Games Like Super Meat Boy

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: Precision Platformer 46.7%, Difficult 17.5%, Platformer 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Edmund McMillen’s follow-up is the closest spiritual companion, built around brutally precise screens, huge collections of secrets, and instant-retry platforming.

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: Precision Platformer 36.6%, Difficult 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its exceptionally responsive dash-and-climb movement, frequent checkpoints, and optional ultra-hard challenges make it a premier precision-platformer.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 54.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Difficult 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Time Attack 4.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Fast, fluid movement and replayable time-trial stages reward the same kind of route mastery and clean execution as Super Meat Boy.

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: Precision Platformer 53.1%, Difficult 12.9%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Platformer 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It replaces jumping with magnet-based propulsion, but keeps the intense room-by-room precision, speed, and punishing hazards.

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: Precision Platformer 43.1%, Difficult 18.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11%, Fast-Paced 10%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist platformer turns exact momentum control, wall-jumping, and split-second route planning into hundreds of compact challenge rooms.

Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.5%, Difficult 22%, Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A purpose-built precision platformer with sharp controls, rapid restarts, and increasingly devious spike-and-saw obstacle layouts.

Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 42%, Difficult 20%, Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This official follow-up keeps the series’ saw-filled intensity and fast restarts, though it reworks movement into an auto-running format.

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: Precision Platformer 38.3%, Platformer 17.3%, Difficult 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: RITE delivers tightly controlled, single-screen platforming focused on chaining jumps, dashes, and wall movement through hazardous rooms.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Difficult 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Instead of jumping, you flip gravity through tightly designed rooms that demand equally exact timing and persistence.

Super Rude Bear Resurrection is an ultra-tight, masocore platformer that anyone can beat! Use your corpses to get ahead, or take on the ultimate challenge and try to defeat the entire game without dying!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 47.9%, Difficult 14.9%, Platformer 11%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%, Fast-Paced 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its clever death mechanic turns your previous corpses into platforms, while retaining Super Meat Boy-style brutal obstacle courses and rapid retries.

Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.5%, Difficult 15.3%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its squishy momentum, wall phasing, and quick-reset levels offer a playful but challenging variation on precision platforming.

Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.

Why similar: Platformer 60.8%, Difficult 16.4%, Indie 13.3%, 2D 5.1%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its color-paint mechanics add slippery surfaces, bounce pads, and speed boosts to demanding fast-paced platforming trials.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.6%, Difficult 17.8%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark action-platformer whose wall-climbing, double-jumping, and savage checkpoint challenges reward careful execution.

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 25.8%, Precision Platformer 21.9%, Difficult 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Neon obstacle courses, pumping music, and difficult jumping sequences capture Super Meat Boy’s high-speed trial-and-error appeal.

10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.

Why similar: Platformer 33.2%, Difficult 19.9%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Short, intensely replayable stages challenge you to clear enemy-filled courses at high speed with efficient movement and timing.

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: Precision Platformer 39.1%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Fast-Paced 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This stripped-down arcade platformer is packed with spikes, saws, and unforgiving rooms designed for immediate retries.

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.

Why similar: Difficult 21.4%, Platformer 20.5%, Precision Platformer 18.4%, Fast-Paced 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Designed by the creator of The Impossible Game, it offers tough obstacle courses, frequent deaths, and a strong one-more-try loop.

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: Precision Platformer 61.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Platformer 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hostile minimalist metroidvania that restricts your movement options and makes every jump through its deadly world matter.

You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 64.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Difficult 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its strict time limit and trap-packed micro-levels deliver quick bursts of difficult, restart-friendly platforming.

In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.1%, Difficult 20%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Fast-Paced 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its responsive double jumps, dashes, wall movement, and spike-heavy rooms make its exploration feel consistently skill-driven.

A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.1%, Difficult 20.3%, Platformer 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Fast-Paced 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Fast movement and rapid retries meet an antagonist that predicts your route, creating tense, reactive precision-platforming challenges.

Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.8%, Difficult 14.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Fast-Paced 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A polished robot platformer centered on precise dashes, wall jumps, and increasingly demanding obstacle sequences.

The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game! As well as five classic Impossible Game levels, this desktop version includes an EXCLUSIVE new Level Editor.

