- #1 DeadCore
97% matchVery Positive85% of 2,043 reviews2014
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
Why similar: Platformer 48%, Action 32.8%, Indie 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact core DNA of momentum-based, first-person precision platforming found in Tinertia.
- #2 OVERWHELM
96% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Action 28.7%, Platformer 28.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Indie 21%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, action-heavy platformer that captures the same sense of dread and mechanical challenge as Tinertia.
- #3 Neon White
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,042 reviews2022
Dev: Angel MatrixPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Why similar: Platformer 43.4%, Action 34.5%, Indie 22.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on speed-running and precision movement, rewarding players who master its platforming and combat flow.
- #4 Rusted Moss
94% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 57.3%, Platformer 23.3%, Action 11.9%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a physics-based grappling hook that makes movement feel as complex and rewarding as rocket-jumping.
- #5 DeadCore Redux
93% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows
DeadCore Redux is a challenging FPS-platformer set in a futuristic universe. Chain precise jumps, manipulate mechanisms with your SwitchGun, hunt hidden collectibles and new shortcuts, and push your skills to the limit as you climb a colossal Tower born from the void. Will you reach the Summit?
Why similar: Platformer 52.5%, Action 47.5%
Why You'll Like It: An enhanced version of the classic momentum-platformer that pushes the limits of precision and speed.
- #6 Ghostrunner
92% matchVery Positive91% of 66,033 reviews2020
Dev: One More LevelPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an intense, fast-paced experience where movement and precision are the only ways to survive against deadly enemies.
- #7 Cloudbuilt
94% matchVery Positive87% of 948 reviews2014
Dev: Coilworks
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
Why similar: Platformer 53.2%, Action 46.8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, momentum-driven platformer that requires precise movement through complex, ruined environments.
- #8 Cyber Hook
91% matchVery Positive95% of 4,131 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing StickPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.
Why similar: Platformer 38.3%, Action 34.8%, Indie 26.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based movement and grappling mechanics that demand high speed and extreme precision.
- #9 Mechanic Escape
91% matchVery Positive85% of 794 reviews2014
Dev: Slak GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!
Why similar: Platformer 35.4%, Indie 32.9%, Action 31.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, difficult platformer that tests your reflexes and ability to navigate dangerous environments.
- #10 Downwell
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,526 reviews2015
Dev: MoppinPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 43.9%, Action 30%, Indie 26.1%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, vertical platformer that combines fast-paced shooting with challenging, reflex-heavy gameplay.
- #11 LOST ORBIT
89% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: PixelNAUTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Stranded after his ship is destroyed in deep space, Harrison, a lowly maintenance worker and our hero, must struggle to find his way home... Dodge, boost and die your way through space! Explore 4 solar systems with a surly robot sidekick in this deep and deadly dodge 'em up!
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features momentum-based space traversal that requires careful navigation and high-speed maneuvering.
- #12 Blitz Breaker
89% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2016
Dev: Boncho Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Action 40.9%, Indie 29.9%, Platformer 29.2%
Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that emphasizes fast, dash-based movement and high difficulty.
- #13 Velocibox
88% matchVery Positive88% of 639 reviews2014
Dev: Shawn Beck
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.
Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
Why You'll Like It: An extremely fast-paced and difficult experience that focuses on twitch-reflex platforming.
- #14 Katana ZERO
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,917 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Platformer 40.8%, Action 39.3%, Indie 19.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides fast-paced, one-hit-kill action that demands perfect timing and mastery of movement.
- #15 FLATLAND Vol.1
86% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: kyuu FujisakiPub: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced hardcore platformer featuring hand-crafted levels and lightning-fast respawns. Help Square survive his journey to the depths of Flatland, a minimalist neon-style 2D world. Run, jump, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Platformer 46%, Action 33.6%, Indie 20.4%
Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving, fast-paced precision platformer that requires absolute mastery of its movement mechanics.
- #16 Project Mercury
87% matchMixed58% of 590 reviews2017
Dev: Raxasoft Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Action 37.1%, Indie 24.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action platformer that focuses on tight controls and challenging level design.
- #17 Clustertruck
84% matchVery Positive94% of 18,213 reviews2016
Dev: LandfallPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Why similar: Action 54.9%, Indie 25.1%, Platformer 20%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that relies entirely on momentum and reflexes to navigate chaotic, fast-moving obstacles.
- #18 The Mobius Machine
82% matchVery Positive84% of 468 reviews2024
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows
Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 64.5%, Platformer 15.7%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a challenging sci-fi exploration experience with platforming and combat mechanics similar to Tinertia.
- #19 Eliosi's Hunt
85% matchMixed66% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: TDZ Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lead Eliosi, a wanna-be bounty hunter, into making his dream come true in this hardcore top-down shooter and platformer.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.9%, Action 20.1%, Platformer 15%, Indie 12%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that incorporates platforming elements and requires careful navigation of hazardous terrain.
