- #1 Stealth Bastard Deluxe
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,209 reviews2012
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Why similar: Stealth 54.2%, Platformer 22.4%, Puzzle 8.5%, Indie 6.3%, Action 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor to the seed game, it offers the same core blend of high-speed stealth and lethal puzzle-platforming.
- #2 Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,752 reviews2018
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.
Why similar: Stealth 62.9%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 6.2%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is widely considered the gold standard for 2D stealth, offering deep mechanics and fluid movement that complement the stealth-puzzle style.
- #3 Gunpoint
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,251 reviews2013
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Why similar: Stealth 60.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Platformer 11.4%, Indie 7.4%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant puzzle-stealth game that allows you to manipulate electronic systems to bypass security in creative ways.
- #4 The Swapper
95% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.2%, Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Indie 10.1%, Metroidvania 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar cloning mechanic and a dark, atmospheric facility setting that emphasizes puzzle-solving over combat.
- #5 Master Spy
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: TURBOGUN
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
Why similar: Stealth 50.5%, Platformer 29.1%, Indie 8.7%, Action 8.7%, 2D 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art stealth platformer that relies on timing and invisibility mechanics to navigate dangerous, trap-filled levels.
- #6 Volume
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 710 reviews2015
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.
Why similar: Stealth 64%, Puzzle 14.2%, Action 10.4%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth puzzle game that focuses on tactical planning and avoiding sightlines, much like the stealth segments of the seed game.
- #7 INSIDE
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 73,507 reviews2016
Dev: Playdead
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Puzzle 14.8%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer captures the same feeling of navigating a sinister, high-tech facility while avoiding detection.
- #8 Warp
93% matchMixed67% of 419 reviews2012
Dev: Trapdoor Inc.Pub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Warp™ is a strategic stealth-action puzzler where gamers play as Zero, a loveable yet lethal, little orange alien with a big score to settle. Abducted by a villainous General from his home world and taken to an underwater research facility, Zero must plan his ultimate escape by relying on his arsenal of special abilities.
Why similar: Stealth 32%, Action 20.6%, Adventure 18.2%, Indie 14.9%, Puzzle 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features unique teleportation-based puzzle-stealth mechanics that feel right at home with the high-tech theme of the seed game.
- #9 The Siege and the Sandfox
90% matchMixed65% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Cardboard SwordPub: PLAION
Windows
A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil.
Why similar: Stealth 45.1%, Metroidvania 20.1%, Platformer 15.6%, Action 8%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused metroidvania that emphasizes verticality and avoiding detection in a 2D environment.
- #10 Spy Chameleon - RGB Agent
91% matchVery Positive88% of 309 reviews2014
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Spy Chameleon RGB Agent is a challenging arcade-puzzle game where the player needs to avoid being spotted thanks to the color-changing mechanisms of the main character.
Why similar: Stealth 65.8%, Indie 19.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%, 2D 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth-puzzle game where you must change colors to blend into the environment, mirroring the color-coded security mechanics of the seed game.
- #11 Teslagrad
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Platformer 37.1%, Metroidvania 18.6%, Puzzle 13.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Indie 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful metroidvania-style puzzle-platformer that uses magnetism and electricity-based mechanics to navigate complex environments.
- #12 N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
89% matchVery Positive94% of 3,463 reviews2016
Dev: Metanet Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
Why similar: Platformer 36.8%, Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Action 16.5%, Indie 13.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the ultimate precision platforming experience, matching the reflex-heavy requirements of the more difficult levels in the seed game.
- #13 Katana ZERO
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Platformer 56.5%, Action 21.6%, Indie 14.6%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its high-speed, one-hit-kill gameplay requires the same level of planning and reflex-based execution as the seed game.
- #14 Cloning Clyde
89% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2011
Dev: Bacon Wrapped Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Have you ever been cloned? Ever wonder what it would be like to be half chicken? Half monkey? Half frog? Well, wonder no more when you play Cloning Clyde. As Clyde, or one of his clones, work your way through the levels of the nefarious Dupliclone, Inc. building.
Why similar: Platformer 50.9%, Indie 49.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that centers on cloning mechanics and escaping a laboratory, sharing the core thematic DNA of the seed game.
- #15 Escape Goat 2
88% matchVery Positive95% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.
Why similar: Platformer 45%, Puzzle 21.5%, Indie 15.6%, Action 8.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer that uses room-based design and environmental interaction to test the player's logic.
- #16 Mechanic Escape
87% 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 46.5%, Indie 23.1%, Action 16.6%, Adventure 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D platformer that emphasizes reflex-based movement and avoiding lethal hazards.
- #17 Secret Agent HD
85% matchVery Positive99% of 176 reviews2021
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Stealth 16%, Action 12%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that emphasizes navigating security-heavy levels through careful movement and timing.
