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  1. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 1,081 reviews

    INK is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Defeat all enemies in the room and reach the goal! However, the terrain is invisible, so you need to discover the terrain by physically bumping into it, by performing a double jump or by, well, dying. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INK.

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  2. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    63% User Score Based on 313 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 19 reviews

    The King's Bird is a momentum-based precision-platformer that seamlessly combines parkour with aerial movement. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The King's Bird.

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  3. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    70% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    FACE IT is a game about facing the most challenging feelings of the human experience. It uses a dark atmosphere combining classic platformer mechanics with survival dynamics to bring the feeling of wandering in the deepest and darkest places of the mind and soul.Defeat Ghosts with the power of your inner light.Face dangerous traps in a challenging platformer experience.Find your way through mazes … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Face It - A game to fight inner demons.

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  4. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 882 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 16 reviews

    Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xeodrifter.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 3,017 reviews

    BirdGut is a hand-drawn 2d puzzle-platformer from the perspective of an outcast bee who gets eaten by a bird, and discovers that the bird's internal organs are not organs at all, but facilities in which the consumed insects are brainwashed and enslaved. Experience this bizarre one-man project for yourself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BirdGut.

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  6. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,754 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 4 reviews

    Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Himno.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 430 reviews

    RITE is a high-speed precision platformer where you must conquer a series of demanding trials, a rite of passage for every Nim. Find the key and reach the exit to move on to the next trial, and maybe collect some gold along the way. Who knows, they could prove valuable to those who like a brutal challenge.. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RITE.

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  8. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    71% User Score Based on 230 reviews

    You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape From Tethys.

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  9. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 11,429 reviews

    Sheepy: A Short Adventure is a short handcrafted pixel art platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sheepy: A Short Adventure.

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  10. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 155 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 9 reviews

    Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inside My Radio.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    99% User Score Based on 446 reviews

    Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pinkman.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    62% User Score Based on 143 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 8 reviews

    A Platformer like nothing seen before in games, explore this open-world puzzler in multiple dimensions on a journey to find your maker. Poncho is a new kind of game where the player navigates by switching between 3 "layers" in 3D in order to explore a 2D world. "Poncho" is a robot who wakes up in a post-post-post apocalypse world, where humanity has been wiped from the face of the earth many centu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PONCHO.

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  13. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 406 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Element4l.

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  14. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 3,558 reviews

    You Have to Win the Game is an free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Have to Win the Game.

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  15. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 563 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 19 reviews

    Grapple Dog is an exhilarating 2D pixel-art platformer. Use your awesome grappling hook to clear tricky challenges as Pablo, the Grapple Dog! Sail across 6 colourful worlds with a crew of fearless adventurers to stop the robotic overlord Nul from destroying the world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grapple Dog.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 963 reviews

    Skye is a relaxing explorative game where you venture into a world inspired by the Western Isles. Fly around the captivating islands, help the locals with their troubles, and set the fastest time in races while absorbing everything around you through the painterly environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SKYE.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    68% User Score Based on 943 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Big classic platformer with tons of power-ups and 12+ hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration. 8BitBoy is a tribute to all the greatest platformers of the 80s and 90s and a symbol of my endless love and passion for gaming. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8BitBoy.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,074 reviews

    404Sight is a free game made in support of net neutrality. It’s a 3D playground runner influenced by parkour running with the addition of a special ping ability that reveals areas that can speed the player up or slow them down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 404Sight.

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  20. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    75% User Score Based on 1,746 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Airscape is a fast-paced, ultra-challenging 60 level action platformer. You play a deep-sea octopus, kidnapped by a mechanical alien race. Jump, dodge, and swim through a skybound environment full of floating islands, water formations, and robotic terrors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airscape: The Fall of Gravity.

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    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.

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  22. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 397 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 6 reviews

    Our submission to #gbjam3 Story: You're a T-rex with rocket boots. Gameplay: While avoiding obstacles, navigate jumpjet rex through the various rings throughout the level, fly through them all... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to JumpJet Rex.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    92% User Score Based on 1,254 reviews

    "Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game! The game takes a departure from the style of Momodora II and focuses more on linear level design, similar to the first title in the series." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Momodora III.

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  24. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    98% User Score Based on 608 reviews

    This is a demo. The full game is still in development. Please help support the game's development by donating: https://paypal.me/SemagGamesApS Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vibrant Venture.

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  25. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 509 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 4 reviews

    Let's super high jump through the screen! 6180 the moon is a platformer game with a unique mechanic. It offers a fresh, unseen game play style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen. This allows in a mechanic with delightfully long jumps and no fear of "slipping" to death. In addition to the unique gameplay, 6180 the moon delivers a unique storyline. The Sun has gone. The Moon sets off on … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 6180 the moon.

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  26. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 592 reviews

    Flinthook is a fast action-platformer with “roguelike” elements. Become space’s greatest pirate with your hookshot, pistol and slowmo powers! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flinthook.

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  27. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 4,036 reviews

    Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hood. Things spiral from bad to worse with the sudden appearance of sky pirates. What follows is a journey through monster infested ruins, with unexpected encounte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Owlboy.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    69% User Score Based on 342 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 3 reviews

    Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cathedral.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 91 reviews

    Fifo's Night is a 3D puzzle-platform videogame that takes place around an enchanted mansion. A gameplay with different combat skills and a lot of jumps, makes Fifo's Night an entertaining game for all audiences. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fifo's Night.

