- #1 Total Party Kill
97% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #2 Rikki & Vikki
96% matchVery Positive91% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: PenguiNet
Windows
Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Difficult 16.4%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Co-op 11.1%, Platformer 10.5%
- #3 Overloop
96% matchVery Positive94% of 244 reviews2022
Dev: Charge GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #4 Brave Escape
94% matchVery Positive99% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Hit Start Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.
Why similar: Difficult 18.7%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Local Co-Op 13.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Co-op 11.6%
- #5 Trials of Azra
95% matchVery Positive89% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Onion Core
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19%, Difficult 16.2%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, Platformer 12%, Magic 11.9%
- #6 Abathor
94% matchVery Positive91% of 358 reviews2024
Dev: Pow Pixel GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.9%, Difficult 16.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #7 Life Goes On: Done to Death
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,438 reviews2014
Dev: Infinite Monkeys Entertainment Ltd.Pub: k-Critical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 22.7%, Comedy 16.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Fantasy 12%
- #8 MO:Astray
91% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Platformer 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Difficult 9.4%
- #9 Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,148 reviews2012
Dev: Ratloop AsiaPub: Reverb Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Co-op 10%, Local Multiplayer 8.4%
- #10 Sonder
91% matchVery Positive90% of 688 reviews2024
Dev: Finally Games
Windows
Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Platformer 14.4%, Dark 8.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #11 Jack Axe
89% matchMixed67% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Keybol GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Be Jack! Get an axe! Take Jack (and her sisters) on an axe tossing, single or multiplayer, platforming adventure in a vibrant open world inspired by Filipino and Norse mythology.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Difficult 16.7%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Co-op 9%
- #12 Grave Danger
90% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: jeffgamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Grave Danger is an action packed adventure game about an unlikely group of heroes. Switch between Dante the cowboy, Elliot the wizard, and Malice the reaper; use their different abilities to solve puzzles and make their way out of trouble. Will you be able to guide them to victory?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Local Co-Op 18.6%, Platformer 18%, Co-op 7.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #13 Putty Pals
89% matchVery Positive96% of 113 reviews2017
Dev: Harmonious Games
Windows · Mac
Grab a friend and get squishy! Putty Pals is the ultimate co-op platformer, challenging two players to work together and overcome puzzles in a bright and beautiful world.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, Platformer 14.7%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%
- #14 ibb & obb
87% matchVery Positive90% of 6,772 reviews2014
Dev: Sparpweed
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Why similar: Co-op 25.6%, Local Co-Op 21.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #15 Toodee and Topdee
86% matchVery Positive93% of 844 reviews2021
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Difficult 15%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Platformer 9.8%
- #16 Death Tales
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Arcade Distillery
Windows
Play as a new reaper, completing quests, collecting spells, and gathering equipment to fight through hordes of enemies in this grim but whimsical 2D adventure!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 22%, Platformer 18.8%, Co-op 17%, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, Side Scroller 11.5%
- #17 Garbanzo Quest
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 586 reviews2024
Dev: zagawee
Windows · Mac · Linux
GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 21%, Difficult 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #18 Unknowz
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Unknowz Corporation
Windows
Unknowz is a cooperative platformer where two pirates, one alive, the other undead, must combine their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid traps, and escape from a skeleton-infested island. Work together... or sink!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Local Co-Op 27.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Action 4.3%
- #19 What Lies in the Multiverse
84% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Comedy 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #20 Kill The Plumber
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 114 reviews2015
Dev: KeybolPub: Tekitown
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kill the Plumber is a challenging anti-platformer game. Play as the enemies instead of the hero for a unique new experience!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Platformer 22%, Difficult 18.7%, Comedy 12.4%, Action 8%
- #21 Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
83% matchMixed68% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Nongunz is a roguelite action-platformer. Battle grotesque creatures, kill quickly to maintain your combo meter, and rescue worshipers to become part of your idle army to buy upgrades.
