- #1 Jump King
97% matchVery Positive90% of 13,176 reviews2019
Dev: Nexile
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Side Scroller 5%
- #2 Hoppup!
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Stephen Damm Boeaas
Windows
Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 60.1%, Platformer 27.5%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%, Adventure 2.1%
- #3 Blade Jumper
96% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: bit paradigmPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
Seoul, 2045. Climb the Kukuru Tower, a giant structure with an unfathomable width and height, facing the truths about the city at its pinnacle.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.5%, Cyberpunk 19.6%, Platformer 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Futuristic 7.6%
- #4 MONUMENTUM
95% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Jakob Scott
Windows
Take control of a small rolling square and utilize long dormant mechanisms to ascend to the top. Watch your step!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.7%, Side Scroller 28.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #5 Nolgorb's Ordeal
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Hard Meat
Windows · Linux
Now with barely functioning co-op features! A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon, alone or with others jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.8%, Platformer 20.5%, Emotional 13.8%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Adventure 4.4%
- #6 BETON BRUTAL
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,282 reviews2023
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Climb a massive overgrown concrete tower while constantly at risk of falling and losing precious progress. BETON BRUTAL offers a fluid and responsive first person parkour experience through tranquil brutalist architecture.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 66.6%, Platformer 20.7%, Psychological Horror 4.9%, Horror 4.6%, Difficult 2.4%
- #7 Philophobia: The Fear of Love
94% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Tim Ruswick
Windows
Love is Hell. In this precision platformer based on the 5 stages of grief, navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.3%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Platformer 14.5%, Demons 12%, Dark 5.8%
- #8 Krimson
91% matchVery Positive98% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: CryingPsychoPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Demons 16.8%, Platformer 13.4%, Dark 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #9 Rat Quest
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,848 reviews2024
Dev: ratin time studios
Windows
In this platformer, jumping will be your main mechanic as you climb the level, each jump matters, if you miss a jump, you have to restart. You may be small but so are the platforms.
Why similar: Platformer 60.2%, 2D 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 6.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #10 Dream Alone
92% 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: Precision Platformer 24%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Dark 12.8%, Emotional 10.3%
- #11 Hack And Climb
90% matchVery Positive98% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Kodachi Games
Windows
Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.8%, Platformer 14%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Adventure 7%, Horror 6.8%
- #12 Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
89% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Precision Platformer 33.4%, Platformer 15.2%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Adventure 6%
- #13 Velocity Noodle
88% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Shotgun AnacondaPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Master the art of lightning-fast noodle delivery in this challenging 2D platformer. With deadly traps, a range of moves to master, including teleportation, and trophies to unlock, are you ready to become the ultimate noodle delivery master?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.3%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Cyberpunk 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #14 Void Memory
89% matchMixed67% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: RPG 31.1%, Side Scroller 19.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Adventure 15%, Dark 8.7%
- #15 Kingdom Shell
86% matchVery Positive89% of 261 reviews2023
Dev: Cup of PixelsPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Platformer 13.3%, Dark 12.5%, Adventure 9%
- #16 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 660 reviews2025
Dev: Mostly Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.5%, Platformer 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Psychological 13.2%, Difficult 4.2%
- #17 MEGAJUMP
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2020
Dev: Laptop gaming
Windows
Only some will reach the top. Will you be one of them? in this precision 3D platformer where every jump is a risk and easy to learn-hard to master controls you will certainly feel rewarded once you start climbing from the Pit of Despair. Just don't fall. FREE NOW
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.4%, Platformer 19.8%, Emotional 12.2%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
- #18 Ascending Inferno
84% matchVery Positive100% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Oppolyon Studios
Windows
Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.4%, Platformer 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Difficult 4.3%
- #19 Mighty Fling
86% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.2%, Platformer 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Adventure 7.3%, Horror 7%
- #20 The Rise
84% matchVery Positive95% of 76 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: Precision Platformer 31%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Platformer 15.7%, Dark 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #21 LOVE ETERNAL
82% matchVery Positive97% of 369 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.5%, Platformer 16%, Dark 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Horror 6.5%
- #22 TowerClimb
83% matchVery Positive92% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Davioware and Quazi
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
Why similar: Platformer 33%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, RPG 17.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Difficult 6.3%
- #23 1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLCPub: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows
FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.8%, Side Scroller 23.9%, Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, 2D 4.9%
- #24 JUMP KING QUEST
79% matchVery Positive86% of 763 reviews2026
Dev: Nexile
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into high-stakes punishment platforming in JUMP KING QUEST! Explore alone or fall together in dynamic online climbing action as you fight your way upwards on an unhinged quest to The Smoking Hot Babe at The Top. In this world, every ledge is a battlefield…
Why similar: Precision Platformer 66.4%, RPG 20.2%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Difficult 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #25 Germinal
81% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlit Monitors
Windows
Jump, hover and clean your way through this precision platformer combining permissive jetpack mechanics with a compassionate narrative about getting lost in your own fear.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.7%, Platformer 17.3%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Emotional 8.9%
- #26 Stray Savior
79% 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 27.1%, Platformer 22.5%, Precision Platformer 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 8.9%
- #27 Idols of Ash
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,081 reviews2026
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.