Why similar: Difficult 40.2%, Great Soundtrack 28.4%, Platformer 21%, Indie 6.7%, 2D 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This uncompromising rhythm-platformer is built around memorizing hazards and executing exact jumps through punishing levels.

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.7%, Difficult 26%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its beat-synced obstacle courses demand memorization and precise timing, with a huge supply of difficult community-made levels.

Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 50%, Difficult 26%, Platformer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although much slower and more deliberate, its punishing jump physics and severe consequences for mistakes suit players who enjoy hard-earned progress.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 51.6%, Platformer 19.6%, Fast-Paced 10.2%, Difficult 6.7%, Time Attack 3.5% ★

Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!

Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, 2D Platformer 35.4%, 2D 8.2%, Funny 5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its excellent movement toolkit, tough built-in courses, and vast player-made level library provide plenty of precision-platforming replayability.

Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.

Why similar: Difficult 30.9%, Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its drill-based traversal creates rapid, kinetic platforming with demanding movement sequences and satisfying route flow.

Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.7%, Platformer 19.8%, Fast-Paced 19.5%, Time Attack 12.6% ★, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: First-person parkour, grappling hooks, and momentum-heavy airborne movement provide a challenging 3D spin on precision platforming.

INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying.

Why similar: Platformer 51.3%, Difficult 31.5%, Indie 8.8%, 2D 4.5%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: Each death splashes color across the level, gradually revealing hazards while you tackle fast, compact platforming challenges.

Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

Why similar: Difficult 57.4%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Indie 12.5%, 2D 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34%, Difficult 18.4%, Fast-Paced 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Gore 6.6%

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Why similar: Difficult 44.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Indie 7.7%, Gore 5.3%

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 47.5%, Difficult 33.9%, Indie 6.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%, 2D 4.9%

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.3%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Fast-Paced 16.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 11%

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.1%, Difficult 23.8%, Fast-Paced 17%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Gore 8.4%

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Platformer 57%, Difficult 16.5%, Indie 12%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 3%

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: Difficult 30.6%, Platformer 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Indie 6.4%

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Difficult 48.6%, Great Soundtrack 26.1%, Fast-Paced 17.4%, Indie 5%, 2D 1.5%

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: Precision Platformer 44.6%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Fast-Paced 6.3%

Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

Why similar: Platformer 36.9%, Difficult 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Indie 6.6%, 2D 6.1%

A crazy platformer about a hungry demon girl who wants to eat lots of meat!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.4%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Difficult 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 63.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, 2D 7.9%, Gore 5.2%, Comedy 3.5%

A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!

Why similar: Platformer 50%, Indie 22.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, 2D 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Take control of PizzaBoy as he delivers pizza to monsters in this precision platformer. Use all of PizzaBoy's smooth and snappy moves to navigate through dangerous levels or break away from the path to discover who PizzaBoy really is...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43%, Difficult 18.8%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%

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

Why similar: Difficult 36.4%, Platformer 30%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Retro 6%, 2D 5.8%

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Why similar: Platformer 48.3%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Funny 5.7%, Comedy 5.7%, 2D 5.6%

FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.1%, Difficult 18.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Difficult 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, 2D 6.1%

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: Difficult 22.7%, Platformer 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Fast-Paced 12.1%, Indie 8.3%

Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

Why similar: 2D 36.9%, Funny 20.8%, Indie 14.7%, Comedy 10.2%, Singleplayer 7.3%

The legendary game is now on Steam! Can you prove that you are a good player, go through a difficult path and save your brother? This challenge is not for wimps!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.7%, 2D Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Difficult 11.2%, 2D 6.1%

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: Platformer 52.1%, Difficult 13.6%, Fast-Paced 8.7%, Indie 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%

A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Fast-Paced 12.4%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Difficult 7.6%

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 49.3%, Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Indie 8.4%, 2D 2%

A fast-paced 2D precision platformer with a ZX Spectrum aesthetic. And a duck!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.1%, Difficult 17.4%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Why similar: Platformer 29.7%, Difficult 28.1%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Indie 4.9%

A challenging 2D precision platformer with minimalist graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack. Escape a dangerous dungeon filled with enemies and deadly traps.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.7%, Difficult 16.6%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%