- #1 Wake
97% matchMostly Negative27% of 195 reviews
Dev: Boss Baddie
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Wake is the story of an engineer trapped on a sinking ship. Navigate through the ship however you want to find your way to the surface above, but avoid the ship's corrupted security system!Key Features Run and swim to escape a sinking ship Dodge bullets, fire, electricity and LASERS - but most of all avoid drowning!
Why similar: Indie 55.6%, Platformer 44.4%
- #2 Gravi
96% matchMixed41% of 116 reviews2013
Dev: Hashbang Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Gravi is an intense puzzle-platformer that will test your tolerance for pain. Shoot and swing your way towards victory as Gravi, an adorable blue ball of energy. While you’re launching through terrorizing traps and bending gravity to your will, Anti-Gravi, an atomic ball of rage, is barreling down on your position.
Why similar: Indie 56.7%, Platformer 43.3%
- #3 BiT Evolution
95% matchMixed55% of 192 reviews2015
Dev: Major Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.
Why similar: Platformer 46%, Indie 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%
- #4 Concursion
94% matchMixed55% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Puuba
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Indie 53.9%, Platformer 46.1%
- #5 Freedom Fall
93% matchVery Positive92% of 389 reviews2014
Dev: Stirfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Freedom Fall is a diabolical down-scrolling platformer set in a prison tower so tall it touches the clouds. Presented with hand painted art, its old school vibe mixes with fast-paced free falling action and a story with both dark wit and heart.
Why similar: Platformer 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
- #6 Wooden Sen'SeY
94% matchMixed53% of 139 reviews2013
Dev: Upper BytePub: Spawn Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Wooden Sen'SeY is an action-platformer, set in a unique "Japan Steam Rock" universe filled with humour. You follow Goro, a village chief, as he seeks revenge through a variety of levels. He will defeat his enemies using his axes to slice, dice, squash and grapple!
Why similar: Platformer 52.8%, Indie 47.2%
- #7 Mr. Bree+
92% matchVery Positive85% of 230 reviews2014
Dev: TawStudio Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 61.4%, Indie 38.6%
- #8 Magnetic By Nature
91% matchMixed69% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Team Tripleslash
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience a fast-paced, single-player adventure mixing fluid motion, split-second decision making, stylized machine-age visuals, and a dynamic soundscape.
Why similar: Platformer 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #9 Fly'N
91% matchVery Positive87% of 513 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Why similar: Platformer 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #10 Slinki
90% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2015
Dev: Titan Forged Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hack your way through this maddened forest with one angry bunny's razor sharp Independently Targeting Bionic Shard of Concentrated Mayhem that serves as the titular character's right arm. Now fully detatchable and slingshot capable, for when you just need to fling yourself across the screen.
Why similar: Platformer 50.1%, Indie 49.9%
- #11 LOVE
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,189 reviews2014
Dev: Fred Wood
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.
Why similar: Platformer 56.4%, Indie 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%
- #12 Slip
89% 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: Indie 51.2%, Platformer 48.8%
- #13 Pixel Pursuit
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Omnichron Studios
Windows · Mac
*In a super deep movie voice* In a world deprived of pixels, Bit needs your help to restore the resolution in Chrominance. By using your sick pixel gun and platforming skills you can help save Chrominance from Spectre and get the girl (just kidding that's totally generic).
Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Indie 38.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.6%
- #14 Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble
87% matchMixed61% of 49 reviews2015
Dev: Red Fly Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Truffle Trouble is a unique game featuring Pax, the hero of Mushroom Men, that combines classic platforming action with imaginative puzzle-solving as you must move, stack, and use objects to create new paths to jump and clamber on, all while the besotted Truffle Princess draws ever closer.
Why similar: Platformer 56.8%, Indie 43.2%
- #15 Selective Jump: Once Again With Feeling
86% matchMixed67% of 39 reviews2015
Dev: Nekomura Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An atmospheric platformer where players fight weird monsters that keep on claiming they're part of an operating system.
