- #1 PraeBot
97% matchMostly Negative30% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: KEꞰ
Windows
PraeBot - hardcorish platformer simulator in real time. Without registration. Or other MMS stuff. Do you have nerves of steel? Well, we’ll check that. This game will make you regret your existence.
Why similar: Platformer 32%, Action 31.2%, Simulation 30%, Indie 6.8%
- #2 Indie Game Sim
96% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Valadria
Windows · Mac
Become an indie game developer! Make your own games by hand and publish them on a fantasy market like Steam. Earn fans, receive brutal reviews, and battle your inner demons. Can you become the creator of your dreams?
Why similar: Simulation 35.4%, Action 30.6%, Platformer 26.6%, Indie 7.3%
- #3 Whitefall
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BERK
Windows
Whitefall is a buttery smooth, deeply satisfying platformer where every jump feels perfect.
Why similar: Platformer 34.2%, Simulation 19.9%, Action 14.6%, 2D 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #4 Mr. Pogo
95% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Ultimo Games
Windows
Hide the tears and ignore the pain in this ridiculous game about a Clown on a Pogo stick!
Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Action 30.9%, Comedy 17%, Colorful 14.8%, Indie 2.3%
- #5 Is This A Platformer?
94% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: TLD_Productions
Windows
Play a fast paced action platformer where you fight grapes and a banana to save your dump brother.
Why similar: Platformer 29.2%, Action 28.1%, Comedy 11.5%, Colorful 10.7%, Cute 8.7%
- #6 Spartan
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Sinister Cyclops Game Studio
Windows
Spartan is an epic 2d platformer powered by UE4. Featuring silky smooth animations, pixel perfect controls, challenging gameplay, huge non linear levels and an awesome original soundtrack , Spartan is taking classic platforming to the next level, UE4 Turbocharged style!
Why similar: Platformer 42.3%, Action 36.6%, 2D 12.7%, Indie 8.4%
- #7 Rubber Head Bob
92% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 園児ニア
Windows
Rubber-headed Human Mountain Climbing Game
Why similar: Platformer 34.6%, Action 32.5%, Comedy 17.5%, Cute 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #8 Exoder
93% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
Windows
Exoder is a frantic, fast paced, 2D, action platformer that will test your skills of reflex, resilience, patience and determination.
Why similar: Platformer 40.5%, Action 37.7%, 2D 13.1%, Indie 8.7%
- #9 ERI
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Mauri Republic
Windows
We control the ERI, this is self-learning artificial intelligence, which has to overcome 45 levels. The purpose of the test is to overcome obstacles and get to the portals, which will take us to more difficult levels.
Why similar: Action 39.8%, Platformer 37.8%, 2D 13.2%, Indie 9.1%
- #10 FEIST
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2015
Dev: Bits & BeastsPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 36.6%, Platformer 34.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Indie 8.5%, 2D 8.5%
- #11 Jump Barrel
90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ThatChung
Windows
You're locked up in an underground prison. Hide in a barrel and escape from prison.
Why similar: Platformer 39.4%, Action 28.3%, Physics 20.5%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #12 Serious Sam Double D XXL
89% matchVery Positive82% of 866 reviews2011
Dev: Mommy's Best GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Pile on the firepower with the revolutionary Gunstacker and fire all your weapons at once in a symphony of destruction!
Why similar: Platformer 40%, Action 33.1%, Comedy 12.8%, 2D 8.1%, Indie 6%
- #13 PinBall Escape
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GAMSTERS Inc.
Windows
Navigate a celestial library in this roguelike vertical pinball adventure. Master agile flippers to overcome magical obstacles and reach new heights. Precision is everything in this high-stakes climb where one fall can reset your progress. Escape God's study!
Why similar: Action 27.2%, Platformer 26.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Physics 9.8%, Cute 9.3%
- #14 Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
88% matchMixed60% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Disney Interactive StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
When he morphs into a Ninja, you'd better Duck.
Why similar: Action 55.3%, Platformer 44.7%
- #15 The Windzen Hero
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Windzen
Windows
Re:Made - Re:Designed - Re:HERO! A complete overhaul released in 2025! Ten Stages of Run and Gun Action! Choose Different Paths on Different Play Throughs!
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Platformer 44.3%
- #16 Colourless
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Outrage Games
Windows
Once Upon A Time, There Was A land Called colourland. The citizens,praised and love the coloursphere which made everything colourful. But nobody knew... the black and white days... were about to come...
