- #1 Utomah
97% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: REDACTEDPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Utomah is a 2D platformer in which the player navigates through a nightmarish world. Grapple, latch, and dash through incredible environments, discovering the darkness of one's inner mind, encountering true horrors along the way. Prepare to push your skills to the limit!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.2%, Surreal 15.9%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 11%
- #2 Primal Light
96% matchVery Positive81% of 420 reviews2020
Dev: Fat Gem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16%, Precision Platformer 15.1%, Difficult 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Old School 11.4%
- #3 Eldritchvania
96% matchVery Positive85% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.6%, Difficult 25.6%, Platformer 16.5%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #4 World of One
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Difficult 16.3%, Dark 13%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Horror 10.9%
- #5 Voidwrought
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 941 reviews2024
Dev: PowersnakePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Dark 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Platformer 9.3%
- #6 Haunted Lands
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: alevgorPub: Alawar
Windows
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
Why similar: Side Scroller 15.2%, Difficult 14.4%, Old School 13.6%, Retro 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #7 Dream Alone
94% matchMixed58% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Play2ChillPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!
Why similar: Difficult 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Precision Platformer 12.9%, Dark 10.3%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
- #8 Zapling Bygone
92% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.3%, Horror 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Atmospheric 10%
- #9 Triple Take
91% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAway StudiosPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Triple Take is a fast 2D precision platformer where the stage evolves as you complete it! Run, wall jump, climb and swim through increasing difficult levels in vibrant colored worlds!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Old School 10.5%, Horror 10%, Retro 8.6%
- #10 Skautfold: Usurper
91% matchMixed69% of 342 reviews2018
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Usurper is a Metroidvania Action-RPG. With Eldritch horrors having been unleashed by the outer-worldly Citadel, your job is to rid London of its terrors. Use the new "Guard" system that rewards skillful play and accuracy, to uncover the massive structure and defeat the nightmares lurking within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 75.2%, Platformer 9.6%, Action 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #11 GRIME
90% matchVery Positive85% of 6,541 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Difficult 19.9%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Surreal 18.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Dark 11%
- #12 Endoparasitic 2
89% matchVery Positive87% of 631 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.7%, Horror 16.5%, Action-Adventure 8%, Dark 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #13 Elderand
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 787 reviews2023
Dev: MantraPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.9%, Side Scroller 26.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #14 Tormenture
88% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.9%, Surreal 16.1%, Retro 13.7%, Dark 13.6%, Old School 12.4%
- #15 Grey Area
87% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Surreal 13.5%, Retro 8.7%
- #16 Ghost Song
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,413 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.5%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Difficult 11.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Dark 10.7%
- #17 Gravethorn
84% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Volviir
Windows
Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that combines soulslike and metroidvania elements with deep storytelling. The story follows an Inquisitor who has lost his memory, searching for his forgotten past along with his regrets.
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.5%, Difficult 26.7%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #18 Void Memory
86% matchMixed67% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Difficult 24.5%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Platformer 12.9%, Dark 9.8%
- #19 ENCHAIN
82% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: mattlawrdev
Windows
Grapple, throw, and break your fellow undead in this bone-smashing exploration movement shooter. Challenge the afterlife, collect secret artifacts, and uncover the deprived depths as you clamber out of a hopeless abyss.
Why similar: Old School 38%, Platformer 24%, Retro 21.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Action 4.8%
- #20 DEVIATOR
83% matchMixed68% of 994 reviews2024
Dev: Gami Studio
Windows
Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.8%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Difficult 9.6%
- #21 Marrow
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
Windows
Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #22 Grimind
84% matchMixed64% of 290 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Platformer 37.9%, Side Scroller 27.7%, Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Action 4.2%
- #23 Blasphemous
81% matchVery Positive90% of 63,499 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Platformer 16.9%, Horror 11.2%
- #24 Stray Savior
81% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.9%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Precision Platformer 9.1%
- #25 Angel's Gear
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 262 reviews2023
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Angel's Gear is a challenging horror-flavored Metroidvania set in a world tainted by a mechanical disease.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.8%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Horror 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #26 The Devil Within: Satgat
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 901 reviews2024
Dev: Newcore Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.8%, Difficult 20.1%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Dark 11.1%
- #27 LOVE ETERNAL
78% matchVery Positive97% of 369 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.6%, Surreal 14.8%, Dark 11.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Horror 8.7%
- #28 They Bleed Pixels
80% matchVery Positive83% of 2,545 reviews2012
Dev: Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Precision Platformer 15.1%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 9.6%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #29 Gloom
78% matchVery Positive83% of 604 reviews2017
Dev: Hunchback Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.7%, Difficult 16.8%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #30 Escape From Tethys
79% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Platformer 50.9%, Action-Adventure 20.2%, Action 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #31 The Perfect Pencil