Why similar: Platformer 50.6%, Indie 26.9%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%
- #16 Catovania
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Fatnicko
Windows
This is a game about a cat who fights with enemies. 2D platformer is made in a retro style.
Why similar: Indie 58.5%, Platformer 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%
- #17 Contrasted
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Dan HeadPub: none
Windows
Single player co-op platformer. Two characters, two hands, one player.
Why similar: Platformer 51.9%, Indie 48.1%
- #18 Happy Birthday, Bernard
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Olly Whillans
Windows
Grow trees to climb up the floating islands back to your home, armed only with a watering can. Careful thought must be used to know where and when to plant and grow the trees. They require sunlight on their leaves and water on their roots to grow.
Why similar: Platformer 41%, Indie 36.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%
- #19 Eron
85% matchMixed60% of 354 reviews2015
Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 40.7%, Indie 37%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%
- #20 Super Hipster Lumberjack
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You can't beat this game!!! Noah attempts to make a game for the first time. He then gets trapped in his own creation.
Why similar: Indie 50.8%, Platformer 49.2%
- #21 Box Out!
84% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Da Picky Monkey
Windows
Help Boxy escape its factory and survive the outside world by mastering its 6 transformations: Rocket, Steel, Bubble, Spikes, Vapor and Fire. More than a hundred levels of increasing difficulty will put your skills, reflexes and cunning to the test. Die, retry, perfect your run and dominate the competitive leaderboards.
Why similar: Platformer 50.8%, Indie 49.2%
- #22 Neptunian Donut
79% matchVery Positive89% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Alex's Granny
Windows
It is a platformer. A hard trip to the Neptune. Beware of sharks, barrels, UFO, hard sound and hard levels!
Why similar: Indie 68%, Platformer 32%
- #23 The Deer God
81% matchMixed65% of 477 reviews2015
Dev: Crescent Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Deer God is a breathtaking 3D pixel art adventure that will challenge your religion and your platforming skills. It's a game about survival, reincarnation, and karma; all set in a breathtaking and unique 3D pixelized world. Feast your eyes on the beautiful lighting, day and night system, and vast landscapes.
Why similar: Platformer 48.3%, Indie 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 24.2%
- #24 Prompt
80% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: foxel_
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prompt is a hardcore platformer. It is minimalist, it is retro, and it is very, very hard. Everything from the visual style to the design of every level has been coded with love, just for you.
Why similar: Platformer 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #25 Nightmare Pop!
78% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: The Lunatic Tilemaps
Windows
You play as a little girl, Clementine, trapped in her own nightmares; blow bubbles to capture your fears. In front of you stand twitch’s viewers that will do everything to stop you, interacting directly with the level.
Why similar: Indie 57.7%, Platformer 42.3%
- #26 Reset 1-1
78% matchMixed65% of 276 reviews2016
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside. It's your turn, with your unknown identity, to find your path for a new beginning. Let's not beat about the bush here. Reset 1-1 is everything you loved about the late 80's/early 90's. It's a blast from the past, with a fresh spin.
Why similar: Indie 72.1%, Platformer 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #27 CreaVures
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 176 reviews2011
Dev: Muse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Take control of five cute, mystical creatures of miniature proportions called CreaVures. CreaVures always travel in pairs, and they must use their special abilities to help each other solve interesting platforming puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 53.1%, Platformer 46.9%
- #28 Super Mustache
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 655 reviews2016
Dev: Redro GamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 52.1%, Platformer 37.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #29 Uurnog Uurnlimited
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 129 reviews2017
Dev: Nifflas GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Enter the wacky & whimsical world of Uurnog Uurnlimited! Explore a silly, puzzle-filled land full of cubes, bombs, weird people & adorable animals — then steal them all! Play single player or co-op as you jump, grab, throw & teleport your colorful collection back to the Save Room.
