- #1 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
97% matchVery Positive85% of 3,701 reviews2012
Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.
Why similar: Platformer 64%, Action 33.3%, Indie 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the game's blend of fast-paced 2D action, platforming, and irreverent humor.
- #2 The Messenger
96% matchVery Positive93% of 12,834 reviews2018
Dev: SabotagePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Why similar: Platformer 54.3%, Action 25.2%, Indie 20.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features tight platforming mechanics and a humorous tone that evolves into a deep action-adventure experience.
- #3 Onikira - Demon Killer
96% matchMostly Negative39% of 377 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Furnace Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Onikira is a 2D side scrolling beat ‘em up set in a fantasy feudal Japan where the player takes on the role of a samurai fighting to prevent the forces of the Japanese underworld from breaking through into the world of the living.
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Platformer 30.2%, Indie 27.8%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action-platformer that emphasizes fluid combat and melee weapon mastery.
- #4 Katana ZERO
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 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 46.1%, Action 35.9%, Indie 18%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly stylized, fast-paced melee combat experience that rewards precision and movement.
- #5 Splasher
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,175 reviews2017
Dev: SplashteamPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.
Why similar: Platformer 43.3%, Action 32.6%, Indie 24.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-speed, momentum-based platforming that feels very similar to the movement in Wooden Sen'SeY.
- #6 Dusty Revenge:Co-Op Edition
94% matchMixed41% of 227 reviews2014
Dev: PD Design Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Revenge will consume you, but redemption will push you to your breaking point.Play as Dusty, a multi- weapon wielding warrior ready to face loads of outlawed criminals, dangerous creatures and the ruthless evil villain that rules them all.
Why similar: Action 49.2%, Platformer 36.1%, Indie 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action-platformer that shares a similar focus on melee combat and stylized character design.
- #7 Ninja Senki DX
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?
Why similar: Action 46.3%, Indie 31.9%, Platformer 21.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, retro-styled action-platformer that focuses on simple but effective combat mechanics.
- #8 STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
92% matchVery Positive81% of 4,181 reviews2014
Dev: Double Helix GamesPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Why similar: Platformer 67.3%, Action 32.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers incredibly fast-paced movement and satisfying sword-based combat in a futuristic setting.
- #9 Mark of the Ninja
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,869 reviews
Dev: Klei EntertainmentPub: Microsoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Platformer 57%, Action 23.3%, Indie 19.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for ninja-themed platforming, focusing on fluid movement and tactical action.
- #10 Shadow Bug
91% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: Muro Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.
Why similar: Platformer 41.4%, Action 34.3%, Indie 24.3%
Why You'll Like It: A ninja-themed action-platformer that emphasizes precise movement and quick, satisfying combat encounters.
- #11 Lords of Exile
89% matchVery Positive82% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Squidbit WorksPub: PID Games
Windows
Embark on a quest for revenge in Lords of Exile, an 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer set in the far Lands of Exilia. With classic retro mechanics and linear level design in 8-bit graphics.
Why similar: Platformer 50.6%, Action 31.2%, Indie 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that leans into the classic arcade feel of sword-based combat.
- #12 KUNAI
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 589 reviews2020
Dev: TurtleBlazePub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Indie 33.8%, Platformer 19.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique grappling hook mechanic that makes traversal and combat feel dynamic and fast.
- #13 Tribal Hunter
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,613 reviews2022
Dev: Melonsoda Soft
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An action platformer with size-changing mechanics. Be quick and nimble or large and in-charge!
Why similar: Platformer 47.2%, Action 32.6%, Indie 20.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer with a distinct art style and combat mechanics that reward exploration and skill.
- #14 BAKERU
88% matchVery Positive95% of 376 reviews2024
Dev: Good-Feel Co., Ltd.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Bakeru's adventure begins in this Japan-esque Wild Action Game!
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that features a Japanese-inspired aesthetic and fun, beat-em-up combat.
