Games Like Will Glow the Wisp

Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue a litter of its missing offspring, in this side-scrolling, psychedelic platformer from the mind of award-winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.5%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Old School 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A visually striking, psychedelic platformer that matches the surreal art style of the seed game.

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: Surreal 26.8%, Platformer 16.1%, Relaxing 15.4%, Arcade 15.3%, Colorful 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similarly relaxing yet movement-focused experience with a highly atmospheric, fluid aesthetic.

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Why similar: Difficult 21.5%, Platformer 21.5%, Score Attack 18.1%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Retro 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines precision platforming with a strong rhythmic element, requiring players to create platforms to the beat of the music.

Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Why similar: Platformer 27.6%, Difficult 23.2%, Minimalist 18.5%, Score Attack 15.7%, 2D 11%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based platformer that emphasizes smooth movement and a great electronic soundtrack.

Odium to the Core is a challenging single-button, music based game with a dark monochromatic art style. Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fueled levels to eliminate the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world!

Why similar: Difficult 20.3%, Bullet Hell 19%, Platformer 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Arcade 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a challenging, single-button bullet-hell platformer that demands the same level of precision and focus.

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 44.3%, Difficult 37.8%, 2D 7.1%, Colorful 4.6%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the fusion of bullet-hell dodging and rhythmic electronic music found in the seed game.

Super reaKtor is a bullet hell focused on difficulty with a twist: original controls and 2 differents weak points to manage. Collect green energy pellets, and avoid or absorb the various threats.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.8%, Difficult 17%, Score Attack 16.7%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Minimalist 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, score-attack bullet-hell game that captures the arcade intensity of the seed game.

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: Platformer 35.9%, Difficult 35.8%, Side Scroller 10%, Score Attack 5.6%, Action 4%

Why You'll Like It: This title features intense, rhythm-based precision platforming that mirrors the difficulty and energy of the seed game.

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Difficult 50%, Arcade 13.7%, Score Attack 9.9%, Psychedelic 9.1%, Minimalist 8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-speed arcade game that relies on rhythmic movement and extreme focus to survive.

A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.

Why similar: Difficult 32.1%, Psychedelic 27.6%, Arcade 13.9%, Colorful 8.9%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strict rhythm game that requires the same level of precision and timing as the more difficult sections of the seed game.

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: Side Scroller 20.4%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Difficult 17.5%, Abstract 11.8%, Platformer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, unforgiving precision platformer that tests your reflexes in a clean, stylized environment.

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: Difficult 31.1%, Platformer 25.6%, Arcade 19.7%, Retro 9.8%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style descent game that rewards precise movement and aggressive play.

Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.

Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Relaxing 19.4%, Colorful 13.8%, Score Attack 13.1%, Difficult 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm game with a dreamy, hand-drawn aesthetic that focuses on relaxing yet precise inputs.

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.

Why similar: Side Scroller 19.1%, Difficult 16.7%, Old School 13.2%, Minimalist 12.3%, Platformer 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist precision platformer that focuses on short, difficult bursts of gameplay.

Non-Euclidean snake where you can go forever deeper and deeper into the void... ...and if you're good enough, into the daily leaderboards

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.4%, Score Attack 13.2%, Arcade 13%, Surreal 11.4%, Old School 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, arcade-style game that focuses on fluid movement and minimalist aesthetics.

Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).

Why similar: Side Scroller 25.1%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Psychedelic 14.9%, Old School 13.2%, Arcade 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling bullet-hell shooter that focuses on arcade-style dodging and pattern recognition.

Enjoy chill Lo-fi walks and fight bosses to K-POP, EDM and Hip-Hop inspired tracks. Features a quirky story, 30 handcrafted levels and various EX-modes to refresh your gameplay.

Why similar: Difficult 37.4%, Arcade 18.4%, Relaxing 17.9%, Colorful 12.7%, Casual 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends rhythm mechanics with action-adventure elements, maintaining a lighthearted yet challenging tone.

