- #1 5 minutes
97% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
5 Minutes grants no comfort. Grants no rest. Grants no forgiveness. It is a game for those unafraid to fall a thousand times, for those who see defeat not as failure, but as an invitation. For those who seek the glory of challenging the impossible, even if they never reach it.
Why similar: Noir 26.1%, Perma Death 18.2%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Arcade 14.4%, Action 12.1%
- #2 Lemon Run
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: Joel DiabPub: Lemon Tree Studio
Windows
Hardest runner ever! Try and complete all 5 game modes that go from easy to impossible. (Legends have it that the creator of the game could only make it to 1500m in endless mode) Good luck!
Why similar: Strategy 22%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Arcade 19.2%, Action 17.3%, Casual 14.1%
- #3 闯关游戏
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: XY最右
Windows
Escape Room is a puzzle game where players need to use the mouse to trigger the mechanisms and props in the scene to help the protagonist reach the exit. game has a total of 40 levels, each with different mechanisms, props, and failure endings.
Why similar: Noir 46.5%, 2D Platformer 30.8%, Casual 11.5%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 2.6%
- #4 MMI
95% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Studio2760
Windows
Solve puzzles, rotate the level and guide the main character to the teleport.
Why similar: Noir 28.8%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Arcade 19.7%, Casual 13.4%, 2D 6.2%
- #5 Dodge It!
94% matchVery Positive90% of 921 reviews2021
Dev: samuel crevier
Windows
Do you have enough strength to be #1?
Why similar: Strategy 24%, Arcade 22.1%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Action 17.3%, 2D 7.3%
- #6 Melting Point
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: William AndersonPub: Awaken Games
Windows
Melting Point is an action puzzle game for all ages. How to Play: Run your Fire Sprite through the many puzzle levels and clear out as much Ice as you can, while keeping an eye on your health, for each Ice Block will cost you one unit of health, while Blue Ice will cost you two.
Why similar: Strategy 21.1%, Arcade 17%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Action 15.7%, Casual 12.3%
- #7 YUZA
93% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: RetroScope GM
Windows
YUZA is a game about jumping and coins!
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, 2D Platformer 22.7%, Arcade 19.4%, Action 13.9%, 2D 5.5%
- #8 HackingBul
92% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: D3VSOFT Ltd.
Windows
!BETA! - I will add something new every week! A 2D platformer is a type of video game that involves navigating a character through a series of levels or stages by jumping and running on various platforms, while avoiding obstacles and enemies.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.9%, Strategy 23.8%, Arcade 21.8%, Action 11.6%, 2D 7.2%
- #9 Forsaken Flesh
91% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: 86TIGERPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Forsaken Flesh is an unforgiving hardcore platformer game. Defeat souls with powerful bodies in search of 'keys' hidden all over the world to deal with increasingly powerful enemies, from abandoned tombs to royal palaces with kings.
Why similar: Perma Death 45.4%, 2D Platformer 32.3%, Action 7.8%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 3.7%
- #10 Fruits power UP!
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UniGames
Windows
Catch falling fruits to score big in Fruits Power Up! Dodge rotten ones, unleash Jackpots for epic point boosts, and chase high scores in this colorful arcade adventure!
Why similar: Perma Death 38.9%, 2D Platformer 27.6%, Arcade 16.5%, Casual 8.6%, 2D 5.9%
- #11 Sugar Rush
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Ahmi Games
Windows · Mac
Enter the sweet world of Sugar Rush, an action packed top-down roguelike filled with sweets and treats to empower your journey. Test your skills by facing various fruit snacks, defeating them with color instead of damage. Find the best set of treats to survive as long as possible!
