- #1 Inky's Sleep
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tim Larick
Windows
Step into Inky’s sleep — a haunting yet enchanting 2D horror-adventure with surreal touches, led by an endearing little cat. Explore dark dreams, unravel uncanny puzzles, and evade otherworldly creatures.
Why similar: Cats 30.8%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Emotional 7.1%
- #2 Vaska
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IGR Studio
Windows
Meet Vaska — a cat lost in a strange and dangerous forest... Move quietly, hide, solve puzzles, and find your way home!
Why similar: Cats 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Emotional 10.6%
- #3 BROKEN LIFE
96% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: IKKOSAMAPub: False Memory Dept.
Windows
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.9%, Dark 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Emotional 10.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #4 SOOT
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GR0GZ_GAMES
Windows
A city of smoke, rain and endless rooftops. Separated from his mother, a small black cat follows her scent through the city, using smoke to reach places no ordinary cat could.
Why similar: Cats 29.2%, Underground 16.6% ★, Emotional 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%
- #5 Her Threads
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VADAS-GS
Windows
A mysterious story about a young soul frozen between worlds. After a fatal mistake, she is condemned to wander among the living, watching over those she once loved.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.9%, Emotional 16.8%, Cats 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #6 Esc_
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alpha Ômega Entertainment
Windows
A 2D pixel art Escape Room game where the danger goes beyond the screen. The anonymous protagonist is kidnapped and wakes up in an abandoned house, where he needs to solve puzzles, look for items and face "The Antagonist", who manipulates the game — and his own computer. Can you escape?
Why similar: Side Scroller 35%, Puzzle 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #7 The Cave Postie
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mt.saji
Windows
While delivering letters in a quiet cave, you meet a young girl and begin living together. A gentle delivery tale woven with strange, lovable residents.
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.1%, Emotional 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, 2D 9.2%
- #8 Worker: 7549
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mumenta
Windows
7549 was produced as one of the worker-class servants. It continued to take orders from the humans who created it until the mine transformed from a peaceful workplace into a stronghold of rebellion.
Why similar: Underground 25% ★, Dark 19.3%, Robots 15.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, 2D 8.8%
- #9 Qiú 泅
91% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Baoz 豹子Pub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
A rescue robot had lost all teammates in a tsunami. Experience the emotional struggle and empathy in the post-apocalyptic world of Qiú, where, through a series of side-scrolling puzzle games, you help the robot achieve its dream, even at the cost of death.
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Linear 9.4%
- #10 SEOIRYE
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: CallmeratPub: Callmerat Games
Windows
"SEOIRYE" is a 2D platformer game that tells the story of Grandma Seo Irye, who embarks on a journey to the underworld to find her missing grandson. Help Grandma successfully locate her grandson and return safely!
Why similar: Emotional 24.9%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Linear 11.2%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #11 Out of Skull
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: イノナカゲームス
Windows
Out of Skull is a puzzle platformer in which skeleton uses “head- throwing” to clear stages. Use your “head” to solve the puzzles and escape the underworld!
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle 16.9%, Dark 11%, Emotional 10.8%
- #12 Emotional Flow
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Mythical
Windows
A precision platformer game where there is no jump button!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.1%, Emotional 20.2%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%
- #13 Copycat
88% matchVery Positive89% of 5,988 reviews2024
Dev: Spoonful Of WonderPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
Why similar: Cats 49.5%, Emotional 25.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 5.4%, Psychological Horror 4.3%
- #14 Evelume
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dekore Game Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric 2D adventure about a schoolkid in a small town where adults are stuck in a gray, monotonous life. Explore, fight, solve puzzles, and try to uncover the something that has drained people of joy.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, 2D 7.6%, Dark 6.7%
- #15 Cat Bait
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,549 reviews2024
Dev: Mayni prod.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Cat Bait is a casual game with cute pixel graphics. Control the Cat Bait, dodge enemies, and use the unique abilities of helper cats.