- #18 Thomas Was Alone
84% matchVery Positive94% of 9,347 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Why similar: Platformer 49.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Indie 12.1%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle-platformer that focuses on using the unique abilities of different characters to navigate obstacles.
- #19 Quantum Replica
86% matchMixed48% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: ON3D StudiosPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Hide in time as you explore a cyberpunk metropolis to uncover the deep dark secrets of the Syndicate in Quantum Replica, a fast-paced stealth action.
Why similar: Stealth 61.6%, Action 22.6%, Indie 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk-themed stealth action game that focuses on infiltration and avoiding high-tech security systems.
- #20 Portal 2
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 456,665 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Platformer 39.5%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Puzzle 19.4%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive puzzle-platformer that relies on physics and spatial reasoning within a sterile, high-tech testing facility.
- #21 Overloop
81% matchVery Positive94% of 244 reviews2022
Dev: Charge GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle 17%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that utilizes a cloning mechanic to solve complex environmental puzzles in a dystopian setting.
- #22 Calvino Noir
84% matchMixed65% of 386 reviews2015
Dev: Calvino Noir
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
Why similar: Stealth 69.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: A noir-themed stealth adventure that focuses on side-scrolling infiltration and environmental puzzle-solving.
- #23 1000 Amps
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 342 reviews2012
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Metroidvania 16%, Puzzle 12%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer that uses light-based mechanics to reveal the path forward, similar to the visibility mechanics in stealth games.
- #24 Deadlight: Director's Cut
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,593 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Why similar: Platformer 49.2%, Action 27.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%, 2D 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic 2D platformer that forces players to use stealth and environmental awareness to survive a hostile world.
- #25 Super Meat Boy
80% 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: Platformer 72.1%, Indie 17.4%, 2D 4.6%, Action 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the same high-difficulty, trial-and-error precision platforming that defines the most challenging levels of the seed game.
- #26 Ninja Stealth
81% matchMixed70% of 1,837 reviews2016
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Evade the guards and the defences to escape the evil facility on this click and play stealth game, there will be difficult on your path, young padawan!
Why similar: Stealth 65.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Indie 9.3%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D stealth-strategy game that focuses on line-of-sight mechanics and careful positioning.
- #27 LIMBO
79% matchVery Positive92% of 60,454 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental traps and shadows, sharing the tense, solitary feel of the seed game.
- #28 Unravel
78% matchVery Positive91% of 5,395 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 28.2%, Puzzle 22.5%, Action 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Adventure 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that requires clever use of environmental elements to navigate complex terrain.
- #29 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
79% matchVery Positive85% of 4,488 reviews2008
Dev: Oddworld Inhabitants
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.
Why similar: Adventure 68.5%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 6.1%, Puzzle Platformer 2.8%, 2D 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational stealth-puzzle platformer that features a dark, industrial setting and requires careful timing to survive.
- #30 Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency
78% matchVery Positive81% of 527 reviews2019
Dev: Neat Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.
Why similar: Stealth 55.6%, Puzzle 13.6%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive stealth-puzzle experience that captures the feeling of sneaking through a high-tech office environment.
- #31 Mark of the Ninja
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,869 reviews
Dev: Klei EntertainmentPub: Microsoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Stealth 62%, Platformer 22.6%, Indie 5.1%, Action 4.5%, Adventure 2.2%
- #32 Robbery Bob: Man of Steal
76% matchVery Positive98% of 149 reviews2015
Dev: Level Eight AB
Windows
Sneak through over 100 levels in this fun-filled take on the stealth puzzle genre!
Why similar: Stealth 63.1%, Indie 18.5%, Action 18.4%
- #33 Death Fungeon
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 638 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.
Why similar: Stealth 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 12%, Indie 9.7%
- #34 Anoxemia
77% matchMixed63% of 433 reviews2015
Dev: BSK GamesPub: Mandragora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
Why similar: Platformer 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 8.8%
- #35 Ninja Stealth 2
75% matchMixed70% of 695 reviews2017
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ninja Stealth 2 is the sequel of Ninja Stealth - A.I. Revolution, now as a RPG with more puzzles than sensors.
Why similar: Stealth 61.7%, Puzzle 12.9%, Indie 9.1%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #36 Ninja Ming
69% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: Platformer 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Puzzle 13.3%, Indie 10.5%, Action 8.9%
- #37 Level 22: Gary’s Misadventures - 2016 Edition
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: Moving PlayerPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The first stealth game set in the merciless and frenetic world of work!
Why similar: Stealth 58.3%, Action 22.7%, Indie 19%
- #38 The Library of Babel
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Game StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.