Why similar: Strategy 22%, Arcade 16.9%, Action 15.6%, Casual 12.8%, Action Roguelike 11.9%
- #12 Maximum
89% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
You control an athlete whose task is to do flips back and forth. The game will be over if you land on your head. More flips in a jump - more final points.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.6%, Perma Death 24.2%, Arcade 22.7%, Casual 15.8%, 2D 6.9%
- #13 Space Ape
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: nonPareil Institute
Windows
How far can you take Dimitri the Russian Space Ape on his arcade adventure!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.6%, Arcade 24.3%, Action 20.1%, Casual 16.6%, 2D 7.9%
- #14 SpiderAttack
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Seebacher NorbertPub: indépendant
Windows
You are a spider who must capture insects for food, the goal of the game with your web that you weave and to bring the insects as close as possible to their respective colored web so that it is captured.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 33.4%, Arcade 28.8%, Action 23%, 2D 9.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #15 BATOUTTAHELL!
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ovvl
Windows
A minimal two-key action game where you weave through a torrent of fiery brimstone and even deadlier hazards to escape the infernal grasp of the underworld.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.1%, Arcade 22.4%, Action 18.6%, Casual 15.1%, 2D 7.4%
- #16 YTBB
86% matchMixed58% of 1,848 reviews2022
Dev: 套鹿工作室Pub: 波克城市
Windows
一款横版平台动作游戏,通过跳跃和攻击来达到终点,并体验形形色色“有味道”的环境和敌人们
Why similar: Noir 48.7%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Action 20.1%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 3%
- #17 ChicScape
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
A miniature arcade survival game as a chicken in a poultry farm. Climb the walls making long and short jumps from left to right and from right to the left to escape from the huge blade and avoid the chicken soup.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.5%, Arcade 20.9%, Casual 16.9%, Action 16%, Survival 6.3%
- #18 SHAPE HUNTER
85% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: MotiyaGames
Windows
SHAPE HUNTER is a 2D roguelike action game in which players defeat an infinite number of monsters.
Why similar: Noir 33.6%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Action 16.5%, Roguelike 12.6%, Action Roguelike 6.8%
- #19 TACS Classic Collection
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TACSPub: Rock It Games
Windows
Explore ten unique and quirky games from the vaults of PlayStation Mobile, preserved in the TACS Classic Collection.
Why similar: Arcade 29.3%, Action 25.5%, Casual 13.4%, Strategy 13%, 2D 10.4%
- #20 Colorful Colore
84% matchVery Positive97% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Colorful Colore is a Puzzle Labyrinth game, where your objective is to get in the exit matching the correct colors in the way.
Why similar: Strategy 26%, 2D Platformer 24.8%, Arcade 21.7%, Casual 13.5%, 2D 7.8%
- #21 CerbCade
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cerberus Games
Windows
Two games in one hellish arcade — and every future update is free. HELLFALL: swing, grapple, and stomp through 45 levels across the 9 circles of Hell while Cerberus watches. GRAVE SHIFT: hold the graveyard against endless undead waves — every bullet costs gold.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.1%, Arcade 22.6%, Action 18.8%, Casual 15.3%, Action Roguelike 10%
- #22 Dragon Fishing
82% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Vantan Game Academy
Windows
戦艦で巨龍を討つ海上ハンティングアクションゲーム! 強力な武器でドラゴンに反撃し、クレーンを使った電撃攻撃で大ダメージを狙え!迫力の戦闘と討伐の達成感を楽しもう!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 36.1%, Action 26.4%, Casual 20.9%, 2D 10%, Indie 4.1%
- #23 Crooked
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: indie-dir
Windows
Climb five venues of underground rock-paper-scissors — by cheating. Peek at throws, distract the ref, bribe the house, break a finger. Read every hustler's tell, bet on every match in the room, and whatever you do — don't get caught. A noir roguelite where the only rule is: don't get caught.
Why similar: Noir 53.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Casual 13.3%, Roguelike 7.7%, 2D 3.3%
- #24 Shadow Dash
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Radar
Windows
Shadow Dash is a retro 2D action platformer with pixel-art characters on oil painting backgrounds and changing game controls.
