Games Like Skelattack

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Action 23.8%, Platformer 19.4%, Indie 18.7%, Metroidvania 12.5%, Difficult 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a skeleton protagonist and fast-paced action that perfectly matches the undead theme of Skelattack.

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!

Why similar: Platformer 23.5%, Metroidvania 16.5%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a similar blend of lighthearted humor, platforming challenges, and Metroidvania exploration with a unique companion mechanic.

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 45.2%, Action 15.8%, Metroidvania 11.1%, Comedy 6.3%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title features an undead protagonist and a quirky, action-packed platforming style that mirrors the tone of Skelattack.

Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!

Why similar: Action 29.4%, Platformer 28.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Indie 20.5%

Why You'll Like It: It places you in the role of a skeleton hero in a 2D action-platformer that emphasizes fun, arcade-style combat.

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Why similar: Platformer 34.4%, Metroidvania 25.7%, Action 11.5%, Indie 8.2%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a vibrant, humorous take on the Metroidvania genre with tight platforming and satisfying combat.

Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!

Why similar: Platformer 27.9%, Metroidvania 16.7%, Difficult 11.3%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This Metroidvania features a colorful, cartoonish aesthetic and challenging platforming that feels very similar to Skelattack.

Dive into Super Skelemania, a single-sitting metroidvania about an acrobatic skeleton. Jump over a pit of thorns, roll your skull like a bowling ball, or headbutt a spider like any good skeleton would!

Why similar: Action 41.4%, Indie 33.2%, Metroidvania 25.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match, this game features a skeleton protagonist navigating a Metroidvania-style world with unique movement abilities.

KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

Why similar: Action 23.2%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 17.8%, Platformer 14%, Metroidvania 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The fluid movement and action-oriented platforming provide a similar sense of momentum and excitement.

Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

Why similar: Platformer 26.8%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 15%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced, fluid platforming experience within a sprawling Metroidvania map.

Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!

Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Metroidvania 23.9%, Action 17.7%, Family Friendly 16.4%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn Metroidvania that focuses on character-driven action and exploration in a unique setting.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Platformer 42%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic 2D platforming feel and humorous charm that makes Skelattack so enjoyable.

Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 36.8%, Action 15.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Family Friendly 10.5%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on creative platforming mechanics and a cute, vibrant art style.

SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

Why similar: Platformer 27.8%, Metroidvania 21.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Action 12.3%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at exploration and platforming, offering a polished experience that fans of the genre will appreciate.

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: Platformer 29.5%, Metroidvania 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Action 9.2%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines sharp action-platforming with a humorous narrative and Metroidvania progression elements.

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 47.9%, Action 24.1%, Indie 19%, Difficult 4%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on high-speed precision platforming that will appeal to players who enjoyed the platforming challenges in Skelattack.

Embark on a global adventure in this ‘90s-inspired adventure platformer. Help a chubby underdog kid with wacky superpowers battle bizarre villains, unlock and customize special moves and spells, and save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 23.3%, Action 15.2%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 11.3%, Metroidvania 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous, lighthearted platformer that focuses on unique character abilities and fun level design.

Play as Skippy, the square, flexible skeleton in this cute Action-RPG, to keep a heartbroken court magician from destroying the world with his army of monsters and undead! Change out your body parts with those of enemies and friends and become the hero of Cubold Kingdom!

Why similar: Action 31.5%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 18.9%, Family Friendly 14.5%, Funny 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a skeleton hero in a 3D-perspective action-adventure that shares the same whimsical spirit.

Embark on a bone-chilling quest for vengeance as a skull-hurling skeletal warrior in Skeletal Avenger! This captivating roguelite dungeon crawler melds hack'n'slash mayhem with endlessly replayable gameplay, offering a thrilling, ever-evolving experience that keeps you coming back for more.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 67.5%, Funny 32.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hack-and-slash action game that leans into the skeleton theme with fun, arcade-style progression.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Platformer 21.9%, Metroidvania 21.8%, Action 13.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 12%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, narrative-driven action-platforming experience with challenging boss fights.

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

Why similar: Platformer 28.5%, Metroidvania 22.1%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 11%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A moody, atmospheric Metroidvania that emphasizes exploration and combat in a mysterious world.

The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Action 13.7%, Indie 10%, Family Friendly 10%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, quirky platformer that emphasizes exploration and lighthearted combat.

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Platformer 25%, Metroidvania 21.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Difficult 9.8%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more challenging, it is the gold standard for Metroidvania exploration and atmospheric world-building.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Metroidvania 27.4%, Action 15.1%, Difficult 14.5%, 2D 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, action-focused Metroidvania that rewards precise movement and combat skills.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.3%, Platformer 19.2%, Action 15%, Adventure 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the definitive Metroidvania experience with a vast map and deep character customization.

Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Metroidvania 19.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 11.5%, Difficult 11%

Why You'll Like It: It offers incredibly responsive action-platforming combat that keeps the gameplay feeling fresh and exciting.

