- #1 Dodgeball Burglar
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forbidden Folds
Windows
You and your dodgeball against the world. Dodgeball Burglar is a thrilling top down Action Drama. One-hit knockouts, stylish setpieces and fierce opponets deliver intense and addicting Dodgeball Action.
Why similar: Heist 32.6% ★, Fast-Paced 25.2%, Difficult 14.5%, Top-Down 10.4%, Action 6.1%
- #2 JUMPGRID
96% matchVery Positive95% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deftly teleport your way through a cosmic obstacle course in this white-knuckle arcade dodge-em-up!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.7%, Difficult 15.9%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Abstract 12.2%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #3 Dodge All the Things
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Combo Duck
Windows
Dodge your way through three brutal levels of deadly enemies (and lasers) that kill you in an instant. Collect diamonds until you have enough to make it out alive. Can you dodge your way past everything and take down the final boss?
Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.6%, Difficult 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Top-Down 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #4 Dodging Orb
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SwanCube
Windows
Master all stages by avoiding the infinite bullet hell designed to be extremely difficult.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Fast-Paced 20%, Arcade 13.4%, Difficult 13%, Minimalist 13%
- #5 Ship v Maze
94% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Cosmic Droplet
Windows · Linux
Fly. Crash. Repeat. Because this time surely you won't make the same mistakes.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.3%, Difficult 17.6%, Arcade 10.9%, Minimalist 7.7%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
- #6 Hole Punch
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JUSTCAMH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cut holes in the world with a powerful dash, and use physics to take out enemies. A fast paced action romp focussed on physics based destruction.
Why similar: Heist 32.6% ★, Fast-Paced 26.9%, Stealth 14.6%, Minimalist 7.7%, Abstract 6.8%
- #7 LYNE
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,245 reviews2014
Dev: Thomas Bowker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.
Why similar: Mouse Only 26.6% ★, Difficult 14.5%, Abstract 13.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #8 Kursor
92% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: LM Games Studio
Windows
In this game, the ball chases the mouse cursor, so you'll have to overcome the inertia of movement and a multitude of obstacles without leaving any circle behind. Innovative gameplay, simple controls but difficult to master! This is Kursor.
Why similar: Mouse Only 25.2% ★, Fast-Paced 24.1%, Difficult 13.1%, Minimalist 11.6%, Abstract 10.1%
- #9 QUICKERFLAK 2
91% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows
QUICKERFLAK 2 is a retro-hardcore room-beater time-attack super fast-paced minigame.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.8%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Arcade 10.6%, Minimalist 10.4%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #10 Flatland Vol.2
91% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: kyuu FujisakiPub: Minimol Games
Windows
In this second episode of the series, Square crosses the most dangerous part of Flatland: the flooded wells. FLATLAND Vol. 2 is a fast-paced hardcore platformer featuring hand-crafted levels and lightning-fast respawns. Run, jump, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 20.4%, Stealth 17.1%, Difficult 13.1%, Fast-Paced 11.5%, Abstract 10.9%
- #11 Kamakazzzbee
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Avery SteelePub: A Duck's Quack Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Kamakazzzbee is a fast-paced, roguelike, arcade game, where you play as Bumble! Bumble is one bad bee; he hates the smell of flowers, and is trying to get rid of the smell by eating them all... Destroy all the flowers in your ecosystem, but beware of the critters trying to stop you!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.1%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Difficult 16%, Arcade 12.1%, Top-Down 10.5%
- #12 Prison Breaker
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kocow Games
Windows
Dodge, charge, and destroy! In this melodic action-based puzzle challenge, it's you versus the obstacles standing between you and the ultimate goal: pushing your dexterity to the limit and smashing the prison to bits. Ready to break some walls? Let the mayhem begin!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.3%, Difficult 18.5%, Abstract 14.2%, Arcade 11.6%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #13 Upfall
89% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Amicable Animal
Windows
Upfall is a game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences. Burst bubbles to progress upwards, but be careful to dodge the hazards in the depths. How far will your upfall be? A free game for the in betweens.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Fast-Paced 20.2%, Difficult 16.1%, Arcade 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #14 Serious Scramblers
88% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Chinykian Games
Windows · Mac
No jumping. Only falling. Descend through a hazardous pit and defeat a massive monster lurking in the deep in this small but unabashedly tough platformer!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.3%, Precision Platformer 21%, Difficult 16.4%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Arcade 7.8%
- #15 Worm Slayer
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Perelic Studios
Windows
Worm Slayer is a Fast-Paced Bullet Hell Roguelike where you must fight your way through the dungeon that is the Worm King's den to finally reach and then defeat the Worm King.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 23%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Difficult 16%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #16 Go Nutz
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deal Some Damage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Nutz is a platforming roguelike where you play as a time-stopping squirrel trying to save the forests. Fight, shoot, dash, and glide through branches, survive harsh weather, deposit nuts into squirrel holes, and unlock new skills. Can you reach the Edge and discover what's disturbing nature?
Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.6%, Precision Platformer 19.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Difficult 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #17 Nodebreak
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Blownfuse Softlabs
Windows
Nodebreak is a fast-paced, kinetic precision puzzle game, where you launch from node to node at breakneck speeds in an interconnected branching node network. It is an easy to understand, but hard to master test of reflexes and spatial awareness!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.4%, Difficult 16.5%, Abstract 13.9%, Arcade 9.7%, Minimalist 9.4%
- #18 While 1
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vermillion
Windows
Don't touch the walls. While 1 is a minimalist mouse-only action game centered around this simple concept. Create a loop around the level while avoiding obstacles synchronized to the music.
Why similar: Mouse Only 37.1% ★, Difficult 16.4%, Fast-Paced 13.6%, Minimalist 11.3%, Arcade 7.2%
- #19 Grot
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: styple studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Leap in and out of your mine cart hat to survive deadly, ever-changing caves in this precision platformer. Steal powerful gems and push deeper into a mysterious loop.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24%, Fast-Paced 23.2%, Difficult 17.1%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Arcade 10.9%
- #20 GLOW
84% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Frank Hampus Weslien
Windows · Mac · Linux
GLOW is an addictive physics-based arcade game that will challenge you to your limits. Push, dodge, and trick enemies while collecting points as the difficulty increases.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.3%, Difficult 19.3%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Arcade 13%, Top-Down 8%
- #21 Breaking & Entering
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Alex FrancoPub: Desert Rat Games
Windows
Run, steal, hide, and try not to get caught! Guards patrol and will chase you if they see you. Steal what you can, but be careful so you don't get weighed down. Guards and cameras protect these treasures. Do you think you have what it takes to become a master thief?
Why similar: Heist 36.1% ★, Arcade 15.3%, Stealth 15.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Action 10.1%
- #22 ONE SHOT OUT
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aurus Games Pub: Aurus Games
Windows
One prisoner. One hit kills you. Fight through 30 sectors of a space prison ship in a top-down roguelike shooter where every bullet can end your run. Reflexes, precision and dash — or die trying.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Top-Down 12.3%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Arcade 9.8%
- #23 No Alibi
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NECMAS Studios
Windows · Linux
Rob banks, collect bounties, and gamble it all away in No Alibi. Up to 4 players work together to lead their criminal empire to success. Use your customized guns and equipment to take hostages and steal everything you can. Just make sure the boss gets paid.
Why similar: Heist 34.5% ★, Fast-Paced 20%, Stealth 11.9%, Difficult 10.9%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #24 Ticktock
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Petraller Studios
Windows
Ticktock is a deceptively fast-paced arcade action game. Think fast; every fleeting second may be your last. Survive waves of monsters. Survive all 11 stages. Survive until the end.
Why similar: Mouse Only 30% ★, Fast-Paced 24.4%, Difficult 14.9%, Minimalist 10.7%, Action 10.4%
- #25 ASTRONAVE
80% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Doug B.
