The 2D Platformer Zone

Side-view platformers focused on jumping, timing, hazards, and stage flow.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Neon Abyss 2 - Players say: Fight through a pixel-art cybermyth Abyss in side-scrolling roguelike runs, building weapon-and-item combos solo or with up to three friends. Players like: Chaotic Item Builds · Boss Variety · Co-op Runs ·
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Dive into the cybermyth roguelike chaos of Neon Abyss 2! Now featuring up to 4-player online co-op, more combat styles, and unlimited item synergies, every run delivers a dramatic, action-packed experience you won't forget.

IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer - Players say: Run precision-platforming courses to earn power, improve your times, and send clones repeating your best routes for income. Players like: Responsive Platforming · Clever Genre Blend · Course Time Optimization ·
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Amass an army of clones to follow your tightly-optimised path. Generate massive amounts of power to upgrade your production and movement abilities.

Code Velocity - 《Code Velocity》is a cute chibi-style casual competitive typing game. Players can play as cops or thieves, with movement speed determined by their typing speed and accuracy. In real-time matchups, use props, compete for vehicles, and experience intense chase showdowns!
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Sep 15, 2026
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Dark Bone Prison - This is a dungeon-based game full of oppressive atmosphere. You will delve into the maze filled with monsters, collect, combine and upgrade weapons, and fight for a glimmer of hope in the successive waves of attacks.
Rogue Blight - Rogue Blight is a rogue-lite with focus on souls-like combat, featuring a Slay The Spire-inspired map system. Fight your way through ever-changing maps. Customize your playstyle based on what you find. Death is punishing. Only skill and persistence will carry you forward.
Tap Dungeon - Pixel-art isekai roguelike dungeon crawler! 5 classes, mix skills & items freely in turn-based combat across deadly random dungeons. Fight goblins, orcs, undead; collect artifacts, beat hidden bosses. Death = rebirth, endless builds await. Become the hero saving the kingdom!
铜刀银剑 - During the Xining era of the Northern Song, a corrupt chancellor plunged the court into chaos, waged reckless wars, favored commoners over scholar-officials, and sought to redirect the Yellow River. Fearing ruin, the martial world chose four champions to slay him: Wang Anshi.

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RIVE - Players say: Trapped aboard a mysterious starship, scavenger Roughshot pilots a spider tank through 360-degree shooting, platforming, and robot hacking. Players like: Fast Arcade Combat · Satisfying Controls · Shooter-Platformer Mix ·
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This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.

Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite - Players say: Traverse procedural cylindrical arenas, leap between rings, and fire in every direction in a run-based action-platformer. Players like: Circular Arenas · Weapon Variety · Persistent Upgrades ·
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Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.

Fall of Porcupine - Players say: As junior doctor Finley, treat patients through minigames, get to know Porcupine's residents, and navigate hospital life. Players like: Charming Art Style · Memorable Characters · Emotional Story ·
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A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

Teslagrad 2 - Players say: After her airship crashes in Wyrmheim, Teslamancer Lumina uses magnetic powers to platform, solve puzzles, and find a way home. Players like: Fluid Magnetic Movement · Hand-Painted Art · Music and Atmosphere ·
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Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX - Players say: Guide Prince Alex through hazardous 2D platforming to save Radaxian, punch enemies, ride vehicles and face rock-paper-scissors bosses. Players like: Bright Updated Artwork · Instant Retro Toggle · Classic Nostalgia ·
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A legend returns in stunning new detail with Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX! Fire up your power bracelet and relive a platforming classic alongside new modes, levels and features!

ITORAH - Players say: As Nahucan’s last human, Itorah explores masked lands, platforming and fighting with a talking axe to stop a mysterious plague. Players like: Hand-Painted Visuals · Atmospheric Music · Distinctive Setting ·
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Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!