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  30. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    96% User Score Based on 2,900 reviews

    Floating Point is a free, peaceful game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. In the air, you're fighting gravity. When you splash down beneath the water, you're fighting your own buoyancy to swing yourself further into the depths. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Floating Point.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 914 reviews

    Platform and fight your way through mountains and forests to accomplish your purpose as a Jade being. Slow down time using your 360-degree directional dash, and lock on to targets to strike! Fight soldiers and creatures on your quest in this gem of a game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jaded.

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  32. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 458 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Swim, launch and bounce through this meditative floating platformer. A reactive soundscape creates the soundtrack to your exploration through the playful puzzles of Ynglet's hand drawn levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ynglet.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    98% User Score Based on 636 reviews

    BZZZT is a fast-paced "jump-dash-run" platformer game combining a nostalgic pixel-art look with a modern gameplay design. It was almost single-handedly made by one developer – Karel Matejka, known as Ko.dll, as a tribute to beloved classic games. Inspired by the 80's tech revolution, this insanely detailed, pixel-art precision platformer transports you back in time, where you’ll get to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BZZZT.

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  34. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    54% User Score Based on 186 reviews

    Cybarian the time travelling warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior.

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  35. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    68% User Score Based on 110 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    FOX n FORESTS is a 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by the glorious days of 16-bit! Switch between various seasons on the fly, shoot and slash with your magic melee crossbow and snatch valuable loot to unveil the mystery of the 5th seasons. A thrilling pixel art fable with rewarding super secrets, screen filling bosses and thriving exploration. This is 16-bit how you remember it!5 S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FOX n FORESTS.

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  36. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 178 reviews

    In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows. In this dark journey you will face strange creatures and dangerous traps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Walk in the Dark.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 514 reviews

    Eternity Egg is a 3D platformer with action-adventure elements. ★ KINEMATIC MOVEMENTBounce, wall-run, wall-flip, dash, slide, and ground-pound around a grotesque world with responsive, fast-paced kinematic movement. ★ GARBAGE MECHPilot an upgradeable municipal waste disposal unit and navigate the overworld. ★ THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUMWield the entropic staff, gather & harness displac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternity Egg.

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  38. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 438 reviews

    Pinball Spire is a game unlike any other, a pinballvania blending together classic genres - and pinball. Conquer the titular spire as a brave, plucky little pinball called Pip, destined to step into the plunger and explore the inner chambers of a mysterious spire that appeared in their world overnight. Enter the spire. Inside is a strange pinball maze, full of secrets to unlock, enemies to bum… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pinball Spire.

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  39. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 3,669 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 25 reviews

    Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour. You explore a dangerous grey land, unearthing coloured fragments on a journey to find your missing mother. As obstacles match the background, they disappear, creating new and exciting puzzles - full of peril, mystery… and colours unseen If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hue.

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  41. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 416 reviews

    Dark Light is a Sci-fi 2D action-platformer, metroidvania, souls-like inspired game. Explore apocalypse cyberpunk world full of supernatural beings. Encounter and defeat creatures of darkness which are invisible to the naked eye, detected only with the light source of your drone. Experience the horror and feel their presence as they surround you. As a Dark-Hunter you were dropped into a wrecked wo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Light.

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  42. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 2,086 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 28 reviews

    Welcome to Snake Pass; a physical action-puzzle game that sees the player slither, curl and climb their way through increasingly challenging worlds filled with evermore intricate obstacles and fiendishly mind-bending objectives! Snake Pass is the wriggling brain-child of Seb Liese, who originally came to Sumo from Holland to work on the LittleBigPlanet team. His prototype of ‘real snake physics’ … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snake Pass.

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  43. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    83% User Score Based on 420 reviews

    Who hasn't dreamt, at some point, of filling a pool full of jello and swimming in it? In some of us, that dream never died. Some of us kept dreaming: what if the whole street was jello? Or the continent? The world!? The Floor is Jelly posits a universe made of jello, made purely for one's own amusement. No longer need we look to our walls and our floors and sigh, "How solid! How sadly immalleable!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Floor is Jelly.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 1,262 reviews

    A minimalistic platformer with a 1x1 tileset. No enemies, no bullets, no lasers. Just sheer platforming. Micro Platformer is a seriously minimalistic 2D platformer. A 1x1 tileset and a small square is not just a part of the artwork, it's a way to tell you exactly what the hitboxes are. Why? Well, there are quite a few difficulity levels. Some of them are not easy. At all. I wanted this game to be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Micro Platformer.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    81% User Score Based on 83 reviews

    Play as Fitz the Fox in this simplistic, retro style platformer. Help him through all the levels across seven different worlds to save his family from the hunter Willie and his gang. Designed to resemble a game for a classic portable game system with simple game play, pixelated graphics, and a 4-color color pallet. This callback to our childhood will test your skills, capture your imagination, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fitz the Fox.

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  46. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 917 reviews

    Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Khimera: Destroy all Monster Girls.

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  47. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 380 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 2 reviews

    One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Gun Guy.

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  48. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 589 reviews

    Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows is a minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out. The core of your movement is simple: move, jump, and climb, with your ability to turn into liquid allowing you to squeeze through tight spaces and dash across the rooms at high speeds. As you play, you'll discover abilities which let yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows.

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  49. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 9,004 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 28 reviews

    Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FEZ.

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  50. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 1,099 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Worldless is a stylised 2D Adventure Platformer with turn-based combat and a mind-bending, interpretative narrative. Players will walk the line between physical and astral planes within a shapeless world, embarking on a journey of self-growth and understanding. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Worldless.

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