- #1 Wobbly Jungle
97% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Sourena Game StudioPub: KATNAPPE SP. Z O. O.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Wobbly Jungle demands the player's entire skill and dexterity across 60 diverse levels. This sidescroller impresses with its extraordinary design and will drive the player to the edge. Survival of the fittest!
Why similar: Difficult 40.8%, Platformer 32.2%, Indie 27.1%
- #2 Phantom Jump
96% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Phantom Pine Studios
Windows
Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.
Why similar: Difficult 37.6%, Platformer 33.9%, Indie 28.5%
- #3 CactusLamp
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Miquéias Veloso
Windows · Linux
Take on the seven deadly sins in CactusLamp, an intense 2D action-platformer centered around unforgiving boss battles. Each sin is embodied as an epic boss inspired by Brazilian culture, requiring precision and fast reflexes to be victorious in this unique pixel art world.
Why similar: Difficult 43.6%, Platformer 31.5%, Indie 24.9%
- #4 The Misadventures of Botsworth
95% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Team Botsworth
Windows
Help the adorable armless defect Botsworth escape the robot factory in this tricky platforming adventure!
Why similar: Difficult 41.3%, Platformer 32.6%, Indie 26.2%
- #5 A Walk in the Dark
94% matchVery Positive80% of 385 reviews2013
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.
Why similar: Platformer 46.3%, Difficult 27.5%, Indie 26.2%
- #6 Rynn's Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Arcane Four Studios
Windows · Mac
Rynn’s Adventure is a 2D platformer game in which the player guides Rynn through a variety of environments teeming with magic and danger. The player will help Rynn combat the many enemies she encounters and outwit each of their fearsome generals.
Why similar: Difficult 42.7%, Platformer 35.7%, Indie 21.7%
- #7 Minimalism
91% matchMixed67% of 3,936 reviews2017
Dev: PixelMouse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.
Why similar: Difficult 40.3%, Indie 30.7%, Platformer 29%
- #8 Concurrency
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Andy ImmPub: Restful Panic ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Concurrency is a game with a deceptive amount of content. On the surface, it's a simple rogue-lite with a few enemies and upgrades. If you begin to look deeper, however, it becomes a game where you'll traverse more than half a dozen genres in this sole indie dev's adventure romp.
Why similar: Platformer 40.6%, Difficult 34.3%, Indie 25.1%
- #9 Sockman
90% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sockware
Windows
Sockman is a single-screen platformer inspired by classics like Rick Dangerous, Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Jumpman, Prince of Persia… A hardcore platformer, very difficult, even more than suck your own elbow.
Why similar: Difficult 41%, Platformer 35.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #10 Darkour
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Egana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Darkour is a 2D platformer where darkness is your platform.
Why similar: Difficult 41%, Platformer 35.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #11 SLIDE: platformer
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2015
Dev: APAS games
Windows
SLIDE: platformer is a hardcore game with an unorthodox control scheme. It will make you think. It might make you cry. It will test your platforming skills to the limit!
Why similar: Difficult 35.6%, Platformer 32.8%, Indie 31.6%
- #12 DungeonGOGO
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Davids
Windows · Mac
DungeonGOGO is a challenging precision platformer where you escape from a light prison and help rescue your friends from the secret chambers where they are being held.
Why similar: Indie 35.5%, Difficult 34.5%, Platformer 30%
- #13 Super Galaxy Boy
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DesignBy.Cloud
Windows
Let go of Gravity in this indie platformer adventure! Search from one star system to the next and blast beyond your enemies with your multi-functional raygun to save your friends!
Why similar: Difficult 36.7%, Indie 34.3%, Platformer 29%
- #14 Javva Juice
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Super Games Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Adventure little wizard named Javva, looking for his Coffee stolen by evil skeleton King. Enjoy challenging gameplay - then Javva Juice for you! Here you have to work hard to be like before you go through the next dungeon!
Why similar: Platformer 37.7%, Difficult 36.7%, Indie 25.6%
- #15 SUPER DISTRO
88% matchMostly Negative37% of 1,155 reviews2015
Dev: KITATUS STUDIOSPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. The weak need not apply.
