Games Like Super Dangerous Dungeons

Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?

Why similar: Time Attack 17% ★, Platformer 12.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 9.9%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor to the seed game, sharing the same developer, art style, and core platforming mechanics.

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Platformer 17.8%, Action 13.2%, Retro 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the retro dungeon-crawling aesthetic and simple, effective platforming gameplay found in the seed game.

Hop into the shoes of Duke Dashington and save treasures from collapsing dungeons! Do you have what it takes to be the fastest treasure hunter in the world?

Why similar: Platformer 19.5%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action 9.3%, Old School 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the fast-paced, time-attack nature of dungeon exploration with a heavy emphasis on avoiding deadly traps.

Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Why similar: Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 16%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Retro 9.7%, Action 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent retro-styled platformer that emphasizes exploration and classic 8-bit charm.

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 25.7%, Retro 17.5%, Side Scroller 16%, Adventure 12%, Indie 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer that focuses on navigating trap-filled rooms, much like the core loop of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Action 24.4%, Platformer 21.6%, Indie 17.3%, Retro 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style action platformer that feels like a love letter to 8-bit gaming, matching the seed game's retro vibe.

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Action 17.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Retro 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Indie 15%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon exploration with light puzzle-solving and action, maintaining a similar family-friendly pixel art style.

Super Mustache is a vintage styled platformer, filled to the brim with 8 bit pixel art juice! Join Captain Super Mustache in a journey to save the planet Uranus. If you enjoyed classic platformer games from the golden era of video games, then you’re going to love this.

Why similar: Indie 34.2%, Platformer 27.3%, Adventure 15%, Action 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a straightforward, fun platforming experience that feels very similar in tone and difficulty to the seed game.

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: Platformer 31.3%, Retro 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Indie 13.6%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer that celebrates the history of gaming with diverse, retro-inspired levels and tight controls.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Platformer 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Action 13.1%, Indie 12.7%, Retro 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, dungeon-descending action game that shares the pixel-art aesthetic and pick-up-and-play appeal.

Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.

Why similar: Action 20.5%, Adventure 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Platformer 18.2%, Indie 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on exploration and retro-style platforming, expanding on the adventure elements of the seed game.

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 31.6%, Action 12.6%, Retro 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Indie 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult precision platformer that focuses on navigating deadly dungeons, perfect for fans of the seed game's trap mechanics.

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

Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 26.2%, Retro 14%, Indie 12.2%, 2D 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-inspired precision platforming that relies on tight level design rather than complex combat.

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

Why similar: Platformer 36.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Indie 12.4%, Time Attack 11.6% ★, 2D 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential precision platformer that rewards quick reflexes and mastery of movement in dangerous environments.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Platformer 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Action 13.5%, Indie 13%, Retro 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, retro-styled action platformer that delivers a polished experience within a confined, dungeon-like setting.

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: Platformer 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Retro 15.8%, Indie 8.3%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern retro platformers, offering incredible level design and classic adventure mechanics.

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: Action 20%, Adventure 17.7%, Platformer 15.5%, Indie 14.8%, Retro 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled platforming adventure that emphasizes exploration and trap avoidance in a thematic setting.

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Platformer 55.7%, Indie 18.2%, 2D 10.2%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive dungeon-delving platformer that emphasizes exploration, traps, and high-stakes gameplay.

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.8%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 18.2%, Retro 14.4%, 2D 8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique adventure game that uses a time-based constraint, echoing the time-attack pressure found in the seed game.

Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!

Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Platformer 17%, Action 13.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Retro 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward indie platformer that leans heavily into the dungeon-crawling theme and retro aesthetic.

Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

Why similar: Platformer 30.9%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, Retro 15.4%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Adds roguelike elements to the dungeon-platforming formula, providing endless replayability for fans of the genre.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Retro 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Action 9.5%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional retro-inspired platformer that evolves from a linear experience into a sprawling adventure.

Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!

Why similar: Platformer 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Retro 11.3%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Old School 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-inspired platforming adventure that captures the same energetic spirit as the seed game.

Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!

Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Action 22.2%, Indie 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane action platformer that rewards speed and precision, similar to the time-attack focus of the seed game.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Side Scroller 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, Action 15.6%, 2D 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features beautiful pixel art and precise combat-platforming mechanics set within a dark, dungeon-like world.

The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.

Why similar: Retro 19.6%, Platformer 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Action 15.3%, Indie 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an atmospheric, retro-styled action-adventure experience with challenging platforming sections.

Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!

Why similar: Platformer 22.3%, Side Scroller 14%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 14%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines challenging platforming with a rich, story-driven adventure and detailed pixel art.

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

Why similar: Adventure 22.2%, Indie 18.1%, Platformer 15.2%, Action 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style adventure platformer that feels like a direct homage to the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

X marks the spot! Follow the map and find hidden treasures.

