- #1 Genopanic
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.1%, Precision Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 9.3%
- #2 Curse of the Draugr Kings
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XSKR LLC
Windows
What awaits you in the depths of this ancient tomb? Get ready to explore and discover the secrets of the dungeon of the draugr kings.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 1980s 12%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 10.2%
- #3 Kraino Origins
96% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: GameAtomic
Windows
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 18%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 1980s 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%
- #4 The Adventures of Poppe
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Shiny Byte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D adventure platformer game where a little man named Poppe explores different locations, finds various items and uses them along his way, fights against dangerous insects and survives in this gigantic world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, 1980s 12%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, 1990's 10.3%, Platformer 9.5%
- #5 Super Sunny World
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt HughsonPub: Hughson Videogame Publishing Inc.
Windows
Super Sunny World is the ultimate love letter to the platformer greats of the 8-bit era. Jump, bump, and kick your way through 8 worlds of pixel-perfect platforming, cute characters, and exciting power-ups. Built for the NES, and for the first time playable on Steam!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.5%, Side Scroller 13.4%, 1980s 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.4%
- #6 Tres-Bashers
94% matchVery Positive96% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Side Scroller 10.8%, 1980s 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Platformer 8.2%
- #7 SlideNGlide
93% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RBCMrRhoads
Windows
A challenging action-platformer where players navigate diverse biomes filled with unique enemies, tough platforming challenges, and intense boss fights. With tight controls and punishing difficulty, the game rewards precision, mastery, and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Precision Platformer 21.1%, Side Scroller 15.3%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 8.2%
- #8 Garrison
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WKH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Traverse a broken empire to help the people and learn the truth. Discover items and combine them in new ways to destroy obstacles or enemies as you explore both side-scrolling and top-down perspective areas. Set out on an action/adventure journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 12%, 1980s 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #9 MOMIBOSU
91% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: PenGames
Windows
A boy and a girl with a mysterious weapon drone in their hands embark on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world of new lands. Enjoy a precision 2D platformer that will challenge you no matter how many times you get hit!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.1%, Metroidvania 17.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Platformer 9.3%
- #10 Jumper Jon
91% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jumper Jon is a 30-second metroidvania-style platforming adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Precision Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #11 Drawn Before
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Malmai Games
Windows
Journey through the drawings, paintings and diary entries of one man's life in this narrative-fuelled platformer, rendered in the power of pencil! Drawn Before features challenging platforming in a wide variety of hand-drawn levels, where each area feels like a new, nostalgic discovery.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.3%, 1980s 16.6%, 1990's 12.9%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Platformer 9.7%
- #12 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
89% matchVery Positive84% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 8%
- #13 Janosik
89% matchVery Positive94% of 683 reviews2020
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.7%, 1980s 12.7%, Precision Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 12.2%
- #14 Nocturnal 2
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunnyside Games
Windows
Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.6%, Precision Platformer 14.2%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #15 Balloon to the Moon 2
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Prospective Games
Windows
Explore the Moon in this open world 2D platformer with 30 areas. Find all the sacred treasures to please the Moon Princess! Explore the deep caverns of the moon and soar above the clouds. But there is more than what all might seem!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Precision Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.3%
- #16 Janosik 2: Prologue
86% matchPositive100% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Linux
Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer…
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Precision Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #17 Redneck Rift
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Floor Chicken
Windows
Every problem can be solved with a shotgun and every solution can be celebrated with an ice cold beer. Help Cletus quench his thirst after a long hard days work as he platforms his way through the bayou, time and back again in this retro styled, difficult action precision platformer game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.1%, Precision Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Platformer 9.6%
- #18 Bones Beneath
84% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Herb Software
Windows
Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Precision Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.1%, Old School 7.8%
- #19 Trash Quest
85% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Precision Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Minimalist 8.3%, Exploration 7%
- #20 Binky's Trash Service
84% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Storm evil lairs... and take out the trash! Play as BINKY in a perilous, precision platformer where you run a garbage collection service for EVIL LAIRS! Optimize your speedrun strats and empty all the trash in 15 unique and colorful mini-Metroidvania maps!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.8%, Precision Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 13.1%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 8.6%
- #21 Little Nemo
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Cine Game Interactive SystemsPub: Gilles Villeneuve Pictures
Windows
Little Nemo is a tiny 2D Open World game inspired by good Retro titles. Talk, Run, Explore. Find secret passages and characters and discover a Magic World full of Mistery and Color. Little Nemo is a modern Maze Runner Adventure. Can you find the Keys before your Time runs out?