Why similar: Cats 38.4%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, 2D 5.7%
- #16 Escape: Underground
87% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Claudiu V.
Windows
An atmospheric journey where a robot is searching for a way out of the underground.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.3%, Underground 18.5% ★, Robots 18.3%, Dark 14.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%
- #17 CULY
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: adam levit
Windows
A story-rich RPG where fighting the world is only half the battle. The rest is inside.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.1%, Emotional 18.3%, Robots 15.2%, Dark 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #18 Burnhouse Lane
85% matchVery Positive94% of 1,170 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Cats 27.7%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Dark 12.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #19 Kitty's Venture
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Red Bean Games
Windows
Ready for a challenge, hooman? Kitty's Venture is a challenging 2D side-scroller platformer game where you take control of a cute kitty. Play through five different stages with various obscure obstacles, collect Cat Points, and unlock achievements. Can you make it to the end?
Why similar: Cats 47.1%, Side Scroller 32.6%, 2D 6.9%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 3.1%
- #20 Cute Puzzles!!!
84% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Cute Puzzles!!! The game is very simple, you have to collect a picture, which consists of 20 elements.
Why similar: Side Scroller 37.3%, Cats 30%, Puzzle 18.3%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 2.8%
- #21 SHUNYA
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morleaf Studio
Windows
One moves, one draws—you control both at once. In this pixel-art puzzle game, draw Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind magic cubes to reshape the environment. Bound by a magical chain, a girl and a floating cat must escape the mysterious Otherworld and find their way home.
Why similar: Cats 29.3%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #22 Laira Cut Me Open
81% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: EspaceshipStudio
Windows
Laira Cut Me Open is a 2D interactive story about a woman's fear and hatred. Find the perpetrator who cut you open, stole part of your body, locked you up in a psych ward, and snatched your husband, money and job. When she shows her face, you're gonna return the favor.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26%, Emotional 14.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Dark 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #23 Bloomyth
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Chihuas Games
Windows
Go on this journey, solve the puzzles and overcome the obstacles to discover the secret of the Bloomyth and save a life.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.1%, Emotional 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, 2D 6.2%
- #24 1daYs
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: velupix
Windows
What should have been an ordinary morning takes an unexpected turn when a letter Minsu wanted to deliver changes the course of his day. 1daYs is a 2D pixel-art narrative adventure about small incidents and mysteries hidden within everyday life.
Why similar: Cats 37.1%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Emotional 12.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, 2D 8.7%
- #25 Dome Drive
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zampa
Windows
Dome Drive is a story-driven, single-player, top-down color-based shooter about androids and humans trapped under a dome
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.5%, Emotional 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Robots 11.4%, Story Rich 11%
- #26 A Slime And A Civil War
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: DHMelon
Windows · Mac
Go through a world where every living being is a slime and take down the slime dictator in this 2D side-scrolling action game. Discover the secrets of a world no more on your journey.
Why similar: Side Scroller 39.7%, Bullet Hell 34%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, 2D 7.3%, Linear 5.6%
- #27 Right Click To Activate Translator
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Octocat.RI
Windows
Right Click To Activate Translator is a pixel side-scrolling language puzzle game. On your journey to find your missing pet cat "Shiro," you are transported to an otherworldly realm, facing an unfamiliar language and "Octocats." Remember, "Right Click to Open the Translator."
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Linear 8.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #28 Water Gun Cat
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Eduardo Bardeja Filho
Windows
Take control of a fearless cat on a mission to recover the knowledge stolen by a tyrant. Jump across platforms, dodge saws, and manage your limited water ammo to defeat the enemy army in this 2D pixel art adventure.