Why similar: Stealth 38.3%, Platformer 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Puzzle 6.3%, Adventure 4.4%
- #39 The Seeker
74% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2016
Dev: VisualTech48Pub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to the Seeker! Run, hide and hack in this indie top-down game that gives a whole new meaning to the word "random!" Explore a virtually infinite number of levels as you avoid dangerous turrets, enemies and alarms. Find the exit to destroy the AI and avenge all of humanity!
Why similar: Stealth 48.6%, Action 23.4%, Indie 15.1%, Puzzle 12.9%
- #40 Bionic Bay
67% matchVery Positive86% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: Psychoflow StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Platformer 58.2%, Action 16.1%, Adventure 16%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #41 Archibald's Adventures
73% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A paranoid computer issued a lock down on a mad scientist's mansion after his experiments and security robots broke loose, and you are trapped inside! Overcome all the pitfalls of the mansion in this action puzzle game! Test your skills and wit in nearly 200 levels!
Why similar: Action 35.3%, Indie 33.7%, Adventure 31%
- #42 Cave Crawler 2
68% matchVery Positive91% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler 2 is a retro-inspired 2D side-scroller. Escape a series of winding caves full of strange creatures and treacherous platforming challenges.
Why similar: Platformer 62.3%, Action 16.8%, Adventure 10.9%, 2D 6%, Indie 2.9%
- #43 Nuclear Contingency
74% matchMixed53% of 307 reviews2017
Dev: Amaterasu Software
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nuclear Contingency is a top down action stealth game set during the height of the cold war.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Stealth 37.1%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 10.1%
- #44 Ninjahtic
73% 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: Action 26.8%, Platformer 25.6%, Indie 24.1%, Adventure 23.5%
- #45 Serial Cleaner
70% matchVery Positive85% of 3,942 reviews2017
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!
Why similar: Stealth 72.9%, Action 12%, Indie 11.1%, 2D 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #46 Inner silence
72% matchMixed68% of 190 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Inner silence - cheerful 2D platformer puzzle game
Why similar: Platformer 26.4%, Action 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 11.5%
- #47 UNDETECTED
69% matchMixed68% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Antonio FreyrePub: Digerati
Windows
Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.
Why similar: Stealth 68.1%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Action 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #48 Grimind
73% matchMixed64% of 289 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Platformer 53.2%, Indie 22.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 8.1%, 2D 2.3%
- #49 100 Pumpkins 2
67% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Platformer 36.2%, Metroidvania 34.1%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 12.8%, 2D 3.3%
- #50 Aerannis
72% matchMixed69% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: ektomarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Aerannis is a mission-based stealth action game set in a world of conspiracy and full of action and assassinations.
Why similar: Stealth 57.7%, Metroidvania 13.1%, Platformer 10.8%, Indie 8.5%, Action 7.9%
- #51 Larcin Lazer
66% matchVery Positive99% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: Tambouille
Windows
In this puzzle game combining action and stealth, your memory will be your best tool! Remember the location of the lasers, they disappear as soon as you move. Avoid deadly lasers with style, steal from the richest and save your cat 🐱 Prepare for a MEMORABLE heist
Why similar: Stealth 52.6%, Puzzle 15%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Action 9.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #52 Slip
71% 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 43.5%, Indie 28.7%, Action 27.8%
- #53 Infiltraliens
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Salt Grain Studio
Windows · Linux
Infiltraliens is an action adventure game in which you take on the role of Gorp. Place 52, the world's most advanced and well-guarded military base is holding your alien friends captive. Can you make your way through the obstacles and pass the guards to save them?
Why similar: Stealth 44.5%, Platformer 21%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #54 Gravity Error
71% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Faris Mohammed
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.
Why similar: Platformer 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Indie 18.4%, Puzzle 18.1%, 2D 3.7%
- #55 Teslagrad Remastered
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 240 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!
Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Action 8.9%
- #56 YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer
70% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Artless Games
Windows
A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.
Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Puzzle 16.4%, Indie 8.4%, 2D 3.7%
- #57 The Chameleon
67% matchVery Positive91% of 180 reviews2021
Dev: Antonio FreyrePub: Merlino Games
Windows
A tense stealth game with super-powers, set in the 70s, filled with glorious fat pixels. Transform into enemies, dash, teleport, slow time and super-punch your way through this moody retro stealth game.
Why similar: Stealth 81.6%, Action 9.4%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #58 Ctrl CV
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 257 reviews2018
Dev: ZPinkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Welcome to the world of Ctrl CV, a find-the-image platformer puzzle game. You are surrounded by countless clones of yourself, and your goal is to find the source of these doppelgangers. Try not to lose yourself in the midst of "yourselves".
Why similar: Platformer 27.7%, Action 20.4%, Indie 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 11%
- #59 Exographer
64% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Platformer 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Metroidvania 9.5%
- #60 MO:Astray
65% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Platformer 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Indie 14%, Action 13.6%, Adventure 12.9%