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, Comic Book 12.1%, Side Scroller 12%, 1980s 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
- #22 Keena The Voidslayer
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2-D action adventure platformer where you can absorb and manipulate things with your friend Moku. You can use different abilities to explore and interact with the world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Side Scroller 14%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #23 Stardash
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: OrangepixelPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A "punishing" 90's inspired platformer with retro looks, retro gameplay, and VERY challenging run and jump action. Can you manage to survive the normal levels, and unlock the 10 secret temple levels ?
Why similar: 1980s 19.7%, Precision Platformer 14.2%, Old School 13%, Side Scroller 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #24 Strong Moon
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Chihuas Games
Windows · Linux
Strong Moon is an action and adventure platformer hard-as-hell videogame inspired in the 90's cartoons.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.5%, Comic Book 14.3%, 1990's 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 11.1%
- #25 100 Pumpkins
81% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows
Can you find all 100 pumpkins in this interconnected world? If you do, you will be rewarded based on how many lives you had to use!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.4%, Precision Platformer 17.8%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.1%
- #26 Rey: Shattered Darkness
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jack MurrellPub: Blaze Games UK
Windows
A dark 2D action platformer where you fight through fractured timelines, meet mysterious allies, and shift your playstyle to survive. Master fast combat, unlock new abilities, and adapt to ever-changing challenges.
Why similar: 1980s 17.4%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Metroidvania 14.9%, 1990's 13.3%, 2D Platformer 13%
- #27 Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,615 reviews2024
Dev: Squid Shock StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.1%, Precision Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Comic Book 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
- #28 Super Win the Game
79% matchVery Positive89% of 652 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Metroidvania 22.8%, Precision Platformer 17.8%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 1980s 10.8%, Platformer 8.7%
- #29 Xolotl
79% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Anchor Games
Windows · Mac
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Precision Platformer 21.6%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #30 Hatup
78% 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: Metroidvania 22.2%, Precision Platformer 16.5%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #31 LUCID
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Matte Black StudioPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Platformer 9.3%
- #32 Beholgar
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 369 reviews2022
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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: Metroidvania 24.1%, Side Scroller 13%, 1980s 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 11.4%
- #33 The Bomb Split
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: syzygy.systems
Windows · Linux
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.1%, Precision Platformer 25.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 6.3%
- #34 SAOMI
76% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.1%, Precision Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 11.4%, Side Scroller 9.6%
- #35 Hollow Floor
75% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmed KhalifaPub: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.1%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Platformer 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #36 Ulton's Quest
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orc's Tech
Windows
In Ulton’s Quest, evil cows from the center of the planet have kidnapped your beloved one, put you in jail and took away your food! An adventure based on technology, love and the POWER OF ANGRYNESS! Save the planet, save your love and save your sandwich!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, 1990's 11.2%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #37 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
73% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.9%, Side Scroller 13%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #38 SUGAMENIA
74% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: CHUSO GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in SUGAMENIA, a 2D action platformer, where you'll have to solve puzzles in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.8%, Precision Platformer 17.5%, 1990's 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 8.3%
- #39 Mort's Dream Jump
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fred WoodPub: Mokuzai Studio LLC
Windows
Join Mort in a dreamlike adventure through challenging levels, using a variety of movement-based powerups to help him overcome each obstacle!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.5%, Game Development 16.1% ★, Side Scroller 14.9%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 10.3%
- #40 Sect-Machina
73% matchMixed60% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: Skelecrew Games
Windows
Sect-Machina is a fluid, atmospheric bug-themed metroidvania rendered in a vibrant 2D pixelated style, crafted with meticulous attention to detail in its combat, characters, environments, sound, and story.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Side Scroller 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #41 Lone Fungus
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,159 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 21.3%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #42 Citadale - The Accursed Seal
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
The dark lord Rhogul is about to be resurrected and the only man capable of stopping him is dying. Explore a vast open world in this action game with metroidvania elements and join Arion Dorleac in his final days for one last time...
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.3%, 1980s 13.2%, Side Scroller 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, 1990's 10.1%
- #43 Whim
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Stonk
Windows
On the surface, a 2D platformer right out of the '80s video game playbook. The eponymous Whim walks and jumps his way through static rooms, avoiding the baddies and other hazards, and collecting various items. But this game is so much more than that...
