Games like Eternal Cave Escape
by HarderGaming
You find yourself stuck in a cave with nothing but your wit... and a pickaxe! As you climb your way out you'll find this is no ordinary cave.
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$8.99Lander
3 days ago · DextericGames
Both: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Retro
Fly the Lander, collect the fuel, avoid obstacles and perfect your skills to attempt a soft landing in this difficult precision platformer.
Precision PlatformerRacing2D PlatformerDifficultArcadeRetroScore AttackPhysicsPixel GraphicsSingleplayer
-20%$5.59Glitch Protocol
3 days ago · Boogygames Studios
Both: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Precision Platformer
A brutal precision platformer where the level itself is lying to you. Run, jump and die through 200 handcrafted rooms of vanishing floors, fleeing doors and gravity that flips mid-jump. Then build your own lies in the editor and share them as codes.
ActionSingleplayer2D PlatformerPlatformerArcadeIndieAtmosphericPrecision PlatformerDifficultCyberpunk
$24.99Fatal Claw
Aug 26 · NDEV GAMES
Both: 2D Platformer · Platformer
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
MetroidvaniaExploration2D PlatformerAction-AdventureHand-drawnNonlinearPlatformerAtmosphericStory RichMultiple Endings👍 444
New$15.00DIY Dadish
Yesterday · Thomas K. Young
Both: Platformer · 2D Platformer · Precision Platformer
Create your own adventure and share it with the world! Everyone's favorite radish dad is back, but this time the story is up to you! in DIY Dadish gives players the ability to design any Dadish level they can imagine.
ActionAdventurePlatformer2D PlatformerPrecision PlatformerPuzzle Platformer2DCartoonyColorfulCute
$1.99Ollie Ninja Slash
4 days ago · 7 Moon Studio
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · 2D Platformer
Ninja Ollie jumps and slashes through obstacles to look for Kaela! A difficult platformer game that will test your skill to the limit, jump and slash and reach the scroll at the end of each level. Get good, or get angry!
Pixel GraphicsCasualActionPlatformerFemale ProtagonistSingleplayer2D PlatformerArcadeSide Scroller2D
-10%$6.29Pull Me Up!
3 days ago · Murat Akin
Both: Platformer · Precision Platformer
Pull Me Up! is a challenging parkour adventure where every jump takes you higher. Face your fears in Horror Mode, featuring dark environments, unexpected jumpscares, and terrifying surprises. Are you brave enough to reach the top?
ActionParkourPlatformerPrecision PlatformerSingleplayerJump ScareHorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorThriller
$19.99Aggelos 2
Aug 27 · WONDERBOY BOBI
Both: Pixel Graphics · Precision Platformer · Retro
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPixel GraphicsPrecision PlatformerAction-AdventureRetroSide ScrollerSingleplayerActionAdventure
-40%$29.99STRATA
3 days ago · Gamesforgames
Both: Pixel Graphics
STRATA is an arcade descent through rock that is destroyed cell by cell. You pilot a drilling capsule from a dome on the surface, and everything below the first metre is procedurally generated geology: dirt, clay, stone, shale, granite, basalt, obsidian, ironstone.
CasualRoguelikeExplorationDungeon CrawlerPixel Graphics2DAtmosphericFamily FriendlyOld SchoolSingleplayer
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
Sep 7 · tweakEra
Both: Retro
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
AdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorStylizedStory RichGoreRetroAtmosphericActionStealth👍 148
-20%$0.79Super Moncat
3 days ago · Urulginka Studio
Both: Precision Platformer
Fly, dodge, and score points — this is a real test of reaction and concentration, where every new record feels like a big victory over the ruthless cosmos.
RoguelikeRogueliteDifficultFast-PacedPrecision PlatformerSurvival HorrorCatsSpaceMusicScore Attack
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-40%$4.79Noxcode
4 days ago · Glitch Squirrel
Both: Platformer
Run, jump, climb, glide, fly - or just fall in a way that somehow works. Doesn't matter how, just keep moving through this maze. How high do you have to climb to get out?
Action Roguelike3D PlatformerFirst-PersonParkourCyberpunkIndie3DPlatformerProcedural GenerationAction
-10%$5.39ToonSouls Maker
3 days ago · Toon Crafter
Both: Platformer · 2D Platformer
Create, play, and share your own chaotic 2D platforming levels! Inspired by classic cartoons, powered by your creativity, and fueled by one simple truth: My game is good. The algorithm just ignores me.
Early AccessActionAdventureAction-AdventureArcadePlatformerRoguelikeShooter2D PlatformerAction Roguelike
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
-20%$3.99Died in the Tower Again
3 days ago · BANANAK
Both: Pixel Graphics
Climb a tower that never lets you leave. Move — your spells fire themselves. Combine 8 elements into automatic synergies, awaken them twice, and gamble on relics that break the rules. Die, bank your gold, climb again. 100 floors, 35 relics, 14 artifacts, and a leaderboard that remembers.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellPixel GraphicsSingleplayer2DTop-DownAction
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Pixel Graphics
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
$9.99Friendly Steps
Sep 3 · KORO.GAMES
Both: Platformer
A HARDCORE physics-based 1-4 player co-op RAGE GAME about getting home after a wild night out. It was a fun night! Now grab your buddies and walk home. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW.