Why similar: Platformer 41.4%, Action 17.9%, Colorful 15.6%, 2D 13.5%, Indie 11.6%
- #17 Bobby - Pixel indie platformer
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yo You GamesPub: Don't touch elephants
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't trust anything in this game! Every step you take, you risk losing your head, failing, being burned, eaten, trampled, broken morally and physically. But don't worry — you won't know it until you take this step!
Why similar: Platformer 34%, Action 21%, Cute 12.1%, Comedy 11.4%, 2D 10.2%
- #18 Go! Sloth
82% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: PicoHatch
Windows
Relaxed? No, desperate. Control a sluggish sloth with physics and cross the road before your HP runs out. A funny, frantic quick-play game.
Why similar: Action 35.6%, Physics 23.7%, Simulation 21.3%, Cute 14.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #19 Secret Agent
85% matchVery Positive85% of 109 reviews2014
Dev: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.
Why similar: Action 56.6%, Platformer 43.4%
- #20 Pankapu
84% matchMixed65% of 1,420 reviews2016
Dev: Too Kind StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pankapu is a narrative action-platformer that takes place in the dreams of Djaha’rell, a child troubled by a tragic incident. Upgrade your skills, find new competencies, switch your Aegis in real time in order to get rid of Nightmare's invasion.
Why similar: Platformer 35.1%, Action 29%, Cute 11.8%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 6.4%
- #21 Throw Bro
79% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: strampPub: Plasma Studios
Windows
Throw Bro is a modern Gameboy-style 2D platformer where you throw things to solve problems and beat enemies!
Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, Action 24.8%, Comedy 10.4%, Colorful 10.2%, Cute 8.7%
- #22 Booster Trooper
83% matchMixed47% of 197 reviews2010
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Platformer 34.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Indie 8.9%
- #23 Intrusion 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,224 reviews2012
Dev: Aleksei Abramenko
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid
Why similar: Platformer 36.8%, Action 29.2%, Physics 14.8%, 2D 11.4%, Indie 6.3%
- #24 The Adventures of Clive McMulligan on Planet Zeta Four
80% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Broke Astronaut
Windows
Clive McMulligan is a 2D retro-inspired action/puzzle/platformer with challenging old school style gameplay. Over 70 levels with fast-paced gravity switching mechanics.
Why similar: Action 47.6%, Platformer 30.7%, Indie 10.9%, 2D 10.7%
- #25 Nux
81% matchMostly Negative39% of 471 reviews2014
Dev: IdigiconPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are NUX, sole survivor of the Nexon warrior tribe. The evil Silthax has invaded your home world of Nexolus, devoured your fellow Nexons and stolen the sacred power crystals from your village.
Why similar: Action 61.7%, Platformer 38.3%
- #26 Geki Yaba Runner
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: QubicGames
Windows
Turn into a raging force of destruction or a super speedy gnome to overcome Geki Yaba's ultimate challenge. Do you have what it takes to save the princess in peril?
Why similar: Action 37%, Platformer 27.2%, Physics 15.3%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #27 Grappling Bagel
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitkumsa
Windows
Grappling Bagel is a precision platformer where you must clear challenging levels by using the hole of a bagel as a grappling hook. Feel the pleasure of smooth swinging through tight momentum and responsive controls.
Why similar: Platformer 30.7%, Action 26.9%, Comedy 16.3%, 2D 9.3%, Physics 7.4%
- #28 Twisted
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Twisted is a clever action-platformer game combined with the best gameplay elements like time and object manipulation, clever enemies, traps and other challenges.
Why similar: Action 63.1%, Platformer 36.9%
- #29 Good Boy!
78% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: FastGame
Windows
The game "Good boy" is an arcade game. Your character is the dog "good boy". The objective of the game is to get to the owner what she has lost. A good boy will face complex obstacles: garbage cans, fire hydrants, lasers, smart missiles and much more.
Why similar: Platformer 41.6%, Simulation 20.5%, Action 18.5%, 2D 15.1%, Indie 4.3%
- #30 Farjob
77% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Simon Kaley
Windows · Mac
Delve into a boundless realm of twisting pathways and absurd bosses.
Why similar: Platformer 45.8%, Action 44.1%, Indie 10.1%
- #31 Cally's Caves 4
76% matchVery Positive84% of 146 reviews2018
Dev: VDO Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cally’s Caves 4 is a run-and-gun action game, with tons of powerups, weapons, and levels. When your friend needs your help, there’s only one thing to do: LEVEL UP EVERYTHING!