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Precision Platformer 22.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #44 Derelict Star
69% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: gatePub: Luminous Tree Games
Windows · Mac
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.2%, Precision Platformer 25.4%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #45 HeroSquare
70% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Akseli Virtanen
Windows
HeroSquare is a minimalist metroidvania where you must find your missing heart friend in a strange and colorful world full of danger. Armed with your ability to parry & reflect enemy bullets, you will face formiddable bosses, discover cryptic secrets and explore for new powers!
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, 1980s 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Minimalist 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #46 City of None
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Noel & Liam BerryPub: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons satisfy their greed upon souls lost in time. You are but one spirit, with a wooden body left to rot in the wild…
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 15.3%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #47 Double Sided
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team-on games
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D action retro platformer in 2 worlds about a boy, a girl and, of course, love.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.5%, Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Minimalist 9.5%
- #48 Spinning_Kid_2
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: FreeAnimals_Software
Windows
Spinning and parkour platformer!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 17.6%, Side Scroller 14.5%, 1980s 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 11.6%
- #49 Anna: The Magic of Words
70% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: EASTPIXEL Software
Windows · Linux
Relive the golden age of gaming with this challenging 1980s-style platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System® and Famicom, blending nostalgic action with a gripping story! The game is initially beginner-friendly with a nice learning curve and will always be fair but challenging.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.3%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 14.8%, 1980s 13.7%
- #50 Meganoid:Chronicles
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: OrangepixelPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive the 100 brutal platforming levels full of traps, bats, snakes, spikes and fire in this classic retro inspired platformer? And then play all 100 levels in reverse!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.9%, 1980s 18.2%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, 1990's 9.1%
- #51 Bad Pad
71% matchPositive85% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Headbang Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Bad Pad is a metal pumped metroidvania platfomer about a gamepad's buttons who came to life. Oozing with original music and storytelling songs, all in the spirit of metal. Precision platforming, boss fighting, puzzle solving, mini games and more...
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.2%, Precision Platformer 18.8%, Side Scroller 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 9.7%
- #52 Death Projection
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Wing Studio
Windows
Explore every corner of the realms of death in this Metroidvania! Face enemies, platforming challenges, and gain more power as you try to bring balance to this world, as a reaper!
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Precision Platformer 22.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Side Scroller 10%, Platformer 6.9%
- #53 Cave Crawler
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,111 reviews2022
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.4%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #54 Super Wiloo Deluxe
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lightUP
Windows
You are Wiloo, and a lonely alien known as Dr. ETvaldo has kidnapped your dog! Now only you can save your best friend! This game is the Deluxe version of "WILOO" and "Super Wiloo Demake," rebuilt using current codebase, featuring updated pixelated graphics and many improvements!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 13.6%, 1990's 11.2%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Old School 10.2%
- #55 Beaked Buccaneer
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: lightUP
Windows
Beaked Buccaneer is a 2D mini metroidvania full of treasures and pirates that tells the story of a parrot who wants to become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #56 Rooster Tale (2D Platformer)
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Nuh Mehmet Demirkol
Windows
Become a hero rooster and rescue the kidnapped chickens in this fast-paced 2D platformer game! Use your skills and quick reflexes to overcome enemies and navigate colorful, retro-inspired levels. Can you save the day? Play now and find out!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.2%, Side Scroller 18.7%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #57 Necrosphere64
66% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Any%
Windows
An adventure that will test your skills using only 2 buttons!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.6%, Precision Platformer 24.9%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Old School 4.8%
- #58 Super Mombo Quest
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30%, Precision Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #59 8 Bit Space
67% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Glass Frog Games
Windows
8 Bit Space is a 2D platformer inspired by games from the 8-bit era of gaming and with particular emphasis on the ZX Spectrum. Explore 25 alien planets in the search of a way to power a newly discovered ancient portal, where will it lead?
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 10.1%, 1980s 9.5%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #60 Knut
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BolmanPub: Bolman Productions
Windows
SAVE THE PLANET, FIND YOUR FISH! In this epic 2D platformer, a simple rescue mission spirals into total planetary chaos. Knut, a one-eyed rodent with a nuclear-grade grudge, engages a robotic army to find his pet. Master twitchy physics and massive upgrades. Nothing stands between you and your fish!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.9%, Side Scroller 17.7%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Exploration 6.1%