
The Helper is a fast-moving, energetic, fun and madness-packed 2D video game that allows you to play as “The Helper” (hence the name, duh!), a lad that helps The Professor by gathering Gravity Crystals for his secret experiment.
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The Helper is a fast-moving, energetic, fun and madness-packed 2D video game that allows you to play as “The Helper” (hence the name, duh!), a lad that helps The Professor by gathering Gravity Crystals for his secret experiment.

Super Sean 008: Xelar's Revenge
I'm not bald!!! Wait what? The evil bald wizard Xelar has abducted Super Sean himself this time to take revenge for all the goody goody two shoes stuff he did in Super Sean 007. Fast paced 2D platform action!

RESOURCE RECON
RESOURCE RECON is an exciting game in which you take on the role of a brave miner on a quest to find rare materials in the depths of the earth.Your main goal is to collect valuable resources and minerals that can only be found in the most dangerous and exciting places underground.
I'm not bald!!! Wait what? The evil bald wizard Xelar has abducted Super Sean himself this time to take revenge for all the goody goody two shoes stuff he did in Super Sean 007. Fast paced 2D platform action!
Why similar: Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Arcade 15.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Adventure 10.7%
RESOURCE RECON is an exciting game in which you take on the role of a brave miner on a quest to find rare materials in the depths of the earth.Your main goal is to collect valuable resources and minerals that can only be found in the most dangerous and exciting places underground.
Why similar: Platformer 16.9%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Arcade 15.8%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Casual 11.6%
LampMan! is a 2d action-platformer featuring three playable characters you can switch between at any time. Master their abilities, conquer vibrant levels, and restore light to LampWorld!
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.3%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 17.4%, Arcade 13.9%, Funny 7.6%
Lost in some mysterious facility, avoid obstacles in a parody of Flappy Bird. Purchase upgrades, equip skins, survive encounters all in order to investigate the questionable decisions behind a monopolized corporation.
Why similar: Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Arcade 17.8%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Casual 12.2%
Tap your way through never-ending staircases, racing to the top before your time runs out!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.9%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 18.1%, Casual 11.5%
Go on a little adventure with a yellow cube. This is a minimalistic platformer in which you have to collect coins on levels to get to the next level.
Why similar: Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Casual 13.5%, Adventure 13%
Serious Breakdown is a platformer, in the role of a robot, you need to clean up the levels as much as possible and get the necessary parts. Learn to dodge or kill enemies. At the end of the path, you will need to defeat the main villain of this universe.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.3%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 19%, Arcade 15%, Action 7.4%
A dynamic game with humor about the work of a firefighter.
Why similar: Platformer 19.6%, Arcade 18.7%, Side Scroller 18.6%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Action 12.5%
Dead for Dread is an exciting game in which you take on the role of a brave hero who goes into the dark labyrinths to retrieve a stolen artifact. Embark on a dangerous journey through mysterious dungeons full of mysteries and sinister creatures.
Why similar: Platformer 19.6%, Arcade 18.2%, Side Scroller 17.4%, 2D Platformer 15%, Adventure 13.6%
Unlog is a fast-paced 2D platformer about a sleepy goblin trying to escape a mysterious dream factory. Dash, wall jump and avoid the traps to get as fast as you can ! Believe us, you'll need it.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.2%, Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 17.4%, Action 10.6%
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.5%, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 18.9%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 7%
Legend has it that at the top of the mountain, there is a star that can grant any wish. Those who have tried to climb to the summit have paid a heavy price. The path to the top is treacherous. This adventure will be full of hardships and challenges each misstep will lead to a long fall.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.4%, Platformer 28.3%, 2D Platformer 15%, Adventure 13.9%, Casual 4.6%
Traverse colorful environments, battle strange animals and master the power of your suitcases to... get to work on time? Play as salaryman Takeshi Shi as you hurry to catch the bus to the office!
Why similar: Platformer 19.8%, Side Scroller 18.6%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Arcade 17.7%, Action 11.3%
An exciting and incredibly cute platformer full of parkour, puzzles, action-packed moments, and boss battles awaits you! Collect stars, unlock new abilities, discover secrets, defeat your enemies, and overcome every challenge!
Why similar: Platformer 19.1%, Side Scroller 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Arcade 12.9%
Infinite Game Cartridge Collection is a dynamic collection showcasing a growing array of small games born from game jams, unreleased projects, demos, and experimental creations.
Why similar: Platformer 17.1%, Arcade 16.1%, Side Scroller 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 10.9%
Norman is just a regular game dev who jumped inside his own game to test it — and now he must fix bugs in the most unexpected way possible: by playing crazy minigames from within the code!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 17%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Adventure 12.5%
A fun and simple 2D platformer game about a duck named Scruffles. Fight your way through 10 levels with a smooth feeling movement system.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.3%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 18.7%, Arcade 15%, Action 6.2%
(This game was created as both a proof of concept and game design showcase) A 2D action showcase for players new to video games.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.3%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 15.4%, Action 11.9%, Arcade 11.5%
You have to play as a little boy who found himself on an unknown and forgotten planet, now you need to do everything to leave it.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.9%, Platformer 18.7%, 2D Platformer 18%, Arcade 17.7%, Casual 11.4%
Rope Guy - A platformer game where you tie two different objects with a rope and teleport them between each other. Pass levels by collecting keys to doors using unique mechanics and solving difficult puzzles.