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, 2D Platformer 23.9%, Arcade 15.9%, Casual 13%, Strategy 12%
- #25 Failed Ninja Academy
81% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Jonah Morris
Windows
In this 2D platformer Ninja game slash through falling objects and pass each level to get closer to becoming a certified Ninja once again!
Why similar: Arcade 20.7%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Action 18.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Casual 15.2%
- #26 Penguin Escape
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: MauroPub: Santos
Windows
Penguin Escape is a fun and challenging game to play, simply collect all the items in order to move to the next phase, just do not get caught, use portals and platforms for your advantage
Why similar: Strategy 21.7%, 2D Platformer 21%, Arcade 18%, Action 15.4%, Casual 12.6%
- #27 Jumppass 2
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: doabbPub: doabb games
Windows
A casual 2D game where you descend while collecting mandarins and avoiding obstacles. Faster and more challenging than the first game.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 36%, Arcade 31.1%, Casual 22.8%, 2D 10%
- #28 Evil Pongon Game
76% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: PongonPub: guy in basement studios
Windows
A fast-paced 2D platformer where you dash, wall-jump, and speedrun through levels while avoiding enemies that steal your riches. Shatter hourglasses to trigger countdown escapes from the wall-phasing ENPHOSO, and face bosses in Undertale-style bullet-hell battles.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.3%, Arcade 22.6%, Action 18.3%, Casual 15%, Strategy 8.6%
- #29 Pokka Man
79% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Tumico Studio
Windows
Pokka Man is a kidfriendly game for everybody. But a real challenge for the Retro classic gamers. Pokka Man Arcade is fun, challening and a difficult platform survival game. You begin at the top and you have to go down as far as possible through the dangerous obstacles. Reach the highest level with your skills.
Why similar: Strategy 30.1%, Action 19.3%, Casual 16.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Indie 9.1%
- #30 Paper Planets
80% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Wiseman
Windows
Paper Planets is a retro style rogue-like space shooter. Players fight as long as they can, then upgrade their ship and try again.
Why similar: Perma Death 34.6%, Arcade 18.8%, Action 17.6%, Casual 15.1%, Indie 7.9%
- #31 Kollidoskop!
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Interrit
Windows
While the Space Race is winding down, the Ministry of Education of USSR aims to bring particle physics to the masses by commissioning a video arcade game. 40 years later you finally get to play it.
Why similar: Strategy 25.4%, Action 24%, Casual 22.1%, Arcade 17.5%, Indie 10.9%
- #32 Blob's Adventure
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Squatting MonkeysPub: Ascendant Digital
Windows
Guide your bouncy hero, Blob, through a series of challenging levels! Navigate carefully to avoid dangerous spikes and other traps as you aim to reach the flag and complete each stage!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 41.5%, Arcade 28.4%, Casual 17.3%, 2D 9.3%, Adventure 2%
- #33 Wind Jumper
78% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
Wind Jumper - is a dynamic arcade game with a side view. You control a ball flying through obstacles. By keeping the ball in the air, you throw it higher or let it fall a little.
Why similar: Perma Death 32.1%, Arcade 22%, Casual 18.5%, Action 17.8%, Adventure 5%
- #34 BarginToWin
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: mike9973Pub: SpaceFlyTeam
Windows
BarginToWin is trade bargain simulation game that you buy cheap and sell for profit!
Why similar: Arcade 26%, Strategy 24.8%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Casual 18.5%, 2D 5.7%
- #35 Jeff: The Hungry Fish
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: AQMeg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jeff: The Hungry Fish is a single-player mode, aquatic themed arcade-style game where you play as a hungry little fish. Prey on other fishes or be preyed on instead. Evade predators as you dine until you can eat the predators themselves. Rise above the food chain and become the apex predator!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.7%, Arcade 24.7%, Casual 16.2%, Roguelike 13.3%, Action 9%
- #36 Poor Thief
74% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Rawi Studio
Windows
We’re guiding a thief to steal diamonds on the ground, earning points as we steal diamonds, but constantly being chased by the police.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.4%, Arcade 22.9%, Action 20.9%, Casual 17%, 2D 6.6%
- #37 Dead By Murder
75% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bmovie gamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
“Dead By Murder”, is a murder mystery strategy game, where the user plays as a police detective and must solve a series of homicide cases.
