- #1 Windlands
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 864 reviews2016
Dev: Psytec Games Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.
Why similar: Adventure 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #2 Desert Parkour
96% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Prince Game Studio
Windows
Desert Parkour is a first-person 3D platformer game, where player progress through levels using parkour skills and by throwing a rope with a grappling hook.
Why similar: Action 74%, Indie 26%
- #3 GRAPPIN
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: POLYLABO
Windows
After a difficult awakening, you stumble upon the Grip, a mysterious artifact and grappling hook. Climb up the Mountain to bring back the Grip to the top and unravel the mystery surrounding the Grip. Bon voyage!
Why similar: Adventure 51.2%, Action 48.8%
- #4 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: Action 50.5%, Adventure 49.5%
- #5 Dream Swing
94% matchVery Positive96% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Tolga Ay
Windows
Grapple and air-strafe your way to the top of the Leaderboard in this fast-paced movement-based time trial. Collect as many candies as possible within 5 minutes as you dip and weave around the ruins in the sky. Can you handle the speed?
Why similar: Indie 59.1%, Action 40.9%
- #6 Jumpbound
93% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Another Round Entertainment
Windows
Jump and dash your way to the top in this challenging first-person platformer. Unlock new air jumps and dashes at every milestone as you master your movement abilities and climb through a mysterious, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Adventure 89.6%, Indie 10.4%
- #7 Skybound
92% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Half Home GamesPub: DADIU
Windows
Skybound is a 3D exploration platformer focused on fun, fluid movement mechanics, parkour and environmental puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 62.3%, Indie 37.7%
- #8 Celerity
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: Gwyn Games
Windows
Celerity is a fast-paced FPS parkour game. Use Wall Running, Grappling Hooks, Hookshots and many more, chain your moves and never lose momentum.
Why similar: Indie 51.3%, Action 48.7%
- #9 Grapple
89% matchMixed51% of 2,052 reviews2022
Dev: Barji
Windows
Grapple is a parkour game built for speedrunning. You're tasked to reach the end of the level only with the aid of a grappling hook & glider.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #10 Cyber Hook
88% 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: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #11 Spectrolite
87% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Noel Hetei
Windows
Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.
Why similar: Action 65.9%, Indie 34.1%
- #12 Adventure Climb VR
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 419 reviews2019
Dev: MXTreality
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Adventure Climb VR is a room-scale climbing experience suitable for anyone of any age - particularly great for newcomers to VR. Achieve triumph through a combination of physically demanding climbing techniques and puzzle challenges that are designed by actual rock climbers.
Why similar: Adventure 52.1%, Action 47.9%
- #13 Verlet Swing
86% matchVery Positive88% of 706 reviews2018
Dev: Flamebait Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!
Why similar: Action 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #14 Jusant
83% matchVery Positive93% of 6,592 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
Why similar: Adventure 41.7%, Action 33%, Indie 25.2%
- #15 Above
84% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamful Projects
Windows
ABOVE is a challenging climbing game set in a mysterious world. Reach, jump and grab on to rocks and moving objects as you pave your way through the vertical terrain. Experience a mysterious and intriguing world with gameplay that will challenge both your skills and endurance.
Why similar: Adventure 51.5%, Action 48.5%
- #16 Nomad
85% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Bob WuPub: USC Games
Windows
A serene first-person 3D platformer where you use a magical rope to traverse the body of a dormant ancient colossus in order to heal its wounds and awaken it once again. Embark on a relaxing journey of melancholy to rekindle one of nature's long-lost wonders.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Indie 30.1%, Action 27.1%
- #17 White Knuckle
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,869 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Machine GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.
Why similar: Adventure 53.7%, Action 46.3%
- #18 Vectromirror 0™
84% matchVery Positive86% of 463 reviews2020
Dev: The Vectromirror InitiativePub: Burnout Game Ventures
Windows
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: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #19 Fractured Horizon
81% matchVery Positive96% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Rune van der LeiPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Fractured Horizon is a fast-paced parkour game, where you use Gravity Fields to traverse through a shattered world. Manipulate gravity, leap between the platforms and overcome obstacles in this speedrunning 3D platformer.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #20 Downward: Enhanced Edition
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 563 reviews2017
Dev: Caracal GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Indie 29.6%, Action 26.7%
- #21 GRAB
79% matchVery Positive89% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: SlinDev
Windows
GRAB is a VR multiplayer parkour game. Climb, jump, slide and swing through the levels to reach the end, but don't fall or touch the lava!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #22 Crowbar Climber
80% matchMixed49% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: BAZOOKA STUDIOPub: MyDearest Inc.
