- #1 dontbegrey
96% matchMixed65% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
Windows · Linux
dontbegrey is a minimalistic hardcore platformer with experimental color-themed mechanics, where you can choose what is an obstacle and what is the background.
Why similar: Indie 42%, Difficult 30.2%, Platformer 27.8%
- #2 WIL
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows
Use the SLING- NEW and UNIQUE mechanics ! Help WIL rescue his friends from terrible evil ! Jump right into the action, or roll out of trouble ! Hint: for jumping and speeding up- Use the SLING !All of this and more - exclusively in WIL. (Don't miss the opportunity to: Master the SLING !)
Why similar: Time Attack 38.5% ★, Platformer 24.1%, Indie 21.2%, Difficult 14.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #3 GLO - Difficult Indie Platformer
95% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Chronik Spartan
Windows
WARNING: This might be the most challenging game you ever play! Glo is a puzzle platformer where the majority of the world is hidden. Using blind faith, glowing projectiles and memory use your skill to escape the darkness. Provoked by writing on the wall the story unravels as the mystery of the environment is revealed.
Why similar: Time Attack 47.5% ★, Difficult 19.2%, Indie 16.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #4 Konrad the Rocket
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
Why similar: Indie 43.8%, Difficult 30.5%, Platformer 25.7%
- #5 Slime Jumper
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Geomertex
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slime Jumper is a cool Jump 'n Run somewhere between Super Mario and Super Meat Boy with nice, direct controls. You can buy different slimes with stars collected while playing the levels.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 36.5%, Indie 36.3%, Platformer 24%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #6 Pixel Pursuit
92% 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: Indie 52%, Platformer 48%
- #7 Super Hipster Lumberjack
91% 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: Indie 54.7%, Platformer 45.3%
- #8 Plug Me
91% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Havana24
Windows
Plug Me is a tricky puzzle platform where the timer is a physical object in the game world! You are able to walk on the green parts of this bar as a platform, but you must be careful not to fall off as the power is drained.
Why similar: Time Attack 36.2% ★, Fast-Paced 22%, Difficult 15.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Indie 11.2%
- #9 Speed Swing
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Jakob DelzerPub: Indie
Windows
Speed Swing is a challenging level based grappling hook game, where the objective is to reach the end of each level as fast as possible.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.7%, Indie 26.9%, Difficult 20%, Platformer 19.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #10 Stick Nightmare
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Pedro Castro Menezes
Windows · Linux
Stick Nightmare is a simple puzzle-platform game where you control yourself after having some drinks at a local bar.
Why similar: Indie 32.7%, Difficult 32.6%, Platformer 30.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #11 A Walk Along the Wall
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: SCRAWL Studio
Windows
A challenging & Lovecraft-inspired boss-rush top-down twin-stick shooter. Bosses of great scale and challenge. A small yet potent arsenal. A wickedly unique soundtrack. Go forth and kick their teeth in.
Why similar: Time Attack 54.2% ★, Indie 25.7%, Difficult 20.1%
- #12 Mad Manuel
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alien Prism
Windows · Mac · Linux
Difficult, graphical, fun. A platformer that will make you cry, laugh, and cry again! That's how difficult it is!
Why similar: Time Attack 47.9% ★, Indie 17.8%, Difficult 17.8%, Platformer 16.5%
- #13 Tiles
88% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Romans I XVI Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiles is a unique action-puzzle game that will both convolute your mind and burn your finger tips!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 33.3%, Indie 28.5%, Difficult 19.9%, Platformer 18.3%
- #14 ERSATZ
87% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Paris Stalker
Windows · Linux
ERSATZ is a speed focused Hardcore Action Platformer with a musical twist! Featuring an Original Electronic Soundtrack also by Paris Stalker, the game's creator, hear and feel the music build as you progress and hazards, obstacles, boss attacks & controller vibrations move to the ever present beat!
Why similar: Time Attack 41.3% ★, Fast-Paced 23.3%, Difficult 14.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #15 Never Give Up
86% matchVery Positive88% of 176 reviews2019
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 22.1%, Platformer 22%, Fast-Paced 21.8%, Time Attack 16.8% ★, Indie 15.2%
- #16 ORBA
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Robro Games
Windows · Linux
ORBA is a unique vertical time-attack platformer. Strike a mysterious Orb to the top of an ever-changing tower and master random abilities to maintain momentum before time runs out.
