- #1 Rocketbirds 2 Evolution
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 405 reviews2017
Dev: Ratloop AsiaPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The original Coq of War returns in a glorious explosion of finger-licking fun; with enhanced controls, new upgrade systems, a full single player campaign in “Part 1: The Cockup” with full VO and OST - and a 1- 4 player campaign in “Part 2: The Rescue” with procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Platformer 49.1%, Action 26.2%, Indie 24.7%
- #2 Isbarah
96% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2015
Dev: Leikir Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Isbarah is a cross-genre of bullet hell and platformer style, it's a hardcore 2d game and each level is a duel boss fight. Players will need to fully understand the boss patterns. It’s built on smartly managing your powers and to use them wisely to survive - everything in our game involves dodging and making smart movements.
Why similar: Platformer 49.8%, Action 25.4%, Indie 24.7%
- #3 Pivot Pilot
96% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Niko Kivilahti
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pivot Pilot is a challenging platformer with puzzle elements in which you take simultaneous control of a boy and a giant robot arm.
Why similar: Platformer 39.9%, Indie 31.7%, Action 28.3%
- #4 Revolve
95% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Steven Delrue
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Revolve is a Physics based Action Platformer. You have no direct control and need to use boosts, gravity & momentum to escape a dystopian world
Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Indie 26.7%, Action 24.6%
- #5 Hunter's Legacy
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Lienzo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunter’s Legacy is an old-school 2D single-player Metroidvania platformer where you control Ikki, a fierce kitty skilled with twin swords and a bow, better known as the Great Huntress of Un'Amak.
Why similar: Platformer 56.6%, Indie 22.2%, Action 21.3%
- #6 League of Evil
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 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: Platformer 43.3%, Indie 29.9%, Action 26.8%
- #7 Cally's Caves 4
92% matchVery Positive84% of 146 reviews2018
Dev: VDO Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cally’s Caves 4 is a run-and-gun action game, with tons of powerups, weapons, and levels. When your friend needs your help, there’s only one thing to do: LEVEL UP EVERYTHING!
Why similar: Platformer 66.5%, Action 33.5%
- #8 Farjob
90% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Simon Kaley
Windows · Mac
Delve into a boundless realm of twisting pathways and absurd bosses.
Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Indie 26%, Action 24%
- #9 Eggggg
89% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Hyper Games
Windows · Mac
Eggggg is a ridiculous two-button platform game where you propel yourself around using your vomiting superpowers.
Why similar: Platformer 55.9%, Indie 23.9%, Action 20.2%
- #10 Wooden Sen'SeY
91% matchMixed54% of 137 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 46.6%, Action 26.7%, Indie 26.6%
- #11 Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
89% matchMixed67% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: Sinclair StrangePub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
Why similar: Platformer 35.9%, Indie 35.3%, Action 28.8%
- #12 Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 198 reviews2016
Dev: Fat Panda GamesPub: Games Starter
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Flat Kingdom is a beautiful and peaceful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by an evil thief and becoming 3D! The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!
Why similar: Platformer 54.6%, Indie 27.8%, Action 17.5%
- #13 Gambol
85% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Mike Pickering
Windows
Gambol is a wall-hopping, ceiling-slapping jaunt of a platformer with straight forward controls, and buttery smooth movement. You control the Gambol Gumball through a gauntlet of levels designed with flow and rhythm in mind to test your platforming grit.
Why similar: Platformer 44%, Indie 33.2%, Action 22.8%
- #14 Galacatraz: Eject Equip Escape
88% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Summer Bear Studio
Windows
Escape Galacatraz, the universe's most secure detainment facility, in this side scrolling twin stick shooter! GAMEPAD REQUIRED!
Why similar: Platformer 47.8%, Indie 27.2%, Action 25.1%
- #15 The Flesh God
84% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Nuberu Games
Windows
The Flesh God is a tough action platformer where you shoot a massive gun to fly through deadly levels infested with mutant flesh.
