Games Like Timen runner

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

Why similar: Platformer 25.2%, Difficult 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Indie 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive precision platformer that matches the high difficulty and fast-paced nature of the seed game.

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Runner 26%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Platformer 15.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Difficult 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the quintessential runner experience, featuring rhythmic gameplay and increasing difficulty similar to Timen runner.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.3%, Platformer 21.4%, Difficult 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D pixel-art platformer that relies on tight controls and difficult, screen-based challenges.

Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.

Why similar: Indie 28.8%, Difficult 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Platformer 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic, difficult runner that forces players to navigate dangerous environments with limited movement options.

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: Platformer 25.8%, Difficult 24.3%, Indie 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, pixel-art action game that demands high precision and quick decision-making in a vertical descent.

A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.5%, Indie 22.7%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult platformer that focuses on short, intense bursts of action and precision movement.

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.7%, Platformer 25.6%, Difficult 24.7%, Indie 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore precision platformer created by veterans of the genre that offers a similar level of brutal, rewarding challenge.

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 30.7%, Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 19%, Indie 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Why You'll Like It: A music-driven, difficult platformer that shares the high-energy, rhythmic feel of the seed game.

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Difficult 24.9%, Indie 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike platformer that uses procedural generation to create unique, difficult challenges in every run.

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: Great Soundtrack 29.7%, Difficult 21.1%, Platformer 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional precision platformer that balances intense difficulty with tight, responsive controls and a charming pixel aesthetic.

Escape the destruction of your city with just one button! The game that popularized the infinite runner genre is back with two-player mode and new challenges.

Why similar: Runner 30.5%, Indie 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game that popularized the modern runner genre, offering simple controls and endless, fast-paced platforming.

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a brutally hard platformer, set in a world of brain-smashing electronic music. Run, jump, smash, & slice your way through 55+ weird & different levels, with giant monsters, swarming missiles & secret areas.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Difficult 19.5%, Indie 16.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 13%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that continues the series' tradition of difficult, music-synced platforming action.

Run or Die is a fast paced Endless Runner that focuses on movement based abilities (and a huge Ion Cannon)! Players must make decisions in the blink of an eye in order to make their way through a hazardous city environment where every run is different!

Why similar: Runner 25.9%, Difficult 16.3%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Casual 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced runner that emphasizes speed and precision in a pixel-art environment.

kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.

Why similar: Indie 39.7%, Great Soundtrack 38.2%, Platformer 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult platformer that focuses on tight mechanics and a striking, monochromatic visual style.

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 30.1%, Great Soundtrack 27.3%, Indie 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic journey through various pixel-art styles that offers a variety of challenging platforming levels.

It's time to unleash your inner pug! Turbo Pug is a casual runner with difficult, random, procedurally generated levels. Enjoy random weather and try to avoid getting zapped by lightning. Unlock new costumes for your pug and new characters to play as. Please try not to squish your pug!

Why similar: Indie 43.9%, Runner 11.5%, Difficult 10.4%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, pixel-art runner that offers a lighter take on the genre while maintaining the core side-scrolling mechanics.

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, Difficult 20%, Platformer 17.8%, Indie 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that focuses on short, difficult levels that require mastery of movement mechanics.

Super Switch is a difficult platformer in which you have to actively switch between 2 dimensions. It's tougher than iron and extremely rewarding.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer that requires quick reflexes to navigate changing environments.

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 27%, Indie 18.8%, Difficult 15.8%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythmic, minimalist platformer where the environment reacts to the music, requiring precise timing.

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: Difficult 40.8%, Platformer 17%, Indie 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes precision platformer where every jump is a risk, appealing to fans of difficult, deliberate movement.

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: Great Soundtrack 26.6%, Indie 25.5%, Difficult 21%, Platformer 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging platformer with a great soundtrack and a focus on retro-style exploration and difficulty.

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

Why similar: Platformer 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Difficult 21.5%, Indie 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult platformer that forces players to complete levels under a strict time limit.

Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.

Why similar: Indie 36.8%, Platformer 27.8%, Difficult 27.3%, 2D 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that emphasizes difficult jumping mechanics and retro-inspired visuals.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.6%, Indie 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 26.7%, 2D 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique pixel-art game that forces players to complete tasks in 60-second bursts, creating a constant sense of urgency.

A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.

Why similar: Difficult 26.8%, Platformer 23.2%, Casual 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that blends difficult jumping challenges with puzzle elements.

HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!

Why similar: Platformer 39.1%, Indie 32.3%, Casual 28.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult platformer designed for speed-runners who enjoy intense, rhythmic gameplay.

Hardcore 2D game with a fascinating and unusual mechanics, where you have to defend the base from annoying saboteurs.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21%, Indie 20.1%, Casual 19.3%, Difficult 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.4%

Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

Why similar: Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Casual 15.5%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Indie 15.1%

Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..