Why similar: Platformer 37.2%, Indie 36.1%, Difficult 26.7%
- #16 A Roll-Back Story
86% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: iQuantile
Windows · Linux
A Roll-Back Story is a rolling ball game heavily focused on platforming. Not recommended for casual players.
Why similar: Difficult 42.4%, Platformer 37.7%, Indie 19.9%
- #17 GunnRunner
82% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: pixelCast Games
Windows
Get your fingers warm with this twin-stick shooter. Balance finesse movement with one hand while shooting accurately with the other. Plow through each enemy in your path or skillfully dodge the onslaught of bullets. Venture into the constructed world of machines and halt annihilation.
Why similar: Difficult 35.8%, Indie 33.5%, Platformer 30.8%
- #18 Bob Was Hungry
84% matchVery Positive88% of 626 reviews2015
Dev: Shorebound Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Bob Was Hungry is a challenging precision platformer with many levels designed to truly test your platforming skills. Play alone or online with 2-8 player co-op and make your way through countless perils to feed your bob!
Why similar: Difficult 41.6%, Platformer 38.6%, Indie 19.8%
- #19 Super Helmets on Fire DX Ultra Edition Plus Alpha
85% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Ripper Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Super Helmets on Fire DX is a crazy side scrolling action platformer game, with lots of nods to old school games, mixed with hardcore runner gameplay and a pinch of RPG lite elements.
Why similar: Difficult 43.3%, Platformer 37%, Indie 19.8%
- #20 YOBA
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: PEKA GamingPub: Besedka
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Collect all coins on the level to reach the next one. Avoid the dangers on your way. Just remember, you have only one chance, if you die, you will start again!
Why similar: Difficult 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #21 Run The Gamut
84% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Playdev Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
100 levels with three difficulty levels - Casual, Hardcore and Ultra mode. On Ultra Mode, we take no responsibility for any broken keyboards or gamepads.
Why similar: Difficult 35.8%, Indie 33.5%, Platformer 30.8%
- #22 Spikes Are Dangerous
81% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Not a Slime
Windows
A slime, a bubble, and lots of blood! Control your slime through a counter-intuitive movement system, even doing a simple turn can be challenging. Also, beware of the spikes, they are dangerous, touch one and you die.
Why similar: Difficult 38.7%, Indie 33.2%, Platformer 28%
- #23 Angvik
81% matchVery Positive88% of 2,527 reviews2014
Dev: Alastair John Jack
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.
Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, Difficult 30.2%, Indie 23.3%
- #24 ScribbleDude
79% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: RandomErik
Windows
In ScribbleDude, you play as an unknown creature who wants to explore the world around him and defeat the evil forces. It's a challenging non-linear 2D platformer where you encounter action-filled platforming with gimmicks, explore areas and defeat unique bosses.
Why similar: Difficult 35.8%, Indie 33.5%, Platformer 30.8%
- #25 Frank and 10 roots
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Horrendous Games
Windows
Frank and 10 Roots - a challenging isometric platformer. Put both your abilities and nervous system to the test!
Why similar: Difficult 36.7%, Indie 34.3%, Platformer 29%
- #26 Mosaic Maze
80% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Raw Lion Workshop
Windows
Mosaic Maze is a minimalist hardcore precision platforming game for PC. The rules are simple - use infinite jumps, precise movement and lots of trial-and-error to move around the mosaic. Avoid red tiles, and make use of other tiles to help you progress through the levels.
Why similar: Difficult 41.3%, Platformer 32.6%, Indie 26.2%
- #27 Contrasted
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Dan HeadPub: none
Windows
Single player co-op platformer. Two characters, two hands, one player.
Why similar: Platformer 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
- #28 Box Out!
77% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Da Picky Monkey
Windows
Help Boxy escape its factory and survive the outside world by mastering its 6 transformations: Rocket, Steel, Bubble, Spikes, Vapor and Fire. More than a hundred levels of increasing difficulty will put your skills, reflexes and cunning to the test. Die, retry, perfect your run and dominate the competitive leaderboards.
