- #1 Overcome
97% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Overcome Studios
Windows · Mac
Beat your inner demons without attacking them, in this extremely difficult platformer about how grief changes one's perception of the world. It is an expression of the developer's experience with cancer and heartbreak.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Action 13.8%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Indie 11.5%
- #2 Expelled
96% matchMixed59% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Whited43Pub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.
Why similar: Platformer 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Action 13%, Side Scroller 12.6%
- #3 Chop is dish
96% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: HugePixel
Windows
Chop is dish-2d-dimensional platformer, where you conroll an angry master-chef who was lost piece of meat-it was stolen. Looking in the root of their troubles hero plunges into the mysterious world of strange creatures, which is fraught with many traps and dangers.
Why similar: Adventure 17.9%, Action 17.1%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Platformer 13.6%, Indie 13.4%
- #4 Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
95% matchVery Positive94% of 485 reviews2017
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Adventure 17.8%, Action 17.4%, Platformer 16.9%, Indie 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #5 Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
94% matchVery Positive94% of 951 reviews2019
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Why similar: Adventure 19.8%, Action 17.8%, Indie 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Platformer 12.4%
- #6 Mago
94% matchVery Positive93% of 999 reviews2022
Dev: Dream Potion Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Platformer 16.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Retro 10.1%, Indie 9.8%
- #7 Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,570 reviews2014
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Great Soundtrack 26.1%, Platformer 18.7%, Retro 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Side Scroller 8.4%
- #8 Shovel Knight: King of Cards
92% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!
Why similar: Platformer 17.4%, Adventure 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Action 14.7%, Indie 12.5%
- #9 VolChaos
91% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2015
Dev: Fun Infused Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Volchaos is an ultra-challenging old school platformer.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21%, Platformer 18.3%, Retro 15.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Action 12%
- #10 Soviet Souls
91% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: FIrst Dev Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soviet Souls is a modern 2D platformer with pixel-style graphics. In each level, the player chooses which of the available characters to pass it. Knowledge of the mechanic and caution will help you cope with the most difficult troubles.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 14.2%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Indie 12.2%
- #11 PlayBound
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Sploot
Windows
PlayBound tells the story of Kelvin, a boy whose parents have become fatally boring. Strap on your velcro light-up kicks and equip your POG slammers, because it's time to save the world from certain lameness!
Why similar: Adventure 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Action 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #12 Queen of Seas 2
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: KomBits Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Queen of Seas 2 is a platform game based on elements of afro-brazilian culture. Player needs to bring hope back to the village, rescuing the villager’s lost memories in the ocean floor to make faith in Yemanjá return to the hearts of the residents.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 16.7%, Platformer 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #13 The Forbidden Arts
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Stingbot Games
Windows · Mac
The Forbidden Arts is an old-school action adventure platformer with a focus on discovery and exploration. You play as Phoenix, a young boy who seeks to master the element of fire in a grand adventure of ancient magic.
Why similar: Action 16.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Indie 13.3%
- #14 After Gloom
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hunchback Studio
Windows
A man enters the enigmatic Common Dream in search of a woman he once loved.
Why similar: Adventure 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Action 14.1%, Indie 11.7%, Side Scroller 11.6%
- #15 Blood Harvest 3
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Action 14.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Platformer 11.5%
- #16 Super Dungeon Boy 2
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Linux
Based on hit retro games, here you'll find action, platforming adventure and exploration. I challenge you to find all the secret dungeons!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Action 9.6%
- #17 SNAKEWITCH
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Sriracha
Windows · Mac · Linux
The action-packed tale of the exiled SNAKEWITCH. Swing and strike your way through cursed areas, battling monsters and freeing possessed creatures along the way. With your snake companion, break into the Academy and discover the true reason that the accursed SNAKEWITCH was banished.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, Adventure 17%, Action 16.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #18 Potatoman Seeks the Troof
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 850 reviews2014
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Potatoman will put your reflexes and worldview to the test as you journey through scorching deserts, dark forests, busy cities, the tallest mountains and eventually your own potato-consciousness in search of the ultimate answer. Are you prepared to face the TROOF?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.3%, Platformer 20.2%, Retro 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Indie 11%
- #19 Chester One
85% matchPositive84% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: Brilliant Blue-G, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Now FREE and worth every penny! A love letter to classic platforming action and 90s animation oddness. Eat magical candies to change the art of the world around you as you fight through 40 levels unlocking new Chesters, battling strange baddies, finding secret secrets, and reclaiming your cupcakes!
