Skip to main content
Games like A Dog and his Boy

Games like A Dog and his Boy

Games like A Dog and his Boy

Looking for games like A Dog and his Boy? Here are top platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Charge Kid, Goodboy Galaxy or Valiant Hearts: Coming Home.

Change display type

Skip Platform filter

Skip Play Mode filter

Skip Price filter
  1. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Charge Kid is a game where each jump is a puzzle, described by some players as some kind of child between Portal and Super Meat Boy. You have limited resources to make each jump, and finding out how to use them in order to make it is a puzzle. Experimentation, creativity, and some platforming precision will be necessary. It started as a submission for gmtk2019 game jam, and you can play that firs… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge Kid.

    View Game
  2. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Help Maxwell explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces. Maxwell's homeworld is nearing collapse. In a last-ditch effort to find help, he hyperjumps where no dog has gone before. Stranded, he finds himself at the edge of a hostile system - if there's any hope of return and rescue he'll need every friend (and every weapon) he can find. Like all underdogs… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goodboy Galaxy.

    View Game
  3. View Game
  4. View Game
    View Game
  5. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 448 reviews

    ❤ COMING SOON ❤ About the GameFind All Magic is a hidden object game. Plunge into a fascinating magical world and find hidden cute cats, dogs, birds and many other different objects. Finding the lost objects the black and white world is colored and comes alive. You decide which items you want to find. The game also features additional puzzles. This game is suitable for all ages. Game Features: -… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FIND ALL 4: Magic.

    View Game
  6. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    81% User Score Based on 2,127 reviews

    Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bread & Fred.

    View Game
  7. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 311 reviews

    Ready to play some ball? Grab a team, suit up, and climb inside your human! Prep its thrusters, lower the all-terrain wheels, and spin up that flailing magnet-arm. It's time to play Regular Human Basketball! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Regular Human Basketball.

    View Game
  8. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 195 reviews

    Duck Souls is a fast-paced, action platformer about a little duck with an incredible skill to dash and a mission, find all the eggs to save his especies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duck Souls.

    View Game
  9. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 69 reviews

    Hyper Bounce Blast is a stomach-churning retro shooter blended with classic platforming action. Bounce, shoot and dodge to survive the ever-increasing enemy attack. Bring it on! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyper Bounce Blast.

    View Game
  10. View Game
    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 853 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BUTCHER.

    View Game
  11. View Game
  12. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 4,604 reviews

    It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Left on Read.

    View Game
  13. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 45,458 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 6 reviews

    In BattleBlock Theater, players control a prisoner as they are forced to play through games devised by Hatty Hattington. Controls are simple, with the game largely consisting of running, jumping and punching. Levels are made up of various types of blocks, such as collapsing blocks, sticky walls, bouncy volcanic rocks and deadly spikes, and also feature hazards such as water and deadly creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BattleBlock Theater.

    View Game
  14. 19%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    27% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NightmareZ.

    View Game
  15. View Game
    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 22,709 reviews

    Vote for us in the #gjfest ! http://jams.gamejolt.io/gjfest/games/emily-is-away/124136 Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emily is Away.

    View Game
  16. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 1,337 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 19 reviews

    The Adventure Pals is an action-packed platform game about friendship, exploration, and riding your best friend Sparkles the giraffe. Mr. B is kidnapping old people and turning them into hot... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Adventure Pals.

    View Game
  17. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    100% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    A cute and quirky old-school adventure platformer about a Frog named Hoppy searching for his frog friend Jumpy. Features a large variety of gimmicks, enemies, obstacles. Unique and challenging boss fights. Equip charms to alter your play style. It has hats. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frog Hop.

    View Game
  18. View Game
    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 267 reviews

    Fly’N is a PC platformer in which players control four original characters with their own complementary abilities. They are the guardians of the World-Trees: the Buds. It’s only by combining and by playing with their powers that the Buds will be able to find the right path when the situation seems impossible… Save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fly'N.