Fury Unleashed - Players say: Shoot through shifting comic-book pages, chain kills, gather upgrades, and battle through roguelite runs solo or in co-op. Players like: Co-op Fun · Fast Combat Flow · Comic-Book Art ·
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Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.

Splasher - Players say: A factory worker uses colored paint to cross Inkorp’s traps, rescue fellow workers, and challenge the factory boss in a precision platformer. Players like: Paint-Based Movement · Clever Level Design · Speedrun Mastery ·
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Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.

Nocturnal - Players say: As Ardeshir returns to Mist-shrouded Nahran, keep his sword alight to fight shadow creatures, solve hazards, and push onward. Players like: Fire-Sword Mechanic · Hand-Drawn Visuals · Dark Atmosphere ·
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Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what secrets lie beyond the Mist in this intense 2-hour-long action-platformer game. Get ready to wield the flames and burn everything!

THE IMPOSSIBLE - Players say: Guide a small square across impossible-perspective structures, finding a route to the goal in 30 minimalist puzzles. Players like: Perspective-Bending Puzzles · Simple, Relaxing Play · Narration and Music ·
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THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

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Jul 24, 2020
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ScourgeBringer - Players say: As Kyhra, a clan warrior, slash, shoot and dash through machine-filled rooms in a fast-paced, repeat-run platforming dungeon. Players like: Fluid Aerial Combat · Responsive Movement · Pixel Art ·
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ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Oozi: Earth Adventure - Players say: After crash-landing on Earth and losing his spacesuit, alien pilot Oozi jumps through cartoon worlds and fights to get home. Players like: Responsive Controls · Colorful Artwork · Approachable Platforming ·
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Oozi: Earth Adventure is a classic 2D platformer with old school gameplay - no puzzles, no punishment, just 100% pure classic platforming fun! Its most prominent features are HD visuals and beautiful hand-drawn art, but despite its visual style, it’s a good fit for all kinds of gamers!

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Dec 5, 2013
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

MotionRec - MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Piece by Piece - Piece by Piece is a literal puzzle platformer where each level is fragmented into puzzle pieces. Clear each puzzle by connecting and unconnecting each piece to make your way through each of our 100 handcrafted levels. Discover new themes and mechanics along the way!
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Mar 13, 2026
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Myths are 100% True - Myths are 100% True is a Fast-Paced Combat-Platformer that feels like X-Files if it was made by 12 year olds in Movie Maker back in 2008.
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Nov 18, 2025
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Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt - "Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt" is a game focused on object-finding. The main storyline revolves around helping alien friends who have been forced to land on Earth due to an "accident", assisting them in searching for scattered items, parts, and their lost crew members across various locations.
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Feb 2, 2025
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Like Dreamer - A pop and cute bullet-hell shooting game from Cosmo Dreamer "Outside". Both beginners and experts can enjoy speedy and active playing.
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Jul 21, 2022
100% 👍
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DEVIL BLADE REBOOT - Players say: Pilot a fighter through a vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up, dodging attacks and risking close-range kills to boost your score. Players like: Approachable Difficulty · Pixel-Art Presentation · High-Energy Soundtrack ·
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An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!

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May 23, 2024
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Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story - Players say: Help Doraemon and Nobita run a dorayaki shop: invent sweets, explore for ingredients, and grow the store with their friends. Players like: IP Cameos and Details · Shop-Building Management · Frequent Unlocks ·
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A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon

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Dec 8, 2024
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your sisters - Players say: Keep animated characters on your desktop as they follow your cursor, react to clicks, and unlock new looks through interaction. Players like: Steam Profile Styling · Desktop Companions · Trading Cards ·
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Who needs one desktop girl when you can have a whole squad? Meet your adorable chaos crew, always cute, sometimes weird and fun. Your Sisters is a little dose of dopamine for your boring desktop.

CATO: Buttered Cat - Players say: Guide a cat and buttered toast through puzzle-platforming levels, using their separate moves and paradox-powered flight to reach exits. Players like: Cute Cat-and-Toast · Creative Puzzle Mechanics · Varied World Levels ·
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Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!

