- #1 Firebird - Tale of the Stolen Light
97% 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 18.2%, Side Scroller 16.2%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #2 Anachronic
96% 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 24.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #3 Pour Boy and the Nitro Necromancer
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pour Boy CoffeePub: Ole Bones LLC
Windows
A hand-animated coffee horror platformer from the world of Pour Boy Coffee. Fight zombrews, collect flies, complete quests, find secrets, and survive the crashing moon to face the Nitro Cold Brew Necromancer.
Why similar: Gothic 19% ★, Side Scroller 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Platformer 11.2%
- #4 Inside Darkness
95% 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%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Platformer 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11%
- #5 TRETIS
94% 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 17.8%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Gothic 14.1% ★, 2D Platformer 12.8%
- #6 Minimal Escape
94% 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 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 10.5%
- #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%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Platformer 14%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #8 EFO: Escape From Outerworld
92% 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 20.9%, Side Scroller 20.8%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #9 Lotte
91% 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 18.6%, Side Scroller 18.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Philosophical 11.8%, Platformer 11.7%
- #10 DOMINO The Little One
91% matchVery Positive82% of 138 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 19.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Nature 8%
- #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 12.6%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 9.7%
- #12 Leena
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 18.6%, Side Scroller 16.8%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #13 Vaska
89% 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: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #14 Out of Skull
88% 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 24.6%, Side Scroller 19.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
- #15 Red and White
87% 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 15.5%, Side Scroller 14.1%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #16 Gargoyles Remastered
86% matchMixed63% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: Empty Clip StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Relive the legend of Goliath and save the world from destruction.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.6%, Gothic 16.2% ★, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #17 Eternal Burden
86% matchPositive90% of 10 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 19.5%, Philosophical 16.3%, Gothic 15.6% ★, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 12.2%
- #18 This is Love
85% 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 17.2%, Philosophical 16.2%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Psychological 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #19 Fallen, the last light
84% 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 13.9%, Psychological 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #20 Graves's Halloween Tag!
84% 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%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 13.4%
- #21 With My Past
82% matchVery Positive95% of 348 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 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Psychological 11.1%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
- #22 Malone In Nightmares
83% 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 20.7%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 15%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #23 Out of the World
82% 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 19.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Side Scroller 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Psychological 11.2%
- #24 Kindred
81% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Liam Davidson
Windows · Mac
A physics-based 2D puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Side Scroller 13.4%, 2D Platformer 13%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Platformer 9.9%
- #25 Pholee
81% 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 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #26 Greeny The Blox
80% 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 17.2%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
- #27 Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight
79% 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 19.7%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #28 The Little Red Lie
78% matchVery Positive93% of 584 reviews2021
Dev: Tired Moon StudiosPub: Milpitians
Windows
2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Gothic 15% ★, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 10.4%
- #29 In Between
79% matchVery Positive85% of 476 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 15.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #30 Well Dweller
78% 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 14.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.2%
- #31 Qiú 泅
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 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 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #32 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 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Psychological 15.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Platformer 8.9%
- #33 Dream Alone
76% 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 20.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 10.1%
- #34 The Old One
74% 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 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%
- #35 Death and the Fly
77% 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 19.1%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #36 The Master's Pupil
73% matchVery Positive91% of 149 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 18.6%, Philosophical 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Platformer 10.2%
- #37 The prisoner of the Night
75% 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 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Side Scroller 10%
- #38 Nubla
76% 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 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #39 RaidKids
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AuryPub: Kids Production
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world should leave nothing behind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Side Scroller 20.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #40 Creepy Tale
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,921 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 18.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 13%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%
- #41 Seeing Double
73% matchNo user reviews2026
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%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #42 Endless Evolution
72% 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%, Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #43 Station Zeta
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 30.3%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #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 20.6%, Side Scroller 20.4%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #45 Evergate: Ki's Awakening
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 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 29.6%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #46 Lily in Puzzle World
70% 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 31.5%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Family Friendly 11.9%, Platformer 10.6%
- #47 UNRUSH
71% 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 12.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #48 Butterfly X
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: grin robot
Windows
A free cute puzzle game from the Butterfly series of games. You can choose any level to pass through. The caterpillar can't jump on its own! It can fly from place to place bouncing off various game objects in its path. It also moves around the level on pipes. Use logic and have fun!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #49 Obscura: A Sleep Worth Dying For
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hü Hü Hü Studio
Windows
A hand-drawn 2D action platformer set in neon noir: Explore ruins/dream worlds, master the sai and magic scepter, accompanied by pets/mounts, and confront the shadows of loss and memory. Atmospheric, story-driven, single-player.
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Side Scroller 18.3%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #50 Cloudy Day
67% matchPositive100% of 45 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: Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Side Scroller 11.4%
- #51 Petty's Adventure: Desert
70% 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%, Side Scroller 23.4%, 2D Platformer 18%, Puzzle 10.8%, Platformer 6%
- #52 Legends of Ethernal
70% matchPositive84% of 31 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%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
- #53 Shyftrs
69% 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 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%
- #54 Super Slime Boy
68% 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%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #55 The Tower of Luminus
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Last Angle Studio
Windows
After a horrible accident, Benjamin’s only company is his battered teddy bear. Together, you must find your way to safety, while solving puzzles and evading those that hide in the dark. Find ways to repair your bear to unlock its full potential, and discover new ways it can help you on your journey.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Nature 9.8%
- #56 Shuttering
66% 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 19%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 16.3%, Gothic 15.7% ★, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #57 Psycutlery
65% matchVery Positive100% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Skye JunePub: 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 17.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #58 Flaming Trails - Lost Ember
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PiepsSoft
Windows
At the end of time, an ancient, familiar evil awakens, threatening the remaining life in the universe.
Why similar: Platformer 17.1%, Side Scroller 17%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #59 Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
65% matchVery Positive83% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Danny Garay
Windows · Linux
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences. To achieve it, Xandria fights with a powerful whip and the power of chemical elements. Find out more about her in this modern metroidvania adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 23.5% ★, Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%