Games Like TRY AGAIN

In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?

Why similar: Satire 30.7% ★, Story Rich 21.6%, Comedy 14.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game directly tackles the themes of game development and unfinished projects within a puzzle-adventure framework.

A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Platformer 18.5%, Funny 11.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Comedy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a difficult, AI-driven platforming experience that frequently breaks the fourth wall with meta-commentary.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Comedy 26.7%, Funny 19.8%, Game Development 19.7% ★, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-narrative game that explores the relationship between the player and the game designer through witty, self-aware humor.

Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.

Why similar: Parkour 26.3%, 3D Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Comedy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based platforming with a bizarre, humorous tone that matches the lighthearted chaos of the seed game.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36%, 3D Platformer 26.7%, Comedy 8.6%, Platformer 7.7%, Funny 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that balances tight mechanics with a strong, narrative-driven meta-experience.

Knight's Try is a tough platformer with retro 64 bit 3D graphics. Take on the role of an honorable Knight of Trye attempting to complete their sacred trial by leaping through a world full of perilous pitfalls and dangerous traps!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 37.8%, Platformer 30.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 8%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer that tests your patience and skill in a way that feels similar to the trial-and-error nature of TRY AGAIN.

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 37.7%, Fast-Paced 11.8%, Indie 11.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Comedy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, meta-humorous platformer that constantly mocks the player's failures while demanding high-level precision.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Story Rich 33.9%, Surreal 26.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An introspective look at the act of game creation and the connection between the developer and the player.

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: Parkour 35.3%, 3D Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 15.6%, Surreal 13.1%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers exceptional 3D platforming movement mechanics that reward skill and exploration in a surreal environment.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: Parkour 33.1%, 3D Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 16%, Fast-Paced 9.3%, Story Rich 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, parkour-focused platformer that emphasizes precision and flow, much like the movement challenges in TRY AGAIN.

Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!

Why similar: Parkour 28.1%, 3D Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 9.5%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, first-person parkour platformer that focuses on momentum and precision in a sci-fi setting.

You have been snatched from your world to take part in a challenging Pilgrimage that very few have completed.. Surf, jump, climb and keep your flow while finding secrets and beating time trials! Go on Pilgrim, I have faith in you.

Why similar: Parkour 29.1%, 3D Platformer 18%, Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, Fast-Paced 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that emphasizes parkour movement and environmental navigation.

Become the Test Subject and attempt to complete a challenging experiment to awaken emotional responses in your Artificial Intelligence. Jump, wall-run, and parkour your way through the free-to-play prequel to the upcoming game.

Why similar: Parkour 37.8%, 3D Platformer 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 15.5%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A parkour-focused indie platformer that emphasizes speed and precise movement through abstract levels.

Blast Course is a first-person puzzle-platformer centered around the classic game mechanic of Rocket Jumping. Control Kit in a day at work testing "Hyperboom", a revolutionary transport technology based on explosives.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 24%, 3D Platformer 20.7%, Satire 8% ★, Funny 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that challenges players to navigate complex, obstacle-filled courses.

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Platformer 33.4%, Funny 21.6%, Singleplayer 11.6%, Comedy 9%, Story Rich 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-commentary on frustration and game design that challenges players to overcome difficult obstacles.

Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.

Why similar: Parkour 47%, Platformer 27.1%, Fast-Paced 9.6%, Indie 7.4%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving precision platformer designed for players who enjoy overcoming difficult, short-burst challenges.

Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, 3D Platformer 15.7%, Parkour 15%, Funny 8.8%, Comedy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that focuses on gravity manipulation and character-driven narrative.

In the Regulatory Realm, human beliefs manifest as bizarre bureaucracies. Venture to the human world to deliver Unsent letters in this whimsical platform-adventure game.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 15.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Funny 10%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich 3D platformer that focuses on narrative progression alongside its platforming challenges.

Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Why similar: Parkour 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Funny 9.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Comedy 8%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based puzzle-platforming with a humorous, slapstick tone that mirrors the absurdity of the seed game.

A fast-paced FPS platformer where staying awake is the challenge. Unlock movement upgrades, explore a compact island, drink coffee to delay sleep, and find the fastest path to escape before you collapse. Also features a corporate office tower full of dogs.