Why similar: Difficult 21.2%, Local Co-Op 20%, Side Scroller 14%, Co-op 9.5%, Dark 6.6%
- #22 Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,619 reviews2014
Dev: Press PlayPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.8%, Platformer 26.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 9%, Action 4.3%
- #23 The Cave
82% matchVery Positive87% of 2,881 reviews2013
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!
Why similar: Platformer 21.1%, Local Co-Op 19.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Comedy 10.9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.8%
- #24 Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
81% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!
Why similar: Difficult 30.2%, Platformer 18%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Fantasy 7%
- #25 RESTLESS SOUL
78% matchVery Positive92% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.3%, Comedy 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, 2D 6.4%
- #26 Seeders
81% matchMixed56% of 64 reviews2015
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A puzzle platformer with funky physics and mind boggling puzzles requiring out-of-the-box thinking and persistence. Only a few players were able to complete the game. Can you handle it?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Difficult 15.5%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, Co-op 9.6%
- #27 Ghostory
79% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: RigidCore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Difficult 17.2%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 10%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #28 Jump Off The Bridge
78% matchVery Positive87% of 255 reviews2019
Dev: Cody Penn
Windows
An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Difficult 21.6%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #29 Come with Me
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,795 reviews2021
Dev: Xin YePub: Spookulele Games
Windows
Come with Me is a two-player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled magical world. Solve puzzles together by using your special abilities and collect memories to uncover the mystery of the world around you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Co-op 14.2%, Platformer 12.8%, Magic 9%
- #30 Sideway™ New York
80% matchMixed59% of 123 reviews2011
Dev: Playbrains
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!
Why similar: Platformer 72.8%, Adventure 27.2%
- #31 Chamber of Darkness
79% matchMixed46% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: The Crow StudiosPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Play as a fearsome knight on a journey filled with challenges. Use a variety of abilities and powerups to take down enemies in an abandoned, torn by war castle.
Why similar: Difficult 20.1%, Platformer 18.5%, Co-op 13.4%, Dark 12.3%, Adventure 11.1%
- #32 Shift Happens
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,302 reviews2017
Dev: Klonk GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Co-op 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #33 Chariot
77% matchVery Positive81% of 455 reviews2014
Dev: Frima Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 11.5%, Local Multiplayer 11%
- #34 Black Future '88
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 739 reviews2019
Dev: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Why similar: Co-op 27%, Local Co-Op 22.4%, Action 14.6%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #35 Narvas
75% matchMixed45% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Take control of Mace in this local co-op side scrolling platform shooter as you travel from assignment to assignment taking on enemy bots and dangerous bosses on different planets.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, Difficult 18%, Platformer 12.6%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, Co-op 8.3%
- #36 GONNER2
74% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: Art in HeartPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
In this sequel to GoNNER: Journey your way through deep dark chaotic places with unimaginable sparks of colour as you go on a mission to help Death rid a mysterious presence from her lair. Battle crazy bosses, lose your head (a lot), in this messy, cute, fast-paced procedurally-generated platformer.
Why similar: Difficult 24.3%, Platformer 20.7%, Co-op 17.9%, Local Co-Op 16.6%, Action 9.8%
- #37 After Death
74% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.6%, Platformer 20.3%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 10.2%
- #38 Splodey
71% matchVery Positive92% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Send It StudiosPub: Mad Mushroom
Windows
The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.2%, Difficult 24.2%, Platformer 16.7%, Magic 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #39 Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity
73% matchVery Positive83% of 983 reviews2019
Dev: 2Play
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.
Why similar: Difficult 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Co-op 15.1%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Platformer 11.4%
- #40 Extreme Exorcism
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 74 reviews2015
Dev: Golden Ruby GamesPub: Ripstone
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Extreme Exorcism is a paranormal platformer where every move you make comes back to haunt you.
