- #1 iterform
97% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
Windows · Linux
iterform is a minimalistic hardcore platformer with experimental respawn mechanic and ability to create replicas and respawn on them.
Why similar: Action 40.1%, Indie 30.9%, Platformer 29%
- #2 Metanet Hunter CD
96% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: RodeoNET
Windows
Get ready to rumble, Metanet Hunter CD is ready to take the stage with super-slick platforming, tons of action, and all around, all sorts of radical vibes from the good old times!
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Platformer 33.5%, Indie 28.9%
- #3 dontbegrey
96% matchMixed65% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
Windows · Linux
dontbegrey is a minimalistic hardcore platformer with experimental color-themed mechanics, where you can choose what is an obstacle and what is the background.
Why similar: Action 35.2%, Indie 28%, Platformer 27.8%, 2D 9%
- #4 Konrad the Rocket
94% 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: Action 40.8%, Indie 31.4%, Platformer 27.7%
- #5 Exoder
94% 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 36.1%, Action 30%, Indie 23.1%, 2D 10.9%
- #6 ERI
93% 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: Platformer 33.5%, Action 31.4%, Indie 24.2%, 2D 10.9%
- #7 Colette's Sugar Madness
92% 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 32.3%, Indie 31.6%, Action 26.5%, 2D 9.7%
- #8 The Adventures of Clive McMulligan on Planet Zeta Four
91% 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 36.7%, Indie 28.2%, Platformer 26.5%, 2D 8.6%
- #9 Farjob
90% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Simon Kaley
Windows · Mac
Delve into a boundless realm of twisting pathways and absurd bosses.
Why similar: Platformer 39.7%, Action 34.1%, Indie 26.2%
- #10 The Flesh God
87% 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 36.5%, Platformer 35.4%, Indie 28.1%
- #11 Galacatraz: Eject Equip Escape
89% 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: Platformer 37.6%, Action 35.3%, Indie 27.1%
- #12 Slip
88% 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: Platformer 35.7%, Action 35.1%, Indie 29.2%
- #13 Leilani's Island
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ishisoft
Windows
Leilani has got to roll, jump, and smash things to take back her island from mechanical invasion! A tropical 2D platformer in the making for PC.
Why similar: Action 41.6%, Indie 31%, Platformer 27.4%
- #14 Wooden Sen'SeY
89% 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 37.2%, Platformer 36.4%, Indie 26.4%
- #15 Ember Kaboom
85% 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 38.4%, Platformer 33.1%, Indie 28.4%
- #16 Gambol
84% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Mike Pickering
Windows
Gambol is a wall-hopping, ceiling-slapping jaunt of a platformer with straight forward controls, and buttery smooth movement. You control the Gambol Gumball through a gauntlet of levels designed with flow and rhythm in mind to test your platforming grit.
Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Indie 33.2%, Action 32.1%
- #17 Ghost in the Machine
86% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2015
Dev: Michael J. Moffitt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ghost in the Machine is about the player's escape from a run-down factory following a large explosion. In the dark factory there are many dangerous machines that must be minded in order to not be crushed or mechanically separated.
Why similar: Action 35.6%, Platformer 34.7%, Indie 29.8%
- #18 Stonerid
86% 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 37.8%, Platformer 34.2%, Indie 28%
- #19 Eggggg
81% 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 45.7%, Action 29.5%, Indie 24.8%
- #20 Demon Hearts
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jon Harwood Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Demon Hearts is a 2D platformer game that will leave you feeling blood thirsty for victory every time you play! Take the winged and dangerously swift Vampiress Snow through many challenging silhouette environments while withstanding the many divergent demons, evil forces, and bosses!
Why similar: Action 38.2%, Platformer 32.4%, Indie 29.4%
- #21 Concursion
84% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Puuba
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Concursion is a multi-genre game played on the boundaries between worlds. Steer your hero through a dangerous interdimensional universe, switching between different genres on the fly, pulling off feats of tight aerial acrobatics otherwise unattainable in one genre alone.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Platformer 32.7%, Indie 29.8%
- #22 Ant-gravity: Tiny's Adventure
81% 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: Platformer 33%, Action 32.4%, Indie 26.5%, 2D 8.1%
- #23 Splasher
78% 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 46.3%, Action 26.3%, Indie 21.1%, 2D 6.2%
- #24 Colourless
78% 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 39.6%, Indie 33.1%, Action 15.3%, 2D 12%
- #25 Bloo Kid 2
79% matchVery Positive89% of 281 reviews2015
Dev: winterworks GmbH
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Bloo Kid 2 is a classic 2D retro-style platformer experience with lovely designed pixel-graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. Run, jump and swim your way through five huge worlds with twelve levels each. Master brutal bossfights and discover lots of secrets in the world of Bloo Kid 2.
