- #1 Anachronic
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Optim Games Studio
Windows
Anachronic is a single-player 2D puzzle platformer where physics is exploited through time manipulation.
Why similar: Gothic 25.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #2 Firebird - Tale of the Stolen Light
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firebirds Studio
Windows
A fast-paced 2D action-adventure platformer set in a dark fairy tale world. Master creative traversal, uncover secrets, and reshape reality through light and shadow as you battle mythic guardians in handcrafted, atmospheric levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Side Scroller 16.5%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #3 TRETIS
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Notepike
Windows · Linux
TRETIS is the post-apocalyptic version of an arcade machine: immerse yourself in an adventure with subversive mechanics of extra-squeezed puzzle-action where you embody the cursor of an enigmatic game in a broken and harsh world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Gothic 14.3% ★, 2D Platformer 12.8%
- #4 With My Past
94% matchVery Positive95% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Psychological 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.7%
- #5 Minimal Escape
95% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: PlayDay Co., Ltd.
Windows
Is the dark world you travel simply a little nightmare, or our future to come?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Side Scroller 17%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 10.5%
- #6 EFO: Escape From Outerworld
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Apricat GamesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
EFO is a side scrolling platformer, wherein you control an alien who has crash landed, and must reach the top of the mountain in order to call for a ride home before the battery on your distress beacon runs out. The climb is difficult, but you have the power of telekinesis!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Side Scroller 20.7%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #7 Trance
93% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Pantoy Games
Windows
A short and simple 2D side-scrolling adventure platformer featuring an unlikely pixel graphic style in different worlds. Challenge and test your abilities with the game’s extreme difficulty. Overcome level obstacles. Solve puzzles. Defeat Trance' enemies. Win her battle. And acquire Trance' skills.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Side Scroller 16%, Platformer 14.2%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #8 Lotte
92% matchVery Positive91% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: mathismeilby
Windows
A minimalistic five-minute puzzle platformer, where you become a fly when you die. Immerse yourself in a soothing forest and use your ability to become a fly to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 18.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Philosophical 11.9%, Platformer 11.7%
- #9 This is Love
91% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Monsterdium Games
Windows
Guide a small character through platforming and puzzle levels that explore the emotions of a toxic relationship. Uncover harrowing real quotes shared by those who endured it as you flee an antagonist determined to keep you captive while searching for freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16%, Philosophical 15.3%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Psychological 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #10 Inside Darkness
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inside Darkness is a 2D puzzle-platformer where a young girl must harness the power of light and shadow to transform between human and creature, solve puzzles, and escape a kingdom filled with danger. Explore ancient catacombs, unlock secrets, and master your dual nature in this fantasy adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 11%
- #11 Altero
90% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: Sergio SchiavoPub: Electronic Motion Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Altero is an atmospheric puzzle platformer game that will tease your brain! Control Adi the voodoo doll and accept to sacrifice yourself in order to team up with your past. Dive deep into the darkness of the Sorrow forest and rescue the lost souls to find your peace.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Philosophical 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 9.7%
- #12 Out of Skull
89% 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: Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Side Scroller 19.8%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
- #13 Kindred
89% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Liam Davidson
Windows · Mac
A physics-based 2D puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Platformer 9.4%
- #14 DOMINO The Little One
88% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: LÖRNPub: Beko
Windows
DOMINO: The Little One, a hand-drawn 2D adventure game, invites you to traverse a realm where the perils of global warming and ecological catastrophe manifest as monstrous entities, and the only weapon at your disposal is your wit and will to make a change.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Nature 8.2%
- #15 Eternal Burden
87% match9 user reviews90% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Belciu Daniel
Windows · Mac · Linux
A puzzle platformer in which you play as William, a restless soul trying to go back in time to get rid of his burdens, symbolized by a metal ball chained to his body. Use the ball to your advantage to get over obstacles and to solve the physics based puzzles that block your path to liberation.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Philosophical 16.4%, Gothic 15.7% ★, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 12.1%
- #16 Leena
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tuqirism Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Leena is a classic 2D platforming game with a unique twist. Navigate through beautiful hand crafted levels by jumping past obstacles, balancing on platforms, climbing moving walls, and dashing through the air.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Side Scroller 17.1%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #17 Cloudy Day
85% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: MadDevStudios
Windows
Cloudy Day is a 2D casual hand-drawn platforming game made entirely by a single person. Play as a lonely cloud that embarks on a journey to learn how to fly and be able to join their fellow clouds!
Why similar: Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Emotional 7.4%
- #18 Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Terovania
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save your sister from your father's dark fate and plunge into a hand-painted 2D adventure with exciting battles and a deep, captivating story in "Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight". Master various skills and discover a fantastic world.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #19 Red and White
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forget Me Not Games
Windows
Help a baby named Red and a soldier named White navigate their industrial, mutant-infested world in this narrative platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
- #20 Out of the World
84% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Toyota Ryuto
Windows
【 In this world, "only what you see" is true. 】This game is a 2.5D platformer puzzle action game in which objects seen by the character materialize, and when you meditate and open your eyes again, the object you saw disappears.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Psychological 11.4%
- #21 Graves's Halloween Tag!