Windows
Dodge the assault of spheres in circular moves, while destroying celestial bodies and fighting only one boss that will push your abilities and focus to the limit.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.2%, Abstract 16.9%, Difficult 16.3%, Minimalist 13.3%, Bullet Hell 12.3%
- #26 TTV2
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,542 reviews2017
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 26%, Precision Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 14.4%, Arcade 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #27 Prison Freak
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OrcaLab Studios™
Windows
A brutally precise single-screen platformer built around instant restarts and shattered pride. Dodge deadly traps, nail impossible jumps, and hit restart more times than you’d like to admit. No excuses. Just skill.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.5%, Fast-Paced 21.1%, Difficult 17.3%, Arcade 7.9%, Action 5.4%
- #28 Gravity Jumper
77% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alboran Studios
Windows
Gravity Jumper is a challenging Bullet Hell platformer that experiments with your perception of gravity, space, and movement. Powered by a frenetic electronic soundtrack, every level is a test of skill, reflexes and sanity.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.4%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Difficult 25.1%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 5%
- #29 Groovy
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Menendez
Windows
Groovy is a fast-paced precision platformer where you can manipulate the colors of the world. Use your color powers to avoid traps, walk through walls, and launch through levels.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.6%, Precision Platformer 25.8%, Difficult 18.5%, Abstract 8.2%, Minimalist 6.1%
- #30 Super Grower
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: NanningsGames
Windows · Linux
Super Grower is a fun game of agility and reflexes. In this game, you must control a white square and grow the square to an immense size to eliminate all other objects on the level. By moving the square around the playing area and eat the smaller yellow tokens your square will grow big.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.1%, Mouse Only 20% ★, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Top-Down 10%, Action 8.6%
- #31 The World's Hardest Game - On Steam
76% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: BrazMonkey StudioPub: BrazMonkey Games
Windows
I present you The World's Hardest Game... On Steam! An aesthetic take on a classic browser game from 2008. Wait, are you sure you're ready to face The World's Hardest Game again? With aesthetic visuals and enhanced gameplay? Oh, and a revamped soundtrack? Alright. You can try.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.2%, Difficult 17.2%, Abstract 11.2%, Arcade 11%, Top-Down 10.1%
- #32 Direction Quad
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: No CheckpointPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Hop your way through the dangerous swamps as you face the trials of your master the Wise Toad! Direction Quad is a 2D action-adventure presented in top-down pixel art style.
Why similar: Difficult 26.6%, Fast-Paced 18.9%, Arcade 16.5%, Top-Down 14.4%, 2D 6.6%
- #33 Soda-Powered Penguin
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Domo Yoro
Windows · Mac · Linux
Control a soda-propelled penguin in this fast-paced precision platformer!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 31.1%, Precision Platformer 29.8%, Difficult 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, 2D 4.7%
- #34 Mini Eulerian Graph
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Graph Game
Windows
A relaxing one-stroke drawing game
Why similar: Mouse Only 44.5% ★, Difficult 18%, Abstract 14.4%, Minimalist 9.1%, 2D 7%
- #35 BAFF 2
75% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
A minimalist, hardcore, and challenging drag-and-drop game in the avoid-em-up genre that will test your reflexes, timing, and planning! This game is as hard as hell!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.2%, Difficult 16%, Abstract 14.8%, Minimalist 11%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #36 oO
73% matchVery Positive89% of 973 reviews2015
Dev: Maciej Targoni
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
"oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.6%, Precision Platformer 22.4%, Difficult 18.1%, Minimalist 11.7%, Arcade 11.3%
- #37 Revelation
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Krisalis SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Revelation is an intense arcade-style puzzle game from Krisalis where you spin color-coded interconnected dials inside clockwork locks to match colors and create chain reactions to open each safe. Thinking ahead is crucial, as each lock will affect adjacent locks when spun.
Why similar: Heist 45.8% ★, Abstract 16.5%, Minimalist 12.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Difficult 8.7%
- #38 Ghostlock
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Soul Investor
Windows
GHOSTLOCK is a 1-bit arcade survival game where every round you survive comes back to haunt you. Dodge the Hollow Echoes of your past selves, dash through the gauntlet and face bosses woven from your own ghosts. Chase streaks, race shared seeds, outrun yourself.
Why similar: Difficult 26.7%, Abstract 19%, Arcade 15.8%, Top-Down 13.7%, Minimalist 11.5%
- #39 NEKRO3
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: CHVDR
Windows
NEKRO3 is a ruthless arcade in the dark. Traps await at every step. Your corpses light the way and turn into enemies. You live for seconds, die hundreds of times. All to an atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.4%, Stealth 14.1%, Difficult 13%, Minimalist 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10%
- #40 A Circle Among Squares
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Silent Circle Games
Windows
A hard, fast-paced, minimalist shooter/bullet hell game. Survive and shoot all black squares (or make them shoot themselves). 200 levels, lots of enemies and even more bullets!
Why similar: Abstract 17.5%, Difficult 14.4%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Minimalist 13.6%, Top-Down 10%
- #41 Magnet Game
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BeechTreeGames
Windows
Fast, frantic, magnetic fun! Guide red and blue magnets through twisting puzzles where every second counts.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.1%, Precision Platformer 30.9%, Arcade 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #42 Lost Bits
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: brokenbyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lost Bits is an abstract precision platformer, where your goal is to collect all the small cubes and avoid different obstacles. If you touch any obstacle your hero will decay into bits and you will start over again. Guide the cube through the deadly obstacles and collect all the lost bits.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.5%, Difficult 17.7%, Fast-Paced 15.2%, Abstract 11.6%, Arcade 9.4%
- #43 Blind Rage
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Alex NogueiraPub: BTS Game Programming and Game Design
Windows
The voices command you to commit a burglary! Unfortunately for them, you are blind and finding what they seek is a challenge! Chased after you try your best to not get caught and end up in the asylum.