Why similar: Time Attack 65% ★, Platformer 21.5%, Indie 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #17 Bean There, Swung That
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Backcannon Studios
Windows
Swing, race, and grapple your way to glory. Bean There Swung That is a high-speed grappling-hook platformer built for speedrunners. Master momentum, speed and accuracy to perfect your runs. Race through 90 themed levels versus friends, or your own times.
Why similar: Time Attack 36.2% ★, Fast-Paced 26.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Platformer 12.2%, Indie 9.6%
- #18 Conc Jump
84% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Paul BlowerPub: Mercior Games
Windows
Conc Jump is a game about FPS skills harking back to the old days of Quake 2 and Team Fortress Classic where movement and timing were key skills. Pick from three core skills - Rocket Jumping, Bunny Hopping and Grenade Jumping!
Why similar: Time Attack 44% ★, Indie 39.7%, Difficult 16.3%
- #19 Binaries
84% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2016
Dev: Ant Workshop Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Test your reflexes and awareness as you simultaneously guide two lovable balls through over 100 brightly-coloured challenges in a controller-smashingly tough BAFTA nominated platformer.
Why similar: Time Attack 31.9% ★, Difficult 19.1%, Fast-Paced 18.2%, Indie 17%, Platformer 13.8%
- #20 Black Hole Hazard
83% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Superthumb
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Black Hole Hazard is an action puzzle spacewalking game with unique control and a fascinating sci-fi story. Controlling the gun's recoil in space and distorted gravity will be very challenging. Be Dr. Albert, shoot the jet / laser gun to survive against the unknown enemies and find out the truth.
Why similar: Time Attack 49% ★, Difficult 18.2%, Indie 17.4%, Platformer 15.4%
- #21 Heads Run
82% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2018
Dev: kassstwa
Windows · Mac
HeadsRun is a platformer starring a green circular fellow who must make his way through some stages increasingly dangerous environments and monsters as quickly as possible.
Why similar: Time Attack 43.4% ★, Fast-Paced 26.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 8.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #22 Wobbly Jungle
82% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Sourena Game StudioPub: KATNAPPE SP. Z O. O.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Wobbly Jungle demands the player's entire skill and dexterity across 60 diverse levels. This sidescroller impresses with its extraordinary design and will drive the player to the edge. Survival of the fittest!
Why similar: Difficult 34.8%, Indie 33.3%, Platformer 29.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #23 Break The Targets
80% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Q'Prod
Windows
Break the Targets (BTT) is a unique time-trial platformer game with simple controls featuring hundreds of levels and an online leaderboard for competitive placing.
Why similar: Time Attack 43.9% ★, Indie 21.9%, Difficult 19.2%, Platformer 15%
- #24 SHELL
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Kings of the Heroes
Windows
Take control of Nebby and guide her through a challenging 2D platformer with a unique body projection mechanic. Test your skills by completing increasingly more difficult levels. Try to complete the game as fast as possible in Speedrun Mode to show off how good you really are!
Why similar: Difficult 35.3%, Platformer 32.5%, Indie 32.2%
- #25 Pixel Panic
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dre RonaPub: RazorKrab
Windows · Linux
Celex Wallacin wakes up to find out he's in the wrong game 0_0. Venture through other games to get Celex back to his own game in this tough as nails precision platformer
Why similar: Time Attack 37.4% ★, Difficult 20.8%, Platformer 15.9%, Fast-Paced 15.8%, Indie 8.7%
- #26 10 Second Ninja
79% matchVery Positive85% of 778 reviews2014
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Mastertronic
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
Why similar: Time Attack 28.7% ★, Fast-Paced 27.3%, Platformer 21.8%, Indie 14.3%, Difficult 7.1%
- #27 Sockman
78% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sockware
Windows
Sockman is a single-screen platformer inspired by classics like Rick Dangerous, Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Jumpman, Prince of Persia… A hardcore platformer, very difficult, even more than suck your own elbow.