Why similar: Platformer 38.8%, Indie 26%, Action 26%, 2D 9.2%
- #26 GunnRunner
64% 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: Action 39.1%, Platformer 30.8%, Indie 30.1%
- #27 Gravity Den
77% 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 38.7%, Action 28.5%, Indie 21.9%, 2D 10.8%
- #28 Deadly Traps
77% 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: Action 35.7%, Platformer 29.5%, Indie 26.6%, 2D 8.1%
- #29 Swiftly
79% matchMixed51% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Cleverweek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Swiftly is a very challenging platformer game. It has simple graphics and easy to understand rules, but you are going to have a hard time completing the levels.
Why similar: Action 45.4%, Platformer 28.1%, Indie 26.5%
- #30 Lexie The Takeover
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Chris Verner Studio
Windows
Lexie The Takeover is a 2D platformer that will send you to a post apocalyptic world where an army of skeletons roam, lead by the infamous Commander Bones. Your goal? To defeat the army and Commander Bones himself to restore peace to humanity.
Why similar: Platformer 35.1%, Action 30.2%, Indie 23.2%, 2D 11.4%
- #31 Rocketbirds 2 Evolution
75% 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: Platformer 34.8%, Action 33.1%, Indie 22.2%, 2D 9.9%
- #32 Freedom Fall
76% matchVery Positive92% of 389 reviews2014
Dev: Stirfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Freedom Fall is a diabolical down-scrolling platformer set in a prison tower so tall it touches the clouds. Presented with hand painted art, its old school vibe mixes with fast-paced free falling action and a story with both dark wit and heart.
Why similar: Platformer 40.8%, Action 29%, Indie 25.5%, 2D 4.6%
- #33 FEIST
76% 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: Platformer 34.5%, Action 32.3%, Indie 25.3%, 2D 7.8%
- #34 Grapple Force Rena
70% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2018
Dev: Friend & FairyPub: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Linux
Swing, climb, grab, and throw in this action platformer where you can grapple anywhere! Using Rena's magic bracelets, hook onto any surface to swing wherever you like, or grab your foes to send them hurtling into each other!
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Platformer 29.5%, Indie 27.5%, 2D 6.4%
- #35 League of Evil
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
League of Evil is an action game where you, as a bionic super agent take on the mission to defeat the League of Evil. Use your acrobatic skills to punch your way through levels filled with deadly traps and defeat your enemies. The world is counting on you!
Why similar: Action 37.1%, Platformer 33.6%, Indie 29.3%
- #36 Navyblue and the Spectrum Killers
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Hyper Combo Studio
Windows
Jump, Shoot and Dash throughout the city, choosing which crisis to solve first as you gain new powers and fight your way through legions of evil robots and thugs as you try to save the world!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Platformer 34.2%, Indie 28.6%
- #37 Flem
74% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Henchman & Goon
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 37%, Platformer 30.1%, Indie 28%, 2D 4.9%
- #38 Dogurai
68% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Hungry Bear Games
Windows · Linux
Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!
Why similar: Action 35.1%, Platformer 30.2%, Indie 26.4%, 2D 8.3%
- #39 NEONomicon
71% matchVery Positive80% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: CWH Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Minimalistic puzzle game telling about a tricky life situation, which gets your Hero. Mysterious world and treacherous enemies. Strange laws of this weird reality. Here the help of friends is more dangerous than the attack of enemies! Welcome to NEONomicon!
