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78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

94% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Venture into the depths of the Swamp as an adorable frog! Grapple, swing, jump, and swim to complete a secret quest in this short side scrolling adventure. Frog World was inspired by classic platformers like Super Mario World but with a Spider-Man swinging twist. This game really makes you feel like a cute little frog by expressing yourself through movement. Immerse yourself in a calming wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frog World.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

98% User Score Based on 54 reviews

When a group of unsanitary chefs threaten all that is good and just in Cakeland, it's up to Cakeboy to serve up punishment. Fight your foes with pastry-themed items in this bite-sized 2D platforming adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Cakeboy.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

73% User Score Based on 123 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 2 reviews

Make words come to life in this action adventure unlike any other! Haimrik blends gameplay with the narrative of its story set in medieval times. Combined with crisp humor and rare visual style, Haimrik’s journey is sure to entertain. Word’s the word! Fortunately, Haimrik commands the Power of the Words! These are the stones in the path Haimrik walks, and he brings them to life as he steps on eac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haimrik.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

67% User Score Based on 85 reviews

Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moonlaw.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 1 reviews

Luciform is a precision platformer that demands quick reflexes and nerves of steel. Can you help “Luci” navigate a dangerous forest to save its people from the nasty Red-Eyed Gorilla? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luciform.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization

68% User Score Based on 76 reviews

Critic Score 56%Based on 4 reviews

Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up in this homage to classic old school classics! Become the fiercest lady on the police force! Take out the bad guys through 4 unique levels filled with challenging bosses and powerful special guns. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gun Crazy.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization

91% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Plug Me is a tricky puzzle platform where the timer is a physical object in the game world! You are able to walk on the green parts of this bar as a platform, but you must be careful not to fall off as the power is drained. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plug Me.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Aidan in Danger is a retro-style 2D platform game. The player takes on the role of Aidan, the guardian of the last dragon. Face challenging levels, menacing creatures, and an interdimensional villain, all while enjoying beautiful graphics and an exciting soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aidan in Danger.

P.S: This game is still early in development, gaming experience may not be representative of the final product. Icarian's Faith is a 2D Action-Adventure Hack n' Slash Psychological Horror Platformer Video Game. Play as Jergens Lalisan Von Aves, a Flightless Paladin Knight of a kingdom known as "The Icarians"; whom embedded with bladed wings as their main weapon. Selected warriors have the abili… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Icarian's Faith (Demo).

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 186 reviews

Ascent DX is a tiny metroidvania brought to life in glorious 64 x 64 pixel art and soothing chiptune music. Crashed on an unknown planet you have to explore lush jungles, lifeless deserts, and luminescent caves in search of anything that can help you understand what has happened to the planet and how to get off it. While the game is a bigger version of the original Ascent, with almost twice as ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascent DX.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Explore side-scrolling levels filled with environmental puzzles. Purr to make plants bloom and machines crumble. Take your time. Experiment. Observe. But when a boss appears, the rhythm changes. These battles demand timing, precision, and courage. Yet Princess doesn't fight. She heals. Purr doesn't destroy them - it frees them. Every environment and character is meticulously hand-painted … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Princess of the Water Lilies.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

100% User Score Based on 90 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Shinobi alert! Use your 7 shinobi weapons to survive the bloodshed! Introducing a hard core 2D ninja action game by Hyper-retro graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHINOBI NON GRATA.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Citadel Stormer 2 is an explosive retro-styled run & gun action platformer set in a world ruled by a tyrannical AI. Old School platformer action - Jump and dash past insta-kill traps. Blast through enemies. Collect ammo and health. Make it to the exit in one piece. And enjoy the fine balance between platforming and combat! 38 levels set in 6 unique environments - Eliminate all threats in the ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citadel Stormer 2.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

95% User Score Based on 74 reviews

KnightLight is a 2D puzzle platformer where you light your own way through the darkness. You play as the Light, exploring a seemingly abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have some magical properties. Suit up, using the powers of the suit to channel your own light magic to see what (or who) else this strange and beautiful place is hiding. Use the suit to protect y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KnightLight.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