    View Game
  19. View Game
    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    58% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Kick butt in this retro 2D action-platformer! Seep Universe is an indie game for PC inspired by the 8-16 bit era! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SEEP Universe.

    View Game
  20. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    60% User Score Based on 416 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 27 reviews

    The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path. Think of a more arcadey Another World, also with a very tight relationship between gameplay and story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise & Shine.

    View Game
  21. View Game
  22. View Game
    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 139 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Cobalt WASD is a multiplayer bomb-defusal action platformer with grenades that stop time. Blast your way to the bomb site or repel the assault! Use teleporter guns, grappling hooks, sticky sentry turrets and quick tactical thinking to lead your team to victory! Play online or against AI! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cobalt WASD.

    View Game
  23. View Game
  24. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    Death and destruction came into Doodland. This happy and joyful land is going to change. Forever. You play as one of Doodlers, a peacefull inhabitant of happy doodle world, attacked by a... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Doodland.

    View Game
  25. View Game
    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 46 reviews

    Ever wondered what will happen if your gamepad's buttons came to life? Bad Pad is a fictional hard rock musical comedy metroidvanian platformer. The wacky premise of Bad Pad is told in songs and is set around a gamepad's buttons who came to life, their endless battles, tons of jumping, mind controlling machines and a little bit of time traveling. Join Square in his adventures, survive Evi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bad Pad.

    View Game
  26. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    50% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    Enjoy new features in Puzzle Bobble 2X and Puzzle Bobble 3, games where you shoot bubbles that pop when 3 or more of the same color stick together. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Puzzle Bobble2X/BUST-A-MOVE2 Arcade Edition & Puzzle Bobble3/BUST-A-MOVE3 S-Tribute.

    View Game
  27. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 108 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 5 reviews

    Manipulate light and darkness in this co-op puzzle platformer Shadow Puppeteer combines platforming with puzzle-solving in a play of light and shadow. Having a truly Nordic yet original art style, the game tells the story of a boy and his shadow. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow Puppeteer.

    View Game
  28. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    90% User Score Based on 852 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 3 reviews

    Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel. Players can choose between Mavra, the badass human resistance, soldier or Doyle, the groovy rebel robot, to kick some metal ass. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blazing Chrome.

    View Game
  29. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    97% User Score Based on 128 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 6 reviews

    Planet Cube: Edge is 2D run n' gun platformer where you shoot, jump and dash through rooms filled with enemies. A precision platformer where shooting is key. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Cube: Edge.

    View Game
  30. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    An exploratory, physics-based platformer, starring... A muffin. With legs. Your goal is to collect various sweets that will enable you to explore the world in new and exciting ways! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Here Goes Muffin.

    View Game
  31. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    A challenging puzzle-platformer where each jump is a puzzle! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge Kid.

    View Game
  32. Him & Her Collection brings three games of the challenging puzzle-platformer series, Him & Her, Her Challenges and Him & Her 3. The player gets to control Him, a guy who got split apart from his partner in this ever changing scenario, through his journe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Him & Her Collection.

    View Game
  33. 「貢がせろ!女苑ちゃん!!」は 疫病神である「依神女苑」ちゃんに ひたすら物品を貢いでいくハイスピード大喜利貢ぎシミュレーションゲームです。 女苑ちゃんが要求してくるお題に沿って 「2文字(うち入力1文字)」で回答しその物品を貢ぐことになります。 きちんとお題に沿ったうえで女苑ちゃんが満足するような 物品を貢がなくてはなりません。 食べ物を要求された時高級な食材なら喜んでくれるでしょうが 安いお菓子じゃ喜んでくれないかも。 プレイヤーの財布も口座も無限ではありません。 予算が設定されているので、限られた予算内に収める必要があります。 しかし、物品はプレゼントする瞬間までいくらになるか分かりません。 高い物を貢いで喜んでもらいたいけど、破産しては困ります。 ちょうどいい塩梅のものを探ってみましょう。 … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 貢がせろ!女苑ちゃん!!.

