Games like Halfway Down
Looking for games like Halfway Down? Here are top casual platformer recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with A Difficult Game About Climbing, Cursed Castilla or Trash Quest.
1 89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding89% User Score 4,750 reviewsUse only your mouse (or gamepad) to control your climber's hands to pull yourself up an enormous, treacherous mountain full of challenges and surprises. Watch out for slippery surfaces as you make your way towards the peak. Eternal glory and a wonderful gift awaits all climbers who manage to reach the top! Enjoy: Punishing but not impossible gameplay. Practice makes perfect. No filler, every obsta…
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79%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplayreplayability, optimization78% User Score 309 reviewsCritic Score 81%2 reviewsCursed is an action platformer with a compendium of myths from medieval Spain and the spirit of a mid-to-late '80s arcade game. Run, jump and throw your weapons as you move through decadent medieval landscapes full of dangers and monsters. Learn about each situation and enemy pattern in order to progress. Open chests and hit hidden spots for bonuses, weapons and equippable objects. Find the five …
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95%Game Brain Scoremusicstory, gameplay95% User Score 95 reviewsTrash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
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74%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, optimization81% User Score 676 reviewsCritic Score 71%2 reviewsJoin Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!
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87%Game Brain Scorehumor, graphicsstory, grinding87% User Score 880 reviewsEryi's Action is a 2D ‘trapformer’ by developer Xtal Sword that is visually inspired by Super Mario, but has gameplay akin to games like I Wanna Be the Guy. Don’t be fooled by its adorably charming looks – this game abounds in traps and wants you to die! However, where IWBTG was murderously difficult, Eryi's Action is additively challenging and FUN! Trap placement is often laugh-out-loud funny and…
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96%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicstability, grinding96% User Score 294 reviewsKnight's Try is a tough platformer with retro 64 bit 3D graphics. Take on the role of an honorable Knight of Trye attempting to complete their sacred pilgrimage by leaping through a world full of perilous pitfalls and dangerous traps!
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87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicreplayability99% User Score 296 reviewsCritic Score 74%8 reviewsGO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.
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95%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, optimization95% User Score 1,055 reviewsClimb the tower BETON BRUTAL is a first person parkour game which tries to replicate and build upon the parkour mechanics seen in Minecraft. Your goal is to climb a massive overgrown concrete tower which offers multiple stages of increasing difficulty. Watch your step Beware, a single misstep might cost you a lot of progress as there are no checkpoints whatsoever. The course is however riddled …
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59%Game Brain Scorehumor, emotionalgameplay, graphics76% User Score 29 reviewsExperience a different kind of horror, where every mistake has a big price. 2d action platformer with a horror twist, 50 handcrafted levels with lots of surprises, and very challenging.
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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsmusic, story85% User Score 95 reviewsCritic Score 73%14 reviewsExplosive exploration platformer.
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