Why similar: Adventure 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Platformer 17.3%, Indie 15.3%, Retro 11%
- #20 vridniX
84% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: Uncanaut
Windows
vridniX is a story-driven platformer. Control a small creature who wants to save the world but will destroy it!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26%, Adventure 19.3%, Platformer 17.1%, Action 15.9%, Indie 14.1%
- #21 DYE
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16%, Platformer 14.9%, Adventure 14%, Action 13%, Indie 11.9%
- #22 MindSeize
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2020
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Adventure 17.6%, Action 17%, Indie 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Side Scroller 10.8%
- #23 Super Life of Pixel
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 379 reviews2014
Dev: Super Icon LtdPub: WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.2%, Platformer 21.9%, Retro 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Indie 10.8%
- #24 Night of the Assassins
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Lieb
Windows
Night of the Assassins - you will find yourself in the role of a mysterious killer, able to manipulate the shadow and hide in it in order to approach your enemies unnoticed. Your character is a master of stealth and the art of assassination, who is legendary.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Platformer 17.1%, Action 16%, Combat 7.7%
- #25 The incredible friends
81% match8 user reviews0% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Sun & EyesPub: Astero
Windows
The Incredible Friends - Crazy platformer shooter where players must destroy all the dead at unusual levels
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.2%, Action 18.9%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 15.5%, Platformer 15.4%
- #26 AvoCuddle
80% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Brought to you by a sole Syrian developer, AvoCuddle tells a tale of true love! An emotional action adventure through the galaxy searching and seeking to free your soul mate. Explore beautiful and dangerous planets, fight it's special creature and solve puzzles ,through a visually stunning game.
Why similar: Adventure 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Action 19.1%, Indie 15.9%, Platformer 12.7%
- #27 In Dungeon
81% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Balder Game Studio
Windows · Linux
In Dungeon is a 2D platformer hardcore made with pixel art. The main character, Allan Callahan, is trying to escape of the dungeon by facing different challenges and looking for other treasure hunters. Can you help him escape the dungeon before his fate is sealed?
Why similar: Adventure 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Indie 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Platformer 10.7%
- #28 Lizard
79% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2018
Dev: Brad Smith
Windows · Mac · Linux
Put on a lizard and go for an adventure! Six different ones are scattered across the land, each with a special ability. Carefully hop your way to the top of an active volcano. Surf down a surging river. Swim an underwater lake. Ascend a snowy mountaintop. Can you unravel the mysteries of Lizard?
Why similar: Adventure 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Action 11.9%, Platformer 10.1%
- #29 John Black: Memories
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Emakestudio
Windows
John Black: Memories is a remake of a 2D classic platformer available in the early 2000s, called "Johnny Megatone". Dive into the seeking of Mr. Zeta, a naughty killer who took out your girlfriend, Lona.
Why similar: Adventure 19.5%, Action 18.4%, Platformer 17.8%, Indie 15.3%, Retro 15.1%
- #30 Entelechy
77% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Press Q Games
Windows
Entelechy - захватывающее приключение в альтернативной вселенной, где развитие технологий привело к возможности отделить душу человека от его тела. На что способна душа без тела? Вам предстоит ответить на этот вопрос!
Why similar: Adventure 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Indie 15.4%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Open World 7.3%
- #31 SKINWALKER: First Blood
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SISMO GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Skinwalker is a hack n’ slash action platformer where you swear allegiance to a formidable beast to save your daughter from a terminal illness. Shapeshift into the creature’s monstrous form and wield untamed wrath in exchange for its freedom and the promise of a cure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.4%, Adventure 17%, Action 16.8%, Platformer 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #32 Frizzy
78% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2015
Dev: Team Frizz
Windows
Frizzy is a platformer filled with awesome action. The main plot is that you are a frizzy ball of fur who can latch onto static balls launch himself around the levels.
Why similar: Adventure 24.2%, Action 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Indie 17.6%, Platformer 15.6%
- #33 Plushie Bomber
73% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Horizon Edge
Windows
Blow your enemies up with their own bombs in this explosive 2D action platformer! Catch the deadly plushies' bombs in time to throw them right back to the sender! Will you uncover the cute fluffy toys' origins?
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.4%, Platformer 18.6%, Retro 13.2%, Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #34 MANOS: The Hands of Fate ~ Director's Cut
76% matchVery Positive80% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: FreakZone Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Retro platforming action in this adaptation of a terrible movie.
Why similar: Adventure 20.6%, Action 17.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Retro 17.2%, Indie 16%
- #35 Super Blasting Boy
75% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Indie 12.2%
- #36 Hikikomori No Chuunibyou
76% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hikikomori No Chuunibyou is a pseudo 8-bit platform-adventure game with beat-em-up, puzzle, and stealth elements. With its storytelling directing the player through open-ended levels, progression through each stage requires usage of parkour-like abilities and martial-arts techniques.
Why similar: Adventure 20.4%, Action 19.2%, Platformer 17.7%, Retro 16.4%, Indie 15.3%
- #37 An Imp? A Fiend!
77% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
Why similar: Adventure 22.4%, Action 20.1%, Indie 17.5%, Retro 15.1%, Platformer 14.8%
- #38 After Death
74% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.3%, Adventure 11.8%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Action 10.6%, Indie 9.1%
- #39 Mighty Gunvolt
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 415 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Platformer 21.4%, Side Scroller 19%, Action 18.2%, Retro 16.4%, Indie 12.9%
- #40 Krampus Quest
73% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Frozen Rose
Windows
Krampus Quest is a back-to-basics retro-style action-platformer with a christmas theme. Fighting your way up the North Pole, absorbing souls, dodging traps and pitfalls, and upgrading abilities, to in the end battle Santa Claus himself.
Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Action 22.1%, Indie 18.4%, Retro 13.4%, Platformer 13.2%
- #41 Wizhood: The Epic of Freedom
72% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: VuthaxPub: Roar Entertainment
Windows
Wizhood:The Epic of Freedom is an action-platformer game that treats the story of king who tries to save his kingdom. People of Troburg must be saved from this trouble!
Why similar: Adventure 23.6%, Action 21.8%, Indie 18.2%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Platformer 11.7%
- #42 Raccoon: The Orc Invasion
73% matchMostly Negative27% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: SP GAMES
Windows
Racoon lives in a forest with his friends. He had a happy and a joyful life, until in the mountains appeared a portal.From the portal came out some strange creatures he never saw before. They are orcs. Your mission is to protect the forest and your friends from invaders.
Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Indie 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Platformer 7.3%
- #43 Azure Striker Gunvolt
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,735 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Platformer 19%, Action 18.8%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Indie 10.6%
- #44 The Way
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,295 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Adventure 17.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Action 12%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #45 Ninjahtic
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
Why similar: Adventure 23.7%, Action 23.3%, Indie 18.3%, Retro 12.2%, Platformer 12%
- #46 Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
69% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: CollectorVision Games
Windows · Mac
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: Adventure 17.5%, Action 17.2%, Indie 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Platformer 12.3%
- #47 Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior
71% matchMixed60% of 443 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 12.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Retro 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #48 Claw Staff
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Glass Cargo Software
Windows
Jump and cling through a post post post-apocalyptic world populated by strange creatures and claim the Moon for your power-hungry Emperor!
Why similar: Action 21.4%, Procedural Generation 18.4%, Indie 17.8%, Platformer 14%, Retro 11.9%
- #49 Rusty Gun
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: HugePixel
Windows
Nothing could ruin a sunny day, but the universe had its own plans. The invasion of Earth by hordes of mutants and robots, capturing the mind of living creatures, could not leave aside our hero.
Why similar: Adventure 20.7%, Action 19.2%, Indie 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Side Scroller 9.8%
- #50 Super Dangerous Dungeons
68% matchVery Positive98% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!
Why similar: Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Indie 13.4%, Side Scroller 11.1%
- #51 KUNAI
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 589 reviews2020
Dev: TurtleBlazePub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Adventure 20.2%, Action 19.9%, Indie 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Platformer 8.9%
- #52 Foxyland 2
69% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2019
Dev: BUG-StudioPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Get ready to plunge into an exciting new platforming adventure with Foxy!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Adventure 14%, Action 13%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Platformer 11.3%
- #53 The Amazing Bernard
70% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Kumkwat Entertainment
Windows
Run, jump, and create to discover the truth behind the legendary Bernie O'Tag!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 13.7%, Platformer 12.6%
- #54 Jet Gunner
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 627 reviews2014
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.
Why similar: Action 26.5%, Platformer 19.2%, Retro 14.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #55 Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
67% matchVery Positive90% of 783 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the apeX of 2D action! A new era of 2D action begins now! Get ready for high-speed, stylish 2D side-scrolling action like never before. Inti Creates presents the ultimate in classic 2D action with "Luminous Avenger iX"!
Why similar: Action 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #56 Glitch's Trip
67% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Ransacked Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Help Glitch save his planet from intergalactic tyrants in this innovative and vibrant retro-styled action platformer.
Why similar: Adventure 21.2%, Action 20.5%, Platformer 18.6%, Indie 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%
- #57 Pancho's Mission
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Chepurniy Yevgeniy
Windows
Embark on an epic journey alongside Pancho, the brave panda who has decided to save his world from the tyranny of the evil eagle and its loyal followers. Explore three unique locations — a mysterious forest, an unforgiving desert, and the eagle's cave — by completing 15 captivating levels in each.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.3%, Adventure 21%, Platformer 18.1%, Action 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #58 Smashroom
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Jonathan Calsolaro
Windows
The faith of the forest is threatened by evil forces. A mysterious curse has turned your human body into a small mushroom and your world is invaded by molds, but not all is lost. Your new form comes with new abilities!
Why similar: Platformer 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Retro 16.1%, Action 15.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #59 Heart of Smoke
67% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: IndigoWare
Windows
Heart of Smoke is a platformer game with 90's feel. Players must clear the levels using two characters: the smoke wizard Eneen can fly by creating a bird and attack with bats. The ninja girl Rae is faster and can attack with her katana.
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Action 22.7%, Indie 18.9%, Magic 6.2%, Platformer 5.8%
- #60 Freedom Planet
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,855 reviews2014
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Platformer 19.9%, Retro 11%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%