- #15 Cyber Shadow
87% matchVery Positive84% of 1,490 reviews2021
Dev: Aarne "MekaSkull" HunzikerPub: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Why similar: Platformer 53.7%, Action 27.5%, Indie 18.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action-platformer that captures the intensity of classic ninja-themed games.
- #16 Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)
86% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: ASTEROID-JPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.
Why similar: Action 49.8%, Platformer 37.7%, Indie 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed action game that focuses on quick strikes and fluid movement through dangerous levels.
- #17 NINJA SLAYER NEO-SAITAMA IN FLAMES(ニンジャスレイヤー ネオサイタマ炎上)
86% matchMixed47% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Skeleton Crew StudioPub: KADOKAWA CORPORATION
Windows
A fast-paced action platformer based on the world of Ninja Slayer, a hit manga that sold 4.44 million copies! In the fictional cyberpunk city of Neo-Saitama, take control of Ninja Slayer as he does battle with numerous evil ninjas, all to avenge the death of his wife and child.
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that captures the intensity and theme of classic ninja combat.
- #18 My Friend Pedro
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,167 reviews2019
Dev: DeadToast EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Why similar: Action 47.4%, Platformer 29.2%, Indie 23.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same sense of humorous, high-octane action and creative movement found in the seed game.
- #19 Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,570 reviews2014
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Why similar: Platformer 62.4%, Indie 19.5%, Action 18.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines classic platforming with unique melee combat mechanics and a charming, humorous world.
- #20 JustAxe
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Supergalactiс GamedevPub: Targem Games
Windows
Pioneers against aliens! JustAxe is an exciting 2D platformer with puzzles, interactive environments and unusual setting! Solve riddles, combine your moves, and set out to save your hometown and possibly all of humanity... And don’t forget to take your axe with you!
Why similar: Platformer 59.5%, Action 40.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the specific theme of axe-based combat within a platforming environment.
- #21 The Spirit of the Samurai
83% matchMixed61% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Mind GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A village in peril. A samurai reanimated. An Oni advancing. Fight an army of undead warriors and Japanese monsters as a human, a Kodama, and a cat in this 2D stop-motion action adventure.
Why similar: Action 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that emphasizes melee combat and a distinct cultural aesthetic.
- #22 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,427 reviews2018
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Action 35.9%, Indie 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-style action-platformer that provides a polished experience with distinct character abilities.
- #23 Broforce
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 60,389 reviews2015
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
Why similar: Platformer 43.1%, Action 39.6%, Indie 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers chaotic, humorous action-platforming with a heavy emphasis on destruction and fast movement.
- #24 Shin Samurai Jazz
82% matchMixed66% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Shin Samurai Jazz is a platform-adventure game. It combines the likes of film noir and samurai cinema, presenting them with 8-bit graphics, an electro-jazz soundtrack, and a comic/manga-like style creating a unique atmosphere.
Why similar: Action 38.3%, Platformer 36.8%, Indie 24.9%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish action-platformer that blends unique visuals with fast-paced combat.
- #25 Go Go Jump!!
79% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Dexter ManningPub: Manning Media
Windows
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: Platformer 44%, Action 38.4%, Indie 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous action-platformer that focuses on quick, bite-sized levels.
- #26 Chop is dish
81% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: HugePixel
Windows
Chop is dish-2d-dimensional platformer, where you conroll an angry master-chef who was lost piece of meat-it was stolen. Looking in the root of their troubles hero plunges into the mysterious world of strange creatures, which is fraught with many traps and dangers.
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Platformer 30.2%, Indie 27.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward action-platformer that focuses on movement and combat in a 2D space.
- #27 Yasai Ninja
81% matchMostly Negative36% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Recotechnology S.L.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Yasai Ninja is a hack & slash game set in feudal Japan where Kaoru Tamanegi and Broccoli Joe face the most terrible vegetable-fighters. Play 1/2 Player mode and finish the adventure!
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that features a similar lighthearted, stylized approach to combat.