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: Metroidvania 31%, Platformer 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Action 9.3%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style Metroidvania that focuses on exploration and discovering unique abilities.

Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!

Why similar: Platformer 32.3%, Metroidvania 21.8%, Action 13.7%, Difficult 8.1%, Indie 7.8%

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, Metroidvania 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: It features some of the most fluid platforming mechanics in the genre, paired with a beautiful, emotive world.

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: Platformer 36.1%, Difficult 13.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 11.2%, Comedy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a difficult, retro-inspired platforming experience for players looking for a challenge.

An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.2%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 15.1%, 2D 5.7%

Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons.

Why similar: Adventure 41.3%, Dungeon Crawler 34.9%, Comedy 6.6%, Story Rich 5.9%, Action 4.7%

Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.

Why similar: Action 19.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Indie 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Adventure 14.3%

SwooshCat is a vibrant precision-platformer adventure. Leap, dash, slash, stab, roll, and ricochet your way through a charming pixel world as you help a brave little cat 🐾 explore and battle!

Why similar: Platformer 29.6%, Metroidvania 21.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Action 11.8%, Funny 7.9%

Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!

Why similar: Platformer 37%, Action 14.6%, Difficult 13.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Funny 7.8%

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Platformer 28.1%, Metroidvania 24.2%, Action 10.9%, Difficult 9.5%, Indie 9.4%

An ancient evil has been set loose, and Jonathan cursed in the process. Jonathan must now collect seven holy grails from around all of Egypt to cleanse himself of the curse of Sehur the First. Be delighted by the quirky humor, charming characters, and the beautifully designed world, in Pharaoh Rebirth+!

Why similar: Action 23.6%, Adventure 22.2%, Platformer 19.8%, Indie 16.4%, Metroidvania 14.7%

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Why similar: Action 19.8%, Platformer 19.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 14%, Metroidvania 7.3%

A retro-casual platformer game! No matter who you are! Get your cat ears ready, BRING IT ON! Set off on the crazy journey to rescue your sister!

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Adventure 18.6%, Family Friendly 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Indie 7.9%

Undercat is a non-restrictive 2D platformer with co-op and PvP modes. Help the Resistance to overthrow the Cats' tyranny and liberate the animal city!

Why similar: Platformer 25.7%, Family Friendly 19.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Action 11.9%, Indie 10.7%

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: Platformer 38.5%, Difficult 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%

Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.

Why similar: Platformer 54.4%, Metroidvania 25.7%, Funny 8.3%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 4%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Platformer 22.9%, Action 14.4%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 12.5%

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Why similar: Platformer 26.2%, Metroidvania 19%, Adventure 15.3%, Action 14.7%, Indie 10.4%

A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.

Why similar: Action 32.4%, Platformer 27.1%, Difficult 26.4%, 2D 10.4%, Indie 2.5%

Pioneers against aliens! JustAxe is an exciting 2D platformer with puzzles, interactive environments and unusual setting! Solve riddles, combine your moves, and set out to save your hometown and possibly all of humanity... And don’t forget to take your axe with you!

Why similar: Platformer 35.6%, Action 16.2%, Adventure 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, 2D 7%

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 34.5%, Action 34.5%, Adventure 31%

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Action 19.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%

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

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, Action 15.1%, Indie 12%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%

Swords up! Level up your character, solve puzzles, and defeat bosses in this Bunny Brawler Dungeon Crawler, set in the world of the best-selling Green Ember series.

Why similar: Family Friendly 33.6%, Dungeon Crawler 30.2%, Adventure 21.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.8%

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Action 24.5%, Indie 20.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%

Join KinnikuNeko, a cat with a bodybuilder's body, in this fun 2D platformer and fight against the mysterious alien invasion. A story full of goofy humor, friendship, drama and action. Its aesthetics are a love letter to 90s anime along with an unforgettable soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 39.4%, Metroidvania 26.5%, Action 13.1%, Funny 7.8%, 2D 7.5%

Embody Kimuto on the first day of his new job in this humor-packed dungeon crawler with surprising secrets to discover!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.6%, Action 20.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Comedy 12.2%, 2D 10.5%

Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, Metroidvania 16.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Action 10.1%

Aborigenus is a small adventure platformer with RPG-elements in a primal world. Hunt the aggressive fauna, learn new abilities and fight with the whole enemy army. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter. Can you save the flying islands from the evil?

Why similar: Platformer 27.3%, Action 18.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

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: Platformer 38.5%, Action 14.7%, Difficult 11.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 10.5%

Zack Zero takes you on an action-packed platform adventure with incredible 3D graphics and the playability and entertainment of classic 2D games. Help Zack Zero save his beloved Marlene, kidnapped by the evil Zulrog in an effort to obtain the powerful substance that will allow him to travel back in time.

Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16%

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Why similar: Platformer 29.6%, Action 22.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%