Why similar: Parkour 25.8%, 3D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 12.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Fast-Paced 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 3D platformer that prioritizes speed and momentum in its level design.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Surreal 34.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Funny 13.6%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle-platformer that plays with perspective and the nature of the game world itself.

This is the prologue chapter of our upcoming game ColorBlend FX: Desaturation. Help Splatians blend the stolen colors back to the world and foil the plans of the Evil! Squash juicy slimes, get slimed, solve puzzles, find secrets & survive the death while figuring out the evil plans of the Lord.

Why similar: Parkour 27.6%, 2.5D 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that blends parkour movement with unique color-based mechanics.

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: Platformer 37.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Story Rich 14.5%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in precision platforming that is deeply tied to its emotional, story-rich narrative.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Platformer 26.1%, Linear 14.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven platformer that uses simple shapes to tell a deeply human story about purpose and identity.

An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, Platformer 22.9%, Story Rich 16.6%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An existential, story-rich platformer that uses precision mechanics to explore deeper themes.

Enjoy failure as it fuels your success in Lab Rags, where you get to use your ragdoll bodies to solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, 3D Platformer 20.1%, Parkour 19%, Platformer 17.1%, Comedy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on navigating laboratory-themed environments with physics-based movement.

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 42.4%, Platformer 20%, Funny 14.5%, Comedy 6.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming 3D platformer that captures the joy of movement and exploration with a distinct, stylized personality.

Challenging first person puzzle platformer.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 44.5%, Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Indie 6.7%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that requires careful navigation and problem-solving in a test-chamber environment.

You've died and landed in purgatory, your options? Unending suffering or finding a way back to your world.

Why similar: Platformer 58.5%, Action 21.1%, Indie 14.2%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that offers a blend of classic platforming challenges and indie-style level design.

You're in a box and you have to climb as high as possible... if you can make it.

Why similar: 2.5D 20.9%, 3D Platformer 20%, Platformer 15.5%, Surreal 15.2%, Funny 9.1%

Can Luna navigate this funky world to find Halloween? - Talk to strange and compelling characters! Freeze obstacles and activate the fast Chili Pepper Mode, but beware - it also makes you uncontrollably jumpy!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.5%, Surreal 20.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, Funny 9.9%

Project: Name is a hardcore Perma-Death first person platformer. Try to beat all three levels!

Why similar: Parkour 56.7%, Platformer 24.2%, Linear 11.7%, Action 6%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A precision-focused platformer that emphasizes tutorial-like mastery and parkour movement.

After a psychologist visit goes terribly wrong, you find yourself trapped in the mind of a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project. Experience a metroidvania-lite drenched in anxiety and based on a very true story.

Why similar: Platformer 37.9%, Action-Adventure 21.5%, Comedy 17.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.4%

What The Hack! Is a humoristic, story puzzle game, where you, a computer program, tries to avoid getting destroyed by escaping a facility. Doing so by hacking and hijacking devices in your surroundings.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 36%, Platformer 32.5%, Linear 7.4%, Story Rich 6.3%, Adventure 5.8%

Indie 3D Platformer/Speedrunner. Honestly super frustrating to play but I did my best

Why similar: 3D Platformer 42.4%, Funny 17.7%, Platformer 17.6%, Action 8.2%, Linear 7.1%

Go Go Jump!! is a survival platforming adventure! Take on all the Jump masters to earn your badges or compete in various survival scenarios with your friends!

Why similar: 2.5D 27%, Platformer 17%, Story Rich 13.1%, 3D Platformer 12.3%, Comedy 12.1%

With your final build missing, and only till the end of the night to publish his game, Warren must take up the difficult adventure to make a new build before the end of the night through whatever means necessary. Join Warren's quest to publish his title before the end of the night and become an indie dev.