Why similar: Platformer 45.4%, Indie 28.4%, Action 26.2%
- #16 Slip
86% 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: Platformer 45.5%, Indie 29.4%, Action 25%
- #17 Ghost in the Machine
84% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2015
Dev: Michael J. Moffitt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ghost in the Machine is about the player's escape from a run-down factory following a large explosion. In the dark factory there are many dangerous machines that must be minded in order to not be crushed or mechanically separated.
Why similar: Platformer 44.4%, Indie 30.1%, Action 25.5%
- #18 Mechanic Escape
82% matchVery Positive85% of 793 reviews2014
Dev: Slak GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!
Why similar: Platformer 55.8%, Indie 27.1%, Action 17.1%
- #19 Stonerid
83% matchMixed66% of 213 reviews2014
Dev: Enitvare
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Platformer 44.2%, Indie 28.5%, Action 27.3%
- #20 Spartan
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Sinister Cyclops Game Studio
Windows
Spartan is an epic 2d platformer powered by UE4. Featuring silky smooth animations, pixel perfect controls, challenging gameplay, huge non linear levels and an awesome original soundtrack , Spartan is taking classic platforming to the next level, UE4 Turbocharged style!
Why similar: Platformer 52.6%, Indie 24.6%, Action 22.7%
- #21 Wake
86% 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: Platformer 45%, Indie 34.7%, Action 20.4%
- #22 A Walk in the Dark
82% matchVery Positive80% of 385 reviews2013
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.
Why similar: Platformer 60%, Indie 24%, Action 16%
- #23 Prompt
81% matchVery Positive92% 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 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #24 Ember Kaboom
79% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2016
Dev: Josh Koenig Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Ember's a fox who loves adventure. Run, jump, and ride through 30+ colorful, fast-paced obstacle courses in a quest to get your missing soul back!
Why similar: Platformer 43%, Indie 29.1%, Action 27.9%
- #25 Exoder
77% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
Windows
Exoder is a frantic, fast paced, 2D, action platformer that will test your skills of reflex, resilience, patience and determination.
Why similar: Platformer 50.8%, Indie 25.6%, Action 23.6%
- #26 Leilani's Island
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ishisoft
Windows
Leilani has got to roll, jump, and smash things to take back her island from mechanical invasion! A tropical 2D platformer in the making for PC.
Why similar: Platformer 36.4%, Indie 32.6%, Action 31%
- #27 Demon Hearts
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jon Harwood Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Demon Hearts is a 2D platformer game that will leave you feeling blood thirsty for victory every time you play! Take the winged and dangerously swift Vampiress Snow through many challenging silhouette environments while withstanding the many divergent demons, evil forces, and bosses!
Why similar: Platformer 42.1%, Indie 30.1%, Action 27.8%
- #28 Concursion
80% matchMixed56% 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: Platformer 42.3%, Indie 30.5%, Action 27.2%
- #29 Mr. Bree+
78% 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 60.2%, Indie 23.3%, Action 16.5%
- #30 Mula: The Cycle of Shadow
77% 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: Platformer 52.2%, Indie 34.5%, Action 13.3%
- #31 Contrasted
76% 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 63.7%, Indie 36.3%
- #32 Colette's Sugar Madness
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Mark Hill
Windows
Colette's Sugar Madness is a retro platformer designed to be completed in a single sitting. Use the powers from multiple costumes to save Halloween candy from falling into the wrong hands. Hone your skills with each play through to make each play better than the last. How much candy can you get?
Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Indie 34.6%, Action 20.6%
- #33 ERI
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Mauri Republic
Windows
We control the ERI, this is self-learning artificial intelligence, which has to overcome 45 levels. The purpose of the test is to overcome obstacles and get to the portals, which will take us to more difficult levels.
