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Looking for games like Grind Your Way Out? Here are top platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Snake Classic, Ugly-Thing: Game I or Occidental Heroes.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:monetization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    63% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    We all know we love snakes, right? Even if you afraid of snakes, u was in love by playing Snake game on your mobile phones while you was young. There was no sensor screen by the way, and all the buttons u press was manually pressed. And it was like playing piano - incredible! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snake Classic.

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  2.                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ugly-Thing: Game I is a short 2D action rage platformer inspired by Super Mario World, Pico Park, Pikuniku, and Cat Mario/Syobon Action (you already know, don't you?), the first of the Ugly-Thing series. It… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ugly-Thing: Game I.

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  4. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    An epic 2D ARPG adventure awaits in the world of Wings of Endless! Discover the secret of a forgotten war in Wings of Endless, a platforming Action-RPG with a captivating Pixelart style that will draw you in from start to finish. Step into the role of Hariku, a brash bounty hunter who boasts of being the best at his craft. Step into the role of Hariku, a brash bounty hunter who boasts of being t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wings of Endless.

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  5. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    98% User Score Based on 505,597 reviews

    A tiny fanmade demake of Terraria in PICO-8! If you haven't already, consider getting the original game. This is only a tiny portion of what Terraria has to offer! And, if you enjoy this demake, please consider supporting me by purchasing one of my other games over on the Pixel Shock itch.io Features A large map of 256x128 tiles, stored using PICO-8's extended memory. Various biomes: Forest… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terra - A Terraria Demake.

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  6. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 476 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Inspired by the demanding gameplay of 8-bit action/platformers, Oniken pits your agility and swordplay against a gauntlet of enemies, traps, and challenging bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oniken.

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  7. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    73% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    This is a short enthralling puzzle-platform game about a lonely robot, which tries to find his master. To go all the way you'll have to look for the master in two dimensions at the same time. Parallel world module will help to overcome any obstacles! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In-Vert.

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  8. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 8,980 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

    Jump King is a challenging climbing-platformer where suspense builds with every jump! Struggle upwards and explore the unknown while doing your best to avoid your inevitable fall back down... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jump King.

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  9. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    74% User Score Based on 47 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 3 reviews

    It is said that great adventures await behind the walls of this dark castle, Devious Dungeon 2 is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devious Dungeon 2.

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  11. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    95% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Axolotl is Dry is a precision platforming game where you play as a little axolotl taken from his home. You'll need to jump, dash and slide your way through the harsh desert before you sweat yourself dry. Help the axolotl get to his home! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Axolotl is Dry.

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  12. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,645 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 14 reviews

    In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Base, you must do what it takes to stop them. But you're not going in unprepared! Your back-up is made of a crew of rogue geniuses and experts of their field! Ab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mercenary Kings.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    63% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    The Prism is a 2D puzzle platformer about two pixels, 02 and 03 lost inside a vast prison. Unlike a normal prison, this one is alive. It is called the Prism. Its eyes stare from a distance and watch its prisoners carefully, analyzing their actions and breathing down their necks. You will face many challenges but you don't have to do it alone. You can play by yourself or locally with a friend. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Prism.

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  15. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    47% User Score Based on 237 reviews

    Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ageless.

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  16. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    76% User Score Based on 322 reviews

    Surf as far as you can. Through the oceans, caves, snowy hills and deserts full of sand. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surfingers.

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  17. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 981 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 9 reviews

    Embr is a frantic fire-fighting (un)Simulator set in a hyper-capitalist, deregulated alt-present where public firefighting funding has run dry, and venture capitalism and e-hailing rule the roost. The Embr Respondr is the last stand in a world ablaze. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Embr.

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  18. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    96% User Score Based on 1,344 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 8 reviews

    A classically-styled 2D side scrolling action game packed with adventure. You are a bipedal frog and a master of the Custodial Sciences, charged with the unenviable task of ridding your company's teleporters of strange black creatures. Fight for your life through a menagerie of unique monsters while getting your hands on exciting new tools of the trade. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kero Blaster.

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  19. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    41% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Crystal Catacombs is a challenging, retro inspired “Megavanian” love letter that utilizes Rogue-like procedurally generated levels/enemies/items with a heavy emphasis on classic 2D platforming. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crystal Catacombs.

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  20. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 764 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

    Odallus is a NES inspired exploration game with lots of action. It brings elements of classics such as Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania while subverting some modern twists. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Odallus: The Dark Call.

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  21. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 2,544 reviews

    Continuing directly from where Spark the Electric Jester 2 left off, Join Spark on his mission to overthrow his rival once again. Blaze through fast action packed stages and experience a new and improved combat system. The gameplay is a mix of action and platforming in a clever way, taking elements from many games of both genres, you are able to find powers that change the way you play, enjoy gre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spark the Electric Jester 3.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Amaze Gears 2 is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with traps, timer and cool soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to aMAZE Gears 2.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    72% User Score Based on 170 reviews

    You play as an alien Pipi, whose ship was wrecked on the planet Vapeland. Escape from the Vapeland planet and collect as many vapes and spinners as possible If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventures Of Pipi.

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  26. 67%Game Brain Score
    71% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Bounce balls and collect star on the platform, easy in early levels, but gets harder. There will be rotating saws that move which you must avoid. Shooting turrets that fire bullets that you need to dodge. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Bounce Ball.

