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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Platformer, 2D.

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Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue a litter of its missing offspring, in this side-scrolling, psychedelic platformer from the mind of award-winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs.

Reviews: Mixed — 67% — of 245 reviews
Released: 2020-09-03
Developer: Queen Bee Games
Publisher: Akupara Games
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 2.7 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 85%

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    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Action 24.5%, Indie 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Side Scroller 13%, Platformer 10%

  2. #2 Primal Light
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 419 reviews2020
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    96% matchVery Positive83% of 345 reviews2016
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    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Action 14%, Difficult 11.1%

  4. #4 Panic Porcupine
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2022
    Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Difficult 17.7%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Action 7.9%

  5. #5 DYE
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2017
    Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    Why similar: Difficult 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Platformer 15.7%, Action 14.7%, Side Scroller 10.8%

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    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,420 reviews2018
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  7. #7 Expelled
    94% matchMixed59% of 100 reviews2017
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    93% matchVery Positive88% of 114 reviews2017
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    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Difficult 10.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Action 8.1%

  9. #9 Splasher
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 1,175 reviews2017
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    Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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  10. #10 Mr. Run and Jump
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: Graphite LabPub: Atari
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    91% matchVery Positive84% of 334 reviews2017
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    89% matchVery Positive96% of 216 reviews2017
    Dev: Fred Wood
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    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    75% matchVery Positive96% of 283 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    77% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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  37. #37 Super Dungeon Boy
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2017
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    Windows · Linux
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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    68% matchVery Positive97% of 453 reviews2025
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    73% matchVery Positive94% of 485 reviews2017
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    70% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    72% matchVery Positive81% of 256 reviews2013
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    70% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2018
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    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 586 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows

    Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.

    Why similar: Indie 34.2%, Great Soundtrack 20.3%, Side Scroller 15%, 2D Platformer 7.5%, Cute 6.8%

  55. #55 Super Cable Boy
    67% matchVery Positive98% of 126 reviews2020
    Dev: Sørb
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Super Cable Boy is a retro inspired platformer, where you are playing a living handheld gaming system with a power cord. Collect game cartridges to become more powerful and take on your quest to defeat "the Glitch", an entity that 1▧01☠01௹1‱☣∰0␢⌀▧ ..

    Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.3%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Retro 9.4%, Cute 8.7%

  56. #56 PsiloSybil
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
    Dev: bad_vertex
    Windows

    An old-school, tough-as nails classic linear 3D platformer with a faithful PS1 cartoony aesthetic. 25 fully original levels, boss fights, collectibles, time-trials, and many secrets.

    Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 20.5%, Psychedelic 17.9%, Retro 11.2%, Action 10.2%

  57. #57 Stray Savior
    64% 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 19.7%, Platformer 17.4%, Action 13.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Difficult 8.5%

  58. #58 Will Glow the Wisp
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,590 reviews2017
    Dev: PartTimeIndie
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    Navigate through psychadelic mazes to chill electornic beats. Imagine a mix between Super Meat Boy and Geometry Wars.

    Why similar: Psychedelic 23.6%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Difficult 16.4%, Platformer 11.8%, Old School 7.7%

  59. #59 Mission Zigloton
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 249 reviews2020
    Dev: Ben Lega
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Help Zigloton steal an old relic on his journey to infiltrate a mysterious planet, in this challenging platformer developped and hand-animated by one person.

    Why similar: Indie 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Difficult 11.7%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Platformer 10%

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