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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 Swimsanity!.

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  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.

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  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.

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  3. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    55% User Score Based on 11 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

    Swimsanity! is a multiplayer underwater shooter with action-packed Co-Op and Versus game modes, all supported by online and local play. You play as our hero Mooba, who uses a variety of unique power ups and weapons to survive in this aquatic world. Whether you're teaming up with friends to swim into Adventure mode, or clashing in competitive matches such as Last Mooba Standing, there's more than … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swimsanity!.

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  5. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, character development
    94% User Score Based on 103 reviews

    Explore a dream world as Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this colorful platforming metroidvania adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    100% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    Gameplay UnDuster is a tight precision platformer with two versatile movement abilities - a fast 8 directional dash that sucks you wherever you need to go, and a sustained omnidirectional blast that can blow you away from any hazard. StoryGertrude Gummers has lived a long fulfilled life, and the light at the end of the tunnel (retirement) draws ever nearer. But the time has come for one last job… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UnDuster.

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  9. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Mayhem in Single Valley is an action-adventure full of radioactive squirrels. You are a boy who's just started the Apocalypse in his hometown. Mix monster feeding with your housework and zombie assault with your family dinner. CONFESSIONS is a free chapter featuring some bits of Jack's journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mayhem in Single Valley: Confessions.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    57% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    A skateboarding game for tony hawk series fans! Over 70 various goals to beat in over 8 big levels! This game has all it needs for a complete skateboarding experience: - Over 30 tricks to beat - get special and make some special tricks - manuals and grinds with balance meter - secret gaps to find - combine tricks in big combos - do spine transfers Hours of fun gameplay in Tony Hawk's games style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skater 2D.

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  11. 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.

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    38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    62% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    When Lordpriest Cux seizes the resort planet Scrota-II, a weaponized icosahedron is dispatched on a violent, bloody mission to stop him. Launch yourself like a bullet through 33 levels of intense physics-based combat and brutal platforming challenges in this unique and violent arcade-style adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ballistic.

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    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.

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  15. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    97% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Sneaki Peaki is a special, free edition of Yupitergrad - a Virtual Reality game with spatial acrobatics, wacky humor and lots of sovietpunk adventures! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yupitergrad: Sneaki Peaki.

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  16. 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.

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  17. 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 90%Based on 7 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.

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  18. 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.

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  19. 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.

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  20. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    71% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Get ready to blast baddies AND calories in this 2D fitness game! version 1.0 available on Steam! After its hundred year slumber Somno and his minions are back to Pok Island bringing with them the curse of Eversleep. Now, it is up to you to stop them with the power of exercise! BURNIT QUEST is a game that you play with your body, by running, squating and punching you'll be able to defeat baddies… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Burnit Quest.

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  21. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Super Intern Story is a fun little adventure about working as a monster in a video game. Wear different costumes, get slain by heroes all while getting yelled at by your boss! Discover the joys of working behind the scene — as an unpaid intern in the game industry! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Intern Story.

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  22. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 1,627 reviews

    A physics-based couch-coop platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume!Beat levels, time attacks, find hidden carrots, all while evading spikes, boulders, pitfalls, and other challenges!Play campaign mode in singleplayer or co-op with a friend, or play deathmatch with up to 4 players! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Bunny Man.

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  23. 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 66%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.

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  25. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    95% User Score Based on 806 reviews

    Samurai GUNN 2 is a fighting game with Samurai and Gunns. Best your foes online or locally in this cutting edge sequel featuring Rollback Netcode and Ranked Matchmaking. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai GUNN 2.

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    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.

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  27. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    79% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    The hero loved by millions worldwide, TY the Tasmanian Tiger, is back! Join TY on an exciting new adventure in the great Aussie Outback. Use your wits and boomerangs to find hidden treasures, help the colorful locals, and uncover the mysteries of the land Down Under. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TY the Tasmanian Tiger 4.

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  28. 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.

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  29. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    "Ptui, ptui, ptui!!!” - That´s the glorious sound of bullets in this 2D shooter platformer! Step in a world of state-of-the-art Cupcakes weaponry! After a picnic went horribly wrong, Pancake the Cupcake desperately tries to fend off hungry flies away from his girlfriend Cherry! Fly through 6 fly-infested worlds and destroy them with Pancake’s powerful candy bullets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Birdcakes.

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  30. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    90% User Score Based on 852 reviews

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blazing Chrome.

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  31. 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.

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  32. 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.

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  33. 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.

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  34. 「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!!.

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  39. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    What is SCP?The SCP Foundation is a collaborative online fiction project about a secret organization that contains anomalous entities and unexplained phenomena. SCP: Permafrost takes place within this universe following a catastrophic containment breach. What is SCP: Permafrost?A top-down pixelated souls-like set in the SCP universe. Explore the ruined Foundation, face hostile SCPs, and defeat th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP: Permafrost.

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  40. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    65% User Score Based on 104 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Dark Scrolls is a fantasy-themed action platformer that fuses shmup-style chaos with roguelite progression and is packed with charm, challenge, and secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Scrolls.

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  41. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    100% User Score Based on 46 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.

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  42. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 37 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 5 reviews

    The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer which tells the tale of personal development and the psychology of fear. Join protagonist John as he awakens in a bizarre hand-drawn kingdom and comes face-to-face with the terrors that dwell in the last place he'd have thought to look... Embark on an emotional odyssey exploring the depths of an unfamiliar environment using protagonist John's … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Perfect Pencil.

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  43. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    69% User Score Based on 147 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.

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  44. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    80% User Score Based on 285 reviews

    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. Expect intense, cinematic firefights, airstrikes, a massive arsenal to unlock, improved weapon handling, full campaign (solo or co-op), and head-to-head PvP. The story picks up… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zero Caliber 2 Remastered.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    100% User Score Based on 414 reviews

    Huh?DateBoy involves playing on a Ga retro handheld video game console while you're on a DATE! Hence, DateBoy. DATE. BOY. Get it? DateBoy. FEATURES! GIVE ME FEATURES! AHHHHHWell how bout you try the flippin game and see for yourself? It only lasts like 15-30 minutes! I can't! I am but a mere Steam description Heading-2 text, cruelly contained within the dark realm of the description box!!!Let me… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DateBoy.

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  46. Gather the disguises and collect all the deliveries! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Delivery to Graveyard Manor.

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  49. 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.

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