Why similar: Dark 29%, Platformer 27%, Horror 21%, Fantasy 11.3%, Adventure 10.5%
- #28 Custodian: Beginning of the End
80% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Red-Pixel
Windows
Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.2%, Platformer 21.7%, RPG 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, 2D 7.1%
- #29 Unrooted
78% matchVery Positive87% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: 85 Plus Games
Windows
Unrooted is a vibrant and eye-catching precision platformer with lush environments and a stunning musical score. Take up your courage and squash your fear of heights. Travel upwards to lands no sapling has dared to explore before. But heed with caution, the higher you journey, the more you risk.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.3%, Platformer 22.4%, 2D 7%, Adventure 6.3%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
- #30 Tamagoneko
78% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: GDFET
Windows · Linux
Get off the tree and face the world full of saws, pits and spikes in this hardcore 2D platformer about the nimble white Cat. Make your way through wild plains, thorny deserts and crystal caverns on a challenging yet exciting journey to rescue the lost kitten eggs!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.3%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Platformer 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Adventure 6.4%
- #31 Chamber of Darkness
81% matchMixed46% of 68 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: Platformer 27.5%, Adventure 24.9%, Dark 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, 2D 8.5%
- #32 The End Is Nigh
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,403 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Precision Platformer 51.2%, Platformer 25.5%, Adventure 5.2%, Dark 5%, 2D 4.3%
- #33 A Difficult Game About Climbing
75% matchVery Positive88% of 5,505 reviews2024
Dev: Pontypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
This is a difficult game about climbing.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.1%, Platformer 24.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Horror 8.3%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
- #34 Cursedland
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 641 reviews2025
Dev: CSStudios
Windows
Step into Cursedland, a 2D indie action platformer where every jump, movement, and decision truly matters. This is a game built around precision, reflexes, and mastery, challenging players to push their skills to the limit while navigating a world filled with chaos, humor, and surreal surprises.
Why similar: Platformer 43.5%, Adventure 25%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, 2D 12%, Indie 0.7%
- #35 1 Screen Platformer
77% matchVery Positive87% of 426 reviews2019
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows · Mac
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41%, Side Scroller 23%, Platformer 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, 2D 4.4%
- #36 Knight's Try
76% matchVery Positive94% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: Modus Interactive
Windows
Knight's Try is a tough platformer with retro 64 bit 3D graphics. Take on the role of an honorable Knight of Trye attempting to complete their sacred trial by leaping through a world full of perilous pitfalls and dangerous traps!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45%, Platformer 24.8%, Emotional 13.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #37 Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game
73% matchVery Positive97% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: DarkBear Studios
Windows
Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.6%, Platformer 28.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Horror 7.3%, Psychological Horror 3.5%
- #38 Bat to Bed
73% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.6%, Dark 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #39 Lorn's Lure
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,670 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
Why similar: Dark 30.8%, Platformer 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Horror 11%, Adventure 9%
- #40 Demon Skin
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Ludus futurePub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Brutal Hack&Slash game with a challenging combat system plunges you into the harsh dark fantasy world to test your will and your skills. Only those who dare to get into the Demon Skin can survive!
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.1%, Platformer 22%, Dark 19.4%, RPG 17.4%, Adventure 7.5%
- #41 JAILBREAKER
72% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Awfy
Windows · Linux
A punishing, one-button platformer about escaping prison. Test your skills and intellect as you ascend a tower of hand-crafted challenges. Jump, fly, slide up walls, float in bubbles and perform somersaults; all with the press of a single button. Reach the paramount. Reach.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.4%, Side Scroller 24.5%, Platformer 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Adventure 5.6%
- #42 Deep Dungeons of Doom
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 761 reviews2014
Dev: Bossa Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.
