
Dive into action with The Big Dam Heroes! Join the Teenager, the Mutant, the Ninja and the Turtle as they risk their lives to defuse bombs under dams. Find loot, craft equipment and triumph... or perish.
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Dive into action with The Big Dam Heroes! Join the Teenager, the Mutant, the Ninja and the Turtle as they risk their lives to defuse bombs under dams. Find loot, craft equipment and triumph... or perish.

Life Lessons
A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.

Konrad the Rocket
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.
Why similar: Action 28.5%, Indie 21.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 10.4%
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
Why similar: Action 38.6%, Indie 29.7%, Difficult 18.4%, Platformer 13.3%
A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!
Why similar: Action 22%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%, Indie 17.4%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 13%
Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 32.6%, Indie 24.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Difficult 8.6%
DungeonGOGO is a challenging precision platformer where you escape from a light prison and help rescue your friends from the secret chambers where they are being held.
Why similar: Indie 31.7%, Action 27.9%, Difficult 19%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D 6.3%
Help a pink-clad office lady find a missing document so the boss doesn't get angry in this free spin-off minigame to Kero Blaster.
Why similar: Platformer 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Action 14.1%, Indie 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
Why similar: Action 27.3%, Indie 19.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Retro 12.9%, Difficult 11.8%
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.
Why similar: Action 27%, Indie 20.8%, Difficult 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Platformer 11.2%
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.
Why similar: Action 25.5%, Indie 19.6%, Platformer 13.6%, Difficult 12.9%, Retro 10.1%
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
Why similar: Action 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Indie 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12%, Platformer 10.7%
The Square Game is an insanely hard 2D action platformer with 24 short action packed levels.
Why similar: Action 38.6%, Indie 29.7%, Difficult 10%, Platformer 7.2%, Retro 7.2%
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: Great Soundtrack 23%, Platformer 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Action 11.1%, Retro 10.1%
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Why similar: Action 26.4%, Indie 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Retro 10%
THE JOYLANCER: LEGENDARY MOTOR KNIGHT is a new breed of action game, combining ultra-technical action with a simple control scheme and an artstyle inspired by portable games of old! Wield the divine power of the Motor Knights and save the world!
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Indie 24.1%, Retro 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Platformer 10.8%
Play as smuggler Hank Hudson in this 2D action platformer as he defies death at every turn to find his way off a deadly tropical island...
Why similar: Action 32%, Indie 24.6%, Difficult 17.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
Beat your inner demons without attacking them, in this extremely difficult platformer about how grief changes one's perception of the world. It is an expression of the developer's experience with cancer and heartbreak.
Why similar: Action 23.1%, Indie 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 10%
A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.
Why similar: Action 40.4%, Indie 30.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Difficult 9%, Platformer 7%
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Action 12.7%, Indie 10.6%
Overclocked is a free-flowing action game that blends combat and platforming to create a fluid and rhythmic experience. Take on the role of Amber, a glass-cannon vigilante, as you fight to uncover a plot that threatens to tear your home apart.
Why similar: Action 32.7%, Indie 22.6%, Difficult 17.7%, Platformer 14%, Female Protagonist 13%
Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter
Why similar: Action 23.6%, Indie 16.7%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Platformer 14.1%, Retro 11.1%
Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!
Why similar: Action 32.6%, Indie 24.5%, Retro 14.5%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.
Why similar: Action 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Platformer 16.1%, Indie 15.8%, Difficult 9.8%
Swing, climb, grab, and throw in this action platformer where you can grapple anywhere! Using Rena's magic bracelets, hook onto any surface to swing wherever you like, or grab your foes to send them hurtling into each other!
Why similar: Action 35.2%, Indie 26.4%, Platformer 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Unravel the mysteries of old-school gameplay in this classic side-scrolling platformer, venture through four different environments and procedurally generated levels for ever-changing play sessions, and hope to lift... The Curse of the Lost Cause.
Why similar: Action 33.6%, Indie 25%, Retro 14%, Platformer 13%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
The Sun and Moon, the winner of Ludum Dare 29, is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Momentum is conserved but gravity is reversed, letting you fling yourself high into the air or deep beneath the surface.
Why similar: Action 26%, Indie 25.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Difficult 11.3%
Retro-style platformer inspired by the 16bit classics. Jump and shoot your way through challenging levels. Watch two distinct visual styles collide. Enjoy the awesome rocking music. In the name of all that is childhood!
Why similar: Indie 22.9%, Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Action 19%, Retro 15.1%, Platformer 11.2%
Dynamite Alex is an action platform-shooter starring a 17-year old tomboy named Alexandra Tobynskii. After a cliched outbreak of robbers invading the city, it's up to her to investigate what's going on! Donning glorious retro flair, the game transports players back to when gameplay was king!
Why similar: Indie 36.8%, Action 20.7%, Difficult 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Platformer 8%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 30.9%, Indie 21.3%, Retro 16.6%, Platformer 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 31.9%, Indie 24.9%, Platformer 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Difficult 8.7%
kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.
Why similar: Action 31.4%, Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Indie 27%, Platformer 13.3%
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: Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 14.2%, Difficult 11.9%, Retro 11.2%
Help Glitch save his planet from intergalactic tyrants in this innovative and vibrant retro-styled action platformer.
Why similar: Action 28%, Indie 20.5%, Platformer 15.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Difficult 10.2%
Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.
