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 47.7%, Platformer 17%, Difficult 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developer, this is the definitive precision platformer that shares the same DNA of brutal difficulty and tight controls.

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 34%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Difficult 19.5%, Platformer 14.4%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A gold standard for the genre that combines challenging, screen-by-screen platforming with a deeply emotional narrative.

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 30.8%, Platformer 29.5%, Difficult 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features incredibly tight platforming mechanics and a shifting world that rewards player skill and reflexes.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.6%, Platformer 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Difficult 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, gravity-flipping precision platformer that captures the same 'die-and-retry' intensity as The End Is Nigh.

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 38.5%, Platformer 21.4%, Difficult 15.2%, Indie 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers high-energy, fast-paced 2D platforming with a chaotic, cartoony aesthetic that keeps the adrenaline high.

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 45.3%, Difficult 29.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Indie 3.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A test of patience and precision where every single jump carries the risk of losing all your progress.

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 48.4%, Difficult 26%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 4%, Action 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses purely on momentum and physics-based precision, offering thousands of levels that demand absolute mastery of movement.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 49.4%, Platformer 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Difficult 12.7%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-speed, flow-based precision platforming with a fantastic soundtrack and satisfying, clean mechanics.

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 38.9%, Platformer 22.2%, Difficult 18.7%, Indie 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure, minimalist precision platformer that strips away the fluff to focus entirely on difficult, rewarding level design.

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 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 25.2%, Difficult 21.4%, Precision Platformer 17.3%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, music-synced platformer that features brutal difficulty and a vibrant, chaotic visual style.

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 48.1%, Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast, punishing, and addictive vertical platformer that demands quick reflexes and constant movement.

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 28.8%, Platformer 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric metroidvania that emphasizes challenging combat and precise platforming within a grim world.

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 34.1%, Platformer 24.8%, Difficult 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, one-hit-death action game that shares the dark, atmospheric tone and fast-paced trial-and-error gameplay.

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 44.8%, Difficult 18%, Platformer 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A punishing platformer that uses your own corpses as platforms, echoing the dark humor and death-centric mechanics of the seed game.

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%, Platformer 24.8%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, death-filled platformer that leans into the frustration of failure with a darkly comedic tone.

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 54.1%, Difficult 13.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, two-button precision platformer that forces you to master its unconventional control scheme to survive.

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 40.8%, Difficult 23.2%, Platformer 20.3%, Indie 4%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled, unforgiving precision platformer that focuses on short, intense bursts of gameplay.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 50.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Difficult 11.9%, Platformer 8.1%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A trippy, rhythmic precision platformer that challenges your spatial awareness with its circular, nested level design.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.9%, Difficult 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Indie 5.8%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, difficult, and pixel-perfect action game that emphasizes movement and timing.

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

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%, Difficult 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging exploration-focused platformer that rewards precision and persistence in its boss fights.

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 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A souls-like platformer with a dark aesthetic that demands precision in both combat and traversal.

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.6%, Difficult 25.7%, Platformer 21.2%, Indie 3.6%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A massive, challenging precision-metroidvania that requires extreme platforming skill to navigate its sprawling world.

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 26.2%, Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Indie 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based puzzles with platforming in a dark, sci-fi setting that requires creative movement.

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 36.7%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Indie 15.8%, Action 11.8%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action platformer that emphasizes dodging and precision shooting during intense boss encounters.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.1%, Difficult 26.7%, Platformer 9.2%, Dark 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%

C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

Why similar: Difficult 34.3%, Platformer 29.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, 2D 4.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features tight, responsive controls and retro charm, offering a polished platforming experience with a distinct personality.

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 28.5%, Great Soundtrack 26.2%, Platformer 22.6%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, retro-inspired platformer that focuses on tight level design and challenging obstacles.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.4%, Indie 14.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A clever, short-form adventure that uses a unique time-loop mechanic to create a sense of urgency and constant trial-and-error.

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 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

"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 30.1%, Difficult 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic, punishing platformer that revels in its own difficulty and retro-inspired level design.

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 58.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Funny 8.5%, Indie 5.6%, Adventure 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where dying is the only way to progress, perfectly matching the morbid humor of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 58.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Difficult 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, high-pressure platformer that forces you to complete levels under extreme time constraints.

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 41.7%, Difficult 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Indie 6.6%, Platformer 5.5%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 38%, Difficult 27.5%, Platformer 20.6%, Adventure 4%, Action 2.6%

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Difficult 32.9%, Platformer 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%, Indie 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

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 43.2%, Platformer 21%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 6.4%

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: Indie 19%, Platformer 18.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Action 11.7%

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%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 7.7%, 2D 6.4%, Action 3.7%

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

Why similar: Platformer 62.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, 2D 7.3%, Action 7.1%, Funny 3.6%

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 32.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.

Why similar: Platformer 30%, Indie 14.8%, Dark 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, 2D 9.7%

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 41.7%, Difficult 23.2%, Platformer 21.9%, Indie 4.1%, 2D 3.5%

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 22.4%, Platformer 21.4%, Difficult 19.6%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 9.9%

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 18.9%, 2D 3.4%, Funny 2.5%

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 42.3%, Difficult 23.4%, Platformer 19%, 2D 3.4%, Indie 3.4%

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 51.4%, Difficult 15.6%, Platformer 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Indie 5.2%

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 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.4%

Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.4%, Difficult 26.2%, Platformer 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Adventure 3.4%

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Platformer 43.2%, Great Soundtrack 30.1%, Indie 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 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%, Difficult 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Adventure 7.2%

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 37.5%, Difficult 19.5%, Platformer 19.4%, Adventure 4%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Difficult 23.7%, Platformer 23.6%, Indie 7.2%, Action 4.6%

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 32.2%, 2D 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Adventure 4.5%

Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 64.1%, Platformer 26.8%, Difficult 4%, 2D Platformer 1.6%, Indie 1.3%

An insanely difficult precision platformer

Why similar: Precision Platformer 44.9%, Difficult 29.6%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D 4%, Adventure 3.9%

A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.

Why similar: Platformer 50.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Funny 7.9%, 2D 6.7%

Rage in Peace is a story-driven action adventure with elements of surprise and memorization. Unravel the last day of Timmy's life, as he races against time to get back home and fulfill his sole dream of dying peacefully in his pajamas, in the warmth of home, in peace, and with no drama.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.2%, Difficult 29.9%, Indie 7.9%, Adventure 6.3%, Action 5.3%

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

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.2%, Difficult 24.4%, Platformer 21%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Indie 3.1%

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Why similar: Platformer 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Difficult 15.5%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 9.7%

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Platformer 11.1%, Indie 10%