Why similar: RPG 44.3%, Pixel Graphics 29.1%, Adventure 18.6%, Fantasy 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #43 rock climbing
72% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: bilge
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.2%, Platformer 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Horror 10.3%, Adventure 6.2%
- #44 Lost Girl Platformer
71% matchVery Positive98% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Lost Girl Platformer is a thrilling 2D platform game where you play as a courageous girl. Your task is to jump from platform to platform to survive and escape. But be careful: time is limited, and every jump must be precise!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.4%, Side Scroller 32.1%, Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 6%, 2D 4.6%
- #45 Rat Climber
71% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Glimmerware
Windows
You are a rat. You must climb. No collectibles, no invisible walls, no unlockable skills. You can only run, walk, and jump. Can you reach the top of the world?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 59.6%, Platformer 17%, Adventure 12.9%, Fantasy 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #46 Nullstar: Solus
69% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Smash Attack AusPub: indie.io
Windows
BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.
Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Adventure 16.6%, Precision Platformer 9.5%, Dark 8.8%
- #47 Guild of Darksteel
73% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Igor SandmanPub: Digerati
Windows
Guild of Darksteel is a story-driven adventure game set in a rich, dark fantasy world. As the immortal Sellsword, you must unearth an evil plot brewing beneath the city of Ravenrock. Only you can discover the true horror lurking under the city’s surface.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.4%, Platformer 17.8%, RPG 15.5%, Dark 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #48 Crescent Tower
68% matchVery Positive90% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Curry CroquettePub: AMATA Games
Windows
Aspire to reach the top of Crescent Tower that appears just once every 50 years! An authentic 8-bit style dungeon crawler RPG with a retro level of difficulty, where you repeatedly explore, level up, and traverse dungeons!
Why similar: RPG 39.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Adventure 18.4%, 2D 11.2%, Fantasy 11%
- #49 Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.8%, Platformer 18%, RPG 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, 2D 6.4%
- #50 Dead Dungeon
71% matchVery Positive91% of 284 reviews2018
Dev: Roenko Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.7%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Platformer 17.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Adventure 5.6%
- #51 We're Tethered Together
68% matchVery Positive98% of 231 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: Platformer 44.5%, Adventure 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, 2D 10%, Horror 9.9%
- #52 Hardcore and Death
68% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows
Run through huge multi-level locations, avoiding spikes, falling platforms, and flying blades, use double jumps, and choose your route to reach the Heart before the lights go out.
Why similar: Platformer 56.3%, Adventure 31.8%, 2D 10.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #53 Super Life of Pixel
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 379 reviews2014
Dev: Super Icon LtdPub: WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
Why similar: Platformer 52%, Pixel Graphics 24.2%, 2D 12.1%, Adventure 10%, Indie 1.3%
- #54 GeraScopia
67% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Roeb
Windows
When lost in the Depths, the only way to go is up. You will Escape- one way or another.
Why similar: Platformer 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Mystery 15.3%, Horror 14.7%, Adventure 8.7%
- #55 The Dreadful Whispers
69% matchVery Positive85% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: Blackthornprod
Windows
A handcrafted adventure about overcoming fear and doubt. Will you defeat your inner demons or be crippled with regret ?
Why similar: Platformer 50.4%, Adventure 28.5%, 2D 17.5%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #56 Celeste
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,994 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.8%, Platformer 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Side Scroller 7.8%, 2D 4.6%
- #57 A Void Hope
66% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Dark 24.9%, Adventure 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 6.9%
- #58 EMPTY SHELL
65% matchVery Positive88% of 804 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.9%, Dark 28.8%, Horror 27.4%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #59 Jump The Gun
66% matchVery Positive87% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Cameron Chin
Windows · Mac
Think you can make it out? Many have tried… All have failed. Traverse the unforgiving cave and do impossible jumps with your rocket launcher and shotgun.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.9%, Platformer 21.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Horror 5.3%
- #60 Mahluk:Dark Demon
69% matchMixed66% of 169 reviews2016
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Mahluk is a hack and slash platformer game with pixel-art style graphics and retro style addicting gameplay.
Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, Side Scroller 19%, RPG 15.6%, Dark 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%