Why similar: Difficult 36.3%, Platformer 33.2%, Indie 30.4%
- #28 Nirih
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: ShippableGames
Windows
Fly across worlds in pursuit of tainted souls that will corrupt the realms they inhabit. Boost your speed by following their trails and battling their creations, while dodging obstacles in your hunt.
Why similar: Time Attack 53.9% ★, Fast-Paced 32.1%, Difficult 4.9%, Platformer 3.9%, Indie 3.5%
- #29 Velocibox
76% matchVery Positive88% of 639 reviews2014
Dev: Shawn Beck
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 46.6%, Difficult 31.3%, Indie 20.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #30 Heartseeker
74% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Chris Farina
Windows
Embody the Heartseeker blade in this fast-paced precision clicking platformer. Get to the heart of the Living Dungeon and slay the final heart to save existence.
Why similar: Time Attack 50.1% ★, Fast-Paced 31.7%, Indie 8.5%, Platformer 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 Phantom Jump
76% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Phantom Pine Studios
Windows
Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.
Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Difficult 32.7%, Platformer 31.6%
- #32 Super Flippin' Phones
77% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: BlauwPrint
Windows
In Super Flippin' Phones, you flip phones out of people's hands to warn them about an impending disaster. Unfortunately, no one in the mall is listening to you because they're too busy with their phones. While slapping away phones you evade cops, save humanity and unlock new officers, floors and outfits!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 48.4%, Platformer 29%, Indie 22.6%
- #33 Easy Simple Game
73% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Meet the Unsuspicious dude, take a job from him and walk through deadly spikes, slimes and spinning blades. Sounds pretty simple, isn't it?
Why similar: Time Attack 31.8% ★, Fast-Paced 23.1%, Difficult 18.9%, Platformer 15.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #34 Super Rude Bear Resurrection
77% matchMixed60% of 174 reviews2017
Dev: Alex RosePub: Alex Rose Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Time Attack 31.3% ★, Difficult 19%, Fast-Paced 17.9%, Indie 17.7%, Platformer 14.2%
- #35 Give Me Your Coins
75% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Give Me Your Coins is a fast-paced platformer built on precision and momentum. Try to get out of the magic chest, go through the several dozen levels created inside his wooden body.
Why similar: Time Attack 35.5% ★, Fast-Paced 21.6%, Indie 15.1%, Difficult 14.1%, Platformer 11.9%
- #36 Cubotrox
74% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: The Barberians Game StudioPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Cubotrox is an addictive puzzle game that challenges you to complete pixel art images by managing falling neon-colored cubes. Catch, drop and rotate your way to victory in a game with retro-futuristic neon visuals and synth-retro-wave music that excels at being “easy to play, hard to master”.
Why similar: Time Attack 61.9% ★, Difficult 23%, Indie 15.2%
- #37 Heart Snatcher
68% match5 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: BigFridge Studios
Windows · Linux
Survive the trials in this fast-paced, top-down action game as you dodge hazardous obstacles and eliminate projectiles to claim your promised reward.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 42.9%, Difficult 25.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Indie 10.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #38 Death Unphased
69% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Two Slash Nine Games
Windows
Invent your own path! Phase through walls with your dash and blaze towards the exit. Death Unphased is a short experience fusing precision and puzzle platforming. Speedrun the smartest routes and aim to beat your fastest time in each level.
Why similar: Time Attack 49.9% ★, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 11%, Fast-Paced 10.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #39 Rifter
71% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.2%, Time Attack 25.4% ★, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 13.2%, Difficult 8.8%
- #40 BAFF 3
73% matchMixed52% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
A minimalist, hardcore, and challenging drag-and-drop game in the avoid-em-up genre that will test your reflexes, timing, and planning! This game is as hard as hell!
Why similar: Time Attack 43.3% ★, Fast-Paced 28.8%, Difficult 16.8%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #41 Silver Child
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Nemanja Milosevic
Windows
Silver Child is challenging platformer designed to test your skills.It is a pure fast paced platformer with thight controls.The goal of the game is to run jump and slide trough tough,but beautiful levels accompanied with catchy music.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.5%, Difficult 24.4%, Platformer 20.6%, Indie 20.5%
- #42 Freerunners
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: CBgameDev
Windows
Become a freerunner. Find a flow and underlying rhythm of movement through your environment. Vault, climb, jump, duck, swing, flip, slide, do what it takes to travel as fast as possible whilst using your environment to outwit the enemy henchmen and save your friend.