Why similar: Action 45%, Platformer 44.6%, 2D 10.4%
- #32 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
75% matchVery Positive85% of 3,701 reviews2012
Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.
Why similar: Platformer 49.7%, Action 21.9%, Comedy 15.3%, 2D 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #33 Wooden Sen'SeY
76% matchMixed54% of 137 reviews2013
Dev: Upper BytePub: Spawn Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Wooden Sen'SeY is an action-platformer, set in a unique "Japan Steam Rock" universe filled with humour. You follow Goro, a village chief, as he seeks revenge through a variety of levels. He will defeat his enemies using his axes to slice, dice, squash and grapple!
Why similar: Action 48%, Platformer 41.8%, Indie 10.1%
- #34 HellFurnace
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: AvocadoSandwichPub: ChungKang College of Cultural Industries
Windows
Go to save the world from HellFurnace. HellFurnace is a 2D boss rush game in which the protagonist, who has fallen into another world, defeats the boss. Avoid enemy attacks to collect beads and create weapons to defeat the boss.
Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Action 40.1%, 2D 12.1%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #35 Project Zero Deaths
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Action 49.1%, Platformer 27.8%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Indie 5%
- #36 Puddle
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 506 reviews2012
Dev: Neko Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Guide your puddle of fluid through a vast range of environments and puzzles!
Why similar: Simulation 29.4%, Physics 25.5%, Action 20.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Indie 7%
- #37 Colette's Sugar Madness
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Mark Hill
Windows
Colette's Sugar Madness is a retro platformer designed to be completed in a single sitting. Use the powers from multiple costumes to save Halloween candy from falling into the wrong hands. Hone your skills with each play through to make each play better than the last. How much candy can you get?
Why similar: Platformer 39%, Action 35.8%, Indie 12.7%, 2D 12.5%
- #38 Splasher
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,175 reviews2017
Dev: SplashteamPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.
Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Action 32.6%, Indie 7.8%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #39 Two Colours
71% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: James Butler
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump from platform to platform, red to blue, blue to red, timing your jumps precisely, and dodging falls and blocks which kill you over the course of 40 levels, grabbing the 20 collectibles to unlock a secret at the end of the game. Don't lose your focus, don't lose your patience.
Why similar: Platformer 37.7%, Action 34%, Physics 12.7%, 2D 11.2%, Indie 2.6%
- #40 Sucker
72% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: LpLeung
Windows
Someone has stolen our 4 drawings, and placed in 4 heavily guarded towers, so we want an elite controller to:Control A bot,Through a dangerous path,Get into a vault,and Take the drawings back.Would you accept this challenge? If so, download the interface and start.
Why similar: Platformer 42.1%, Action 39.9%, 2D 12.3%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #41 Proyecto Flamingo X1
70% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Flamingo Simulation Systems
Windows · Mac
Play this game if you want to exit the simulation. The first of seven clues designed as videogames to find your way back to reality. Only you know when the time is right to call it quits and go back home. In the meantime,go on and play games within games if you'd like. Fortune favours the curious.
Why similar: Simulation 35.4%, Action 32.6%, Platformer 13.9%, 2D 8.5%, Indie 7.5%
- #42 The Flesh God
71% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Nuberu Games
Windows
The Flesh God is a tough action platformer where you shoot a massive gun to fly through deadly levels infested with mutant flesh.
Why similar: Action 47.7%, Platformer 41.3%, Indie 11%
- #43 Galacatraz: Eject Equip Escape
74% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Summer Bear Studio
Windows
Escape Galacatraz, the universe's most secure detainment facility, in this side scrolling twin stick shooter! GAMEPAD REQUIRED!
Why similar: Action 45.9%, Platformer 43.6%, Indie 10.5%
- #44 GimmickHeart
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Yasakasaku
Windows
コピペで簡単ギミッククラフト どんなギミックもだいたいコピー可能 ワンボタンで世界を自分好みに作り変えよう!
Why similar: Platformer 36.5%, Action 33.9%, Comedy 14.8%, 2D 10.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #45 FLUFF SWING
66% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: G-girls
Windows
Stretch the thread. Swing through the air. FLUFF SWING is a 2D wire action game inspired by sewing tools. Stick needles into walls and the ground, build momentum, and swing through each stage. Set in a cute, slightly nostalgic pixel-art world, find your own rhythm and reach the goal.
Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Action 29.1%, Physics 13.1%, Cute 11.9%, 2D 9.8%
- #46 Gravity Den
70% matchVery Positive81% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: DiPiPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Den is a one-eyed alien who is grounded after the terrible crash of a spaceship. On this planet, one can control the gravity around him to walk in space. Lucky Dan is also able to change the gravity on the ground. Help him to reach the lost ship.
Why similar: Platformer 43.2%, Action 35.7%, 2D 13%, Indie 8.2%
- #47 Stonerid
71% matchMixed66% of 213 reviews2014
Dev: Enitvare
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Stonerid is a challenging 2D platformer, which the most important feature are two parallel, different worlds. Over 30 different levels to complete, unconventional game style and lots of dangerous traps and monsters make it extremely difficult to rise to the challenge.
Why similar: Action 49.3%, Platformer 39.8%, Indie 10.9%
- #48 TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 578 reviews2015
Dev: GAME FREAK inc.Pub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. As the National Army struggle to contain the terrifying war machines, they call upon the only thing that stands between Shell City’s obliteration and its salvation; the peanut chompin’, villain stompin’, TEMBO THE BADASS...
Why similar: Platformer 56.4%, Action 31%, 2D 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #49 Ember Kaboom
69% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2016
Dev: Josh Koenig Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Ember's a fox who loves adventure. Run, jump, and ride through 30+ colorful, fast-paced obstacle courses in a quest to get your missing soul back!
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Platformer 38.6%, Indie 11.1%
- #50 Lunar Mountain
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Playground GamesPub: Octorian Studios
Windows · Mac
Players control a brave adventurer as they journey through a series of beautifully crafted 2D platforming levels. Set on a mysterious and ancient lunar mountain, players must use their skills and wits to overcome a variety of challenges that stand in their way.
Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Action 28%, Physics 14.3%, 2D 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #51 Rocketbirds 2 Evolution
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 405 reviews2017
Dev: Ratloop AsiaPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The original Coq of War returns in a glorious explosion of finger-licking fun; with enhanced controls, new upgrade systems, a full single player campaign in “Part 1: The Cockup” with full VO and OST - and a 1- 4 player campaign in “Part 2: The Rescue” with procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Action 41.2%, Platformer 38.7%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #52 Ant-gravity: Tiny's Adventure
69% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: SharkByte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Combine your 4-direction gravity manipulation ability with your platformer skills to overcome the challenges of this 2D side-scroller game.
Why similar: Action 41.8%, Platformer 38%, Indie 10.2%, 2D 10%
- #53 Eggggg
67% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Hyper Games
Windows · Mac
Eggggg is a ridiculous two-button platform game where you propel yourself around using your vomiting superpowers.
Why similar: Platformer 52.5%, Action 37.9%, Indie 9.5%
- #54 Slip
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: Handsome Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Slip is a fast paced side scrolling platformer featuring a two color, swap mechanic. Using your two colors flee from Steve and his wretched purple beam through a multitude of obstacles and enemies. Slip combines the elegant simplicity of platforming with a polarity mechanic to create an easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master...
Why similar: Action 46.4%, Platformer 42.1%, Indie 11.5%
- #55 SharkAndDelivery
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RedHavenStudio
Windows
A fast-paced delivery adventure where you play as Shark, a rookie worker at BurgerDash. Dodge obstacles, outsmart enemies, and deliver burgers across tricky levels before the boss fires you. Simple, chaotic, and fun!
Why similar: Platformer 40.8%, Action 24.8%, 2D 12.5%, Colorful 9.4%, Cute 9.1%
- #56 The Maw
67% matchVery Positive84% of 367 reviews2009
Dev: Twisted Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The pinnacle of alien evolution, Maw is a cowardly fat blob concerned mostly with snacking and lounging. He can, however, absorb the traits of anything he eats, is virtually indestructible, and can grow to unlimited size. If he wasn't a danger to all life in the universe, he'd make the perfect pet.
Why similar: Platformer 38.9%, Action 33.9%, Cute 16.1%, Indie 11.2%
- #57 Munny: the Sea cave
67% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ADMI INC.
Windows
Munny: the Sea Cave is a 2D action platformer. Join Munny, a member of the renowned Octavia family, known for their proud legacy in archaeology, as you uncover the secrets of the mysterious underwater ruins. However, the creatures standing in your way won't be friendly.
Why similar: Platformer 42.1%, Action 39.5%, 2D 12.3%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%