Why similar: Platformer 54.3%, Indie 45.7%
- #29 Prompt
77% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: foxel_
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prompt is a hardcore platformer. It is minimalist, it is retro, and it is very, very hard. Everything from the visual style to the design of every level has been coded with love, just for you.
Why similar: Platformer 61.3%, Indie 38.7%
- #30 Super Hipster Lumberjack
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
You can't beat this game!!! Noah attempts to make a game for the first time. He then gets trapped in his own creation.
Why similar: Platformer 52.7%, Indie 47.3%
- #31 Blaite
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 553 reviews2017
Dev: Dosane GamesPub: Akim Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.
Why similar: Indie 34.7%, Difficult 33.1%, Platformer 32.2%
- #32 Speed Swing
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Jakob DelzerPub: Indie
Windows
Speed Swing is a challenging level based grappling hook game, where the objective is to reach the end of each level as fast as possible.
Why similar: Difficult 34.9%, Indie 32.6%, Platformer 32.5%
- #33 Konrad the Rocket
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
Why similar: Difficult 35.9%, Indie 35.8%, Platformer 28.3%
- #34 CreaVures
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 175 reviews2011
Dev: Muse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Take control of five cute, mystical creatures of miniature proportions called CreaVures. CreaVures always travel in pairs, and they must use their special abilities to help each other solve interesting platforming puzzles.
Why similar: Platformer 50.5%, Indie 49.5%
- #35 Deadly Traps
74% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: BT Studios
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.
Why similar: Difficult 34.9%, Indie 32.6%, Platformer 32.5%
- #36 Overclocked
71% matchVery Positive93% of 321 reviews2018
Dev: Magnesium Ninja
Windows · Mac
Overclocked is a free-flowing action game that blends combat and platforming to create a fluid and rhythmic experience. Take on the role of Amber, a glass-cannon vigilante, as you fight to uncover a plot that threatens to tear your home apart.
Why similar: Difficult 37.8%, Platformer 32.5%, Indie 29.7%
- #37 Bounce Rescue!
73% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Bitecore Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bounce Rescue! is an arcade- styled puzzle platformer, telling a story about a group of heroes, saving their friends. Made by a small indiedev studio Bitecore Ltd.
Why similar: Difficult 35.8%, Indie 33.5%, Platformer 30.8%
- #38 Wandering Gem Jockeying
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: sinis
Windows
Run, slip, slide, collect, glide, jump, fly and (don't) die in this chill, ice-themed, platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 34.9%, Indie 33.5%, Difficult 31.6%
- #39 PokeyPoke
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SaraJS
Windows
Stab stuff and find shiny things.
Why similar: Difficult 47.8%, Platformer 28.3%, Indie 23.8%
- #40 Fly'N
73% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Why similar: Platformer 61.1%, Indie 24%, Difficult 14.9%
- #41 Electronic Super Joy: Groove City
72% matchVery Positive81% of 568 reviews2014
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: Yazar Media Group LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A Giant Robot Stripper called JoJo has smashed Groove City! She's angry because Dr Swinger stole her Laser-Nipples! Help JoJo reclaim her Laser-Nipples & defeat the Evil Plans of Dr.Swinger, with the help of Pope Boris the Super Sexy!
Why similar: Platformer 43.5%, Difficult 36.8%, Indie 19.7%
- #42 Deadfall Tropics
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Jimothy
Windows
Play as smuggler Hank Hudson in this 2D action platformer as he defies death at every turn to find his way off a deadly tropical island...
Why similar: Difficult 38.7%, Indie 33.2%, Platformer 28%
- #43 The Adventure of Sunny the hedgehog
61% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: fuzx45
Windows
In this 2D platformer you play as a hedgehog named sunny having to facing rats, birds, bullets, and more. Whether its jumping from clouds or the platformers in the sewers, as long as you have the determination, you can become the queen of the entire world.