Windows
In Crowbar Climber, use your crowbars to make your way up! Face hooks, planks, and gears using only your arms. Can you beat the game before you run out of energy?
Why similar: Action 75.2%, Indie 24.8%
- #23 VThree
82% matchMixed43% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: 2xMilk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
VThree is the low poly, atmospheric, fast paced first person platformer you didn’t know you needed. Run, jump, and wall jump your way to the top of the leader boards, snagging platinum achievements along the way.
Why similar: Action 48.4%, Indie 34.3%, Adventure 17.3%
- #24 Valley Peaks
77% matchVery Positive96% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Tub ClubPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows
Embark on a cozy climbing adventure in Valley Peaks, a ribbiting first-person platformer where each mountain is like a puzzle. Install Radio Towers at the top of every ridge to connect the froggy inhabitants to the wider world, venture further into the Valley, conquer peaks and unravel mysteries!
Why similar: Adventure 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #25 Freight Hopper
78% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: Nikhil Alapati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the world of Freight Hopper. A high-octane first-person parkour experience. Test your spontaneous planning and reach the goal as fast as possible!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #26 Grapple Gear
79% matchMixed68% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan HoffmanPub: Neumont College of Computer Science
Windows
Grapple Gear is a fast-paced speed-running game focused on using the grapple for movement.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #27 Cloak and Dasher
78% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Spirit Stone Studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a lightning fast thief in this fast-paced platformer about looting ancient ruins with speed and style!
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 27.8%
- #28 Hazel Sky
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 306 reviews2022
Dev: Coffee Addict StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hazel Sky is a heartfelt adventure about a young engineer facing his destiny and his desires. Fix ramshackle flying machines and jump, climb, swing, and slide through a beautiful, mysterious world.
Why similar: Adventure 65.8%, Action 34.2%
- #29 Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure
76% matchVery Positive86% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Jasper OprelPub: Indiana-Jonas
Windows · Mac
Fling yourself into a mountain climbing adventure! Become the first to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world and meet eccentric characters along the way!
Why similar: Action 51.3%, Adventure 48.7%
- #30 Grimhook
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,045 reviews2023
Dev: Unlimited Fries
Windows
Bounce, dash, and grapple through flooded caverns in this fast-paced first-person action platformer. Descend into Grimhook's sunken ruins as Dart, mastering Lovecraftian powers and decimating robotic foes. Explore, battle, and unravel the mysteries below Miletos.
Why similar: Adventure 51.4%, Action 48.6%
- #31 Verlet Ascend
74% matchVery Positive89% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Sagewind StudioPub: Stratera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #32 Lemma
76% matchVery Positive82% of 248 reviews2015
Dev: Helvetica Scenario
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Immersive first-person parkour in a surreal, physics-driven voxel world. Every move can modify the environment. Surfaces pop in and out of existence at will.
Why similar: Adventure 38.5%, Action 35.1%, Indie 26.4%
- #33 Inertia
75% 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: Action 100%
- #34 Slinger VR
75% matchMixed69% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Empyrean
Windows
Slinger VR is an action adventure game, where you climb, fly and leap through vast spaces and abstract twisted structures formed inside your mind. Defeat enemies and activate transmitters to unlock portals that lead on and on.
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Indie 37.1%, Adventure 12.4%
- #35 Windlands 2
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 427 reviews2018
Dev: Psytec Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Windlands 2 is a built-for-VR fantasy action adventure game, use grappling hooks and a bow to explore the vast mysterious world to take down gigantic titans alone or with friends.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Action 35.9%, Indie 25.6%
- #36 Lone Land
73% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Magitech Games
Windows
Don't be afraid of heights to find the way out. Lone Land it's about reflection, calm, and relaxation.
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Action 35.2%, Indie 23.4%
- #37 Hoverflow
69% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Simon In Motion
Windows
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: Action 39.3%, Adventure 34.5%, Indie 26.2%
- #38 BAIONLENJA
68% matchVery Positive98% of 372 reviews2025
Dev: BAION
Windows
BAIONLENJA is a first-person metroidvania with an extreme movement focus. Explore the vast and interconnected research facility, where a mysterious fossil grants you unimaginable power and mobility. B-Hop, Rocket Jump and Air Strafe to uncover the secrets of the BAIONLENJA corporation.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #39 Celaria
73% matchVery Positive88% of 142 reviews2019
Dev: Lewa
Windows
Celaria is a first-person racing parkour platformer in which the player races against the time on various tracks. Find the fastest path to the goal and take advantage of the environment in order to improve your runs as much as possible.