Why similar: Cats 42.5%, Side Scroller 27%, Adventure 8.6%, Linear 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #29 Mislight
78% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Etherlight
Windows
An Adventure Platformer game with RPG elements about a girl who is kidnapped by a shadow monster and taken to a forest where she has to fight her way out by using a magical flashlight as her only weapon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.2%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #30 Horrors of the North
79% match7 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: AkentPub: AkentGames
Windows
In the game you need to solve puzzles, run away from evil spirits, do not be eaten by a bloodthirsty creature
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #31 Bound: Gulag Getaway
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ye'Ole GamingPub: N/A
Windows
Break out in style in this chaotic 4-player co-op prison escape! With unique procedural animations, retro pixel graphics, and physics-based mayhem, Escape: Gulag Getaway offers a fresh twist on competitive multiplayer. Throw objects, squeeze through vents, and stumble your way to victory
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.3%, Underground 24.9% ★, Puzzle 13.3%, Dark 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #32 Picatso
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Manta Dreams Studio
Windows
Play as Picatso, a calico cat painter searching for a creative spark. Navigate through underground ruins with his ability to paint the environment which allow him to advance in this platforming adventure!
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.1%, Cats 27.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, 2D 5.5%
- #33 Pinstripe
76% matchVery Positive89% of 2,645 reviews2017
Dev: Atmos GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.
Why similar: Dark 21.5%, Side Scroller 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 12%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #34 OCON
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: DoubleWood
Windows
2D Adventure, Puzzle
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.5%, Robots 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Adventure 12%, Linear 10.6%
- #35 Looping Art Museum
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nekko
Windows
"Looping Art Museum" is a single-player adventure game where you wander through an infinitely-looping art museum, finding changes in the paintings to progress. Interact with a talking "Mr.Cat" and uncover the mysteries of the strange art museum.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Emotional 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, 2D 7.5%
- #36 The Wind And The Snow
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AshenT
Windows
Agent Wilder enters his target’s dream on an important mission. There’s just one problem—he loses his memory the moment he enters.
Why similar: Emotional 28.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Story Rich 13.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 7%
- #37 Romino's Adventure
75% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Linear 10.2%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #38 AVOID GAME
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: PMT
Windows
AVOID GAME is a simple yet addictive dodge action game! Control the black cat to dodge raindrops. Experience easy controls, infinite survival, and randomly spaced obstacles as you challenge your best high score!
Why similar: Cats 54.3%, Side Scroller 28.1%, 2D 6.3%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 3.4%
- #39 Mona and the Witch's Hat Deluxe
72% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: CTN Design, LLC
Windows
A cute homebrew platformer made for the Game Boy Color
Why similar: Side Scroller 36%, Cats 35.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Linear 7.1%, 2D 4.6%
- #40 Maybe It Meant Something
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackstock Games
Windows
Stumble, swing, and slip through a strange mental landscape shaped by spikes, saw-blades, and creative dissatisfaction.
Why similar: Cats 53.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, 2D 8.2%, Dark 7.6%, Linear 4.7%
- #41 Cat from the box
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Phoenixxx GamesPub: Phoenixxx Games
Windows
Cat from the box is an adventure game for the whole family, in which you will help a little hungry kitten to collect food.
Why similar: Cats 42.7%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 5.8%
- #42 Tama In-Between
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Masagomi StudioPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
A puzzle platformer where a slime cat absorbs, splits, and possesses to overcome the unique challenges of each stage.
Why similar: Cats 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Puzzle 13.6%, Linear 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #43 sh2dow cat
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sheen
Windows · Mac
A feline game of light and shadow! sh2dow cat is a puzzle platformer that combines two 2D perspectives. Switch between a physical white cat and a shadow cat, and use the light to find your way through the levels.
