Games Like Primal Light

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Retro 13.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Side Scroller 7.9%

Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

Why similar: Difficult 28.3%, Pixel Graphics 24.8%, Action-Adventure 20.5%, 2D Platformer 7.9%, Action 6.6%

Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.2%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 9.6%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30%, Difficult 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Indie 4.2%, Action 4.1%

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: 2D Platformer 18.2%, Side Scroller 18%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Precision Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Retro 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Platformer 11.9%

Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 46%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Platformer 11.9%, Fantasy 5.7%, Exploration 5.6%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Difficult 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 23.4%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Platformer 8.3%

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Side Scroller 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Difficult 14.6%, Retro 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9%

A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Old School 9.3%

You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!

Why similar: Side Scroller 16.1%, Precision Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 13.4%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Old School 11.4%

Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.7%, Side Scroller 16.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Old School 8.5%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.2%, 2D Platformer 17%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.9%, Difficult 18%, Action-Adventure 13%, Retro 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Old School 11.4%, Retro 11.4%

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

Why similar: Retro 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Indie 14.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Adventure 11.5%

Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.4%, Difficult 16.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.8%, Retro 18.7%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Platformer 9.6%

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Retro 25.7%, Action 22.9%, Platformer 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Adventure 14.1%

3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.

Why similar: Side Scroller 24.8%, Difficult 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Platformer 8.8%, Action 5.1%

Cave Crawler 2 is a retro-inspired 2D side-scroller. Escape a series of winding caves full of strange creatures and treacherous platforming challenges.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.5%, Side Scroller 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Old School 6.8%

A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.7%, Difficult 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!

Why similar: Side Scroller 15.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Precision Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Retro 11%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 10%

Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.

Why similar: Side Scroller 17.4%, Precision Platformer 14%, Retro 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.5%

Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Retro 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Old School 11.4%

Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

Why similar: Retro 21.9%, Difficult 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Action 11%, Platformer 10.9%

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: Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Retro 17.8%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Platformer 10%, Difficult 9%

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: Retro 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Platformer 16%, Indie 6.6%

Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.9%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 9%

Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Side Scroller 25.3%, Platformer 13.1%, Indie 7.9%, Action 7.9%

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.3%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Retro 11.7%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Side Scroller 14.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Difficult 31.7%, Great Soundtrack 20.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Retro 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.4%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Difficult 14.8%, Old School 8.5%, Retro 7.1%

Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue a litter of its missing offspring, in this side-scrolling, psychedelic platformer from the mind of award-winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs.

Why similar: Side Scroller 14%, Difficult 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Precision Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 8.6%

Repel an invasion of mysterious charming creatures in a vast murky marshland. Strike your foes in a God-like slash-based manner and experience ambiguous encounters brimming with personality.

Why similar: Side Scroller 24.7%, Retro 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Action 5.7%

Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

Why similar: Side Scroller 29.3%, Difficult 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

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: Difficult 26.8%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!

Why similar: Side Scroller 24.8%, Difficult 19.1%, Retro 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Platformer 9.6%

Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.3%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Difficult 17.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Retro 8.4%

Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.

Why similar: Difficult 22.1%, Platformer 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 8.8%

A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 19.6%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Action-Adventure 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

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: 2D Platformer 13.3%, Retro 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Old School 10.6%, Difficult 10.1%

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.7%, Difficult 28.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Indie 4.4%

One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 11.1%, Retro 10.9%

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 37.2%, Action-Adventure 23.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Action 12.9%, Adventure 5.3%

Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!

Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Action-Adventure 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Fantasy 12.8%, Action 6.4%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.5%, Retro 18.8%, Platformer 17.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Action 5.8%

Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?

Why similar: Retro 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Platformer 17.3%, Action 9.7%, Fantasy 8.8%

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.

Why similar: Side Scroller 34.8%, 2D Platformer 23.6%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Platformer 8.9%, Action 4.8%

Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

Why similar: Side Scroller 23%, Difficult 21.9%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Platformer 7.4%

Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.4%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Old School 13.4%, Retro 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

Why similar: Difficult 14.7%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Retro 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.

Why similar: Difficult 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 9%, Retro 8.9%

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Beautiful 23.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 21.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Action 7.5%

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: 2D Platformer 25.1%, Difficult 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Retro 13.8%, Platformer 10.7%

Arise from the dead as the 'Cursed King' in an enthralling action platformer. Wield the chains that once imprisoned you to vanquish foes and traverse your fallen kingdom. Uncover hidden areas, strategically level up, and reclaim your throne by banishing colossal bosses!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.9%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Difficult 15%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

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: Retro 31.3%, Platformer 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Action 10.9%, Indie 8.5%