Why similar: Platformer 38.6%, Indie 28.5%, Action 26.3%, 2D 6.6%
- #40 HellFurnace
58% 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 42.5%, Action 36.4%, 2D 11.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #41 Wake
82% matchMostly Negative27% of 195 reviews
Dev: Boss Baddie
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Wake is the story of an engineer trapped on a sinking ship. Navigate through the ship however you want to find your way to the surface above, but avoid the ship's corrupted security system!Key Features Run and swim to escape a sinking ship Dodge bullets, fire, electricity and LASERS - but most of all avoid drowning!
Why similar: Platformer 35.9%, Indie 35.1%, Action 29%
- #42 Sacred Stones
69% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Indie 33.5%, Platformer 24.6%
- #43 Down Ward
66% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Fisholith
Windows
Venture into the haunted wilds with Gable, a little owl, as she sets out to rekindle the dormant relics of a land long abandoned to ruin.
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Indie 33.5%, Platformer 25.4%
- #44 Mechanic Escape
72% matchVery Positive85% of 793 reviews2014
Dev: Slak GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!
Why similar: Platformer 46.3%, Indie 28.5%, Action 25.3%
- #45 Nick Reckless in The Curse of the Lost Cause
68% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Akedo Studio
Windows
Unravel the mysteries of old-school gameplay in this classic side-scrolling platformer, venture through four different environments and procedurally generated levels for ever-changing play sessions, and hope to lift... The Curse of the Lost Cause.
Why similar: Action 36.3%, Platformer 27.7%, Indie 27%, 2D 9%
- #46 Jump Barrel
57% 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 43.6%, Indie 28.4%, Action 28%
- #47 DungeonGOGO
71% 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 32%, Platformer 30.1%, Action 28.2%, 2D 9.8%
- #48 Shadowcrypt
73% matchMixed58% of 111 reviews2014
Dev: One-bit Punch
Windows · Mac
Shadowcrypt is an arcade-style dungeon crawler with tactical sword & shield combat. Find the Necromancer and defeat his horde of undead warriors through a series of labyrinthine rooms.
Why similar: Platformer 37.4%, Action 35.8%, Indie 26.8%
- #49 Ghost Trap
55% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
You've died and landed in purgatory, your options? Unending suffering or finding a way back to your world.
Why similar: Platformer 41.1%, Action 33%, Indie 14.8%, 2D 11.1%
- #50 Darkour
65% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Egana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Darkour is a 2D platformer where darkness is your platform.
Why similar: Platformer 37%, Action 29.3%, Indie 22.6%, 2D 11.1%
- #51 Mula: The Cycle of Shadow
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Boozer Game Studios
Windows
Mula is the story of the protagonist Wave a survivor of the dark invasion on the land of Mula. Finds himself to be the next guardian that will prevent the invasion, at the cost of his existence. As it was always been done.
Why similar: Platformer 43.6%, Indie 36.5%, Action 19.9%
- #52 Flashman Gold
52% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Rene Postma
Windows · Mac · Linux
Flashman, Flashman Gold he is called because he is a super fast gold smith.Now his gold has been stolen by gold stealing monsters thieves and now there is only one thing to do, get the gold back!!! 30 beautiful levels, especially for people who have experienced the 80'
Why similar: Platformer 47.9%, Action 29.7%, 2D 13.4%, Indie 9%
- #53 lilGunBois: Super Team Transgender Fortress Platformer Battlegrounds
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: BoringKate
Windows · Linux
Just a lil game about some lil pixely gun bois doing lil gun boi things. Pew pew!
Why similar: Indie 41.4%, Platformer 26.3%, Action 23.7%, 2D 8.6%
- #54 Geki Yaba Runner
52% 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 36.2%, Platformer 29.9%, Indie 24.5%, 2D 9.4%
- #55 KUMO The Little Robot
64% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: YukiOstudio
Windows
Help KUMO get out of the tower Go through more than 100 levels in this game requiring reflexes and skill
Why similar: Action 35.7%, Platformer 29.5%, Indie 26.6%, 2D 8.1%
- #56 Volt
71% matchMixed69% of 451 reviews2014
Dev: Quantized Bit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You were on the way to a recycling process when fortunately for you - and unfortunately for the environment - you accidentally ran off. Now your goal is to escape from the facility, which is an extremely difficult task due to the fact that you are a battery without legs.
Why similar: Indie 32.5%, Action 31.9%, Platformer 29.2%, 2D 6.3%