.4%

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 29%, Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Indie 14.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.2%

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: Great Soundtrack 29.8%, Platformer 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Difficult 9%, Indie 7.2%

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 51.6%, Retro 23.1%, Surreal 11.7%, Indie 7.6%, Adventure 6.1%

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 36.7%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Difficult 9.6%, Retro 7.8%

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: Platformer 30.7%, Retro 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.6%, Difficult 9.5%, Indie 7.7%

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

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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%

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

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

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.5%, Great Soundtrack 25.6%, Retro 18.9%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 9.2%

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

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: Platformer 32.7%, Retro 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Difficult 10.8%, Action 7.9%

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

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: Retro 30.6%, Platformer 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 7.3%

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

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: Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Indie 20.6%, Action 19.7%, Adventure 15%, Difficult 10.1%

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

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

Why similar: Platformer 55.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Action 10.3%

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

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: Platformer 35.4%, Retro 29.4%, Difficult 10.7%, Indie 8.8%, Adventure 6.1%

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

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 31%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Retro 14.1%, Indie 8.6%, Difficult 8.2%

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

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: Platformer 30.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Retro 16%, Difficult 10%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%

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

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 53.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Indie 16.5%, Adventure 9.6%

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

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 20.2%, Retro 16.1%, Action 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 11.8%

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

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 28%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Action 12.8%, Indie 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features exceptional retro platforming mechanics and a great soundtrack that rivals 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 79.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Indie 4.8%, Adventure 3.4%, Difficult 3.1%

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

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

Why similar: Platformer 54.3%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 13.3%, Indie 8.2%, Comedy 7.3%

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

Why similar: Platformer 25.9%, Retro 20%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Indie 10.5%, Action 10.4%

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

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: Platformer 25.9%, Great Soundtrack 25.8%, Indie 15%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Adventure 10.6%

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

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 26.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Retro 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Indie 8.7%

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 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Retro 18%, Indie 10.1%, Action 9.8%

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

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 35%, Retro 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Action 9.5%, Indie 8.9%

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 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 35.4%, Retro 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Indie 5.4%, Action 5.1%

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 31%, Retro 24%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Indie 8.3%, Difficult 7.7%

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 55.1%, Action 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Comedy 7.4%, Adventure 7.3%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Platformer 28.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Retro 10.8%, Difficult 9%, Indie 8.8%

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 30.5%, Retro 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Indie 8.1%

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 23.1%, Retro 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Indie 14.7%, Action 13.9%

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: Platformer 78%, Action 22%

A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, Retro 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Indie 11%

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

Why similar: Retro 29%, Pixel Graphics 23.5%, Platformer 22.2%, Difficult 11.6%, Action 5.1%

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

Why similar: Platformer 44.8%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 17%, Indie 11.4%, Funny 7.8%

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: Retro 38.7%, Pixel Graphics 30.7%, Surreal 15%, Adventure 8.7%, Funny 6.8%

Upside Down will immerse you in an incredible adventure. Sharpen your reflexes for this fast-paced, precise puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Indie 57.8%, Platformer 22%, Action 12.2%, Adventure 8%

Are you Skoof?

Why similar: Action 36%, Adventure 29.9%, Funny 23.4%, Indie 10.7%

Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.

Why similar: Platformer 59.3%, Indie 19%, Action 17.9%, Difficult 3.9%

An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?

Why similar: Platformer 49.7%, Indie 18.5%, Action 16.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Difficult 3.7%

The legendary game is now on Steam! Can you prove that you are a good player, go through a difficult path and save your brother? This challenge is not for wimps!

Why similar: Platformer 22.2%, Action 16.4%, Indie 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Retro 11.7%

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

Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Surreal 23.2%, Indie 21%, Funny 11%

Test your reflexes and awareness as you simultaneously guide two lovable balls through over 100 brightly-coloured challenges in a controller-smashingly tough BAFTA nominated platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Indie 16.3%, Action 14%, Difficult 10.4%

Hardcore pixel indie platformer with puzzle elements and history. Can you get to the end?

Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, Retro 21.9%, Indie 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Adventure 12%

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: Platformer 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Retro 20.8%, Indie 11.7%, Action 9.5%

Play as an adorable yet trouble-making turnip. Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 31.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Action 13.3%, Comedy 10.5%, Indie 9.8%

A comic-styled mashup of Galaga-style shoot-em-up, simple platforming action, and Saturday morning cartoon. In collaboration with Eisner-award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka!

Why similar: Platformer 31%, Retro 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Indie 12%, Action 7.7%

Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26.9%, Platformer 25.6%, Retro 23.9%, Difficult 13.4%, Adventure 7%

A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Retro 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 24.3%, Adventure 7.2%, Action 6.5%

An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.

Why similar: Platformer 42.2%, Retro 29.3%, Indie 10.8%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 7.4%

A surreal boxing quest with a duck! Test your reflexes as you fight your way through an evil corporation in search for retribution.

Why similar: Difficult 26.2%, Action 23.6%, Indie 23.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Funny 10.3%

Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Why similar: Platformer 30.8%, Action 14.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Indie 13.9%, Adventure 10.2%

Help Zigloton steal an old relic on his journey to infiltrate a mysterious planet, in this challenging platformer developped and hand-animated by one person.

Why similar: Indie 26.4%, Platformer 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Adventure 18.7%, Difficult 5.9%