Why similar: Noir 57.8%, Strategy 28%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #38 Combat Medic
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gavin HallidayPub: J and G Studios
Windows
Combat Medic is a top-down 2D game where you play as a combat medic. Traverse the battlefield avoiding the hale of incoming enemy fire, make use of your medical tools and use your knowledge to save the lives of fallen soldiers before they succumb to one of their many possible injuries.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.6%, Arcade 23.8%, Action 20.2%, Casual 16.4%, 2D 7.7%
- #39 Circoid
73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: ABTEL STUDIOPub: Cannibal Capybaras
Windows
One-button precise, dynamic 2D platformer. Collect pixels, open doors, avoid obstacles and enemies. Find your way to the finals and unlock the next levels.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 37.8%, Arcade 25.8%, Action 16.6%, 2D 9.3%, Casual 6%
- #40 Cloud Bashers DX
73% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2021
Dev: Shattered Journal Games
Windows · Mac
So, you wanna bash some clouds huh? Go through 10 worlds each with different cloud types and a boss that's out to take you down. Bash them all with your trusty bat and take back the skies!
Why similar: Arcade 38.8%, Action 22%, Casual 19.3%, 2D 13.4%, Indie 4.1%
- #41 Xargon Remake Ep.2
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: J.Xargon
Windows
A remake of the classic 1993 DOS video game Xargon.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 40.2%, Arcade 28.3%, Action 16.9%, 2D 9.9%, Indie 3.1%
- #42 Wild boar survival
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: PlayBear
Windows
Survive for a long time against endless waves of wild boars with the lonely protagonist. Then, set your best score and brag to your friends.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.2%, Arcade 27.5%, Casual 19.3%, 2D 9.1%, Survival 8.1%
- #43 Flame Tale
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 30Gold
Windows
Flame Tale is a 2D fantasy platform game. Ride the wind, block the rain.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 38.6%, Arcade 20.1%, Casual 16.1%, Strategy 10.5%, 2D 5.1%
- #44 Bunker Down
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Brett Schlereth
Windows · Linux
Bunker Down is a bomb-survival genre game set in an apocalyptic city. The city is being overrun with aliens and you have to make your way to the bunker deep underground. Throw bombs being dropped from the sky to avoid your doom.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.7%, Arcade 22.9%, Action 18.1%, Casual 14.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #45 Muezza Pill Dash
69% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Muezza
Windows
Help Muezza take her cortison pills in time! A cozy, fast-paced mini game inspired by classic Snake — start slow, speed up with every pill, and don’t let the timer run out.
Why similar: Strategy 25.9%, Arcade 20.1%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Casual 15.7%, Action 10.2%
- #46 Lunar Lander
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flawed Spoon Software
Windows
Lunar Lander is a classic arcade style plat-former complete with online leaderboards.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.5%, Arcade 32.6%, Casual 16.3%, 2D 10%, Indie 3.4%
- #47 Toon Tumble
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: basement queuing game studio
Windows
"Toon Tumble" is a side-scrolling runner game with beautiful graphics. The game adopts a cartoon-style screen, and players need to jump continuously, pass through various organs and obstacles, and finally reach the end point.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.5%, Arcade 28.3%, Casual 22.4%, 2D 9%, Adventure 6%
- #48 Cosmic Cavern 3671 宇宙最大の地底最大の作戦
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Mindware
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cosmic Cavern was published in July 1980 by Takaya Arita, currently a professor at Nagoya University. This “Tactical Digging Game,” which existed two years prior to Dig Dug as the original sandbox game, has now been dramatically powered up!
Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, Arcade 24%, Action 19.9%, Casual 17.8%, Indie 9%
- #49 Dispersion
70% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Roew RewkPub: RoewRe
Windows
Dispersion - is a fast paced arcade game where you control a ball. Break the golden orbs to earn points, but if you get to other objects, you will immediately lose. How many gold orbs can you break?
Why similar: Perma Death 50.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Casual 11.5%, Action 9.1%, 2D 8.1%
- #50 A Strange City
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Run and shoot to escape from the mechanical fish.
Why similar: Noir 45.9%, Arcade 20.9%, Action 15.6%, Casual 15.3%, Adventure 1.3%
- #51 钟馗-地府的斩鬼剑/ZhongKui-Netherblade
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MEWSTURBOPub: TurboCatSoftware
Windows
"Zhong Kui - Netherblade" is a highly maneuverable action roguelike game. Players assume the role of Zhong Kui, a deity descended into the underworld, battling waves of demons and monsters, upgrading their Devil-Slaying Sword, and ultimately defeating the mastermind behind the scenes.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Perma Death 18.1%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Arcade 13.4%, Action Roguelike 9%
- #52 Vortex
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Josh Woolley
Windows
Welcome to the VortexLabs testing facility. Here we will test your ability to solve various puzzles in order for you to make your escape.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 34.8%, Strategy 23.3%, Arcade 21.6%, Casual 10.7%, 2D 7.4%
- #53 Stretchy-Man: The Video Game
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: JaxGames
Windows · Mac
Stretchy-Man is a physics based puzzle game. Earths mightiest super hero Super-Duper-Man has been captured by the villain Evil-Man, leaving it up to the unlikely hero Stretchy-Man to save the world from destruction. Will you be able to stop Evil-Man before its too late?
Why similar: Strategy 23.6%, Arcade 19.9%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Action 16.7%, Casual 13.7%
- #54 Popfall Arena
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PORTAL351 STUDIOS
Windows
Popfall Arena is a fast-paced action arcade game set in an arena filled with colorful balloons. Pop the bouncing balloons, collect power-ups, and fight to survive for the highest score!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.2%, Arcade 26.7%, Action 14.3%, Casual 11.8%, 2D 9.4%
- #55 Feral Flowers
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: STARRIVER
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quick-fire permadeath platformer for hay fever haters
Why similar: Perma Death 35.3%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Arcade 15.3%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Action 7.5%
- #56 Dittung Dittung
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Horpan
Windows
Dittung Dittung is a 2D stealth action game where Pippi, an adorable penguin, sneaks into a seal's hideout to reclaim the fish they stole from her colony. Use Pippi's unique penguin movements, hide using the environment, and outsmart dangerous predators to take back what's yours!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 36.3%, Strategy 27.1%, Action 13.2%, Casual 11.3%, 2D 8.2%
- #57 Spitshot
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Netnip Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spitshot is a casual indie arcade game where you spit on various targets to obtain high scores.
Why similar: Arcade 33.2%, Casual 26.2%, Action 17%, 2D 11.7%, Indie 9.1%
- #58 RIDLE
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Local Ring
Windows
RIDLE is a 2D action game where you run around the stage in all directions.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 38%, Action 25.6%, Indie 13.1%, 2D 12.8%, Casual 7.9%
- #59 Culinary Conquest
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GambitoPub: cyphorto
Windows
Battle as countries in this culinary roguelike! Build your fighter through endless runs, earning permanent buffs and debuffs. Take your evolved chef into ranked PvP and climb the leaderboards. Every run shapes your legacy!
Why similar: Strategy 22.8%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Action 16.1%, Casual 13.2%, Action Roguelike 12.4%
- #60 Lost Sea
67% matchMixed63% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
After a freak storm over the Atlantic, you find yourself stranded on the shores of a mysterious island. Do you have what it takes to escape the Lost Sea?
Why similar: Perma Death 54.3%, Action 18.9%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Indie 8.5%, Adventure 5.2%