    View Game
  34. View Game
  35. View Game
  36. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Test your attention and go on a look for different items with your loved one. Explore the cozy waterways of the town on Valentine's Day and find all the hidden objects to make the black-and-white picture burst into bright colors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FIND ALL: Valentine's Day.

    View Game
  37. View Game
    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    97% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Quotes"I loved every minute of the demo" Lucas Pope, Return of the Obra Dinn "Delivers layers of clever puzzles and satisfying reveals all the way through to the end" Jeremy Johnston, The Roottrees are Dead “Roottrees fans will really enjoy sleuthing in The Ratline” EvilTrout, The Roottrees are Dead.  “If you love the Golden Idol games, you'll love the Ratline” Will Acker… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ratline.

    View Game
  38. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    72% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    Set in a fictionalized version of the 1920s where the lines between modern psychiatric treatment and pseudoscience are still muddy at best. Sanatorium is a 2D card-based workplace adventure where the player has to test, diagnose and treat patients. At its core, Sanatorium is a comment on the turbulent history of the practices and pseudoscience used to stigmatize mental illnesses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator.

    View Game
  39. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    81% User Score Based on 234 reviews

    NEW CONTENT DROPPED - TOON SKINS ### THE SEQUEL ### Your favorite all-in-one VR FPS is back - and it’s better in every way! Zero Caliber 2 Remastered is the full-blown sequel to the original, built on everything we learned during development and shaped by community feedback. We’ve been giving it everything we’ve got to deliver the kind of VR shooter the PCVR community actually deserves - no … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zero Caliber 2 Remastered.

    View Game
  40. View Game
    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    98% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Simple controls: just roll and jump! Explore co-op with your friends online! Snazzy LEVEL EDITOR with Steam Workshop support! (needs keyboard+mouse) Calm, rainy atmosphere: No enemies, no timers; you can take your time and soak up the atmosphere. A medium-sized adventure: 4-10 hours playtime for a new player. Original soundtrack: four hours of mostly chill music :) Roll home, litt… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oeuf.

    View Game
  41. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    Hey, Guardians! Welcome to Ocean Keeper, a new game in the multiplayer roguelike genre. Let's get to know each other ;) Fight with endless waves of monsters, protect your Mech Spider, and mine resources in Ocean Keeper, a survival co-op roguelike with tower defense elements. Step into the role of one of four survival miners, and do whatever it takes to stay alive. Use the time between each w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ocean Keeper Co-op Drill Multiplayer.

    View Game
  42. View Game
  43. View Game
  44. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Disoriented, you wake up locked in a shipping container. A 100% physics-based dirt bike game, designed to break the human spirit… or prove it’s still alive If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MotoTrials.

    View Game
  45. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haneda Girl.

    View Game
  46. View Game
  47. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    Music meets mayhem in this twin-stick shooter action-RPG! Craft synthesizer modules to gain new weapons and experiment with the original music of Look Mum No Computer. Meet quirky NPCs, complete quests and battle huge bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Look Mum No Computer.

    View Game
  48. View Game
    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Join the Towerbolt Discord for behind the scenes updates, to share your best speedrun times, and to connect with other players!  (Discord link on the right column of store page) Towerbolt is a precision platformer with an emphasis on speed and fluid ascending movement. Set in the far future where robots are waging war against humanity, play as a Bolter, an augmented half human, half ro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Towerbolt.

    View Game
  49. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    87% User Score Based on 40 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 5 reviews

    Breakout is back! In this neon-drenched take on the classic, you’ll need to literally break through each puzzle by clearing bricks to breach the final goal. Rack up a combo and create spectacular light shows alone or with a friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breakout Beyond.

    View Game
  50. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    95% User Score Based on 399 reviews

    A devlog and playable demo for The Happyhills Homicide Sequel: Out For Blood. This story takes place 6 years after the first game, following John Wade, aka The Pale Grin, mass murderer and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

    View Game