Why similar: Cats 35%, Side Scroller 20%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Puzzle 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #44 Mind Over Magnet
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,428 reviews2024
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Why similar: Robots 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Puzzle 14.3%, Linear 8.5%
- #45 Gift
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Toydium
Windows · Mac
When the protagonist wakes up, he finds himself on a luxury cruise ship. The game revolves around the story of his attempts to escape from the sinking ship and a group of passengers he feels nostalgic about.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.1%, Emotional 23%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #46 Daily Climb
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: DragonWind99
Windows
Platforming, fighting, depression.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.7%, Emotional 16.4%, Dark 13.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #47 Synchronous
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Rochester XPub: Rochester X Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Synchronous is a puzzle-platformer where you commandeer up to three unique player characters at once. Use numerous gizmos to solve 49 increasingly complicated puzzle levels, and all this is made possible by magnetization, allowing characters to move simultaneously and independently at once.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Linear 6.9%
- #48 Land of Ghosts
69% matchVery Positive98% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: brutal_vap
Windows
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Dark 12.1%, Adventure 11%
- #49 Call the Cat
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: barendevlog
Windows · Mac
Explore and paint tiny planets with Ruru in a spacesuit. Upgrade your home and spaceship, then enter Dream LogNyang, a separate survival mode where you fight monsters and bosses while building new ability combinations.
Why similar: Cats 46%, Emotional 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, 2D 9.2%, Cute 2.9%
- #50 Grapploteer
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Blocky World Games
Windows
A puzzle platformer about a defect robot where you grapple from wall to wall and escape the factory. Pixel art graphics and many music tracks. Head through factories, sewers, trash dumps and cities to find freedom.
Why similar: Robots 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #51 The Four
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Song Weida
Windows
The Four is a platform jumping puzzle game. More than 200 classic and innovative puzzles、thrilling boss fight and hidden secret in this game. [Early access: The Wood(LOONG) area is open. other secrets of the world are producing(BIRD, TIGER, TORTOISNAKE, ?)]
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle 18.4%, Linear 11.4%, 2D 7.4%
- #52 婚怨Wedding
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Braisedfish Studio
Windows
"Wedding" is a true plot based on southern Taiwan in the 1970s. The unique style of shadow puppetry creates intoxicating horror scenes. An abnormal mother, a hanged friend, the source of all visions is directed to the fiancée who died unexpectedly
Why similar: Side Scroller 33%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Puzzle 16.6%, 2D 12.2%, Linear 12%
- #53 Ylem's Cat
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 钻石猫
Windows
Ylem’s Cat is an action-adventure game driven by the bond between a girl and her cat. Led by curiosity and knowledge, Molly sets out on a journey to find her missing mother across a dying planet, exploring ruins and uncovering the truth buried within the giants.
Why similar: Cats 41.1%, Emotional 22%, Story Rich 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #54 DEFECTIVE
68% matchVery Positive95% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: CushKimPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
DEFECTIVE는 퍼즐 요소가 가미된 단편 어드벤처 게임입니다. 고철 폐기장에서 깨어난 간호 로봇 '온누리-480'은 길 잃은 소녀 '설'을 부모님에게 데려다 주어야 합니다.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.6%, Robots 19.3%, Linear 9.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #55 KAZEKAO
67% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Cojico
Windows
KAZEKAO is a fast-paced, challenging platformer that will put your precision and speed to the test. Are you ready to dash through the challenges and save Grandma Miauko's cakes?
Why similar: Cats 47.6%, Side Scroller 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #56 Find the heart
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: 掘墓人ZERO
Windows
There are sixteen hearts hidden in sixteen worlds. They are so hidden that they can hardly be found. But if you collect all the energy balls of a world, you will get a hint when you pass. Even so, to find them, you still need to have extraordinary ideas and precise operations. Can you succeed?
Why similar: Side Scroller 50.7%, Puzzle 20%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, 2D 9.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #57 Njuma
67% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Orshtaberi
Windows
Njuma is a 2D narrative driven pixel game with multiple endings. Be the difference your family needs as they draw their final breath.
Why similar: Dark 24.4%, Side Scroller 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 20%, 2D 9.8%, Emotional 9.6%
- #58 JustWatchMyCat
66% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: CalmDV
Windows
It's a cat puzzle game that solves using the direction of gravity.
Why similar: Cats 53.7%, Puzzle 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, 2D 8%, Indie 3%
- #59 ALR: A-Lost-Rat
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KanatAyvaz
Windows
A pixel adventure where being small is the whole problem.
Why similar: Emotional 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Puzzle 15.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 9.8%