Why similar: Platformer 20.3%, Action 19.3%, Adventure 17.1%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%

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 48%, Indie 24.2%, Adventure 23.5%, 2D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and movement through a vast, atmospheric world, appealing to fans of the seed game's adventure aspect.

A nostalgic metroidvania from the good old days back in 19XX. Take on the role of Sean, a young boy who ventures into the fictional city of Arostia to repay his father's debt. Rescue your 3 friends from imprisonment, defeat strong enemies, all while getting your debt paid in time!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Retro 13.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 12.3%

This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 48.4%, Adventure 39.1%, Action 10.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Dungeon Digger is a roguelike game about a brave dwarf seeking legendary treasures. Descend deep underground, mine valuable minerals, craft upgraded gear, and battle spiders, golems, worms, and ghosts to become a cave hero!

Why similar: Adventure 45.5%, Pixel Graphics 29.5%, 2D 17.3%, Singleplayer 7.7%

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 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 9.6%

Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!

Why similar: Indie 16.1%, Retro 15.9%, Action 15.6%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%

Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 21.3%, Retro 16.3%, Old School 13.4%, Action 11.6%, Side Scroller 10.8%

Rush to Adventure is a retro fantasy speedrunning adventure. Inspired by classic NES titles like Zelda, Mario and Castlevania. You awaken on the shore of a cursed island. Your only way off the island is to fight the monsters and lift the curse.

Why similar: Action 19.6%, Adventure 19%, Indie 15.5%, Platformer 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%

Call Grandpops and tell him that dinner's ready? What sounds like a straightforward task from Mum becomes an adventure when Owyn leaves the safety of his house and enters a garden world where threats abound, and not even the slowest of creatures can be trusted...

Why similar: Platformer 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Retro 12.9%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 11.5%

Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.

Why similar: Platformer 19.9%, Action 11.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Retro 10.4%

Blast through the sewers in Radioactive Dwarfs! Retro top-down shooter with NES-style pixel graphics and chiptune music. Help the armed heroine search for her brother in an underground dwarven settlement: many enemies, items, secrets, and bonus levels. A thrilling adventure awaits!

Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Retro 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 10%

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: Action 20.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 17.3%, Platformer 16.6%, Retro 13.5%

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

Why similar: Platformer 18.9%, Retro 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Action 9.9%

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: Action 18.6%, Adventure 18%, Platformer 16.5%, Indie 15.2%, Retro 8.9%

Immerse yourself in Nether Heroes, an intense action-platform roguelike game. Conquer challenging dungeons, face menacing creatures, and defeat powerful bosses on your epic adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 29.5%, Action 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Adventure 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!

Why similar: Action 26.8%, Adventure 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, 2D 8.4%

Dragged into Archeology by his uncle, Dan decides to take matters into his own hands. He discovers ancient temples with long lost treasures and menacing traps. Dan follows the clues found in the temples which leads him on a trip across the world, bringing him ever closer to making a sensational discovery.

Why similar: Action 29.2%, Adventure 25%, Indie 23.1%, Platformer 22.6%

Become a brave hero and embark to the dangerous journey though mysterious forbidden lands. Reveal secrets of the legendary past, find the last pieces of gone magic and gain courage to slay the terrible monster!

Why similar: Platformer 62.2%, Action-Adventure 25.5%, Action 4%, Adventure 3.9%, Indie 3.2%

Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 22.4%, Retro 18.6%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%

Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.

Why similar: Platformer 19%, Retro 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Action 11.6%, Side Scroller 10.9%

Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!

Why similar: Platformer 20.2%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Retro 12.1%, Old School 10.7%

Embody Kimuto on the first day of his new job in this humor-packed dungeon crawler with surprising secrets to discover!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19%, Retro 17.2%, Action 15.6%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 12.4%

Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds

Why similar: Platformer 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Indie 12.9%, Action 12%, Retro 11.8%

Super Dungeon Run is a fast paced, addictive action game in which you guide a party of hapless heroes on a quest for loot in the depths of a dark and dangerous dungeon!

Why similar: Adventure 35.3%, Action 33.4%, Indie 31.3%

Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.

Why similar: Action 20.9%, Platformer 17.1%, Indie 17%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Retro 11.1%

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: Action 30.7%, Platformer 28.8%, Indie 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.

Why similar: Platformer 22%, Action 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Retro 13.4%, Adventure 13.2%

Nether Dungeons is an action-packed dungeon crawler. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons, face relentless enemies, and defeat epic bosses. Customize your hero, wield diverse weapons, and survive intense challenges as you descend into ever-changing, dangerous depths.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.2%, Action 28.1%, 2D 18.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 7.5%

Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.

Why similar: Action 35.9%, Adventure 33.1%, Indie 31%

Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!

Why similar: Retro 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Old School 13.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Action 11.5%