- #20 Bad Bots
86% matchMixed55% of 260 reviews2013
Dev: Point Five ProjectsPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.
Why similar: Action 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that pits you against sentient machines in a challenging, pixel-art environment.
- #21 Diatomic
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Diatomic Studios
Windows
Diatomic has fast paced action, gun juggling, epic boss fights, Agility Challenges and much more! Level up, unlock new abilities and customize your power ups to try and conquer this brutally difficult arena shooter where the only way to survive is to keep moving!
Why similar: Action 44.4%, Indie 28.8%, Platformer 26.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult action game that incorporates parkour-like movement and intense combat.
- #22 Escape From Tethys
83% 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: Action 55.2%, Platformer 44.8%
Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania that places a heavy emphasis on exploration, action, and overcoming difficult obstacles.
- #23 Risk of Rain (2013)
80% matchVery Positive93% of 29,799 reviews2013
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Platformer 42.4%, Action 31.3%, Indie 26.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense platforming action with heavy shooting elements in a challenging, sci-fi world.
- #24 Venture Kid
82% matchVery Positive83% of 226 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 44.6%, Indie 28.5%, Platformer 26.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-style action platformer that captures the classic feel of difficult, shooting-heavy platforming.
- #25 Stray Savior
78% 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: Platformer 42%, Action 40%, Indie 18%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that focuses on 2D movement and challenging combat encounters.
- #26 Nullstar: Solus
76% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Smash Attack AusPub: indie.io
Windows
BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.
Why similar: Action 45.3%, Platformer 39.6%, Indie 15.1%
- #27 The Path of Greatest Resistance
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: RealityRig
Windows
Mankind was wiped off the Earth, but some escaped off the planet. Now the last remnants of humanity hide in the rocky outer regions of our solar system. Fight back against the Machine Alliance in this made-for-VR shooter.
Why similar: VR 51.8%, Action 48.2%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused action experience that tests your reflexes and ability to handle intense, fast-paced combat.
- #28 Hard Light Vector
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: Actually A Game Company, L.L.C
Windows
Hard Light Vector is a first-person action platformer where you traverse an alien environment and fight to protect the memories of the dead from corruption.
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person action-adventure that focuses on movement and exploration in a unique, stylized world.
- #29 POLY IMPULSE
73% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Dani Bedmar
Windows
POLY IMPULSE is a minimalist fast-paced movement FPS where you will have to shoot colorful polyhedrons to impulse yourself through the level. Speedrunning is not an option, only the fastest with godlike aim will get the SS rank.
Why similar: Action 46.1%, Platformer 36.6%, Indie 17.3%
- #30 TIRELESS: Prepare For The Adrenaline
74% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: naro
Windows
A skill-based speedrunner platformer where you control a fast-paced robot racing through level-based space tracks at extreme speeds. Push your skills to the limit with TIRELESS!
Why similar: Platformer 38.5%, Action 36.5%, Indie 25%
- #31 Gatling Gears
79% matchVery Positive84% of 189 reviews2011
Dev: Vanguard Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
When the Empire begins its reign of destruction in a thirst for natural resources, it’s up to Max Brawley, a retired Gatling Gear pilot, to stop them.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 63.7%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that emphasizes heavy weaponry and action-packed combat against mechanical foes.
- #32 Fracked
77% matchMixed66% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: nDreams
Windows
Stranded in a remote mountain facility, you play as a reluctant hero forced to defend the planet in a final stand against a legion of interdimensional enemies. Take aim and run head-first into explosive action as you shoot, ski, and climb your way across an extreme adventure.
Why similar: Action 61.8%, VR 38.2%
- #33 Astria
76% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Rémi Adriano
Windows
Enter the doomed world of Astria, a land destroyed by Cataclysm where all living things are dying. Play as Gwen, an Astrian willing to make his last move before everything ends.
Why similar: Platformer 52.7%, Action 34.5%, Indie 12.8%
- #34 Aphelion
71% matchMixed67% of 269 reviews2026
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Hunted on a frozen planet, astronaut Ariane must brave rugged landscapes and shifting realities to rescue her wounded partner, Thomas. This action-packed sci-fi adventure blends exploration, traversal, and tense stealth gameplay.
Why similar: Platformer 55.1%, Action 44.9%
- #35 BREAKER: INITIATING
73% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Moloko Games
Windows
A post-apocalyptic 3D platformer combining puzzles with intense action. You play as El, a robot escaping from a dreadful facility and exploring the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Platformer 100%
- #36 Asteria
78% matchMixed55% of 251 reviews2014
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Asteria is a fast paced indie platformer, wrapped up in a sandbox sci-fi world where everything is destructible, mineable, collectable, craftable and creatable.
Why similar: Indie 35.7%, Action 32.4%, Platformer 31.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox action platformer that allows for creative movement and combat in a sci-fi setting.