Why similar: Side Scroller 35%, 2D Platformer 24.4%, Arcade 19.1%, Casual 6.3%, Action 5%
Welcome to Crazy Indian! Discover an interesting world filled with traps!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.2%, Platformer 20.1%, Arcade 18.8%, Casual 13.2%, Adventure 12.8%
Splood is a side-view game where the player controls a little sorceress, using her staff she shoots clots of paint, which pushes her off and flies between platforms, passing level after level.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.4%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 19.2%, Arcade 14.1%, Casual 3.7%
A hardcore pixel-art platformer where you control a cat with 9 lives per level. Dodge deadly traps, survive precision jumps, and restart from scratch if you fail. Master fast-paced challenges and escape — or lose all your lives trying.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.1%, Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 17.9%, Action 10.8%
A pixel art story platformer game that blends classic gameplay with heartfelt storytelling. Jump, explore, and uncover secrets in a charming retro world where every challenge brings you closer to the characters and the mysteries they hold.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Casual 11.9%
Say helloaphant to jmtb02’s classic series of elephant games–now remastered into one elephant-sized package!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.5%, Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 16.6%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Adventure 11.3%
Wuhan Clan is a retro inspired pixel art platformer with a modern twist!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.7%, Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Arcade 17.4%, Casual 10.6%
Bigflo, Oli, and McFly & Carlito must find a mysterious jar of chestnut cream in a crazy 2D platform game! Switch heroes at each level, face mini-bosses, and embark on a speedrun!
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.8%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 18.1%, Arcade 14.2%, Action 6.9%
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: Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Arcade 18.6%, Action 12.4%, Casual 11.5%
An innocent-looking platformer. Jump, collect, progress. But something feels off. Levels shift, sounds distort, the screen... reacts. This is more than just a game. How far are you willing to go?
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.9%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 19.4%, Arcade 15.4%, Adventure 7.2%
Arena Battle is a strategy skirmish in minimalist graphics. Thinking strategically, you will achieve victory and complete level after level, meeting more difficult challenges.
Why similar: Platformer 22.3%, Arcade 21.7%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Adventure 17.1%, Action 14.1%
Deathchron is an action side scroller where you play as a kid that finds an amazing mech to save the world.
Why similar: Platformer 19.3%, Side Scroller 18.1%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Arcade 17.4%, Adventure 11.8%
Take Pippu on an epic platforming adventure to defeat the nefarious Obkins and retrieve the stolen Baubles!
Why similar: Side Scroller 28%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 19.8%, Funny 12%, Action 6.8%
You may think that this is nonsense, but the more I talk, the better you will be able to understand me.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 25%, Arcade 19.7%, Side Scroller 19.1%, Platformer 16.3%, Adventure 7.9%
Your mission is to destroy the tank master, can you do it? Shoot yourself through various levels and collect coins. Be careful, if you die you lose some of them. Find the hidden emeralds and use them to upgrade your tank.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.3%, Platformer 19.4%, Arcade 17.5%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Adventure 8.4%
The fate of his brother in danger, May is going to be a dangerous journey.
Why similar: Platformer 20.2%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Arcade 14.5%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Casual 8.5%
A precision-based vertical platformer inspired by Jump King, where you charge jumps to climb a deep pit, risk losing progress with massive falls and no checkpoints, avoid hostile water snakes, earn rewards from failure, and leverage deeper, cheaper shops to push higher through skill and persistence.
Why similar: Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Action 14%, Casual 12.3%
In this family-friendly 2-d action game, you are a bear dodging green bunnies and collecting delicious candy. You're running over bricks, climbing up ladders, traversing bars, floating on moving platforms, and pushing crates to reach the next level. Includes over 240 levels for hours of fun.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23%, Side Scroller 22.8%, Platformer 16.8%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 8.2%
A chaotic co-op party game for two to four players. You and your friends are interplanetary repair technicians: fix broken machines, tackle tool-based minigames, and try to work together… before the situation spirals out of control.
Why similar: Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 17.5%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Arcade 16.5%, Action 10.1%
A thrilling 2D platformer, with cute and minimal pixel art style! Enjoy 24 challenging levels and a couple boss battles, all wrapped in a short but intense story with animated cinematics. A compact and intense experience that’s sure to keep you hooked!