Why similar: Funny 37.6%, Indie 28.6%, Adventure 26.5%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Embark on a moldy adventure in a land of bread. Play as Bradley the Breadapus, a waffle-tailed bread platypus, in this quirky action platformer and battle to cleanse a world infected by mold. Break the mold, save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, 3D Platformer 26.9%, Funny 15.8%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 6.1%

Ingression: The Portal Trial offers a sneak peek into the immersive world of precision platforming with portals. Experience the prologue of the full game for free, tackling not only the initial levels but also venturing into more challenging stages.

Why similar: Platformer 29%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Story Rich 16.5%, Fast-Paced 14%, Adventure 6.4%

In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!

Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Linear 20.9%, Story Rich 18.6%, Comedy 9.4%, Action 6.6%

Airborne is a combination of 2D Platformers, Rage Games, Parkour, while also being packed with Action. You need to get to the end of the level by dodging Spikes, Bullets, Turrets, Lasers and more!

Why similar: Parkour 28.1%, Platformer 18.7%, Surreal 17.9%, 2.5D 11.8%, 3D Platformer 11.1%

ALTF42 The game is still simple. You just need to get past the traps and reach the goal.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.6%, Platformer 16.7%, Comedy 13.4%, Funny 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%

Use the glitch you have discovered to break out of jail!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 41.9%, Adventure 19.2%, Action 15%, Comedy 14.6%, Indie 5.4%

You wanna run? You wanna jump? You're gonna fail. Again. And Again. But its fun to fail...right? Take control of HappyMan and hop skip and jump your way past low walls, big balls and spinning red things! A bunch of obstacles await, so get to it.

Why similar: Indie 54.8%, Action 45.2%

A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Comedy 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%

Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Comedy 13.5%, Surreal 10.6%

Water's cut. Rent's due. Jobs are scarce. Time to get rich. Enter the Slaughter League and win against all odds in supremely lethal races. Platforming meets slaughter in this casual racing game designed for players looking for a new experience - or a way to wind down with blood and guts galore!

Why similar: Parkour 26.5%, Platformer 20%, 3D Platformer 19.5%, Funny 13.9%, Comedy 8.6%

Abort, Retry, Fail is a top-down roguelike action adventure in which you play as a lazy programmer that has to generate his own weapon and shoot his way through hordes of enemies. Are you brave enough to help him escape from computer hell of Windows 98?

Why similar: Action 43.2%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 20.2%, Singleplayer 12%

Riverhill Trials is a first person, 3D PLATFORMER ADVENTURE with a dynamic environment. Fly your Space Ship, land on the strange planet and overcome its challenges: moving platforms, falling asteroids, traps and alien structures - you will be tested.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.1%, Platformer 21.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 13.7%, Funny 11.4%

A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon by jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 35.6%, Platformer 23.9%, Parkour 20.6%, Funny 13.9%, Adventure 4.5%

Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.3%, Platformer 24.2%, Parkour 10.2%, Linear 9.3%, Adventure 8%

Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Satire 17% ★, Surreal 17%, Funny 10.5%, Comedy 10.3%

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: Platformer 27%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 16.9%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Action 14.6%

Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Surreal 25.3%, Platformer 23.4%, Comedy 12.5%, Action 4.9%

Against explosive firepower, bitter cold, and dizzying heights, Fork Parker must outwit a group of no-talent game developers in a deadly holiday promotional game. Also, it's free.

Why similar: Platformer 49.1%, Parkour 20.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 11.1%, Action 8.1%

A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.

Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Comedy 29%, Story Rich 19.4%, Indie 9.3%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Climb, fall, curse… uh, respawn, pretend it was intentional. Bunny Guys is pure parkour chaos where one wins and everyone else fails spectacularly. Perfect for players who treat suffering, respawning, and “I can do better” as a hobby.

Why similar: Parkour 36.1%, 3D Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 16.8%, Funny 8.9%, Fast-Paced 7.5%

RUN: The World In-Between is a new “Die and Retry” platformer game with a procedurally-generated path. Be fast, jump, and run to unlock new content.

Why similar: Platformer 31.6%, Parkour 29%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Action 8%

All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

Why similar: Story Rich 22%, Comedy 20.6%, Platformer 18.8%, Funny 14.2%, Adventure 11.5%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Platformer 22.8%, 2.5D 21.1%, Surreal 17.7%, Funny 12.5%, Comedy 9.5%