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  27. WHAT IS GRAVITY CAB In Gravity Cab, players take on the role of a taxi driver to transport passengers underground in a challenging environment of a distant planet. The taxi is controlled by thrusters and effects of physics, such as momentum and gravity, significantly influence the vehicle's movement. The gameplay involves mastering the the taxi's controls, navigating around obstacles and hazards,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity Cab.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    CHICKWEED - A strange creature has escaped from the lab... and that creature is you! Fight your way to freedom through hordes of enemies, dangerous traps and treacherous ambushes in this hardcore platformer and uncover the mystery of the running bush! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CHICKWEED.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Play as an anthropomorphic computer virus in prog.1, a thrilling 2D puzzle platformer set in a sci-fi world where scientists work feverishly to build the first fully artificial universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to prog.1.

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  30. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    If Twin Breaker was a brick breaker about space, Tri Breaker is a brick breaker on steroids, and this go-around, it’s all about time. Explore 40 stages spread across periods of galactic history, and obliterate the brick-breaking formula. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tri Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Odyssey.

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  31. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, character development
    99% User Score Based on 181 reviews

    The Great Rebellion is a cyberpunk 2D sidescrolling run'n'gun roguelite using mouse/twinstick-shooter controls. It features randomly generated levels, multiple difficulty modes (including optional permadeath), a dynamic soundtrack and an upgradeable player character. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Great Rebellion.

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  34. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 139 reviews

    A dropper game designed to overwhelm your senses. Twisting tunnels, psychedelic patterns, and breathing walls assault your sense of balance as the chaos escalates with every level. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sensory Overload.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 1,121 reviews

    Novarith is an atmospheric third-person survival horror game. Gloomy corridors and lifelike visuals build tension, keeping you on edge with every step. You awaken in an unfamiliar room, realizing that the only way out is to explore the mysterious building filled with secrets and hidden mechanisms. Interactive objects are crucial for survival — from locked doors to concealed devices. Game Features… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Novarith.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 16,408 reviews

    ``ATLYSS`` ACTION ORPG PROJECT A work in progress / under development game made by Kiseff Core Game Info "ATLYSS" is a singleplayer  + netplay action ORPGEnriched, instanced maps to discoverEquipment, trade items and consumables to collectMany Character customization options with 5 races to choose fromSkillslot loadout system for making builds to suit your gameplay styleCharacter stat progression… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ATLYSS.

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  37. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    ■The highly rated SRPG "STRANGER SAGA," which ranked high on Japanese distribution sites, is finally coming to Steam! Train ordinary citizens into elite warriors and overcome fierce tactical battles! "STRANGER SAGA" is a turn-based SRPG where you lead a resistance army against a mighty enemy force. The key to victory lies with the "Civilians"—ordinary people with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STRANGER SAGA -Stranger Bach and Iskiyeld's Ambition-.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    100% User Score Based on 93 reviews

    This is a Fishing game with a Rhythm gimmick! Fish here are all move to the rhythm of the music! REEL TO THE BEAT!  Fish here are all move to the rhythm of the music! Reeling is essential, and you must reel to the beat of the song! Catch several fishes each with their own original song! Cute retro 3D graphics! Visuals inspired by early 2000's aesthetics! Explore strange locatio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sinker sound.

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  41. 42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    42% User Score Based on 387 reviews

    IQ Under ConstructionWhen we said “we're building a game for fun,” we didn't think it would turn out like this. IQ Under Construction is an escalating frenzy where you and your friends are connected by a mysterious energy (don't ask how it works — we don't fully understand it ourselves). The main thing is not to stray too far from each other, otherwise... ready, set, go — back to the beginning! … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IQ Under Construction.

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  42. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 70,643 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional cel animation (hand drawn & hand inked!), watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Play as Cuphead or Mugman (in single player or co-op) as you traverse strange worlds, acq… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cuphead.

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  43. 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.

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  44. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    In an age of faster-than-light travel and advanced cyber-robotics, brave explorers known as Cosmobreeders travel to forgotten worlds and study alien creatures. Play as a lone Cosmobreeder shot down over Planet Tutone, a world fallen to ruin and haunted by ancient betrayal. Your comrades have been captured, your equipment stolen. Armed with only your wits, traverse ancient service tunnels, eerie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmobreeder Yiffai.

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  45. The fifth and final chapter of the saga: embark on an action-platformer fantasy adventure in pixel art and put an end to the demonic threat once and for all! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swords & Bones 5.

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  46. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,760 reviews

    You lost everything and ended up on the streets. What will you do? Adapt and survive? Take revenge on those responsible? Become an urban legend? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bum Simulator.

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  47. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 11,862 reviews

    This modded version of Runmo lets you play as Meatmo, a character that is totally not inspired by Meatboy. play Little Runmo play Meatboy If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Meatmo.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Benny Bash.

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  49. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    62% User Score Based on 480 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

    The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it. In order to defeat the empire you will have to prove yourself as a warrior by riding terrifying mounts, acquiring earth shattering skills and looting powerful weapons and valuable treasures. Grab your friends … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sacred Citadel.

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  50. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 102 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 7 reviews

    The Return of the (Vi)kingMore than a decade after Volgarr the Viking’s chaotic, challenging debut, the barbarian king’s story continues in an uncompromising new form. Volgarr the Viking II is a hardcore, 2D action-platformer where precision is everything and one false move can spell a brutal death. Players of the original game will feel right at home on this relentless voyage, even with the addit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Volgarr the Viking II.

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