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: Side Scroller 22.6%, Platformer 15.7%, Minimalist 14.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Arcade 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic rhythm-platformer that forces players to move in sync with the music to overcome obstacles.

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Why similar: Psychedelic 46.1%, Difficult 34.7%, Arcade 9.1%, Action 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: An intense rhythm-action game that features surreal, psychedelic visuals and high-speed movement.

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Platformer 47.3%, Retro 17.8%, Action 13.7%, 2D 12.1%, Colorful 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D platformer with a great soundtrack that emphasizes speed and momentum.

Neon Warp is a simple yet very unique puzzle game.

Why similar: Arcade 17.7%, Difficult 15%, Score Attack 13.1%, Minimalist 13.1%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, 2D arcade game that features neon visuals and simple, addictive mechanics.

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

Why similar: Difficult 34.5%, Platformer 32.9%, Retro 15.1%, 2D 6.7%, Minimalist 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gravity-flipping precision platformer that emphasizes tight controls and difficult, screen-based challenges.

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

Why similar: Difficult 31.9%, Minimalist 21.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Arcade 13%, Colorful 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for precision platforming, offering thousands of levels that require perfect movement.

Weave through missiles to generated music, and let the world flow around you.

Why similar: Casual 19.6%, Score Attack 18.2%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Psychedelic 17.8%, Action 17%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, score-attack arcade game that shares the side-scrolling action focus of the seed game.

Enter a digital dream where every mistake echoes forever. Control your little computer soul through an endless neon labyrinth filled with moving obstacles, shimmering tiles and vaporwave vibes.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.2%, Side Scroller 22.3%, Platformer 15.7%, Arcade 13.5%, Retro 9.3%

Dodge. Drift. Dance through danger.

Why similar: Flight 27.5%, Difficult 18.2%, Minimalist 12.2%, Old School 11.5%, Arcade 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie arcade game that provides a challenging, action-oriented experience.

Photonic Distress (or PD for short) is a blend of First/Third Person puzzler/platformer with a unique twist. Navigate your way through randomly generated levels, lighting your way up, fighting enemies, sliding and collecting Memory Fragments to wake up!

Why similar: Relaxing 45.8%, Action 27.5%, Casual 26.7%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, action-adventure platformer that focuses on exploration and atmospheric traversal.

You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!

Why similar: Difficult 33.5%, Surreal 28.2%, Arcade 18.3%, Relaxing 15.6%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, arcade-style game where you must navigate through obstacles while maintaining momentum.

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Difficult 39.6%, Arcade 28.5%, Casual 11.1%, 2D 8.5%, Action 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based, rhythmic game that features a psychedelic visual style and fluid movement.

A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!

Why similar: Abstract 23.5%, Surreal 17.3%, Psychedelic 16.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Minimalist 10.7%

Break through and outlast shifting, twisting, chaos and whatnot. Dodging is for cowards - start smashing.

Why similar: Flight 28.6%, Surreal 15.6%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Abstract 14.2%, Psychedelic 13.8%

Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

Why similar: Bullet Time 23.9% ★, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Abstract 14%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Score Attack 10.8%

Sit back and enjoy 30 minutes of original electronic and vaporwave music in this challenging platformer, push forward to unlock Time Trial mode and a second playable character who completely changes the gameplay.

Why similar: Difficult 38.5%, Platformer 26.4%, Retro 11.2%, 2D 9.2%, Action 6.7%

Chain massive trick combos, dodge deadly debris, and chase huge scores in this fast-paced arcade adventure. Earn coins, upgrade abilities, collect rare items, and uncover a wild time-bending narrative aboard this doomed flight in the year 1995

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.6%, Score Attack 22%, Old School 14.6%, Arcade 14%, Retro 10.6%

Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Why similar: Side Scroller 26.3%, Difficult 20.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Old School 11%, Retro 7.2%

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

Why similar: Platformer 37.5%, Old School 28%, 2D 10.6%, Retro 9.5%, Colorful 7.5%

A mix of Flappy Bird and Dark Souls

Why similar: Minimalist 39.7%, Arcade 36.6%, Casual 20.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%

From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.1%, Difficult 17.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Minimalist 13%, Arcade 10.1%

Test both mind, body and spirit in this surreal bullet hell platformer. Plum the depths of your potato-consciousness to overcome impossible challenges in search of the elusive, tantalizing TROOF.

