- #1 Duck's Despair
97% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Embark on a brutally hard platforming journey as a desperate Duck who cannot fly. Will you make the pain your friend or give up on your dreams ?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.2%, Difficult 25.2%, Funny 12.5%, Colorful 7.5%, Adventure 6%
- #2 Joker On The Spring
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HOPZ CORP
Windows
Joker on the Spring is a precision platformer where you control a joker with a spring for legs. Instead of walking, you bounce and ricochet, turning every move into a chaotic mix of humor and frustration.
Why similar: Difficult 34%, Comedy 21.8%, Funny 19.3%, Precision Platformer 17.6%, Adventure 5%
- #3 PAIN
96% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Lily
Windows · Mac
Climb. Fall. Climb even higher. The pain from failing will be meaningless once the top is reached.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.8%, Difficult 37.2%, Colorful 9.7%, Adventure 3.7%, 2D Platformer 1.4%
- #4 Elliot
95% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Plain and Game
Windows
Elliot is a colourful 2D platformer inspired by 16-bit classics, with a touch of hardcore. Don't be misled by appearances: it's a colorful game, but really it's technicolor hell!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.6%, Difficult 23.3%, Comedy 14.8%, Funny 13.3%, 2D 5.4%
- #5 The Narrator is a DICK : Longer, Harder, and Uncut
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: Adam DeLease
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this narrated unfair platformer there's one man who's always out to get you... The Narrator. He's a real jerk, but with determination and a lot of skill MAYBE you can make it through this crazy adventure. Remastered with new Online Co-Op and Extended gameplay!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.4%, Difficult 24.3%, Comedy 15.1%, Funny 13.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #6 Dr. oil
94% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2021
Dev: Antena
Windows
This is a classic 2D hardcore platformer in which you have to constantly die in order to advance and kill the most evil seagull in the world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.8%, Difficult 26.9%, Funny 9.1%, Adventure 4.6%, 2D 4.2%
- #7 Wheel Balance
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Okiddy Games
Windows
Wheel Balance is a hard and fun physics-based game about balancing on two wheels. Master controls and beat all locations, compete with your friends. Try not to fall far away down!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.4%, Difficult 24.9%, Comedy 12%, Funny 10.9%, Colorful 3.9%
- #8 1000 SCORE: 2D Platformer
92% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Inat
Windows
No mistakes allowed! No checkpoints, no safety nets. Just move forward and survive. If you fail, you lose everything and start over. A true test of nerves!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.1%, Difficult 37.2%, 2D 7.5%, Colorful 4.9%, Indie 0.6%
- #9 Uncolor
91% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Alatus Games
Windows
Rush through rooms with challenging platforms and terrains, duel with the Color Guardians and claim their hues to your uncolor deeds. Master the precision platformer essentials: WallJump, DoubleJump, SharpTiming. A field day for the SpeedRunners!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.9%, Difficult 32.5%, 2D 6.2%, Adventure 5.1%, Platformer 1.3%
- #10 Squirm
91% matchVery Positive96% of 179 reviews2018
Dev: Alex Carpenter
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a previous adventure, you and your rat friend stop for a snooze. When you wake up, the rat is gone and strange creatures have appeared across the land as if from out of nowhere! What has happened while you were asleep? Where is your rat friend?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 61.3%, Difficult 21.4%, Adventure 10.1%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 1%
- #11 Byte The Dust
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: DiwloGames
Windows
Make your way through increasingly harder platform sections. But be aware, one small error and it's back to the beginning for you!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 47.9%, Difficult 31.9%, Adventure 7.9%, Funny 6.2%, 2D 3.4%
- #12 Penguins of The North
89% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: mamoniemPub: Vikong
Windows · Mac · Linux
What could be easier than moving a bunch of quacking penguins from screen left to screen right?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37%, Difficult 27.2%, Funny 13%, Comedy 10.7%, Colorful 5.2%
- #13 You Have 10 Seconds
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,352 reviews2016
Dev: tamationgames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 18%
You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 71.8%, Difficult 17.8%, Funny 4.7%, 2D 3.2%, Great Soundtrack 1%
- #14 Rainboy
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: seallliogames
Windows · Mac
Rainboy is a precision platformer with 100s of exhilarating levels! You were brought into this universe knowing nothing... Join Rainboy and Dart on a journey around the world as they discover the meaning of their existence!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 47.4%, Difficult 29.7%, Colorful 8.2%, 2D 6.5%, Adventure 4.5%
- #15 Keepy UP
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TLL
Windows
Push yourself ever higher in this challenging reimagining of a classic childhood game. Guide your balloon through a vertical gauntlet of seagulls, ghosts, UFOs and more! Your balloon is your only friend, and gravity is your greatest foe. Are you skilful enough to Keepy UP?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 56.9%, Difficult 34.4%, 2D 6%, Action 1.2%, Platformer 0.9%
- #16 Pullywog
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lees-Pic
Windows
Sometimes life seems tough... Explore a punishing world full of difficult falls as well as some uplifting moments. Fogg, a doubtful young frog, takes on a journey to climb to the top of the world and hopefully makes some friends along the way.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.9%, Difficult 26.2%, Funny 13.5%, Comedy 9.6%, 2D 5.3%
- #17 The Most Difficult Ball Game
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TheTrophyDev
Windows
Getting Over It — but with a ball.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.2%, Difficult 26.7%, Comedy 14.9%, Funny 10.7%, Colorful 3.1%
- #18 Peepo Hop!
85% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Onsoft
Windows
Guide Peepo to the top of the mountain in this precision platformer. Charge each of his legs to determine his jump trajectory, but be careful any mistake will send Peepo falling back down.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 47.2%, Difficult 31.5%, Funny 9.7%, Adventure 6.2%, 2D 4.5%
- #19 HotFactory
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hot Game Studios
Windows
Hot Game Studios is happy to present HotFactory, the game about a robot who lived and worked in his home factory, but once he was marked for disposal. Our goal is to escape from the factory, which no longer home but the deadliest place in the world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 55.5%, Difficult 33.7%, 2D 7.1%, Platformer 1.1%, Hand-drawn 1%
- #20 The End Is Nigh
83% matchVery Positive94% of 3,330 reviews2017
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.4 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 53.6%, Difficult 30.1%, Adventure 4.1%, 2D 4%, Funny 3.5%
- #21 I Was Turned Into A Sword
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pixelSword123456Pub: upSwordGame
Windows
You've been turned into a sword by the demon king!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.4%, Difficult 25.7%, Funny 9.1%, Comedy 8.9%, Colorful 6%
- #22 Super Meat Boy 3D
81% matchVery Positive88% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: SluggerflyPub: Headup
Windows
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.8%, Difficult 26.1%, Comedy 15.1%, Funny 10.2%, Colorful 7.3%
- #23 SongBird: FlingAThing
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Sock Puppet Gost
Windows
A unique, stylish platformer based around flinging yourself as fast as possible in any direction. Venture deep into the "Songbird Short Stop" to fix a cash register that won't scan milk in this exhilarating precision platformer.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 51.1%, Difficult 27.6%, Comedy 8.8%, Adventure 4.9%, 2D 4.5%
- #24 Biologger
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Weber
Windows
Biologger is a hard as nails retro platformer. Make your way through unique worlds each with a different and exciting twist. On your journey scan and research creatures to complete your logs. Biologger was developed with speedrunning in mind - how fast can you beat the game?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.2%, Difficult 38.9%, Adventure 7.7%, 2D 7.5%, Action 1.6%
- #25 Quase Rosa
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ygapu K.
Windows · Linux
Quase Rosa is a 2D precision platformer with elements of randomness. With each attempt to beat a level, a different possible skill.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43%, Difficult 36.4%, Funny 10.6%, Adventure 6.8%, 2D Platformer 1.6%
- #26 Two the Top
79% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: James Sutton
Windows
A precision co-op platformer where the only obstacle is falling. Bring a friend along and work together as you face the brutal challenges that await you both on this climb! Can you both make it Two the Top?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.9%, Difficult 26.7%, Funny 11.5%, Colorful 5%, Adventure 4.9%
- #27 Gigacrab: Getting Over The Meme
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MaxtiGames
Windows
Be a muscular crab and climb your way to the top in this rage-inducing challenge. Use only your powerful claws to swing, launch, and scale. Every fall will test your patience. Can you reach the summit?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 48.1%, Difficult 31%, Comedy 11.6%, Funny 6.1%, Adventure 1.7%
- #28 Rollover
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Kevinsunde
Windows
Rollover is a brutally punishing climbing game where every roll could be your last. With unpredictable, difficult physics and a movement system designed to test your limits.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.3%, Difficult 31.6%, Adventure 8.1%, Funny 7.2%, Colorful 4.9%
- #29 Ponk's Jam: The Tulip Thief
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Jamie RowleyPub: Ponk Games
Windows
Guess who’s back, dudes and gally?! In an all new universe, Ponk is here to save the world of Obal from the threat of The Tulip Thief! Embark on a huge journey through 6 crazy environments to retrieve the Artefacts from the 5 Beholders; and also meet hilarious characters along the way.