- #28 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Platformer 45.3%, Action 33%, Indie 21.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action-platformer that features melee combat and exploration.
- #29 Revenge of the shadow ninja
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Varvarik
Windows
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Why similar: Platformer 53.6%, Action 31.1%, Indie 15.3%
- #30 Fallen Leaf
75% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2024
Dev: Delta Shore Games
Windows
Fallen Leaf is a retro side-scrolling adventure focused on tight, action-packed level design set in a whimsical world where almost anything goes!
Why similar: Platformer 51.2%, Action 27%, Indie 21.8%
- #31 Hack And Climb
74% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Kodachi Games
Windows
Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Platformer 100%
- #32 The Warrior
73% matchVery Positive97% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: ThornDuck
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.
Why similar: Platformer 66.9%, Action 33.1%
- #33 SEEP Universe
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 96 reviews2015
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Kick butt in this retro 2D action-platformer! SEEP Universe is an indie game for PC inspired by the 8-16 bit era!
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Platformer 30.6%, Indie 28.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-platformer that offers a variety of levels and combat challenges.
- #34 Garbanzo Quest
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 586 reviews2024
Dev: zagawee
Windows · Mac · Linux
GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!
Why similar: Platformer 52.8%, Indie 24.6%, Action 22.5%
- #35 Shadow Blade: Reload
77% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Dead Mage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Why similar: Platformer 41.7%, Action 35.5%, Indie 22.9%
- #36 Save the Ninja Clan
76% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: WillzPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Save the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching.
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Indie 40.9%, Platformer 18%
- #37 FLASH OF THE BLADE X
73% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: DOSMan Games
Windows
Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #38 Gachi Revenge
73% matchVery Positive91% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Take Toad
Windows · Mac · Linux
The adventure of our beloved hero, in which he has to overcome all the obstacles prepared by the Gachi gang. They stole the most valuable and now pay for it.
Why similar: Action 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #39 Frebbventure
71% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: AlmyriganHero
Windows
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 63.1%, Action 36.9%
- #40 Kill Fun Yeah
76% matchMixed44% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Arctic Anteater
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Kill Fun Yeah is an online 2D platform shooter. Murder and capture your way to the top, using an ever increasing arsenal of silly weaponry and items, the powers of deflect, attract and freeze, as well as various powerups.
Why similar: Action 47.8%, Indie 33.8%, Platformer 18.4%
- #41 Pulut Adventure
75% matchMixed62% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: yayapipiPub: Yayapipi Studio
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Pulut Adventure is a 2D platform game with over 30 different stylistic levels and exciting mechanics. Defeat the enemy and collect different of weapon to advance your abilities. You can use the summon skills and flying mode to explore the world.
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #42 Ganryu 2
72% matchMixed62% of 139 reviews2022
Dev: Storybird StudioPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Play as Miyamoto Musashi in this beautiful 2D platformer and travel through a 17th century fantasy Japan, from north to the island of Ganryu-jima where everything happened between Musashi and Kojiro. The game is inspired by the story of Takezo Musashi from the famous novel “The Stone And The Sword”.
Why similar: Platformer 59.8%, Action 32.5%, Indie 7.7%
- #43 Jack Lumber
74% matchMixed63% of 362 reviews2013
Dev: Owlchemy Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A tree killed his granny and now he is out for revenge. Meet Jack Lumber, the supernatural lumberjack who hates trees, loves animals, and hates trees. Did we say that twice? The guy really hates trees, and boy does he have an axe to grind.
Why similar: Action 51.4%, Indie 48.6%
- #44 Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!