Why similar: Surreal 18.8%, Difficult 18.5%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Platformer 16.3%, Retro 11%

Experience a different take on the roguelike genre. Explore a world created on the fly by your actions. Wonder about your purpose.

Why similar: Abstract 68.6%, Action 31.4%

Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!

Why similar: Side Scroller 35%, Difficult 26.8%, Platformer 17.7%, Retro 9.1%, 2D 5.8%

A modern revisitation of the 80s arcades. Use your Razerwire to cut through waves of nanobugs with a rogue-like inspired progression.

Why similar: Bullet Time 35.8% ★, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Relaxing 10.4%, Colorful 5.7%

the game is about keeping your mind at one place

Why similar: Psychedelic 36.6%, Surreal 19.9%, Arcade 17%, Colorful 10.3%, Retro 9.6%

WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.

Why similar: Difficult 15.4%, Score Attack 14.9%, Side Scroller 14%, Minimalist 12.9%, Old School 9.8%

In this fast-paced arcade game, inspired by Pac-Man, you navigate through a dark maze, chasing the highest score. Avoid the lurking dangers, find secrets and game-changing power-ups as you explore the maze. And remember, even your failures can illuminate your path through the darkness.

Why similar: Retro 24.4%, Arcade 22.9%, Minimalist 16.7%, Relaxing 13.3%, Casual 9.6%

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 27.3%, Difficult 23.2%, Old School 15.5%, Retro 12.4%, Platformer 8.5%

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Difficult 19.6%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Platformer 11.7%, Arcade 10.4%

At sonic speeds, Aureole - Wings of Hope takes platforming to the literal skies! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based side-scrolling game.

Why similar: Difficult 24.6%, Platformer 24.2%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Arcade 11.5%, Colorful 6.1%

Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.8%, Minimalist 15.5%, Score Attack 13.7%, Retro 7.7%, 2D 7.6%

Slip is a fast paced side scrolling platformer featuring a two color, swap mechanic. Using your two colors flee from Steve and his wretched purple beam through a multitude of obstacles and enemies. Slip combines the elegant simplicity of platforming with a polarity mechanic to create an easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master...

Why similar: Platformer 63.8%, Action 36.2%

aMAZE Untouchable is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with calm soundtrack.

Why similar: Abstract 20.8%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Difficult 17.9%, Old School 13.3%, Retro 8.4%

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 35.5%, Retro 17.1%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Difficult 11.8%, 2D 10.6%

ACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID is a a fast-paced arcade game with bullet-hell elements.

Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Difficult 17.6%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Retro 11.1%

Super Space Club is a lo-fi arcade space shooter to chill to. Defend a vibrant galaxy as a club of misfit heroes and battle endless waves of spacecrafts to the tune of atmospheric beats. Outlast your enemies and vibe to the rhythm of the stars.

Why similar: Flight 27.5%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Difficult 15%, Arcade 11%, Minimalist 9.1%

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Why similar: Platformer 47.8%, Difficult 27.6%, Action 11.4%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Dodge the music and weave through an endless ballet of bullets in an all-new collection of hand-crafted levels set to the music of an award-winning cast of international musicians. Turn any song into an amazing experience with the robust Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Why similar: Bullet Time 23.3% ★, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Difficult 14.2%, Abstract 11.6%, Arcade 7.6%

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: Side Scroller 20.9%, Difficult 16.9%, Surreal 16.5%, Old School 13.2%, Platformer 10.7%