Desvelado - Turn off the lights, dodge the ghosts and go to sleep as soon as you can in this hand-crafted 2d platform experience! In this vampiric precision platformer you will overcome challenging puzzles and deadly enemies before going to sleep in your cosy coffin. 
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Aug 14, 2024
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Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum - Solve the puzzle and complete the art! "Pixel Puzzle" that lets you experience art and culture with Juufuutei Raden.
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Jun 4, 2025
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Sheepy: A Short Adventure - Players say: Guide a living plush sheep through a ruined facility, gaining movement abilities to platform, face threats, and uncover its past. Players like: Soundtrack and Sound · Pixel-Art Atmosphere · Smooth Platforming ·
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A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

Öoo - Players say: Guide a bomb-bodied caterpillar through a connected world, using explosions to cross obstacles and solve puzzles. Players like: Clever Bomb Puzzles · Wordless Guidance · Satisfying Discoveries ·
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A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

Chrono Gear: Warden of Time - Players say: As timekeeper Ouro Kronii, slash and platform through varied stages, wield time powers, and recover gears to mend shattered timelines. Players like: Inventive Stage Design · Responsive Movement · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

Katana ZERO - Players say: As katana-wielding assassin Zero, plan lethal 2D missions, bend time through deadly fights, and piece together your past. Players like: Satisfying Fast Combat · Memorable Soundtrack · Intriguing Story ·
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Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Pizza Tower - Players say: Race through a cartoon tower as pizza-shop owner Peppino, smashing foes, collecting toppings, and escaping levels on a timer. Players like: Fast, Fluid Movement · Energetic Soundtrack · Expressive Cartoon Art ·
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Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

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Jan 26, 2023
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Webbed - Players say: Play a tiny spider who swings and spins webs through a forest, solving physics puzzles and rallying bugs to rescue her partner. Players like: Web-Swinging Physics · Creative Web Puzzles · Charming Bug Cast ·
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Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

Threefold Recital - Players say: Guide three animal-turned-human heroes through Bluescales, using their distinct powers to investigate mysteries and unravel a conspiracy. Players like: Twists and Payoffs · Distinctive Characters · Intriguing Fantasy World ·
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Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...

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Jan 13, 2025
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Journey of Realm:Dawn Dew - Players say: Guide Dew through a corrupted fantasy realm, exploring side-view maps and building turn-based tactics against the black beast tide. Players like: Flexible Build Crafting · Tactical Turn-Based Combat · Atmospheric Visuals ·
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"JOR: Dawn Dew" is a 2D turn-based game with a box-like map. In the game, act "Dew" to adventure. On adventure, collect and freely choose your way of fighting. As the exploration progresses, deter the threat of the black beast tide, and finally defeat the monstrous malice.

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo - Players say: As Pippit, a yo-yo-wielding bat, explore a city, solve traversal puzzles, and fight rival crime bosses. Players like: Creative Yo-Yo Mechanics · Clever Room Design · Rewarding Exploration ·
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Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

Ambidextro - Players say: As a divided royal wizard, guide both halves through timed, trap-filled platforming levels—one character per hand—to reunite. Players like: Two-Handed Control · Clever Level Design · Satisfying Progression ·
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A multiplayer game for a single player. Learn to control 2 characters at the same time, one with each hand. Achieve ambidexterity and rescue both the prince and the princess simultaneously.

Jerma's Big Adventure - Players say: As Jerma falls into a cavern, swing a baseball bat, fight robot dinosaurs and warlocks, and escape amid live chat reactions. Players like: Absurd Jerma References · Goofy Comedy · Responsive Controls ·
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Oh no! Jerma985 has fallen into a spooky cavern filled with ROBOT dinosaurs and EVIL warlocks. In this wacky action-platformer, fight to escape the treacherous cavern while a live studio chat cheers you on!