Why similar: Difficult 26.9%, Precision Platformer 23.8%, Funny 16.1%, Comedy 14.8%, Colorful 5.2%
- #30 Canto I
77% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: LudosGDPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Face the Dark Forest of the Divine Comedy in this action platformer inspired by the Sommo Poeta’s masterpiece! Help Dante avoid pitfalls, spikes & specters using double jumps, magical attacks and dashes. Find the scrolls containing the triplets of the Canto exploring this gloomy, pixelart forest!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 47%, Difficult 28.2%, Funny 11.8%, Adventure 4.5%, 2D 4%
- #31 DICEASTER
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SubnogamesPub: towelie
Windows
This is a hard game. Very hard. You play as a die, and your goal is to climb. Simple, right? Wrong. Each level leaves you with less room for error, more risk, and less hope. Honestly, I don’t think you’ll make it. But if you do… glory awaits. Will you make it into the top ranks?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.6%, Difficult 34.1%, Funny 8.4%, Colorful 6.7%, 2D 5.7%
- #32 Hardcore Circus
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: PocketsOfEnergy
Windows
Hardcore Circus is a punishment-based platformer inspired by precision-platformers and Foddian classics. It is designed for players who love the satisfaction of mastering the movement and the pain of repeating the same section 100s of times.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.8%, Difficult 29.9%, Funny 15.9%, 2D 6%, Adventure 4%
- #33 Frog Knight
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mechanical Maze
Windows
Climb out of a cursed pit as a daring frog wielding a talking sword. Bounce off floating orbs, master precise jumps, and face the risk of losing everything with a single fall. No checkpoints. No mercy. Just the climb.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.5%, Difficult 30.8%, Funny 11.6%, Adventure 3.4%, 2D 1.4%
- #34 Rage Rock
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Abdulrahim Al Methiab
Windows
A challenging physics rage platformer where you launch a stubborn rock up a mountain.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.9%, Difficult 17.6%, Funny 14%, Colorful 9.4%, 2D 6.9%
- #35 Sugar Orbit
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INDIE-SQUID
Windows
A platformer where you play a gummibear jumping between planets to rescue lost gummies, playable at your own pace but built for speedrunners and perfect runs.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.7%, Difficult 27.3%, Comedy 13.5%, Funny 12.5%, Colorful 5.2%
- #36 Clouds no more
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Fiery Bytes
Windows
This game is a reversed platformer. In the sense that your goal is not to jump on platforms, but to avoid them. In this world you are going to fall. And then die. And then fall again. Faster.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 51.9%, Difficult 31.9%, Adventure 8%, 2D 4.7%, Action 1.6%
- #37 Streamer Content: a simple mechanic, a simple game
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rotten Post Team
Windows
Lead the "Streamer Guy" in yet another rage-inducing game. Test your skills with just a mouse!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.1%, Difficult 27.7%, Funny 13.1%, Comedy 7.2%, 2D 5.1%
- #38 I Have No Nose and I Must Climb
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Team Sometimes Y
Windows
Work with your hands to help Wally reach the top of the world to retrieve something dear to them.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.5%, Difficult 28.7%, Funny 10.5%, Adventure 4.6%, 2D 2.7%
- #39 Davy Hooker
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redroot Games
Windows
Can you get Davy to the top? Swing your way through a surreal world in this hand-crafted challenge platformer. Grapple with unique challenges, explore hidden paths, and try not to fall!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.3%, Difficult 31%, Adventure 6.4%, Funny 6.4%, Colorful 4%
- #40 FOX ADVENTURE ~HOMEWARD JOURNEY~
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Happy Sufferer
Windows
A challenging 2D platform game.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.6%, Difficult 37.2%, Adventure 9.7%, 2D 4.6%, 2D Platformer 2.2%
- #41 The Way Of Joy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunny Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Way Of Joy reflects actual life, where you must fail so much to achieve success, complete the mission, and reach the "Joy" at the end of the goal.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.8%, Difficult 31.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Funny 9.8%, 2D 4%
- #42 All Me Action Game
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: HiroyukiPub: Hiro Studio
Windows
[WARNING: BUYER BEWARE] Brutal 2D action with a 0.00...01% clear rate. Character, enemies, blocks—made from the creator’s selfies. Unfair first-try traps and eerie visuals: can you reach the goal? Streaming welcome; no clear guaranteed. Local co-op.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.5%, Difficult 26.7%, Comedy 17%, Funny 11.5%, 2D 1.7%
- #43 Super Meat Boy
72% matchVery Positive94% of 36,925 reviews2010
Dev: Team Meat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 60.7%, Difficult 25.7%, 2D 4.1%, Funny 2.7%, Comedy 2.6%
- #44 Swimpossible!
69% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Arcane Cabinet
Windows
Move each limb separately to swim against the current and avoid difficult obstacles in Swimpossible!
Why similar: Difficult 32.1%, Precision Platformer 25.5%, Funny 18.5%, Comedy 12.7%, Adventure 4.8%
- #45 Grow Up! - A Worm Game
71% match7 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Govknar Games
Windows
A Game of Worms, Growing, and Strenuous Arm Movement! Get your hands ready for this challenging, perhaps tear inducing, humorous 2D precision speed game!
Why similar: Difficult 34.1%, Precision Platformer 30.4%, Funny 19.2%, 2D 6.7%, Adventure 5.6%
- #46 Jumpy Ball Happy Fun Time
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Gabriel Brock
Windows
2D precision platformer/obstacle game.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 43%, Difficult 35.5%, Colorful 9.2%, Adventure 6.5%, 2D 3.3%
- #47 Upward Bound
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BewkyPub: Bewky LLC
Windows
Upward Bound is a platforming challenge about struggling upwards in hopes of getting back to your family! This adventure to reach the top of the mountain will demand full mastery of the technique of jumping.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 54.5%, Difficult 26.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Funny 6.1%, Indie 0.9%
- #48 Snail With a Shotgun
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gambit
Windows
Launch yourself, stick to walls, and rage like you never have before in this tedious expedition as a literal snail.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.7%, Difficult 27.3%, Funny 13.5%, Comedy 12.5%, Adventure 3.2%
- #49 Solus Machina
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Inferno Duck Games
Windows
A lone robot, deemed worthless by its creators, seeks freedom and adventure in a hostile world
Why similar: Precision Platformer 52.5%, Difficult 32.1%, 2D 6.3%, Adventure 6.1%, Action 1.3%
- #50 Bouncy Goat Climb
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Jesper Bergman
Windows
A highly punishing 3D precision platformer about a goat bouncing up a beautiful mountain to save its scared baby goat. Can you handle the challenge and endure all obstacles that you will face on your way up the mountain?
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.2%, Difficult 37.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Colorful 6.2%, Platformer 1.4%
- #51 Jump King
68% matchVery Positive90% of 13,075 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 48.6%, Difficult 37.5%, Funny 4.1%, 2D 4%, Adventure 3.8%
- #52 3000m to Whatever’s Up There
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Roko
Windows
Jump. There must be something up there.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 52.9%, Difficult 32.6%, 2D 5.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Platformer 1.3%
- #53 Rocket Jump Frenzy
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Smoking Cartridge
Windows
Rocket Jump Frenzy is a punishing game where you need to climb a mountain using a rocket launcher.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 56.4%, Difficult 34.1%, 2D 6.6%, Action 1.4%, Platformer 0.9%
- #54 Glimmer Chain
68% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Jose Romaguera Montero
Windows
Use the chain to swing and propel yourself through the buildings. Execute fluid and epic moves to light up the city in the shortest possible time!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.3%, Difficult 28.3%, Funny 13.4%, 2D 5.3%, Colorful 3.9%
- #55 The Hardest Game Ever
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: AIAdev
Windows
An insanely difficult precision platformer
Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.9%, Difficult 37.2%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 6.6%, Cartoony 0.9%
- #56 Sklime - A Difficult Climbing Adventure
65% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Zankai
Windows · Linux
Two arms, twice the difficulty. How high can you climb before the Depths reclaim you? A brutally difficult twin-stick climbing game
Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.3%, Difficult 29.4%, Funny 12.3%, Colorful 6.4%, Adventure 5.5%
- #57 Supermurgitroid
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rufflesworth
Windows
Faced with difficult, or sometimes impossible, 2d platforming challenges, spend your precious time limit to alter the level. Well actually pay someone else to do it. Then try to traverse through the modified level in the time you left yourself.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 51.1%, Difficult 29.5%, Comedy 6.8%, Funny 4.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #58 Noir
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bœuf Musqué
Windows
Noir is a colorful, dynamic, and challenging platform game. Collect the energy balls in each level to reveal the exit portal. Play through hundreds of levels to beat this fast-paced and exhilarating game !
Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.4%, Difficult 31%, Colorful 9.8%, 2D 3.8%, Hand-drawn 1.4%