88% User Score Based on 33 reviews

Critic Score 62%Based on 3 reviews

Space Tail is a 2.5D adventure platformer, which immerses the player in a deep, emotional plot, and lets him explore new planets and interact with alien civilizations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 7 reviews

An old-school themed platformer which is playable in seven different graphical styles emulating the computer systems of yore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Adventures of Elena Temple.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

85% User Score Based on 175 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 14 reviews

From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles. In WayForward’s experienced hands, the Yars franchise becomes an expansive mystery solved through 2D platforming action. Take control of the young hacker Emi Kim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yars Rising.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

100% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Desvelado is the first Bed-Time-Vania game in history! Help our hero Vampy fight insomnia one last time by turning off every light in the castle before going to sleep in his cozy coffin. • Immortal gameplay: Classic 2D platformer mechanics. • Sharp controller: Slide, jump and dash to move swiftly. • Challenging puzzles and multiple enemies to overcome • Bloody animations: Enjoy a unique visual st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desvelado.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development

86% User Score Based on 78 reviews

All manner of thing shall be wellWelcome to a compact, tightly packed Metroidvania, where the Square Aspect Ratio and Single Screen Level Design allows every one of the 200+ rooms to slot into the larger puzzle-box of the world; where secrets, exploits and sequence-breaking are built into the very foundation of the game; and where the overarching story doesn’t care too much which path you happen t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, stability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Deep within the Marigold Meadows held the Radiant Lily, a mythical herb capable of dispelling any ailment. Upon finding it, Lyra ventures through Florian to deliver the herb to the kingdom of Clerica. Leap through 5 areas in this 2D platformer adventure and face off against foes and bosses alike by using Lyra's harp based attacks. With her trusty spin jump, Lyra is able to weave through enemies wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Li'l Red.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music

77% User Score Based on 44 reviews

It's a Wrap! is a challenging puzzle game about making movies in 1980s Hollywood. Figure out the perfect timing of props, actors, and special effects as the Director. Then jump into the scene as the movie's star in a traditional 2D platformer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It's a Wrap!.

Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure is a retro platformer set in the world of Dog and Spider Private Investigations. Never read the books? No big deal! How many of us even care about the back story behind Mega Man or Castlevania? Be a cop out to rescue her family! Swing your baton at the jerks, shoot them, learn to be a spider that inexplicably cannot stick to walls, who knows what's ahe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure.

Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost Delta.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

97% User Score Based on 122 reviews

Take control of Captain Grisham as you investigate the uncharted Planet 4-514. Collect items to help you progress deeper into the planet's depths, and power up your weapons to fight off powerful enemies and bosses! Explore multiple biomes, each with its own hazards to navigate, and uncover the mysteries that lie underneath the surface! Features: Over 70 items to discover Each item has its o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xanthiom Zero.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

90% User Score Based on 192 reviews

Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mute Crimson+.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, replayability

93% User Score Based on 596 reviews

Help a pink-clad office lady find a missing document so the boss doesn't get angry in this free spin-off minigame to Kero Blaster. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pink Hour.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

50% User Score Based on 40 reviews

The future came. You'd think that means the apex of the progress and science, but no. After the epidemic spread all over the world in 2022, 95% of the whole population mutated into horrible creatures without any moral values or humanity and started hunting everything that moves. The planet became empty. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASTRAL.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 3,772 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 31 reviews

Discover Planet of Lana on the official PlayStation website - buy the game, learn about its characters and gameplay, view screenshots, watch trailers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet of Lana.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 4,778 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

Freedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force. There's trouble around every turn, from insects to giant robots to sheer explosive destruction, but you'll have a variety of special fighting abilities to blast your way through each stage. As Lilac, you can use Dragon powers to whip enemies with your hair, spin like a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Freedom Planet.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

59% User Score Based on 76 reviews

«Freezeer» — is a love story puzzle platformer. Kiss your girlfriend but do not freeze her. To do this, you need to melt yourself on the red block. Beware of ice blocks because they can kill you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Freezeer.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability

73% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Critic Score 59%Based on 12 reviews

[Media 2076254] Do you like our game? Then checkout our kickstarter campaign and get our game cheeper. Jump back in time and free your inner caveman. Smash heads in this cooperative platformer... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caveman Warriors.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

95% User Score Based on 1,999 reviews

Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cave Crawler.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 5,138 reviews

Critic Score 87%Based on 8 reviews

The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game. The game has a tool which lets you create up to 4 clones and switch between them as long as you have a clear line of sight. The main obstacles for the puzzles are 3 kinds of lights that interfere with the tool in different ways to make the puzzl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Swapper.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

93% User Score Based on 2,416 reviews

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zup! 2.

13%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

17% User Score Based on 23 reviews

The legendary 80s. in Megatronic Void you are dressed in a scientist, the earth has been devastated by a nuclear explosion, your job is to conquer and explore Megatron, recover alien artifacts to free Megatron zones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Megatronic Void.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

82% User Score Based on 102 reviews

After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by Inside, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RATUZ.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

64% User Score Based on 67 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

Exile's End is an homage to early 90's action-adventure PC games like Flashback and Another World, but with a Japanese flair. The core of the game is from Australian game maker Magnetic Realms with art, cutscenes, and music provided by legends of the 8 and 16-bit eras from Japan. It draws its thematic influence from the science-fiction films and anime of the 80's and its gameplay from classic Amig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exile's End.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

74% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marrow.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

95% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Plop down on the couch in your comfiest pajamas, grab a big bowl of cereal, and prepare to enter "Kokoro Clover", a 2D platformer inspired by Sunday morning Japanese anime shows of the past! Transformations, cards, dancing, and robots! Let's find out what this wonderful world has in store! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kokoro Clover Season1.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

98% User Score Based on 112 reviews

The year is 20XX, the earth has been ravaged by nuclear wars and our only hope is the research shuttle Nostrami. Unfortunately the ship has been incommunicado for 48 hours now. That's were you... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Scumbags.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 14,991 reviews

Spiritfarer is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 7,404 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 32 reviews

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Axiom Verge.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Do you have what it takes to get back home? Rage Among The Stars is a rage inducing, fast paced platformer, featuring 40 levels, a ghost mode in order to race yourself and beat the levels at your best time! It also features an easy mode for those who want a more casual experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rage Among The Stars.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

96% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Plunge into exciting adventures with Wheely car. There are eight stories in the game, in which you will have to solve puzzles, save the planet from disaster, fight with foes, travel in time, investigate crimes and find your love. More than 100 levels, each of them is a unique mini-puzzle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wheely.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 544 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures. Alone or in cooperative mode (4 players online and 2 in local play), survive hordes of monsters ready to skin you alive and achieve unique and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Exam.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

87% User Score Based on 106 reviews

From the creative minds that brought you Metal as Phuk, The Chronicles of Quiver Dick, and Quiver Dick's Terrible Tale For Terrible Parents To Read To Their Equally Terrible Children, Crankage Games brings you another hilarious tale full of satire and parody! Play as Ronald J. Grump, a secret agent hellbent on deporting illegal extraterrestrials from outer-space off of his home-planet! Follow Agen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deported: Drain the Swamp.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, monetization

72% User Score Based on 397 reviews

[Media 4380946] Welcome to the Deep: Pixel-art platformer game located deep inside caves. Story You are a cave explorer who accidentally falls into a pit which leads to a big cave system. After... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep the Game.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

94% User Score Based on 460 reviews

Hidden object game in the cartoon city style. Ultra hard! Really very difficult! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 100 hidden birds.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Critic Score 56%Based on 2 reviews

Fast and smooth action jump & run game like in the good old days. With focus to the Speedrun community. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inukari: Chase of Deception.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

84% User Score Based on 82 reviews

Planet B24 is a first-person horror quest. In this game, you are abducted by aliens to put their terrible experiments on you. You have to solve puzzles and escape from the aliens so that they do not catch you. Get out of this damn planet to return to planet Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet B24.