Games Like Rifter

Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.3%, Time Attack 18% ★, Parkour 14.6%, Platformer 7.7%, 1980s 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on 3D grappling-hook mechanics and parkour in a vibrant, futuristic world that mirrors Rifter's core gameplay loop.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 37%, Parkour 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Platformer 12.5%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: A lightning-fast speedrunning platformer that perfectly captures the neon aesthetic and momentum-based movement found in Rifter.

DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.9%, Platformer 20.6%, Parkour 18.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Action 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person platformer that challenges players to master momentum and precision in a surreal, futuristic setting.

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 49.3%, Futuristic 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Action 10.5%, Difficult 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a high-stakes, neon-drenched futuristic setting where fast-paced parkour and one-hit-kill combat define the experience.

Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.5%, Parkour 22%, Action 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 3D platformer where speed and momentum are essential to navigating complex, sci-fi obstacle courses.

Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 53.9%, Action 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Indie 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, fast-paced swinging game that focuses on momentum and precision in a colorful, abstract world.

Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

Why similar: Time Attack 21.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Platformer 19.9%, Difficult 8.7%, Fast-Paced 8%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that rewards players for maintaining flow and speed while navigating intricate, stylish levels.

Fast paced 3D action platformer.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 54.1%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Action 16%, Platformer 8.1%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that captures the high-speed, action-oriented feel of classic mascot platformers with a great soundtrack.

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 40.9%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Action 5.1%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy 2D platformer that prioritizes speed, momentum, and a distinct, vibrant art style.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 31.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Platformer 14.9%, Action 10.2%, Retro 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a stylish, fast-paced action experience with a heavy emphasis on synthwave aesthetics and precise, rhythmic movement.

Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 49.7%, Platformer 10.3%, Action 9%, Futuristic 8.2%, Colorful 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, fast-paced 2D action game that emphasizes fluid combat and platforming in a neon-soaked environment.

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.9%, Platformer 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Action 10.2%, Retro 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action platformer that delivers fast, punchy combat and fluid movement in a futuristic setting.

Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.

Why similar: Parkour 37.9%, Fast-Paced 28.9%, Action 8.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%, Difficult 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic and exhilarating platformer where you must jump between moving trucks, demanding constant movement and quick reflexes.

Neon Boost is a frenetic First Person Platformer based on mechanics like Rocket-Jump or Wall-Run. Run across 3 different worlds to get the best times!

Why similar: Parkour 36.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Platformer 14.1%, 1980s 10.7%, Action 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person parkour game that focuses on speed and precision in a minimalist, neon-colored world.

Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.

Why similar: Action 28.6%, Platformer 20.1%, Indie 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Difficult 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, high-speed platformer where your weapon is also your primary means of movement and navigation.

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.6%, Platformer 29.6%, Difficult 13.6%, Indie 8.4%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, music-heavy platformer that matches the intense, rhythmic energy of Rifter's soundtrack.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.2%, Platformer 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Retro 11.1%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced platformer that emphasizes momentum-based movement and high-speed traversal through colorful, imaginative worlds.

”BRIGHT TRACER" is a high-speed running game to. Dash through a cyberspace world being invaded by a viruse. You stylishly advance through the stages stylishly using various actions such as wall-run and wire-hook. Run, jump, dodge enemies and obstacles through the world to get to the viruses’ boss.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 47.4%, Parkour 27.9%, Action 13%, Platformer 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced runner that blends parkour and platforming mechanics with a vibrant, futuristic aesthetic.

Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 32.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Retro 12.1%, Side Scroller 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive momentum-based platformer that rewards players for maintaining high speeds and fluid movement.

Drift at full speed across gaps, traps, and neon-drenched environments that react to a captivating soundtrack. Build and play community-made tracks, or dive straight into a spectacular campaign.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.2%, Futuristic 14.7%, Platformer 12.1%, Parkour 12%, Racing 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A music-driven racing game that captures the neon, high-speed energy of Rifter through rhythmic, arcade-style gameplay.

Klang is an innovative take on traditional rhythm games that pushes the genre beyond pressing buttons to tempo into a world of fast-paced exploration, platforming and combat.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.7%, Platformer 12.8%, Futuristic 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique rhythm-platformer that blends fast-paced action with a heavy electronic soundtrack.

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.7%, Platformer 18.5%, Retro 12.7%, Time Attack 9.6% ★, Difficult 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A vertical-scrolling platformer that integrates rhythm and music into its core movement mechanics.

Skybolt Zack is a brand new fast-paced arcade gaming experience! With his Rocket Punches Zack leaps from enemy to enemy, destroying anything standing in his way! Match the colour of the enemies with the buttons on the gamepad to rid the world of Dr Kaz’s robot army!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.1%, Time Attack 17.5% ★, Platformer 10.8%, Retro 8.7%, Side Scroller 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythmic, fast-paced platformer that requires precise timing and quick reactions to maintain momentum.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Platformer 22.1%, Retro 20.6%, Action 9%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action platformer that features tight movement mechanics and a stellar, evolving soundtrack.

RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

Why similar: Platformer 30.2%, Action 17%, Difficult 14.2%, Retro 11.5%, Colorful 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, precision-based platformer that emphasizes quick, repetitive attempts at difficult, fast-paced levels.

A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.8%, Platformer 22.6%, Action 22.4%, Indie 14.8%, Difficult 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, single-screen platformer that focuses on short, explosive bursts of movement and precision.

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

Why similar: Platformer 31.5%, Difficult 21.4%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Action 10.8%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer that demands mastery of movement and acrobatic skills to navigate its vast, interconnected world.

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Futuristic 18.3%, Racing 18%, Platformer 5.6%

DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.4%, Platformer 14%, Action 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Colorful 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, action-oriented platformer that focuses on precision movement and navigating tricky, vibrant environments.

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 32.8%, Platformer 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Action 10.9%, Retro 8.7%

Time Rift is a fast-paced puzzle-shooter. You’re a hacker-turned-security tester, but your skills will only get you so far - to take down global megacorp VaultCo, you’ll have to manipulate the flow of time!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 40.6%, Retro 14.8%, Difficult 9.1%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%

SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.

Why similar: Platformer 20.3%, Action 19%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Retro 11.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%

Experience the thrills of a fast-paced single and multiplayer Parkour game. Join the Rebellion and deride the security forces of an anti-leisure tyranny. Rise up to the many challenges of a futuristic Open World. Assemble your team, enhance your gear and perform incredible tricks and combos.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 33.1%, Parkour 20.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Action 7.7%

With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.6%, Time Attack 15.6% ★, Platformer 11.9%, Racing 9.1%, Action 7.4%

Never STANDBY in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Platformer 18.5%, Action 13.3%, Difficult 12.1%, Indie 8.7%

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.2%, Platformer 23.6%, Retro 14.1%, Action 11.7%, Indie 9.5%

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is 1 second per second of advanced funkstyle. Battle rival crews and dispatch militarized police to conquer the five boroughs of New Amsterdam. Become All City.

Why similar: Parkour 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Futuristic 19.7%, Action 10.8%, Colorful 9.9%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.6%, Difficult 19.1%, Action 13.8%, Indie 10.8%, Colorful 8.2%

Super Fancy Pants Adventure is a wild free-running adventure with buttery smooth platforming and a slick fountain pen!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 22.6%, Parkour 22.2%, Platformer 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Action 9.9%

Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.9%, Action 27.4%, Indie 17.6%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D 5.8%

ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 40.6%, Futuristic 17.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Action 8.5%, Platformer 7.5%

VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.

Why similar: Action 22.7%, Fast-Paced 22.2%, Indie 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Platformer 9.7%

ONE-OF-A-KIND PARKOUR-INSPIRED PRECISION RACING: Explore beyond the boundaries of a traditional racing experience and sink into the striking visuals and hypnotic electro soundtrack.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.2%, Futuristic 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Racing 13.2%, Parkour 12.5%

A modern-classic 2D precision-platformer

Why similar: Fast-Paced 53.9%, Platformer 17.1%, Futuristic 12.7%, Action 11.5%, 2D 2.4%

Jump into a neon-filled platformer world as Q and overcome a gauntlet of tricky platform challenges.

Why similar: Platformer 26.5%, Retro 16.9%, Difficult 13.3%, Colorful 12%, Action 9.1%

Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.

Why similar: Parkour 28%, Fast-Paced 26.8%, Difficult 11.5%, Stylized 7.9%, Platformer 7.8%

Rift Racoon is an intense precision platformer about a lost racoon with a fun abillity: teleportation! Teleport through dangerous traps, use your claws to climb walls and jump your way across difficult platforming levels with retro visuals!

Why similar: Platformer 21.5%, Retro 16%, Difficult 15.8%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Action 10.6%

RFLEX is a fast-paced and challenging neo-arcade game. Frantically dodge your way to the high score in a series of rage-inducing levels while enjoying a kickass, original soundtrack. Experience trippy visuals while being pulled into a never-ending abyss of addicting, non-stop action.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 41.4%, Action 28.1%, Indie 17.7%, Retro 12.9%

Celerity is a fast-paced FPS parkour game. Use Wall Running, Grappling Hooks, Hookshots and many more, chain your moves and never lose momentum.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.9%, Parkour 27.4%, Platformer 14.9%, Futuristic 6.5%, Action 5.4%

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Platformer 20%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Action 10.9%, Colorful 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%

Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Why similar: 1980s 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Retro 15.1%, Difficult 13.5%, Action 10.6%

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Platformer 12.2%, Retro 10.5%, Action 9.4%

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.2%, Platformer 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Difficult 9.6%, Action 9.1%

Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 46.7%, Parkour 20.5%, Platformer 8.4%, Racing 7.3%, Action 7%

Find yourself diving into a retro-futuristic city infested with bad guys!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.5%, Action 13.7%, Futuristic 13.1%, 1980s 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 11%

Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42%, Platformer 26.5%, Indie 11.3%, Difficult 10.2%, 2D 6.3%