- #37 Mind Unleashed
77% matchMixed62% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Frost Earth StudioPub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Mind Unleashed is a first person Sci Fi shooter game specifically designed for Virtual Reality. You are a robot that is trying hard to survive in a secret military base, inside a rocky mountain. Rocks and futuristic stuff will surround you in this epic challenge where you'll need to survive as long as possible, fighting hordes of robotic...
Why similar: VR 37%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.6%
- #38 ReSetna
71% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Today's GamesPub: Module16
Windows
What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.
Why similar: Platformer 38.8%, Action 35.8%, Indie 25.5%
- #39 Moss Destruction
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 114 reviews2019
Dev: Shotgun with Glitters
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced rogue-lite with procedurally generated, action packed levels. Rank up and install Mech Tech upgrades from an overstock! Snap on ability cartridges to your battle-mech, slay huge bosses through 3 distinctive worlds and guide your tiny green heroes towards victory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 53.1%, Action 28.1%, Indie 18.8%
- #40 Inertia
72% matchVery Positive83% of 693 reviews2017
Dev: Loneminded
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Inertia is a first-person platformer with free-running aspects. Inspired by various other free-running and movement based games/game-modes.
Why similar: Platformer 50%, Action 50%
- #41 DEFECTIVE
75% matchMostly Negative38% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Evil Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You must save the world, whatever the cost...
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #42 Hubris
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 864 reviews2022
Dev: Cyborn B.V.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Hubris is a VR action-adventure game set in a unique and colourful Sci-Fi universe, with immersive movement options, including swimming, climbing, and jumping. Players will have to gather resources, craft food and upgrade their weapons to fight off alien wildlife, droids, and humanoid enemies.
Why similar: VR 72.6%, Action 27.4%
- #43 GravNewton
73% 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: Platformer 46.9%, Action 35.1%, Indie 18%
- #44 Mute Crimson+
72% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
Why similar: Platformer 51.7%, Action 33.1%, Indie 15.2%
- #45 Presentiment of Death
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: XOCUS
Windows
Do you hear that? Sounds of classical music and an arrow rushing by. Burst your way through the enemies inhabiting on different game levels and come out a winner. Remember, all in your hands — a bow and a chance to survive...
Why similar: VR 35.4%, Action 31.9%, Platformer 24.1%, Indie 8.7%
- #46 ARMORED HEAD
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,283 reviews2020
Dev: Egor Rezenov
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ARMORED HEAD is a miniature shooter, where all the action takes place in one arena. The main character is a gladiator who fights against his opponents in pursuit of the grand prize.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Spirits Abyss
68% matchVery Positive96% of 424 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?
Why similar: Platformer 47.8%, Action 27.3%, Indie 25%
- #48 The Tribulation Entanglement
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Platformer 62.6%, Action 37.4%
- #49 Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
66% matchVery Positive86% of 792 reviews2022
Dev: SmokeStabPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Why similar: Platformer 63.5%, Action 21.9%, Indie 14.5%
- #50 Last Vanguard
65% matchVery Positive85% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Platformer 47.5%, Action 35.6%, Indie 16.9%
- #51 Narvas
69% matchMixed45% of 355 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Take control of Mace in this local co-op side scrolling platform shooter as you travel from assignment to assignment taking on enemy bots and dangerous bosses on different planets.
Why similar: Action 39.8%, Platformer 35%, Indie 25.2%
- #52 Steel Assault
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 440 reviews2021
Dev: Zenovia InteractivePub: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.
Why similar: Action 40.5%, Platformer 39.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #53 Corebreaker
62% matchVery Positive93% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: aQuadiunPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Corebreaker is a fast-paced action-platformer game with rogue-like elements. Play as Nova, a robot designed to awaken when humanity is extinct by the machines. Unlock abilities, upgrades and powerful weapons as you fight your way through supreme robots to find out your purpose!
Why similar: Platformer 76%, Action 24%
- #54 Stonerid
70% matchMixed66% of 216 reviews2014
Dev: Enitvare
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Stonerid is a challenging 2D platformer, which the most important feature are two parallel, different worlds. Over 30 different levels to complete, unconventional game style and lots of dangerous traps and monsters make it extremely difficult to rise to the challenge.
Why similar: Action 44.6%, Indie 30.6%, Platformer 24.8%
- #55 Changeover: Decisions
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: KHB-Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Action 43.4%, Indie 30.2%, Platformer 26.4%
- #56 Roboquest VR
61% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2025
Dev: Flat2VR Studios
Windows
The future is in flames, overrun by ruthless machines—but you’re built to fight back. Roboquest VR is a lightning-fast roguelite FPS where speed, firepower, and reflexes are your best weapons. Adapt, survive, and reboot the future!
Why similar: VR 67.9%, Action 29.9%, Indie 2.2%
- #57 Robotex
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 986 reviews2014
Dev: YFYX GAMESPub: My Way Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.
Why similar: Action 46.7%, Indie 35.8%, Platformer 17.5%
- #58 Gravity Circuit
61% matchVery Positive94% of 3,556 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Platformer 41.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 22.6%