Why similar: Indie 60.1%, Platformer 39.9%
- #30 Juke
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Godfri Games
Windows · Mac
Juke is a hardcore platformer with tight controls and unforgiving challenges. Easy to pick up but hard to master, Juke will test your reflexes and your coordination.
Why similar: Indie 50.4%, Platformer 49.6%
- #31 Mula: The Cycle of Shadow
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Boozer Game Studios
Windows
Mula is the story of the protagonist Wave a survivor of the dark invasion on the land of Mula. Finds himself to be the next guardian that will prevent the invasion, at the cost of his existence. As it was always been done.
Why similar: Indie 51.8%, Platformer 48.2%
- #32 Toxic Bunny HD
77% matchMostly Negative24% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: Celestial Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A caffeine fueled, pun infested, hamster launching retro platform romp through pop culture. Semi Visible Chickens. Hamster launchers. triple strength espresso, Armoured sentient mucus. Just a day in the office for Toxic Bunny.
Why similar: Indie 50.2%, Platformer 49.8%
- #33 The Maker's Eden
76% matchMixed69% of 119 reviews2014
Dev: Screwy Lightbulb
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Maker's Eden is a first-person hypertext adventure game presented in the style of a motion comic. You play a character trying to discover what their predefined purpose is, in a science fiction/noir inspired world filled with androids, flying cars and an early 20th century vibe.
- #34 eversion
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,338 reviews2010
Dev: Zaratustra Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Princess of the Flower Kingdom has vanished! She was taken by the Ghulibas of the north, and it is up to brave Zee Tee to rescue her. On his quest, he - and you - will discover the hidden lands behind the peaceful kingdom, and come face to face with secrets that will set you on edge!
Why similar: Platformer 61%, Indie 26.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
- #35 Wishy Washy
65% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Open Alpha
Windows · Mac
In Calamityville, every day comes with a new disaster… and someone (you) has got to clean it up come rain, sleet, or…spaghetti sauce.
Why similar: Indie 74.7%, Platformer 25.3%
- #36 LogiGun
74% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Alfred Lam
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
LogiGun is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Take control of June as she climbs a tower filled with perplexing puzzles. Mix and match a variety of neat guns to solve your way through increasingly complex challenges.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 The Sun at Night
75% matchMixed47% of 45 reviews2014
Dev: Minicore Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Explore, blast, and shield your way through massive branching levels as Laika the space dog. This 2D adventure features customized gameplay and an incredibly deep narrative.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 League of Evil
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Indie 43.7%, Platformer 39%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%
- #39 InFlux
75% matchMixed70% of 226 reviews2013
Dev: Impromptu Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
InFlux is a puzzle game that mixes exploration and platforming in a series of beautiful natural and abstract environments. You are a mysterious metal sphere which falls from the sky, traversing an apparently deserted island dotted with cubic structures of glass and steel.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 Lost Marbles
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: Binary Takeover
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Do you like challenging platforming? How about solving cool puzzles?! What about games that dare to use more than 3 shades of brown in their color palettes?!!? Well come on in!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Slime Climb
62% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Slime Dev
Windows
A terrible storm has compromised the alchemist's tower. This is your chance! Jump, glide, and bounce your way through 20+ stages to get out at the top! The other slimes got stuck though, so don't leave them behind!
Why similar: Indie 45.4%, Platformer 36.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%
- #42 Terrian Saga: KR-17
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: WonderflingPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
KR-17 is a 32-bit, story-driven, side-scrolling action puzzle-platformer which follows the story of a military robot on a mission to subdue a rogue agent operating out of an installation on the planet Valiant. It will be the first in a multi-genre series of games centered around the story of Terrius, KR-17's home.