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grave Limit StudioPub: Self
Windows
Everyone loves a game of hide and seek! Humans need to collect all of the Jack-o-lanterns. Ghost need to stop them, every human that gets caught, makes the ghosts grow in numbers!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.6%
- #22 Shuttering
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: GrimmdarkPub: MurkLift Games
Windows
Shuttering is a spooky 2D platformer. Take on the role of Anya, a lone girl without memories searching for answers in an abandoned mansion. Maneuver past the crumbling remains and its vampiric inhabitants. Discover who you were, or you will face a fate worse than death.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 15.5%, Gothic 15.1% ★, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #23 Gargoyles Remastered
82% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Empty Clip StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Relive the legend of Goliath and save the world from destruction.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.8%, Gothic 16.7% ★, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 13%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #24 Malone In Nightmares
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Who Made This?Pub: Demolish Games S.A.
Windows
Malone is not a brave boy, and there is always a strange, mysterious monster lurking in the shadow of his nightmares. Tonight, Malone will have to face his nightmare. Enter the world of Malone and step into a 2D platform adventure born in the mind of a little boy.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
- #25 Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Kursat Kuyumcu
Windows
KOZOMO: The Smoldering Ember is a puzzle-platformer following a teen who feels a deep emptiness despite lacking nothing in life. Overcome intricate puzzles through logic and accompany Kozomo on this journey where he might uncover a reason to keep going.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Side Scroller 17.6%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #26 The prisoner of the Night
81% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: RMAL
Windows
THE PRISONER OF THE NIGHT is a single-player platforming game with a wide range of scenarios, where the lovely girl Nartide must survive terrible monsters and deadly traps in the darkest, scariest night of her life.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Side Scroller 9.7%
- #27 The Little Red Lie
79% matchVery Positive93% of 580 reviews2021
Dev: Tired Moon StudiosPub: Milpitians
Windows
2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Gothic 15.2% ★, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 10.4%
- #28 Bleak end
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: almost robin studio
Windows · Mac
Bleak end is a hand-drawn poetic game about a girl got lost in a suddenly faded reality. Wander around through the labyrinth of entangled thoughts and sorrow. Is there an end to it?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Gothic 12.3% ★, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #29 Pholee
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: DarkMistStudio
Windows
In search of fragments of the past and the future, embark on a journey through photographs that were once created by a great artifact - the Time Camera
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 13.8%, Side Scroller 12%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #30 Well Dweller
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.
Why similar: Gothic 14.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #31 Dobo's Heroes
77% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Colossus Game Studio
Windows
Dobo’s Heroes is a puzzle platform game, where you need to help Dobo leave the depths of his world. For that to happen, use his grandchildren’s powers to get to the portal of each mission.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Psychological 16%, Emotional 9.9%, Platformer 8.9%
- #32 Greeny The Blox
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luigi Brown
Windows
Speed on through the adventurous world of Greeny The Blox! The fast-platforming cube with a burst of energy!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.7%, Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 16%, Lore-Rich 13%, Action-Adventure 12.2%
- #33 Dream Alone
78% matchMixed58% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Play2ChillPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!
Why similar: Gothic 20.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.1%
- #34 The Old One
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creative Waste Studio
Windows
In The Old One you set forth from the last city to explore a crumbling world that has been ripped apart by the old gods as an aging wizard who can't jump. You teleport to move through the land and meet factions, interesting characters, and search for the force behind an attack on your home.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%
- #35 Lily in Puzzle World
74% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Derik D.FPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Explore a sketchbook world in a casual mix of platforming and brainteasing puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Family Friendly 12%, Platformer 10.5%
- #36 The Master's Pupil
73% matchVery Positive91% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Pat NaoumPub: Pat Naoum Games Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac
The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Philosophical 14%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 10.3%
- #37 In Between
75% matchVery Positive85% of 473 reviews2015
Dev: GentlymadPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Philosophical 16%, Platformer 12.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Side Scroller 10.3%
- #38 UNRUSH
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Siddharth Chandra
Windows · Linux
Help Chhama find his grandson.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Side Scroller 20.1%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #39 Creepy Tale
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,883 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.1%
- #40 Shadow in My Blood
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aquilonis
Windows
When everything seems to be lost, you return at last, Ego. You were gone for too long, but now that you're back you're the only one who holds the key to defeat the evil ruling this world so peace and hope can finally start to find their way back Home.
Why similar: Gothic 20.9% ★, Philosophical 15.6%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Platformer 9.9%
- #41 Station Zeta
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Porch Weather Games
Windows
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machinery, and blatant safety hazards as you try to make your escape across 35 levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.5%, 2D Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #42 Laughing to Die
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,127 reviews2024
Dev: 大吉利制作组Pub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间,在寻找离开的道路同时,囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.8%
- #43 Death and the Fly
75% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2011
Dev: Independent Programmist GroupPub: Interplay Inc.
