Games like Penarium
Looking for games like Penarium? Here are top platformer recommendations with a comedy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with INK, Adventures of Shuggy or Boson X.
1 71%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstory, grinding79% User Score 1,081 reviewsCritic Score 61%7 reviewsInk is a fast-paced platformer about using colorful paint to uncover your surroundings. Ink has a similar feel to hardcore platformers like Super Meat Boy. The object of each level is to defeat all of the enemies in the room (if any) and reach the goal. However, the terrain is invisible to the player. The player can discover terrain by physically bumping into it, or by performing a double jump. T…
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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, monetization79% User Score 567 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviewsThe Adventures of Shuggy is a 2D platformer with a leaning towards puzzles. There are over 100 single player levels and 36 Co-Op levels connected through a gradually unlocking map screen ensuring there is always a variety of levels to choose from. Progress through the mansion is punctuated by comic book cut scenes and the occassional boss encounter. Every room in Shuggy's castle is different, lett…
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94%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, optimization94% User Score 1,570 reviewsQuantum jump from Planck to Planck as you hit critical velocity in Boson X, a new rotational runner from Mu & Heyo. Use precise timing and fast reflexes to navigate a subatomic world where floors and ceilings don't exist. Will you be fast enough to discover the mysterious Boson X?
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98%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding98% User Score 636 reviewsBZZZT 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 …
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87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding87% User Score 330 reviewsYou command a rag-tag team of interstellar bounty hunters as they race for elusive golden skull of an elder god. It is buried deep within the temple of the lava-worshiping cult known as the Guthra-dun. The self-defense systems pulsates and snaps to life as soon as Nadia, Vez, and Subject X95c step foot on the planet. Are you cunning enough to navigate this tough-as-hell platformer and reach the …
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94%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability97% User Score 9,682 reviewsCritic Score 79%2 reviewsDownwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into an oddly placed shop to buy some helpful items or level up between caverns to battle well dwelling mon…
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75%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization76% User Score 982 reviewsCritic Score 74%24 reviews10 SECOND NINJA X is a blisteringly fast, satisfyingly difficult and surprisingly methodical sidescroller which tasks you with completing each level in ten seconds or less. No lengthy checkpoint gaps. No cluttered control scheme. No hand holding. Get that three star rating, yo! You got this. 1 star. Again. 1 star. Again. 2 stars! Again. Back to 1 star. DAMN IT. Again... 100 levels including all …
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92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, monetization95% User Score 1,542 reviewsCritic Score 84%2 reviews"Assault Android Cactus is a manic twin stick arena shooter for the PC with screens full of enemies, buckets of bullets and high scoring combo chains! Take on the role of Cactus, an enthusiastic police android, who responds to a stranded space freighter only to discover it under siege by its malfunctioning robot workers. Cut off from the outside and in over her head, Cactus and the androids she re…
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85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, grinding95% User Score 1,255 reviewsCritic Score 75%13 reviewsRace The Sun is a high-speed game that uses simple controls and is set in a procedurally generated world. The goal is to get the highest possible score by racing into the sunset, avoiding obstacles and enemies, and collecting speed boosts and other powerups to help you along the way. You fly a solar-powered craft, and the game ends at sundown, if you can make it that far!
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79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, optimization79% User Score 268 reviewsWhen Super Meat Boy's insane difficulty meets Rayman's replayability
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