Why similar: Platformer 32.3%, Co-op 24.7%, Action 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Adventure 10%
- #41 Stray Savior
70% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.8%, Platformer 17.5%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Difficult 9%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #42 PICO PARK
70% matchVery Positive91% of 29,607 reviews2021
Dev: TECOPARK
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #43 BROTHER!!! Save him! - Hardcore Platformer
73% matchMixed68% of 568 reviews2020
Dev: TakeThem.Games (Creative)
Windows
The legendary game is now on Steam! Can you prove that you are a good player, go through a difficult path and save your brother? This challenge is not for wimps!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Difficult 15.6%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D 12.9%, Action 11%
- #44 Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,505 reviews2016
Dev: Perfectly ParanormalPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Wealthy, handsome, and... dead? Samuel strikes a deal with Death for one last shot at life, but only if he can survive a day doing everything manually. Blink, breathe, walk, and work - Guide Sam in this darkly humorous and brutally difficult adventure!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 41.3%, Local Co-Op 27.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Comedy 5.9%, Adventure 5.1%
- #45 Stuck Together
69% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Hugecalf Studios
Windows
A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.
Why similar: Difficult 23.3%, Co-op 16.2%, Platformer 16%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.8%
- #46 Death Fungeon
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 638 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, Difficult 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #47 Degrees of Separation
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,275 reviews2019
Dev: MoondropPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Local Co-Op 14.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Co-op 9.4%
- #48 We're Tethered Together
68% matchVery Positive98% of 230 reviews2023
Dev: BunBun Games
Windows
Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Platformer 26.8%, Puzzle 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 7%
- #49 Jump with Friends
72% matchMixed56% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: DoriTeamPub: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
A mega-hardcore platformer with an ability to play it online or by using hotseat co-op mode with friends, which is full of dirty tricks and all sorts of hoaxes around every corner — and all of that, in addition, peppered with easter eggs and roasted to a crust.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.3%, Difficult 18.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Co-op 12.4%
- #50 Struggling
69% matchVery Positive87% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: Chasing Rats GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.2%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Co-op 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 12%, Platformer 8.1%
- #51 The End Is Nigh
68% matchVery Positive94% of 3,330 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
Why similar: Difficult 38.2%, Platformer 31.5%, Dark Comedy 5.8%, Dark 5.7%, 2D 5.7%
- #52 The Rise
66% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Icy Mountain StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Help Sam and Elicy on their challenging journey through the abyss. An epic 2D precision platform game where exploring the unknown, overcoming obstacles, and discovering secrets are crucial to reaching the top of the abyss. Adventure awaits you!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.1%, Difficult 19.4%, Platformer 14%, Dark 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #53 Escape from Skull Dungeon
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2020
Dev: Taichi Games
Windows
Your party finds themselves trapped in a Dungeon-themed Castle. Solve puzzles, crack riddles, dodge traps and discover hidden secrets in your adventure to Escape from Skull Dungeon!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Co-op 15.2%, Magic 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #54 Necrosphere
69% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Cat Nigiri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.
Why similar: Difficult 39.5%, Platformer 28%, Action 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%
- #55 CO-OP : Decrypted
71% matchMixed43% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Pixelz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.6%, Co-op 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #56 The Warrior
64% matchVery Positive97% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: ThornDuck
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Side Scroller 20%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #57 Spirits Abyss
67% matchVery Positive96% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?
Why similar: Difficult 22.1%, Local Co-Op 18.8%, Platformer 17.5%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Co-op 9.8%
- #58 Bloody Trapland
68% matchVery Positive82% of 4,030 reviews2013
Dev: 2Play
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Difficult 16.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%, Platformer 11.6%
- #59 From the Shadows
67% matchVery Positive85% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: Gamagora ICOM
Windows
From the Shadows is a cooperative puzzle platformer game where players have to work their way through a mysterious mansion by resolving puzzles that revolve around the mechanics of light and shadow.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Side Scroller 25.5%, Platformer 17.1%, Comedy 10.7%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #60 Death by Scrolling
64% matchMostly Positive78% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: Terrible Toybox NZPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Purgatory, inc. now under new management! Death by Scrolling is an action game where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs exorbitant river-crossing fee to the afterlife.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 50.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Comedy 9.3%, Platformer 8.2%, 2D 7.1%