Why similar: Heist 47% ★, Stealth 22.1%, Abstract 13.4%, Minimalist 9.1%, Action 4.8%
- #44 Simulacrum
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: ToasterWare
Windows
Swing through abstract dreams and tear through hordes of enemies at breakneck speed. A first person aerial movement shooter.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.8%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Difficult 14.9%, Abstract 11%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #45 HyperShot
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Pirate Dog Games
Windows
In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.9%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Difficult 16.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #46 Invasion
70% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: brutalsoft
Windows
In a few words Invasion is fast and furious game. Inspired by Galaxian, this game builds upon the great mechanic with new features and sleek modern performance. Just fight without hesitation. Who hesitates will die!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.6%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Difficult 16.1%, Arcade 12%, Action 9.3%
- #47 Laser Hell
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Medieval Vixens
Windows
A fast-paced and minimalist game where you aim to live as long as you can, to climb higher on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.9%, Arcade 20%, Top-Down 14.8%, Minimalist 13.3%, Action 12.7%
- #48 Pale Night
69% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Pretty French Games
Windows
Help Pal overcome the curse forcing him to hide from light. Explore the world of Vector and join an epic adventure through a beautiful world of shapes and colors in this tight platformer.
Why similar: Stealth 24.7%, Fast-Paced 23.4%, Precision Platformer 19.8%, Difficult 11%, Minimalist 7%
- #49 Speedgunner Ultra
69% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: ELIXOR
Windows
Speedgunner Ultra is a dynamic platformer in which you can transform your character into a combat aircraft by pressing a button. Use all sorts of tricks to speed up and try to complete the level faster than anyone else.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.6%, Precision Platformer 21%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Difficult 15.3%, Arcade 8.8%
- #50 Holua's Arcades
68% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Raven Travel StudiosPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Master the golden age of the arcade! Holua’s Arcades packs four pixel-perfect challenges into one digital cabinet. Dominate a brutal 90s beat 'em up, survive a cosmic bullet hell, execute a stealthy ninja heist, and conquer a co-op precision platformer. Climb the global leaderboards today!
Why similar: Heist 27.2% ★, Precision Platformer 17.1%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Stealth 13.7%, Arcade 9.5%
- #51 Square Inertia
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: CyanOhm
Windows · Linux
Try to set the fastest times possible in Square Inertia: a fast-paced, momentum-based precision platformer. Race against the clock to improve your own personal best times and beat the author times set for each level.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.8%, Precision Platformer 27.1%, Difficult 18.9%, Minimalist 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #52 Zen With A Pen
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Felix Arnestrand
Windows
Embark on a mesmerizing, rage-inducing journey in Zen With A Pen! Craft your path through intricate terrains, blending minimalistic art with challenging obstacles. Immerse yourself in soothing music and unleash your inner Zen artist. Are you ready for a serene yet extremely difficult challenge? 🖌️
Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.8%, Difficult 21.6%, Minimalist 14.7%, Arcade 14.6%, Stylized 6.9%
- #53 Dye Hard
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simpathey
Windows
A heroic sheep dyes its wool to blend in and infiltrate's a cooperation run by goblins. These goblins have taken copyright law too far and must be stopped!
Why similar: Heist 38.8% ★, Stealth 29.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Action 11.4%, 2D 6.4%
- #54 One Circle
67% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: r3nsen
Windows
One Circle is a minimalist puzzle game about putting balls of the same color together. Find the right moves to solve the proposed challenges, and challenge your mind more and more.
Why similar: Abstract 19.1%, Mouse Only 18.1% ★, Difficult 17.2%, Minimalist 14%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #55 Downwell
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,612 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: Precision Platformer 34.5%, Fast-Paced 18.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Arcade 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #56 Polimines 2
66% matchVery Positive87% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: Molter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Polimines 2 is the sequel to Polimines, a challenging logic game that combines Nonograms and Minesweeper mechanics. All levels are designed by hand so that guessing is never necessary.
Why similar: Mouse Only 34.1% ★, Difficult 20%, Abstract 15.6%, Minimalist 13.6%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #57 Fleshinsane
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Azirium ProductionsPub: Skullcap Studios
Windows
Fleshinsane is a narrative-driven, top-down biopunk roguelike shooter set inside a living, decaying spaceship. Kill, die, upgrade, repeat. Will you survive long enough to escape the flesh?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Difficult 15.7%, Dark 12.7%, Top-Down 11.5%