MultiplayerPhysicsWalking SimulatorOnline Co-OpChoices MatterAdventureDifficultComedyPlatformerCo-op👍 233
-50%$4.99Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors
12 days ago · Soulpotion
Both: Pixel Graphics
Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteCasualPixel GraphicsIndie2DRoguelikeHack and SlashStrategy👍 1,305
$0.99Farewell
Aug 28 · wvkmind
Both: 2D Platformer
A hand-painted deckbuilding roguelike. At sea, play cards against waves and reefs, read the fog or burn your lantern to clear it, and cook below deck. Two crew, five endings. Plus an online mining town: drill ore with cards, beam crates onto your truck, sell at the dock, team up with others.
2D PlatformerCasualCard GameCookingDeckbuildingChoices MatterRPGMassively MultiplayerAbstractPsychological
FreeBrixonia
4 days ago · FaintVeil Games
Both: 2D Platformer
A cozy multiplayer building sandbox where every world is shared and persistent. Place and break blocks, farm crops, fish, craft gear, and decorate your space alongside other players. No combat, no death penalty, just building at your own pace.
Side Scroller2D PlatformerSandboxBuildingCasualSimulationCraftingAgricultureMassively MultiplayerEconomy
$1.99Mars 2099
3 days ago · Oldschool Tobias
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.
ActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsSpaceRetroDifficultControllerSingleplayerMars
-15%$4.24Ride Up Together
5 days ago · Necha Games, Mriya Games
Both: Precision Platformer · Platformer
Ride, climb, kick, and survive! Ride Up Together is a chaotic 1-8 player online co-op motorcycle climbing game where every jump matters. Climb to the top, sabotage your friends with powerful kicks, survive crazy physics obstacles, and try not to fall all the way back down.
Party GameActionOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPhysicsMotorbikeParkourPrecision PlatformerPlatformerIndie
$6.99Krukmore
Aug 30 · David Gamble
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Krukmore is a brutal, transparent dice roguelike. No hidden math. No safety nets. No save scumming. One run. One mountain. One ending — yours or his.
DiceDungeon CrawlerRogueliteRoguelike DeckbuilderRetroPixel GraphicsTurn-Based CombatStrategyParty-Based RPGClass-Based
-15%$5.09Dead Margin
3 days ago · Bug Production
Survival is optional, rent is mandatory. Team up in Dead Margin, a brutal 1-4 player co-op horror. Whisper to survive, avoid anomalies, and scavenge scraps. Sell it to pay the greedy customer. Out here, everything has a price. Especially you.
Action RoguelikeActionExplorationPvE3DFirst-PersonFunnyProcedural GenerationSci-fiSurvival Horror
-10%$7.19Bot slash Bot
3 days ago · Traveller's Box
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Fast-PacedHack and SlashArcadeIndieDifficultTop-DownPost-apocalypticCombatTime AttackSwordplay
$9.99ZENONIA 1
Aug 31 · Com2us Holdings, CFK Co., Ltd.
Both: Pixel Graphics
Remember the RPG that defined a generation? ZENONIA is back—faithfully restored and now on Steam. Relive the adventure that kept you playing for hours, or experience it for the first time.
RPGAction RPGIndieAdventure2DAction-AdventureCuteCartoonyPixel GraphicsFantasy👍 440
-20%$7.99Cat a Loop
3 days ago · Kitten Purradise Studios
Both: Pixel Graphics
Lead a cat in a tactical roguelike auto-battler! Fight your way through 4 dangerous biomes, combine 200+ items to create powerful synergies, and unlock passive abilities. Unravel the mystery of the portal, defeat unique bosses, and save the feline world from the encroaching evil!
Auto Battler2DDungeon CrawlerPixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationTraditional RoguelikeCatsCutePvERoguelite
-25%$11.24There Is mORE
4 days ago · ByteBeyond
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
RogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeMiningSurvivalProcedural GenerationExplorationMagicBase Building2D
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
-20%$3.99Vibe Lab: Idle Dev Sim
3 days ago · Green Growth Digital
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
A cozy idle game about vibe-coding with AI. Hire a crew of agents, climb a five-branch upgrade tree, and dress the whole lab from 80 cosmetics across five tiers. Progress lands in minutes, not days — no subscriptions, no daily check-in. Numbers go up, vibes stay immaculate.
IdlerCasualSimulationResource ManagementPixel GraphicsRetroRobotsSingleplayerArcade2D
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$0.99Cave Escape
3 days ago · Carrotbbit
An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
CasualSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieMystery
$19.99Isle of Reveries
Sep 4 · desertcucco
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.
FantasyPixel GraphicsRetroMetroidvaniaAction-AdventurePuzzleIndieAdventureStory RichExploration
-10%$8.99Driving Rogue
4 days ago · Gravity Works
Drift, slipstream, and chain risky near-misses at insane speeds to build huge combos. Adapt to procedurally generated streets and challenges, upgrade your ride, unlock abilities, and stack powerful cards to break records. Climb the Redline rankings and fight your way to the top of the leaderboards.
Fast-PacedArcadeIndieRacingDifficultControllerOnline Co-OpDriving3DCasual