Why similar: Difficult 25%, Platformer 21.9%, Side Scroller 21.8%, Indie 16.4%, Casual 14.8%

A platform game so difficult and at the same time, so addictive that you will enjoy having to repeat a levels dozens of times until complete them.

Why similar: Indie 37.2%, Platformer 21.9%, Casual 20.9%, Difficult 20%

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

Why similar: Difficult 30%, Platformer 25.7%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Indie 14.3%, 2D 8.8%

Red Tie Runner is a simple but challenging 2D platformer. Put on a red tie and step into stick-figure shoes to navigate through 30 levels so intense you might just forget about the impending heat death of the universe.

Why similar: Runner 35.1%, Side Scroller 25.2%, Platformer 20.5%, Casual 12.2%, 2D 7.1%

Mindless Running - it's a classic runner with story mode. Explore a randomly-generated world while listening to a unique soundtrack!

Why similar: Indie 39.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Runner 20.8%, Difficult 17.9%

In Hyper Box you try to beat a bunch of platform levels in less than 30 seconds each by using the box rotation to your advantage, this is meant to be a very challenging yet rewarding experience as you improve at the game.

Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Platformer 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Indie 8.1%

Never STANDBY in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25%, Difficult 20.5%, Platformer 18.6%, Indie 15.7%, Side Scroller 9.2%

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: Platformer 23.2%, Difficult 22%, Indie 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Side Scroller 13.8%

Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Indie 26.6%, Platformer 25.2%, Difficult 12%, Casual 4.8%

Rhythm Journey is a story based, hardcore 2-buttons rhythm game.

Why similar: Difficult 26.7%, Runner 25.6%, Indie 22.8%, Casual 17.5%, 2D 7.4%

Time Up is a fast paced action platformer, with each level only being 9 seconds. Sieze every opportunity, plan your route, Survive various deadly traps, and reach the finish line! This game combines a variety of classic platformer elements: The levels are carefully designed to make them harder, yet more enjoyable to give the player a...

Why similar: Indie 27.9%, Casual 27.6%, Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 17.1%, 2D 6.6%

A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

Why similar: Casual 25.6%, Indie 23.4%, Difficult 22.6%, Platformer 22.3%, 2D 6%

Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Indie 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Difficult 6.1%

Super Helmets on Fire DX is a crazy side scrolling action platformer game, with lots of nods to old school games, mixed with hardcore runner gameplay and a pinch of RPG lite elements.

Why similar: Difficult 31.9%, Platformer 30.8%, Indie 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

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 39.1%, Casual 37%, Indie 15.9%, 2D 8%

Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.

Why similar: Indie 35.6%, Difficult 26.4%, Platformer 21.4%, Casual 16.7%

Survive as long as you can in a procedurally generated world of Square.

Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Great Soundtrack 20.3%, Platformer 16.1%, 2D 8.4%, Indie 8.4%

2D plaformer with hardcore levels

Why similar: Casual 53.9%, Indie 29.2%, 2D 16.9%

VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.

Why similar: Indie 35%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Difficult 11.7%

Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!

Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Indie 27.2%, Side Scroller 21.3%, 2D 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Cube Runner is a 3d action platformer that's simple to learn, exciting to play, and deep enough to challenge even the greatest gamers.

Why similar: Casual 48.3%, Indie 35.7%, Platformer 16%

Colors! Platform is a minimalist casual platform game.

Why similar: Difficult 27.3%, Platformer 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Casual 11.5%, Indie 9.1%

Inner silence - cheerful 2D platformer puzzle game

Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Indie 25.4%, Casual 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, 2D 7.7%

“Shio” is a challenging platformer game in which you deep and moving story by jumping from lantern to lantern. If you are big fan of Super Meat Boy, you will like Shio as well!

Why similar: Indie 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Runner 10.5%

Tinboy is a puzzle-platformer, with a massive difficulty level.

Why similar: Side Scroller 25.2%, Difficult 20.4%, Platformer 18%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Casual 10.3%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Side Scroller 17%, Platformer 15.9%, Difficult 15.1%, Indie 15.1%

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Indie 39%, Platformer 31.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, 2D 8.9%

A genre-twisting tactical runner where you maneuver, fight, think, sacrifice and evolve – all ON THE RUN.

Why similar: Runner 36.4%, Indie 23.1%, Difficult 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, 2D 6.4%

The original rhythm platform game is back! Test your skills with all-new levels, online battle royale and more.

Why similar: Difficult 28.6%, Runner 26.7%, Platformer 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, 2D 5.5%

Chameleon Run is a unique, fast and challenging autorunner with a colorful twist. Jump, switch and run through expertly crafted levels that will have you running back for more.

Why similar: Runner 31.1%, Difficult 18.3%, Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Indie 11.1%