Windows
Control two very different characters, Death and the Fly. Each character has special skills that must be used to navigate the many traps and puzzles contained in each level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Puzzle 10%
- #44 The Lost Son
71% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cross Coder
Windows
The Lost Son is a short but challenging indie puzzle platformer game tease. Have your wits about you and use both characters to decode the cyber ruins and find your lost son!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Side Scroller 20.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #45 Classroom Reverie
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: TokAyı Games
Windows
A hand-drawn, 2D precision platformer set in a student's notebook. Traverse six distinct subject themes, each with a unique core mechanic, in a world where your doodles come to life. Defend this world created by your mind from a threat that seeks to turn it into a void.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.6%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Platformer 11%
- #46 Nubla
73% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Gammera Nest
Windows
A point'n'click adventure that will take you through the fantastic world of Nubla, full of puzzles and forgotten places. A journey of self-discovery, looking for your personal identity and place in the world.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Hand-drawn 12%
- #47 RaidKids
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AuryPub: Kids Production
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world should leave nothing behind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Side Scroller 20.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #48 Seeing Double
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serrated Studios
Windows
In this puzzle platformer, your screen is split down the middle. Control Pitter and Patter simultaneously as you jump, dash, and climb through two parallel realities in this atmospheric adventure on your quest to reunite them.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 19%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #49 Evergate: Ki's Awakening
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Stone Lantern GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Try this year’s must-play indie smash-hit for free, with Evergate Ki’s Awakening. Take on seven unique levels in this haunting precision puzzle-platformer, set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife, with an original score recorded by a live orchestra.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #50 Fallen, the last light
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonrider studios
Windows
A 2D platform journey within the mind of a person struggling with mental issues such as anxiety and depression.
Why similar: Philosophical 20%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Psychological 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #51 Super Slime Boy
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Kanuni Games OYUN YAZILIM VE PAZARLAMA Ticaret Limited Sirketi
Windows
Super Slime Boy is a fast-paced precision platformer set in a black-and-white world filled with deadly traps. Jump, dodge saws and spikes, and race against time to complete levels while restoring color to the world!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Side Scroller 23.4%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #52 TRAIT
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctaGames
Windows
Harness the power of the elements in a thrilling 2D Metroidvania adventure! Traverse a plague-stricken kingdom, face deadly foes, and uncover the truth behind a devastating storm. With handcrafted environments and challenging combat, shape your destiny in a world teetering on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Gothic 16.1% ★, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 10.1%
- #53 Motivational Hero Vol. 2
69% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Euclides Lopes
Windows
Motivational Hero is a Motivational Puzzle-Platformer 2d with levels based in Motivational Analogies
Why similar: Philosophical 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Psychological 9.2%
- #54 Perception: Heart and Mind
66% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Thodoris Serafeim AdamakosPub: Daydream's Power
Windows · Mac · Linux
Perception: Heart and Mind is an action-adventure game that emphasizes precision platforming, mental + physical combat, and decision-making driven by either your heart or mind. Navigate a dangerous-interconnected world and confront the unpredictable behavior of Rootbranch's residents. Try the Demo!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19%, Philosophical 16.2%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #55 Shyftrs
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wicked Art Games
Windows
Shyftrs is a 2D stylized action adventure metroidvania game that will take you on a journey to uncover the mysteries of your lineage and the world beyond. Your weapon of choice are Cane Sword, Pistol or use your new found prowess. Step up and embrace the adventure.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Side Scroller 12.8%
- #56 Endless Evolution
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raccoons With Internet Access
Windows · Mac · Linux
Absorb the DNA of other creatures to gain their unique abilities. Solve handcrafted pixel-art puzzles. Switch forms strategically, your last DNA is your only power until you die and choose again.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Platformer 17.4%, Side Scroller 17.3%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #57 Psycutlery
65% matchVery Positive100% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Luke TarlowePub: FreakZone Games
Windows
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 19.8%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #58 Legends of Ethernal
68% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Lucid Dreams Studio
Windows · Mac
Legends of Ethernal is a 2D single-player action adventure game where you need to explore beautiful hand-crafted environments, solve clever puzzles and battle tough creatures to uncover the truth about your parents’ disappearance.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.2%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #59 Goodbye Seoul
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JINO GamesPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Six months before the asteroid strike, and a new beginning. Goodbye Seoul is a narrative puzzle adventure set in a desolate yet hauntingly beautiful post-apocalyptic Seoul. Will you uncover the truth before time runs out?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Lore-Rich 16%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 9.6%
- #60 Petty's Adventure: Desert
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
Petty's Adventure: Desert is a colorful game with changing gravity in which you have collect crystals to complete a level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, Side Scroller 23.8%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Puzzle 11%, Platformer 6.1%