Why similar: Time Attack 40.8% ★, Fast-Paced 28.5%, Difficult 14.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Indie 6%
- #43 Tiny
64% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Just Indie
Windows
Tiny: is a first-person platformer. Your goal is to reach the top and achieve a good speedrun.
Why similar: Time Attack 39.4% ★, Fast-Paced 17.4%, Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Indie 11%
- #44 Wake Up and Jump!
64% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: RG Games
Windows
Wake Up and Jump! is a challenging retro platformer where precision matters. Dash through a cute but dangerous world, push your skills to the limit in this speedrun-oriented adventure and uncover secret stages… if you’re skilled enough.
Why similar: Time Attack 54.3% ★, Difficult 21.3%, Platformer 19%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #45 Trash TV
72% matchVery Positive86% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Lawrence RussellPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Welcome to the world of Trash TV. Cast away into a recycling center, you play an outdated tube television animated to life with a singular goal – find your remote control and become fully functional again.
Why similar: Indie 54.5%, Platformer 45.5%
- #46 Furfly
72% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: SMD Gaming Studio
Windows
Help the little furry friend to escape the evil swamp and get back to his world.
Why similar: Time Attack 54.9% ★, Difficult 20.2%, Platformer 15.7%, Indie 9.2%
- #47 Remnants of Naezith
69% matchVery Positive88% of 652 reviews2018
Dev: Tolga Ay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.
Why similar: Time Attack 32.6% ★, Fast-Paced 26.4%, Platformer 16.4%, Difficult 13.2%, Indie 11.4%
- #48 Fenix Rage
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 168 reviews2014
Dev: Green Lava StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fenix’s village was decimated by a huge explosion, leaving only our hero and the mysterious Oktarus. As Fenix, track down this shadowy villain through nine worlds, defeating brutal bosses and hundreds of minions bent on your destruction.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.9%, Platformer 25.5%, Difficult 23%, Indie 20.6%
- #49 Beeftacular
70% matchVery Positive80% of 122 reviews2016
Dev: Retrific
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Beeftacular is a fast-paced platformer where you have to clean levels from rotten meat chunks as fast as possible. Jump your way through the level and use your attacks to hack all of them into pieces. Compare your speedruns with your friends and the world.
Why similar: Time Attack 40.3% ★, Fast-Paced 22.4%, Platformer 14.2%, Difficult 13.6%, Indie 7.6%
- #50 The Misadventures of Botsworth
75% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Team Botsworth
Windows
Help the adorable armless defect Botsworth escape the robot factory in this tricky platforming adventure!
Why similar: Difficult 34.7%, Indie 31.7%, Platformer 29.3%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #51 The Sun and Moon
70% matchVery Positive87% of 185 reviews2014
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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: Indie 41.3%, Platformer 38%, Difficult 20.7%
- #52 Bot slash Bot
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Traveller's Box
Windows
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Why similar: Time Attack 39.6% ★, Fast-Paced 33.1%, Difficult 17.7%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #53 CactusLamp
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Miquéias Veloso
Windows · Linux
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 37.4%, Indie 30.8%, Platformer 29%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #54 HYPERBALL TACHYON
66% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Rendah Games
Windows
High-speed momentum platforming action! Dash up walls and shoot off ramps to get to the finish!
Why similar: Time Attack 44.3% ★, Fast-Paced 25.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Platformer 14.3%
- #55 Spooky Speedrun
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Bazookafriend
Windows
This game is very difficult and very frustrating. Good luck.
Why similar: Time Attack 40.3% ★, Fast-Paced 26.8%, Difficult 22.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #56 BZZZT
61% matchVery Positive94% of 1,120 reviews2023
Dev: KO.DLLPub: CINEMAX GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Time Attack 42.6% ★, Fast-Paced 21.9%, Difficult 16.1%, Platformer 11.6%, Indie 6.4%