Why similar: Platformer 47.8%, Indie 27.2%, Action 25.1%
- #34 Splasher
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,175 reviews2017
Dev: SplashteamPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 59.6%, Indie 21.4%, Action 18.9%
- #35 HoPiKo
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: Laser DogPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 59.7%, Indie 22.2%, Action 18.1%
- #36 Box Out!
75% 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 62.7%, Indie 37.3%
- #37 Super Hipster Lumberjack
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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: Platformer 61.1%, Indie 38.9%
- #38 Zack Zero
73% matchMixed64% of 419 reviews2013
Dev: Crocodile Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Zack Zero takes you on an action-packed platform adventure with incredible 3D graphics and the playability and entertainment of classic 2D games. Help Zack Zero save his beloved Marlene, kidnapped by the evil Zulrog in an effort to obtain the powerful substance that will allow him to travel back in time.
Why similar: Platformer 59.6%, Indie 20.7%, Action 19.7%
- #39 Jump Barrel
61% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ThatChung
Windows
You're locked up in an underground prison. Hide in a barrel and escape from prison.
Why similar: Platformer 53.4%, Indie 27.4%, Action 19.2%
- #40 Freedom Fall
71% 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 52.9%, Indie 26.1%, Action 21%
- #41 Navyblue and the Spectrum Killers
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Hyper Combo Studio
Windows
Jump, Shoot and Dash throughout the city, choosing which crisis to solve first as you gain new powers and fight your way through legions of evil robots and thugs as you try to save the world!
Why similar: Platformer 44.1%, Indie 29.1%, Action 26.8%
- #42 GunnRunner
59% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: pixelCast Games
Windows
Get your fingers warm with this twin-stick shooter. Balance finesse movement with one hand while shooting accurately with the other. Plow through each enemy in your path or skillfully dodge the onslaught of bullets. Venture into the constructed world of machines and halt annihilation.
Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Indie 31%, Action 28.6%
- #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 47.6%, Indie 26.9%, Action 25.5%
- #44 The Adventures of Clive McMulligan on Planet Zeta Four
68% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Broke Astronaut
Windows
Clive McMulligan is a 2D retro-inspired action/puzzle/platformer with challenging old school style gameplay. Over 70 levels with fast-paced gravity switching mechanics.
Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Indie 32.1%, Action 29.6%
- #45 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
70% matchVery Positive82% of 430 reviews2013
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Why similar: Platformer 62%, Indie 20.1%, Action 17.9%
- #46 CreaVures
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 175 reviews2011
Dev: Muse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 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: Platformer 59%, Indie 41%
- #47 Super Potato Bruh
66% 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 61.1%, Action 25.2%, Indie 13.7%
- #48 Explodemon
70% matchMixed65% of 136 reviews2014
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
An explosive homage to SNES-era platformers from the makers of Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Explodemon is non-stop action mayhem like you've never seen before.
Why similar: Platformer 61.6%, Action 20.6%, Indie 17.8%
- #49 Bloo Kid 2
67% 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 52.5%, Indie 27.8%, Action 19.7%
- #50 Colourless
66% 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: Platformer 53.3%, Indie 35.2%, Action 11.5%
- #51 Magnetic By Nature
69% 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 55.2%, Indie 22.9%, Action 21.9%
- #52 Hyper Bounce Blast
66% matchVery Positive93% of 89 reviews2016
Dev: Flump StudiosPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hyper Bounce Blast is a stomach-churning retro shooter blended with classic platforming action. Bounce, shoot and dodge to survive the ever-increasing enemy attack. Bring it on!
Why similar: Platformer 45.1%, Indie 27.7%, Action 27.1%
- #53 CrunchTime
63% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Umiringo StudioPub: Navila Software Japan
Windows
A long-term crunch time programmer entered the world of code, and became a green cursor. Knowing that the condition for getting off work is to find 4 bugs in the code world, the adventure begins...
Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Indie 26%, Action 24%