Why similar: Side Scroller 24%, Platformer 20.5%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Adventure 13%, Casual 10.8%
Help Terry Poorflyer escape an island ruled by evil crabs! Inspired by retro side-scrolling platformers, Terry Poorflyer adds own "stomp" flair to it, handled by physics engine more advanced than in HL3! (or, at least at the time this description has been written)
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.5%, Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Funny 8.1%
Play this classic timed platformer alone or with friends and try to place your best times as high as possible on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.8%, Platformer 21%, Arcade 19.8%, 2D Platformer 19.8%, Casual 12.2%
『250ms2』 is a platform game that tests the player's reaction speed. The name '250ms' refers to the average human reaction time. Players progress through stages by quickly defeating various enemies.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.1%, Platformer 22.8%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Arcade 12.3%, Casual 8.5%
Introducing Rectangle Guy, a brand new game by The Bare Minimum Studios. Rectangle Guy (game) features Rectangle Guy (character) in this platforming adventure! With many challenging levels and exciting boss fights, there's no shortage of things to do and see in this wacky game.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.2%, Platformer 22%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 12.5%
A speed-based platformer with throwable platforms! Travel through the dangers in the woods as a fox boy to join afternoon tea with Mr. Bear.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.2%, 2D Platformer 22.7%, Platformer 20.6%, Action 7.3%, Adventure 7.1%
Bluravity is a 2D gravity platformer featuring a small block protagonist
Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.2%, Arcade 18.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%
Freddy's daughter has been kidnapped by an evil dragon. To rescue her, he must cross the entire kingdom taking some ingredients with which to make a magic potion, but it won't be easy, they must be collected in a specific order and Freddy will have to overcome the dangers he finds in his path.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.3%, Arcade 20.3%, 2D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 5.7%
Roguelite: Square Run is a side scrolling game platformer where you collect coins while the platforms disappear behind you. You can purchase upgrades in the in-game shop to increase your jump height and base speed along with abilities to help you go further. new upgrades will be added.
Why similar: Platformer 21.8%, Arcade 20.1%, Side Scroller 19.3%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Casual 12.7%
A fast-paced 2D platformer in which you play as the titular antivirus Zoomcat - dashing, leaping and sliding across cyberspace to catch ever more agile and clever viruses. Will you be the fastest cat on the leaderboards?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 17.8%, Arcade 16.3%, Platformer 15.8%, Funny 11.1%
Rugösi is a very short game - just like our lives. Professor Alveus and Professor Vox invite you to play through the test chambers and compete against others in the Steam leaderboards.
Why similar: Platformer 21.9%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Funny 13.2%, Arcade 10%
Love the golden age of 2D platformers? Jolly Land Adventure brings back the joy of smooth jumps, colorful worlds, and creative levels in a fresh and accessible way. Whether you're a longtime platformer fan or new to the genre, there’s plenty to enjoy!
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.6%, Platformer 25.8%, 2D Platformer 24%, Adventure 7.4%, Action 6.9%
Lost Girl Platformer is a thrilling 2D platform game where you play as a courageous girl. Your task is to jump from platform to platform to survive and escape. But be careful: time is limited, and every jump must be precise!
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.6%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 17.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Casual 6.7%
Get your Bounce On! Roll and bounce your way through 75 challenging platform levels on your adventure home. Each world offers multiple paths for completion, but you can also explore each level to find all the secrets!
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.9%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Platformer 21.2%, Funny 9.9%, Action 7.7%
How fast can you beat Ponk's Jam? Join Ponk on an adventure across the entire Ponk World, fighting small enemies and big bosses! Race to get the best time, the quicker the time means the bigger the winner. Beating the game under a certain time could crown you the best Ponker ever!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.7%, Arcade 21.2%, Funny 15.4%, Platformer 15.4%, Adventure 12.4%
Wonder Boy Returns Remix is remaked by remix with original Wonder Boy and Wonder Boy Returns Released 13 Oct, 2016 in steam.
Why similar: Platformer 32.6%, Side Scroller 22.9%, Arcade 15.5%, Action 13.6%, Casual 13%
🎄Inspired by the nostalgic and magical feeling of Christmas as a kid, you'll feel immersed in a fantasy world reminiscent of those classic 2-D platformers you loved to play growing up.🎄
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.8%, Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Arcade 16%, Adventure 8%
Bogyi and his friends count on you! Evil monsters invaded the candy world and stole all the candies. But you and our heroes are here to save their candy world! Use their powers to destroy the monsters in this cozy 2D adventure game!
Why similar: Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 19%, Arcade 18.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Casual 11.7%
BOOOOST!!!! is a skill-based, sci-fi themed action platformer with some narrative driven elements and some minor puzzle elements.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.8%, Platformer 23.3%, Arcade 18.7%, Action 8.3%, Casual 8%
The Incredible Friends - Crazy platformer shooter where players must destroy all the dead at unusual levels
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.8%, Platformer 21.2%, Arcade 16.8%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 12.2%
Aidan in Danger is a retro-style 2D platform game. The player takes on the role of Aidan, the guardian of the last dragon. Face challenging levels, menacing creatures, and an interdimensional villain, all while enjoying beautiful graphics and an exciting soundtrack.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.7%, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 17.7%, Arcade 14.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Immerse yourself in the adventure of Paper Pilot, where you control the "Paper Pilot" through 15 unique levels. Collect star boxes to unlock new levels. Beware, your gun can overheat! Develop a strategy to navigate this adventure successfully.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.5%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 19%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 6.6%