71% matchVery Positive81% of 253 reviews2021
Dev: Be-Rad EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Step into the boots of Serious Sam's most iconic foe, the Headless Kamikaze, and chase down the vile Serious Sam in this action packed arcade runner
Why similar: Action 46.2%, Platformer 42.9%, Indie 10.9%
- #45 Han'yo
68% matchVery Positive84% of 351 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
After witnessing her village being destroyed and slaughtered by the Oni demon, Hiroko has only one goal: revenge. Join this young samurai in this 2D side-scrolling platformer.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #46 Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
67% matchVery Positive86% of 506 reviews2023
Dev: JoyMasherPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Why similar: Platformer 62.5%, Action 37.5%
- #47 Chenso Club
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 321 reviews2022
Dev: PixadomePub: Aurora Punks
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Aliens are attacking! Who will save us? Chenso Club will! Using chainsaws, hammers, and the aliens’ own life force against them - these fearless warriors will pulverise enemies on their way to victory. Go solo! Go co-op! Go hack those aliens in this action-packed, side-scrolling platform brawler!
Why similar: Platformer 48.4%, Action 28.9%, Indie 22.7%
- #48 Mr. Bree+
70% matchVery Positive85% of 230 reviews2014
Dev: TawStudio Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Mr. Bree+ is a hardcore sidescrolling adventure platformer, enriched with great visual and musical aspects. It's about 60 levels of pure challenge, revealing along the progress, the dark past events which tells the story of our hero, a householding family pig, Mr. Bree.
Why similar: Platformer 44.5%, Action 28.9%, Indie 26.6%
- #49 PARRYMAN
67% matchMixed62% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: KIWICORN
Windows
'Parryman' is a hardcore action game where you fight using only the counterattack skill of parrying. Put your parrying skills to the test with 'Parryman'.
Why similar: Platformer 53.3%, Action 43.1%, Indie 3.6%
- #50 Mask Quest
66% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: increpare games
Windows · Mac
A platform game about running, jumping and breathing.
Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Action 34.2%, Indie 17%
- #51 Gori: Cuddly Carnage
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,566 reviews2024
Dev: Angry Demon StudioPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humanity has been destroyed - and it's up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose AI companion, CH1-P, to shred and slay the evil Adorable Army!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #52 10 Second Ninja
69% matchVery Positive85% of 778 reviews2014
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Mastertronic
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
Why similar: Platformer 45.5%, Action 30.2%, Indie 24.3%
- #53 Kill The Plumber
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 114 reviews2015
Dev: KeybolPub: Tekitown
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kill the Plumber is a challenging anti-platformer game. Play as the enemies instead of the hero for a unique new experience!
Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Action 34.9%, Indie 23.8%
- #54 Forest Warrior
71% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Inferno Studio
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Forest Warrior is a 2D action combat game with unique aspects. Battle the true evil of the forest by using your weapons, specials and environment. Use your specials for building unique strategies to conquer the forest.
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
- #55 Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found
69% matchMixed67% of 323 reviews2016
Dev: Hikergames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Toy Odyssey is fundamentally an action-adventure platformer. The player spends the night exploring a randomly-generated house, defeating bosses in each of the unique rooms, and then going up against the final boss.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Platformer 28.9%, Indie 28.8%
- #56 SISYPHUS
66% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2021
Dev: Squiggly Starfruit Studios
Windows · Mac
After an eternity of toiling away at meaningless divine punishment, Sisyphus has finally snapped. Join Sisyphus in his quest for revenge as he weaponizes the very rock chaining him down to steamroll and swing his way to the top of Mount Olympus, while breaking a few laws of physics along the way.
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Platformer 43.5%, Indie 11.4%
- #57 Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
68% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: CollectorVision Games
Windows · Mac
In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!
Why similar: Action 43.3%, Indie 28.6%, Platformer 28.1%
- #58 Grapple Force Rena
67% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2018
Dev: Friend & FairyPub: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Linux
Swing, climb, grab, and throw in this action platformer where you can grapple anywhere! Using Rena's magic bracelets, hook onto any surface to swing wherever you like, or grab your foes to send them hurtling into each other!
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Indie 30%, Platformer 26.4%
- #59 Dadish
65% matchVery Positive93% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas K. Young
Windows
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, Action 42.3%, Indie 11.2%