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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 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Retro 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends retro-inspired platforming with a meta-narrative that evolves as the game progresses.

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 40.1%, Retro 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, 2D 10.2%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is a direct homage to the 8-bit era, featuring authentic visuals and tight, exploration-focused platforming.

Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!

Why similar: Platformer 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Retro 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at precision platforming with a distinct retro aesthetic and challenging level design.

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Why similar: Platformer 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Indie 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Retro 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a polished, high-difficulty platforming experience that perfectly captures the spirit of 8-bit classics.

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Platformer 28.5%, Retro 21%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful metroidvania that feels like a lost gem from the NES era with its authentic pixel art and mechanics.

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

Why similar: Platformer 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Retro 15.2%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-difficulty platformer that relies on clever gravity-flipping mechanics and retro charm.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Retro 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Regarded as a foundational indie platformer, it captures the essence of classic action-adventure games with its unique world and style.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 42.8%, Great Soundtrack 24%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Indie 9.8%, Retro 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and meta-gaming puzzles with a deep appreciation for retro-gaming history.

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: Great Soundtrack 34.5%, Platformer 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Indie 7.2%, Retro 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern masterpiece of precision platforming that offers a high level of difficulty and a deeply engaging narrative.

Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.

Why similar: Platformer 41.2%, Retro 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a unique mechanic where the protagonist evolves in visual and gameplay complexity throughout the journey.

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Retro 15%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, atmospheric metroidvania that is heavily inspired by the sci-fi platformers of the 8-bit generation.

Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.

Why similar: Platformer 31.9%, Retro 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Indie 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed platformer that pays tribute to the challenging action games of the 8-bit era.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Retro 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, 2D 6%

Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced action platformer captures the energy and aesthetic of 16-bit mascot-led adventure games.

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

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Retro 28%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Indie 14.6%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-packed platformer that feels like a classic 8-bit title with its boss battles and retro-inspired design.

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: Platformer 24.9%, Retro 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Indie 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers an authentic retro-style platforming experience with exploration and puzzle elements.

Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!

Why similar: Platformer 28.9%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Retro 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A charming 2D platformer that captures the whimsical spirit and varied challenges of retro adventure games.

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

Why similar: Platformer 40.7%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Retro 8.3%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for difficult, twitch-based precision platforming that rewards persistence and skill.

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Retro 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy, and clever platformer that utilizes a teleportation mechanic to solve puzzles.

Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

Why similar: Platformer 48%, Retro 24.5%, Indie 8.2%, 2D 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore action platformer that provides a punishing, authentic experience reminiscent of classic arcade games.

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 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Retro 15.8%, Indie 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, retro-styled vertical platformer that is both challenging and highly addictive.

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 40.2%, Retro 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brutally difficult retro-style platformer that requires precise timing and pattern recognition.

A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.

Why similar: Platformer 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Retro 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique precision platformer that replaces traditional jumping with magnetic attraction and repulsion mechanics.

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 40.5%, Great Soundtrack 35.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Indie 7.6%, Retro 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, music-driven platformer that provides a high-energy experience with a distinct visual style.

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Platformer 32%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Retro 19.7%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that draws inspiration from classic cinematic platformers of the past.

Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.

Why similar: Platformer 48.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Indie 17.4%, Adventure 13%

Why You'll Like It: It features a game-within-a-game aesthetic that mirrors the progression through different eras of gaming history.

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

Why similar: Platformer 45.3%, Great Soundtrack 40.3%, Indie 8.4%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: This precision platformer features a fantastic soundtrack and demanding gameplay that rewards mastery.

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.3%, Platformer 17.9%, Retro 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging metroidvania with a retro-inspired design that emphasizes exploration and combat.

A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?

Why similar: Platformer 28.7%, Retro 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy platformer with a distinct visual style and a focus on shifting between background and foreground planes.

DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.

Why similar: Platformer 30.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Retro 13.7%, Indie 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, colorful precision platformer that requires quick reflexes and careful movement.

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 39.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Retro 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Indie 8.8%

Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Retro 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action platformer that focuses on combat and boss encounters in a classic arcade format.

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Retro 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, 2D 7.7%

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Great Soundtrack 26.9%, Retro 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 6.3%

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: Great Soundtrack 31%, Platformer 29.6%, Indie 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Adventure 10.8%

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

Why similar: Platformer 24.6%, Great Soundtrack 24%, Retro 20%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Indie 8.5%

Potatoman will put your reflexes and worldview to the test as you journey through scorching deserts, dark forests, busy cities, the tallest mountains and eventually your own potato-consciousness in search of the ultimate answer. Are you prepared to face the TROOF?

Why similar: Platformer 30.5%, Retro 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Indie 8.1%

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 29.7%, Great Soundtrack 24.6%, Retro 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, 2D 5.2%

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: Platformer 25.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Retro 16%, Indie 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Why similar: Platformer 35%, Retro 18%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Indie 8.6%

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 27.8%, Great Soundtrack 26.1%, Retro 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Indie 10.2%

Hardcore pixel indie platformer with puzzle elements and history. Can you get to the end?

Why similar: Platformer 30.4%, Retro 24.1%, Indie 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, 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 49.6%, Retro 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Indie 9.8%, 2D 6.2%

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 44.5%, Retro 25.4%, Adventure 16%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%

You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

Why similar: Platformer 35.1%, Retro 32.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Indie 7.4%, 2D 6.1%

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 67.1%, Indie 20.9%, Adventure 12%

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 28.9%, Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Indie 11.3%, Adventure 7.4%

An adventure game with focus on acrobatics and discovering secrets. Classic platformer gameplay in the spirit of the 8-bit era games.

Why similar: Retro 32.8%, Platformer 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 5.5%

Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 63.3%, Platformer 15.7%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Play as a fearsome knight on a journey filled with challenges. Use a variety of abilities and powerups to take down enemies in an abandoned, torn by war castle.

Why similar: Platformer 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 25.1%, Indie 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Adventure 11.7%

Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!

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

RePete is a pixel art puzzle platformer about time travel and self-cooperation. You play as Pete, a special guy that can loop back in time to help his past self solve problems, collect gems, and reach new heights.

Why similar: Indie 100%

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 55.3%, Great Soundtrack 24.1%, Indie 15.1%, 2D 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.

Why similar: Platformer 46.2%, Pixel Graphics 19%, 2D 16.8%, Indie 8.4%, Adventure 7.3%

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Why similar: Platformer 37.4%, Great Soundtrack 25.8%, Retro 12%, Indie 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

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 43.2%, Great Soundtrack 30.1%, Indie 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 5.7%

Visit a wonderfully peculiar dog's dream in a heroic attempt to save your owner in this beautiful pixel art puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Platformer 20%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Retro 13.6%, Indie 9.6%

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

Why similar: Platformer 39.6%, Retro 35.4%, 2D 9.9%, Indie 8%, Adventure 5.6%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 29%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Retro 13.3%, Indie 7.5%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.5%, Pixel Graphics 30.8%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 6.8%, 2D 5.2%

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: Platformer 46.4%, Indie 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Adventure 8.3%