Games Like The End Is Nigh

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 46.8%, Difficult 17.5%, Platformer 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: As a spiritual predecessor, it defines the high-speed, instant-respawn precision platforming genre.

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 33.8%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 14.2%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers refined, challenging platforming mechanics paired with a deeply emotional narrative and tight controls.

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 45.2%, Difficult 29.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Indie 3.5%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the intense, punishing nature of precision platforming where every single jump carries massive risk.

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: Great Soundtrack 31.2%, Platformer 28.9%, Difficult 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides tight, responsive movement mechanics within a retro-inspired world that demands high skill.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.1%, Platformer 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Difficult 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features minimalist, screen-based platforming that relies on gravity manipulation and extreme precision.

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 48.3%, Difficult 26.1%, Platformer 15.6%, Indie 3.9%, Action 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A pure, physics-based precision platformer that focuses on momentum and minimalist level design.

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 47.9%, Difficult 16.7%, Platformer 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 4.3%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, action-oriented platformer that rewards precision and quick reflexes in a vertical descent.

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 38.8%, Platformer 22.2%, Difficult 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features short, punchy levels that emphasize speed and pixel-perfect platforming 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: Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Platformer 25.9%, Difficult 21.3%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, music-synced platformer that demands rhythmic precision and quick reactions.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 49%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Platformer 16.3%, Difficult 12.8%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-speed platforming with a rhythmic, stylish flow and a fantastic soundtrack.

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 25.1%, Platformer 24.5%, Precision Platformer 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, death-heavy platformer that shares the same dark humor and masocore DNA as the seed game.

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 45.6%, Difficult 17.6%, Platformer 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses death as a core mechanic, allowing players to use their corpses to overcome difficult obstacles.

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 40.5%, Difficult 23%, Platformer 20.2%, Indie 3.8%, Adventure 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, screen-by-screen platformer that mirrors the brutal challenge of the seed game.

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 54%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a unique two-button control scheme to create a challenging and minimalist platforming experience.

Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 8.1%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending, hypnotic precision platformer with a unique circular level design and great music.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 58.7%, Platformer 12.4%, Difficult 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-pressure platformer that forces players to navigate traps with extreme speed.

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

Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Difficult 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides challenging platforming and exploration in a dense, atmospheric pixel-art world.

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 39.5%, Platformer 21%, Difficult 14.9%, Indie 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, chaotic 2D platformer that rewards momentum and precise movement through its levels.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.9%, Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 19%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features instant-death mechanics and high-speed, precision-based combat that feels very similar to masocore platformers.

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: Precision Platformer 43.3%, Platformer 20.6%, Difficult 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving, trap-filled platformer that requires memorization and precise timing to survive.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37%, Difficult 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Indie 5.6%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: While more combat-focused, it shares the pixel-art precision and atmospheric difficulty of the seed game.

Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.7%, Difficult 22.5%, Platformer 17%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A demanding precision platformer that features challenging boss encounters and intricate level design.

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 26.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer with fluid movement mechanics and a dark, atmospheric sci-fi setting.

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Platformer 36.8%, Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Indie 15.2%, Action 11.8%, 2D 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fast-paced, acrobatic action and tight controls that demand constant movement and precision.

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 44%, Platformer 20.6%, Indie 9.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging exploration platformer that focuses on tight movement and overcoming difficult environmental hazards.

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

Why similar: Difficult 40.9%, Platformer 39.8%, Indie 6.1%, 2D 4.4%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes platformer where every mistake is a learning opportunity within a complex, procedural world.

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Difficult 64.6%, Platformer 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological challenge and extreme precision required to overcome difficult, physics-based movement.

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 45.7%, Indie 13.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique 60-second life loop that forces players to master precise routes and quick decision-making.

"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 29.9%, Difficult 27.8%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to difficult, retro-style platforming that emphasizes trial-and-error gameplay.

A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.1%, Difficult 26.6%, Platformer 9.2%, Dark 5%, Pixel Graphics 4%

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.2%, Difficult 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Indie 6.2%, Platformer 5.4%

A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.

Why similar: Platformer 29.9%, Difficult 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 4.9%

An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.6%, Difficult 26.7%, Platformer 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

Why similar: Difficult 25.7%, Platformer 22.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Indie 6.7%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Difficult 32.8%, Platformer 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 8%, Indie 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

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: Difficult 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Platformer 22.6%, Indie 10%, Adventure 8.7%

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

Why similar: Platformer 62.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Action 7.1%, 2D 6.9%, Funny 3.5%

The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Great Soundtrack 22.6%, Indie 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

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: Great Soundtrack 33.8%, Platformer 30.1%, Difficult 8.3%, Indie 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Difficult 28.7%, Platformer 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, 2D 5.7%

Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.

Why similar: Platformer 32.2%, Difficult 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Adventure 7.1%

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Platformer 19.6%, Indie 18%, Adventure 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Action 11.7%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.1%, Difficult 28.1%, Platformer 20.5%, Adventure 3.9%, Action 2.6%

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

Why similar: Platformer 58.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Funny 8.3%, Indie 5.3%, Adventure 2.6%

Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.4%, Difficult 28.2%, Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 3.8%, Action 3.2%

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: Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Platformer 21.5%, Difficult 19.5%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 9.9%

Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Indie 13.9%, Dark 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%, 2D 9.2%

Custodian: Beginning of the End is a brutal and difficult platformer designed for caution and reaction. Explore, seek secrets and collect mechanisms to become even stronger and meet the impending End!

Why similar: Difficult 39.1%, Platformer 32.4%, 2D 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Adventure 4.5%

Run through huge multi-level locations, avoiding spikes, falling platforms, and flying blades, use double jumps, and choose your route to reach the Heart before the lights go out.

Why similar: Platformer 59.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 7.3%, 2D 6%, Action 3.7%

Arise from the dead as the 'Cursed King' in an enthralling action platformer. Wield the chains that once imprisoned you to vanquish foes and traverse your fallen kingdom. Uncover hidden areas, strategically level up, and reclaim your throne by banishing colossal bosses!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.3%, Difficult 19.5%, Platformer 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%, Adventure 4%

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 33.5%, Great Soundtrack 31.7%, Difficult 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Indie 4.6%

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.2%, Difficult 28%, Platformer 24.1%, Indie 4.7%, 2D 4.2%

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 42%, Difficult 23.2%, Platformer 18.9%, 2D 3.2%, Indie 3.2%

An platformer game about collecting stuff to bear with reality. Just like life, this game is short and meaningless, filled with existential questions of being.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.3%, Difficult 23%, Platformer 21.9%, Indie 3.9%, 2D 3.3%

No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.9%, Difficult 22.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 8.4%

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 51.2%, Difficult 15.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%, Indie 5%

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: Precision Platformer 46.4%, Platformer 21.9%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Indie 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.5%, Difficult 23%, Platformer 19%, 2D 3.2%, Funny 2.4%

Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Platformer 27.2%, Precision Platformer 24.7%, Indie 5%, 2D 4.2%