Why similar: Action 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #40 A Story About My Uncle
70% matchVery Positive92% of 29,162 reviews2014
Dev: Gone North GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Why similar: Adventure 95.8%, Indie 3.1%, Action 1.2%
- #41 Ikarus Parkour
69% matchVery Positive80% of 170 reviews2025
Dev: Vanja Aleksić
Windows
Ikarus Parkour is a precision 3D platformer set within a deadly game show. Climb the massive 850-meter vertical tower, overcome its obstacles, and claim the fortune that awaits.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #42 Completely Stretchy
70% matchVery Positive84% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Warp DigitalPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
A befuddling mishap has made you COMPLETELY STRETCHY! Stretch, swing and stick around the delightfully odd and vibrant Grombi Isles in this eccentric and light-hearted 3D platformer.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #43 Speed Swing
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Jakob DelzerPub: Indie
Windows
Speed Swing is a challenging level based grappling hook game, where the objective is to reach the end of each level as fast as possible.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Matter
71% matchVery Positive89% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: Uki Uki Lab
Windows · Mac
Dive into a mystical world where gravity crumbles and landscapes transform. Matter is a dreamlike platformer, a contemplative and abstract journey. Explore a strange universe in 30 minutes of serene parkour, where matter and sound harmonize with your actions. A unique sensory experience awaits!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #45 Rising Islands
73% matchMixed60% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Lone Hero Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rising Islands is an adventure game where you’ll have to combine fast-paced action with quick thinking. Jump, shift, grind, dash and wallrun through a fantastic world that is fraying at the edges. New challenges await around every corner.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #46 Spring Dash
68% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Dillon Steyl
Windows
Catapult yourself to incredible speeds in this first-person precision platformer. Use your command over vegetation to build up momentum and decimate the bugs in your way. Just be careful not to fall!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Peaks of Yore
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,672 reviews2023
Dev: Anders Grube JensenPub: TraipseWare
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Travel around The Great Gales to climb challenging peaks in this physics-based climbing adventure set in 1887. Meet like-minded mountaineers, unlock helpful climbing gear, and become a pioneer of mountaineering.
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Action 27.8%, Indie 21.3%
- #48 Popo's Tower
71% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A colorful rapid 3D-Platformer in which a stranded pilot jumps, climbs, and dropkicks their way through a magical island. Climb high towers, run across walls, and make dangerous jumps you deemed impossible!
Why similar: Adventure 46.7%, Action 31%, Indie 22.3%
- #49 Aefen Fall
71% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Studio 9.7
Windows
Aefen Fall is a first-person parkour fantasy game. Run, jump and use your alchemical powers in a DieselPunk world to reach your goal as quickly as possible. Your abilities, your freedom.
Why similar: Action 77%, Indie 23%
- #50 CatboyZOOM
66% matchVery Positive99% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Ethan Vuong
Windows
Zoom through the many handcrafted worlds in this FPS Platforming Speedrunner! Master your control over the Source-inspired movement system and leave your best times for others to challenge!
Why similar: Action 88.4%, Indie 11.6%
- #51 Exertus
69% matchVery Positive85% of 302 reviews2019
Dev: Loneminded
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Through use of the fluid movement set and dynamic level elements, players have the simple aim of getting from point A to point B, either by using the beaten path or the off-path environment within semi-linear levels.
Why similar: Action 63.9%, Adventure 36.1%
- #52 Only Up 2
70% matchMostly Negative36% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: SKYZ Studio
Windows
Reach new heights in "Only Up 2," set in a mysterious world above the clouds, brimming with secrets waiting to be unearthed. Embark on an ascent like no other, the only limit is the sky.
Why similar: Action 51.8%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 20.5%
- #53 A Webbing Journey
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,225 reviews2025
Dev: Fire Totem GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Adorable spider chaos! Swing around the house, weave crazy structures, play with physics-based objects, and pull off chores with nothing but your webs and your wits in this madcap sandbox adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #54 Ynglet
67% matchVery Positive97% of 371 reviews2021
Dev: NifflasPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
Why similar: Action 52.1%, Adventure 47.9%
- #55 Cloud Climber
66% matchVery Positive92% of 4,129 reviews2021
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #56 Reach
66% matchMixed66% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: nDreams ElevationPub: nDreams
Windows
The ground-breaking new title from nDreams Elevation – the VR-immersion expert’s pioneering new studio. Embody a reluctant hero, wield extraordinary abilities, and journey into a perilous world of crossed realities. Are you ready to make the leap?
Why similar: Action 50.6%, Adventure 49.4%