Why similar: Platformer 50.9%, Indie 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%
- #43 Shadowcrypt
72% matchMixed58% of 111 reviews2014
Dev: One-bit Punch
Windows · Mac
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: Platformer 43.1%, Indie 39.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%
- #44 Super Life of Pixel
70% 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: Platformer 52.1%, Indie 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 22.7%
- #45 Jetpack Guy
65% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Build Solution Studio
Windows
Can We Go to the Top? This TV-Headed Guy Want to fly High with His Jetpack! There are Many Annoying Obstacles that stand in Your Way. Be careful your flight! And Watch his Head! Fly to the Top with this Jetpack!
Why similar: Indie 69.3%, Platformer 30.7%
- #46 Colourless
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Outrage Games
Windows
Once Upon A Time, There Was A land Called colourland. The citizens,praised and love the coloursphere which made everything colourful. But nobody knew... the black and white days... were about to come...
Why similar: Indie 51.8%, Platformer 48.2%
- #47 Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin is a pseudo 8-bit action platformer. While it integrates gameplay mechanics of the previous titles in the series, they are combined in a manner which differentiates itself from its predecessors.
Why similar: Platformer 46.6%, Indie 31%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%
- #48 Grimind
71% matchMixed64% of 290 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 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #49 Super Potato Bruh
63% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: DaFluffyPotato
Windows · Linux
Super Potato Bruh is a difficult platformer that uses some elements of the bullet hell genre to create an intense platforming experience. Potato Bruh is on a journey to save Princess Lechuga from Mr. Ladle. Play through 6 worlds while dodging tons of projectiles, flying "Beef Moocows", and more!
Why similar: Platformer 55.3%, Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Indie 20.1%
- #50 Stonerid
70% matchMixed66% of 216 reviews2014
Dev: Enitvare
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Stonerid is a challenging 2D platformer, which the most important feature are two parallel, different worlds. Over 30 different levels to complete, unconventional game style and lots of dangerous traps and monsters make it extremely difficult to rise to the challenge.
Why similar: Indie 51.2%, Platformer 48.8%
- #51 8BitBoy™
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,946 reviews2014
Dev: AwesomeBlade
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 19%
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 58.8%, Indie 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%
- #52 Fat Chicken
69% matchMixed70% of 46 reviews2014
Dev: Mighty Rabbit StudiosPub: Relevant Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Fat Chicken is a REVERSE TOWER DEFENSE game where you fatten up farm animals for slaughter by pumping them full of hormones, overfeeding them and basting them with antibiotics to keep them alive so they're worth more when you turn 'em into tasty, tasty packaged meat...it's what's for dinner!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 Bloo Kid 2
66% matchVery Positive89% of 281 reviews2015
Dev: winterworks GmbH
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Bloo Kid 2 is a classic 2D retro-style platformer experience with lovely designed pixel-graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. Run, jump and swim your way through five huge worlds with twelve levels each. Master brutal bossfights and discover lots of secrets in the world of Bloo Kid 2.
Why similar: Platformer 47.4%, Indie 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #54 Down Ward
58% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Fisholith
Windows
Venture into the haunted wilds with Gable, a little owl, as she sets out to rekindle the dormant relics of a land long abandoned to ruin.
Why similar: Indie 50.6%, Platformer 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%
- #55 Caverns of Karvella
63% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: TANDS game developmentPub: TandS Game Development
Windows
lThis game is iconic, remember when game play was king, well this game delivers everything that was amazing about games from a retro era, believe and you will succedeed in being a champion of Karvella,, designed with the game player in mind, I promise levels of amazement in how true games of the 80's gripped millions of player into believ
Why similar: Indie 55.6%, Platformer 44.4%
- #56 Tesla Breaks the World!
70% matchMostly Negative22% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Archetype Global
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Classic 2D platforming that blends elements of: Nikola Tesla, puzzles, inventions, 1800's-era undead and a sprinkling of the maniacal Thomas Edison. Throw in a dash of randomly generating level sectors, a zesty squeeze of items and a pinch of indie love... Tasty!
Why similar: Indie 100%