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Cima
Windows
The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer where exploration and choice shape everything. Discover hidden paths, meet bizarre characters, and unravel a psychological story filled with bizzare humor.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 27.1%, Dark 19.7%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Horror 13%, Atmospheric 10%
- #32 Bio Fail
75% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Langonier
Windows
Bio Fail is a dark 2D platformer where you play as a biological anomaly—a monster that possesses humans. Control their bodies, fight your way through levels, solve puzzles, and destroy everything in your path. One body—one chance
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.7%, Lovecraftian 29.7%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 14.8%, Dark 5.6%
- #33 Custodian: Beginning of the End
77% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Red-Pixel
Windows
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: Side Scroller 25.3%, Difficult 19%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Old School 12.9%, Platformer 12.2%
- #34 Philophobia: The Fear of Love
77% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Tim Ruswick
Windows
Love is Hell. In this precision platformer based on the 5 stages of grief, navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.5%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.9%
- #35 ANIMAL WELL
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Surreal 22.3%, Platformer 19.1%, Horror 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Atmospheric 12.1%
- #36 Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.5%, Difficult 26.1%, Platformer 14.4%, Horror 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #37 Neverending Nightmares
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,996 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Dark 6.4%
- #38 Unworthy
75% matchVery Positive81% of 848 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
Why similar: Difficult 60.3%, Pixel Graphics 26%, Action 13.8%
- #39 Soulbind: Tales Of The Underworld
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Rubedo Games
Windows · Linux
It's up to you to become the Endless, a mysterious skeleton, and embark on a perilous journey. Collect monster body parts to enhance your character and use a variety of abilities. Explore sinister locations, fight mythical creatures and uncover the secrets of the Underworld.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.6%, Hand-drawn 21.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 15.8%, Dark 13.3%
- #40 Tamagoneko
74% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: GDFET
Windows · Linux
Get off the tree and face the world full of saws, pits and spikes in this hardcore 2D platformer about the nimble white Cat. Make your way through wild plains, thorny deserts and crystal caverns on a challenging yet exciting journey to rescue the lost kitten eggs!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.5%, Side Scroller 15.5%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Old School 10.8%, Platformer 10%
- #41 MO:Astray
73% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.7%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Difficult 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.5%
- #42 sun-rise.exe
73% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.9%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Dark 13.9%, Linear 9.7%
- #43 ChainStaff
70% matchVery Positive94% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.8%, Hand-drawn 15%, Surreal 14.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Retro 11.5%
- #44 Lorn's Lure
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,670 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
Why similar: Difficult 25%, Dark 21.9%, Horror 13.3%, Platformer 12.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #45 Rusted Moss
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,593 reviews2023
Dev: EmlisePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 16.5%, Difficult 15.2%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Dark 10.2%
- #46 Unbound: Worlds Apart
72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,307 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.1%, Platformer 17.7%, Difficult 17%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Precision Platformer 12.9%
- #47 Source of Madness
72% matchMixed69% of 1,544 reviews2022
Dev: Carry CastlePub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.3%, Dark 15.3%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #48 Decarnation
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,071 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Surreal 23.7%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 9%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #49 Kraino Origins
71% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: GameAtomic
Windows
Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Precision Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Dark 8.5%
- #50 Krimson
69% matchVery Positive98% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: CryingPsychoPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.5%, Dark 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #51 Necrophosis
67% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.6%, Surreal 23.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 3.7%
- #52 Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,138 reviews2017
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sundered is a chaotic hand-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Platformer 11.1%, Difficult 10.8%
- #53 Edge of Sanity
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.9%, Difficult 16.5%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 10.3%
- #54 The Excrawlers
68% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2023
Dev: Game Dynasty
Windows
Action-RPG slasher in which you have to get into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.
Why similar: Difficult 60.7%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Action 7%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #55 Venture to the Vile
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Cut to BitsPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.4%, Dark 15.1%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 13.3%, Horror 12.4%
- #56 GravNewton
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: JOZGamerPub: JOZGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.6%, Difficult 25.4%, Platformer 16.1%, Surreal 8.4%, 2D Platformer 6.8%
- #57 Vigil: The Longest Night
66% matchVery Positive86% of 3,566 reviews2020
Dev: Glass Heart Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.2%, Difficult 22.6%, Platformer 14.8%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #58 Saint of Chains
65% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Retro 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 16.2%, Horror 14.2%
- #59 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,145 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.
Why similar: Surreal 40.4%, Horror 21.7%, Dark 19.1%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Action 4.5%
- #60 The Tarnishing of Juxtia
67% matchMixed68% of 681 reviews2022
Dev: Actual NerdsPub: Mastiff
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.
Why similar: Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Dark 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%