Games Like Stonerid

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Platformer 65.8%, Indie 27.1%, Action 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive precision platformer that shares the same brutal difficulty and instant-respawn loop found in Stonerid.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 58.6%, Indie 28.1%, Action 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Stonerid's world-shifting mechanic, this game forces players to master gravity-flipping to navigate complex, trap-filled levels.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Platformer 56.1%, Indie 31.9%, Action 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers masterfully designed precision platforming that rewards persistence and skill in the face of extreme environmental hazards.

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Platformer 59.4%, Indie 24.2%, Action 16.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features fast-paced, rhythm-infused platforming that demands the same level of twitch reflexes required in Stonerid.

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: Platformer 56.2%, Indie 25.8%, Action 18%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the team behind Super Meat Boy, this game provides the same level of punishing, screen-by-screen platforming challenges.

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 42.1%, Indie 32.3%, Platformer 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique mechanic where the genre and physics change mid-level, providing a similar variety of challenges as Stonerid.

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 38.1%, Action 37.7%, Indie 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on momentum-based movement and precise physics, offering a minimalist but highly difficult platforming experience.

"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. The weak need not apply.

Why similar: Indie 40.1%, Platformer 33.4%, Action 26.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging indie platformer that captures the same retro-inspired, high-difficulty aesthetic and gameplay loop.

Super Switch is a difficult platformer in which you have to actively switch between 2 dimensions. It's tougher than iron and extremely rewarding.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: It centers on a color-switching mechanic that forces players to constantly adapt their pathing, much like navigating Stonerid's parallel worlds.

Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

Why similar: Platformer 59.1%, Indie 23.6%, Action 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes fluid movement and high-speed precision, making it a perfect match for players who enjoy mastering difficult platforming stages.

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Platformer 51.2%, Action 30.5%, Indie 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines intense, difficult platforming with combat mechanics, providing a similar sense of danger and accomplishment.

Mr. Bree+ is a hardcore sidescrolling adventure platformer, enriched with great visual and musical aspects. It's about 60 levels of pure challenge, revealing along the progress, the dark past events which tells the story of our hero, a householding family pig, Mr. Bree.

Why similar: Platformer 42.1%, Action 29.6%, Indie 28.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a difficult, 2D platforming experience with a focus on tight movement and overcoming complex obstacles.

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Indie 53.3%, Platformer 46.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult platformer that focuses on tight controls and environmental puzzles, echoing the core design philosophy of Stonerid.

Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...

Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Action 26.4%, Indie 22.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game is notorious for its trap-heavy level design, mirroring the lethal environment found throughout Stonerid.

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: Platformer 44.9%, Action 37.5%, Indie 17.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a modern take on 2D platforming with challenging level design and a focus on precise movement.

For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.

Why similar: Indie 37.2%, Platformer 32.6%, Action 30.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging indie platformer that focuses on navigating through dangerous, trap-filled levels with limited room for error.

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 41.8%, Indie 31.8%, Platformer 26.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers short, punchy, and extremely difficult levels that require perfect execution to clear.

As Academy Cadet Patricia Wagon, grab your pellet gun and take on brain-twisting puzzles so massive they span the entire screen! 20 all new puzzles and some twisted classics stages, all with a hectic cooperative couch-play option for up to 4 players to keep you and your fellow trainees in stitches!

Why similar: Action 56.4%, Indie 43.6%

Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic of switching between states to reveal paths or platforms directly mirrors the parallel-world gameplay of Stonerid.

Evilmorph – this is a platform game the main feature of which is a transformation into your enemies after killing them. After slaying the foes you obtain their abilities which gives you one kind of power instead of another. Will you be able to overcome all the obstacles of the grim labyrinth? Will you face against the numerous enemies?

Why similar: Action 67.2%, Platformer 19.6%, Indie 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features difficult platforming segments that require players to adapt to changing environments and hazards.

Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.

Why similar: Indie 51%, Platformer 49%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a challenging 2D platforming experience that emphasizes precise jumping and avoidance of deadly obstacles.

A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.

Why similar: Action 50.7%, Indie 37.1%, Platformer 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult platformer that features a great soundtrack and challenging level design reminiscent of the Stonerid experience.

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Action 42.5%, Platformer 29.2%, Indie 28.3%

Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled platformer offers a variety of stages and challenges that will appeal to fans of classic, difficult 2D games.

Help Oliver in this retro-pixel and challenging platformer. Explore a cursed cave, full of traps, secrets and diamonds. Complete all levels, get the biggest diamond for your girlfriend and break the curse that is dooming you.

Why similar: Platformer 47.8%, Action 31.4%, Indie 20.9%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult indie platformer that tests player reflexes through a series of increasingly complex and dangerous stages.

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 48.8%, Indie 34.8%, Action 16.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends platforming with physics-based puzzles and a dark atmosphere, similar to the tone and mechanics of Stonerid.

NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.

Why similar: Action 41.9%, Indie 29.2%, Platformer 28.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired platformer that focuses on difficult, 2D navigation and overcoming persistent environmental threats.

Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!

Why similar: Platformer 60.9%, Action 39.1%

Why You'll Like It: This dark, puzzle-platformer uses unique mechanics to challenge the player's ability to navigate lethal environments.

Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.

Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Action 32.1%, Indie 16.5%

Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.

Why similar: Action 41.6%, Platformer 37.3%, Indie 21.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends platforming with action elements, requiring players to dodge projectiles and traps in a high-stakes environment.

In this hard to master platformer you will slay zombies, avoid deadly traps and unleash your true potential through a variety of skills and abilities.

Why similar: Action 42.5%, Indie 35.1%, Platformer 22.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a classic platforming experience with enough difficulty to satisfy fans of the genre.

Pulut Adventure is a 2D platform game with over 30 different stylistic levels and exciting mechanics. Defeat the enemy and collect different of weapon to advance your abilities. You can use the summon skills and flying mode to explore the world.

Why similar: Action 57.4%, Indie 42.6%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward but challenging indie platformer that emphasizes traditional jumping mechanics and level progression.

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Platformer 62.3%, Indie 37.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more exploration-focused, its emphasis on movement and navigating complex, atmospheric environments makes it a great companion to Stonerid.

Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Action 31.5%, Indie 29.7%

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 50.2%, Indie 28.2%, Platformer 21.6%

Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Indie 44.6%

The great arcade challenge in physics based platform world. Join the hardcore journey of 200 levels with puzzle elements and claim the title of Ultimate Solid!

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

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: Action 39.8%, Indie 31.9%, Platformer 28.3%

Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!

Why similar: Platformer 83.9%, Indie 10%, Action 6.1%

3D Hardcore Cube - this is not an easy platformer in which you want to get to the portal and not to fall into the trap. The game has boosters traffic boosters bounce, anti bounce, falling cubes, turrets and more!

Why similar: Action 58.2%, Indie 41.8%

A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

Why similar: Action 39%, Platformer 33.4%, Indie 27.6%

Eron is a 2D platform game that allows the player to actively switch between two parallel realms. The player will have to depend upon this power to finish each level.

Why similar: Platformer 50.6%, Indie 49.4%

Extreme battles versus crazy bosses in this Intense 2D Platformer

Why similar: Action 48.2%, Indie 30%, Platformer 21.8%

Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.

Why similar: Platformer 67.1%, Indie 32.9%

A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.

Why similar: Indie 37.9%, Action 33.7%, Platformer 28.4%

Starsphere is a challenging platformer. Jump and move together with Starsphere in ocean of dynamics and action. Incredibly difficult levels, bonuses, achievements, and of course rhythmic Starsphere music will give you a lot of fun (pain) to play.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.

Why similar: Platformer 55.3%, Action 44.7%

Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.

Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%

RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, Action 32.5%, Indie 20.9%

In ZRoll you will encounter many difficult levels. You will need to jump over the platforms, use different mechanisms and collect ancient totems to earn achievements and pass the levels.

Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%

A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.

Why similar: Platformer 72.4%, Indie 27.6%

A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

Why similar: Action 43%, Indie 30%, Platformer 27%

It is a platformer. A hard trip to the Neptune. Beware of sharks, barrels, UFO, hard sound and hard levels!

Why similar: Indie 69.5%, Platformer 30.5%

Dynamic is an indie Platformer game. The goal is to try to avoid obstacles and dangerous enemies who want to kill you

Why similar: Indie 47.9%, Action 33.9%, Platformer 18.1%

HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!

Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Action 31.9%, Indie 26.9%

Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.

Why similar: Platformer 43.5%, Action 29.4%, Indie 27%

Volchaos is an ultra-challenging old school platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Action 37.9%, Indie 13.2%

Mibibli's Quest is a retro-style surrealistic platformer game. Join Mibibli as it blasts its way through over 20 crazy and eclectic levels! Conquer caves, dance through raves, wander the suburbs, and blow up eggs... travel through time and explore your nightmares along the way!

Why similar: Action 41.1%, Indie 30.5%, Platformer 28.4%

A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"

Why similar: Platformer 52.7%, Action 42.1%, Indie 5.2%

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a brutally hard platformer, set in a world of brain-smashing electronic music. Run, jump, smash, & slice your way through 55+ weird & different levels, with giant monsters, swarming missiles & secret areas.

Why similar: Platformer 44.6%, Indie 35.3%, Action 20.1%

Step into Cursedland, a 2D indie action platformer where every jump, movement, and decision truly matters. This is a game built around precision, reflexes, and mastery, challenging players to push their skills to the limit while navigating a world filled with chaos, humor, and surreal surprises.

Why similar: Action 49.2%, Platformer 38.6%, Indie 12.2%