Why similar: Difficult 54.1%, Platformer 35.8%, Indie 10.2%
- #44 Gravi
74% matchMixed41% of 116 reviews2013
Dev: Hashbang Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Gravi is an intense puzzle-platformer that will test your tolerance for pain. Shoot and swing your way towards victory as Gravi, an adorable blue ball of energy. While you’re launching through terrorizing traps and bending gravity to your will, Anti-Gravi, an atomic ball of rage, is barreling down on your position.
Why similar: Indie 53.2%, Platformer 46.8%
- #45 Foddia
62% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Team Backrow Games
Windows
I can't leave yet. I came here for a reason. If I leave now, I'll never forgive myself.
Why similar: Difficult 45.2%, Platformer 30.7%, Indie 24.1%
- #46 The Sun and Moon
70% matchVery Positive87% of 185 reviews2014
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Sun and Moon, the winner of Ludum Dare 29, is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Momentum is conserved but gravity is reversed, letting you fling yourself high into the air or deep beneath the surface.
Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Indie 33.8%, Difficult 24.3%
- #47 Ball Challenge
67% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: André Holtz
Windows
With a retro pixel art graphics, Ball Challenge is a hard game that requires a lot of skill and agility from the player to go through all it's challenges. Dodge monsters, spikes and traps, collect the necessary diamonds and try to reach the end of each level.
Why similar: Difficult 45.1%, Platformer 37.2%, Indie 17.7%
- #48 Butterfly
68% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2019
Dev: grin robot
Windows
Platformer-puzzlu game with interesting gimmick. You can't jump, so you need to bounce off your enemies or use tubes to your advantage. Both platformer skills AND logic are required to complete 40 challenging levels!
Why similar: Indie 40.6%, Difficult 38.9%, Platformer 20.5%
- #49 Crossbow Warrior - The Legend of William Tell
71% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: MobyDick GamesPub: Scherrer Medien GmbH
Windows · Mac
Crossbow Warrior has 29 exciting levels with 4 different game types like classical Jump'n'run-, Sniper-, TempleRun-, Boat-Levels! Experience the whole story behind the legend of William Tell with a multitude of lovely graphics!
Why similar: Platformer 37.2%, Difficult 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #50 Chucky
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Shichifu
Windows
In this game you will find endless darkness and challenging levels. Your mission is simple: help Chucky get to his home avoiding danger.
Why similar: Difficult 50.9%, Indie 49.1%
- #51 999
70% matchMostly Negative41% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Tydecon Games
Windows
999 is a puzzle platformer style game in which you must fling your character to the exit through 999 difficult levels. Throw your character around gruelingly addictive, funky, psychedelic, colourful and thrillingly rage-enduing levels and get as far as you can.
Why similar: Difficult 39%, Platformer 33.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #52 Volgarr the Viking
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,445 reviews2013
Dev: Crazy Viking Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Why similar: Difficult 47.3%, Platformer 40.5%, Indie 12.2%
- #53 Elemgate
60% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: CWPGames
Windows
Elemgate is a unique precision platformer where you'll need to control your speed, changing of the elements and jump timing and to earn more time that converts into score needed to pass 10 stages per level and ultimately across 15 levels in this 2.5D obstacle course challenge to escape an evil god.
Why similar: Difficult 54%, Platformer 44.3%, Indie 1.7%
- #54 One Drop Bot
71% matchMostly Negative22% of 428 reviews2019
Dev: David Draper JrPub: Playing with Color
Windows · Mac · Linux
Playing a cute robot, you travel from room to room solving tough puzzles and overcoming tricky platforming that will test your skills. Collecting health is necessary, because when you die, all the health you’ve collected comes back. The catch is that you have to start over at the very beginning.
Why similar: Platformer 36.1%, Difficult 34.3%, Indie 29.6%
- #55 INK
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,581 reviews2015
Dev: ZackBellGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying.
Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Difficult 31.6%, Indie 19.6%
- #56 Mulletman and the Molemen
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Stevemata
Windows
It’s judgement day on the world of the Molemen and the Wall of Fire is coming! Help Mulletman kick the Molemen to safety by staying just ahead of the Wall of Fire in this intense side scrolling puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Indie 35.3%, Difficult 33.2%, Platformer 31.5%