Why similar: Action 34.7%, Indie 25.8%, Difficult 17%, Platformer 14.5%, 2D 5.1%
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: Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Platformer 17.7%, Retro 17.4%, Indie 14.5%, Action 14.3%
An astronaut has crash-landed on an alien planet, and it's started to rain... seeds. Featuring a campaign and an endless mode with leaderboards, Germination is an arcade platform-em-up about stomping your way to the highest combo, excruciatingly detailed with hand-crafted animations.
Why similar: Action 18.4%, Difficult 17.4%, Indie 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Platformer 12.9%
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Why similar: Action 24.3%, Platformer 23.8%, Indie 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Tiamat’s Drink is a shoot ’em up roguelike game inspired by the 16-bit era consoles. Fight against powerful enemies, defeat unique bosses, unlock challenging levels and obtain extra powers! So get ready and don't forget to enjoy our exclusive soundtrack!
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Indie 27.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Difficult 7%, Female Protagonist 5.6%
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: Action 37.4%, Indie 28.8%, Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 14.9%
Welcome to Cataegis - The White Wind: Ziggurat Chapter, a frantic 2D arcade action retro-style game that pays homage to the glory days of 8-bit side scrolling gaming.
Why similar: Action 38.8%, Indie 25.6%, Retro 13.6%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Action 23.5%, Platformer 19.2%, Indie 18.7%, Difficult 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%
The Kingdom of Bones needs you! Purify the land and stop Evil King once and for all. Take the skull-smashing puzzle platformer in a new direction with TURBO action, TURBO puzzles and TURBO boss battles.
Why similar: Action 28.8%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Indie 22.2%, Retro 13%, Platformer 12.1%
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: Action 27.7%, Indie 20.6%, Platformer 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
Take on the seven deadly sins in CactusLamp, an intense 2D action-platformer centered around unforgiving boss battles. Each sin is embodied as an epic boss inspired by Brazilian culture, requiring precision and fast reflexes to be victorious in this unique pixel art world.
Why similar: Difficult 26%, Indie 24.1%, Action 23.8%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D 6.6%
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: Indie 26.7%, Action 26.7%, Platformer 20.2%, Retro 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
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: Action 32.7%, Indie 28.5%, Retro 16.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%
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: Great Soundtrack 26.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Retro 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Indie 9%
Jack & the cat is an old school arcade platformer for Halloween that will put your platform skills to the test!
Why similar: Action 29.7%, Indie 22.9%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Platformer 11.9%, Retro 11.7%
Intrusion Protocol is a classic challenging retro 2-D platformer. Play as a computer virus tasked with infiltrating an enemy network to retrieve mission-critical data. As you find the data you will uncover a story that reveals the secrets of your mysterious purpose.
Why similar: Action 27.6%, Indie 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Difficult 13.1%, Retro 10.2%
Face the strong enemy and unique platformer. Run, Jump, Punch, Shoot. Get various weapons and upgrades along the way. Fight and dodge bullets from challenging boss battle!
Why similar: Action 24.1%, Indie 18%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Difficult 11.1%, Platformer 11%
In this action-platformer, you play as Mop Boy, a kid whose job is to fight off the grease monsters terrorizing his family's restaurant. Gain new abilities by completing tasks for your family and put an end to the evil grease running amuck!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Action 15.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Indie 11.9%, Retro 10.5%
A Giant Robot Stripper called JoJo has smashed Groove City! She's angry because Dr Swinger stole her Laser-Nipples! Help JoJo reclaim her Laser-Nipples & defeat the Evil Plans of Dr.Swinger, with the help of Pope Boris the Super Sexy!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.9%, Platformer 19.6%, Difficult 18.1%, Action 16.6%, Indie 15.8%
A master-crafted 2D action platformer designed with the utmost attention paid to player psychology, effecting a sublimely challenging and classic experience. Five years in the making by Kayin, the creator of I Wanna Be the Guy.
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Indie 32.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
Offensive Dimensions is a hardcore, dark themed, retro 2d action game. Currently is in early access phase. This game tests your 2d action gaming skill. You need to smash everything and make it to the next area before time is up. The demo version is available for downloading. Please try that first.
Why similar: Action 32%, Indie 24.6%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Retro 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
A certain office lady is back!!
Why similar: Action 17.9%, Indie 15.3%, Platformer 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
Take the lost soul to its home.
Why similar: Action 16.6%, Indie 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Retro 11.3%
-A magical world beautifully depicted through in-game graphics. -Diverse levels that provide a fair challenge. -Additional bonuses that reward those who replay the game. -3 difficulty modes.
Why similar: Action 27.9%, Indie 16.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Platformer 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%
Ruby the ghost hunter has a tough gig this Halloween. Explore the haunted mansion, take down some ghosts, battle spooky bosses, and rescue the lost cats!
Why similar: Action 23%, Indie 16.7%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Difficult 10.6%, Platformer 9.8%
TripTrip is a challenging autorunner with color-matching and platforming mixed together. Stay on track, dodge walls, and weather hazardous conditions - all while matching The Ball's color to the floor! Master the four colors to guide The Ball through more than 8 worlds!
Why similar: Action 29.1%, Great Soundtrack 24.9%, Indie 22.4%, Retro 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!
Why similar: Action 23.3%, Indie 18.3%, Platformer 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.9%, Action 29.4%, Indie 20.9%, Platformer 12.8%