Games like Gateways
by Smudged Cat Games Ltd
From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.
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$4.99Adventures of Shuggy
Jun 13 · Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!
PlatformerIndiePuzzlePuzzle PlatformerLocal Co-Op2DCo-opSingleplayerLocal MultiplayerTime Manipulation👍 286
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Dec 13 · Rain Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Metroidvania
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
PlatformerPuzzleIndieMetroidvania2DSteampunkSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerActionAdventure👍 1,710
$14.99Braid
Apr 10 · Number None
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzle2D PlatformerPlatformerIndieTime Manipulation2DSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackDifficult👍 6,941
$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Puzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerAction-Adventure2DTime ManipulationActionCasualCartoony👍 1,766
$19.99Teslagrad 2
Apr 19 · Rain Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Metroidvania
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.
AdventurePuzzleActionPlatformerAction-AdventureMetroidvaniaSteampunkPuzzle Platformer2D2D Platformer👍 419
$17.99HAAK
Aug 24 · Blingame
Both: Metroidvania · Puzzle Platformer · Pixel Graphics
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerPixel GraphicsPost-apocalypticPlatformerDystopian IndieAction-AdventureUndergroundSide Scroller👍 3,150
$19.99Supraland
Apr 5 · Supra Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Metroidvania · Puzzle
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
Puzzle PlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPhysicsPuzzleFPSOpen World👍 12,382
$5.99Dreaming Sarah
Mar 12 · Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim
Both: Metroidvania · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerExplorationCasualPlatformerFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorSurreal2DRelaxing👍 2,301
$8.99Ascender
Mar 17 · GameChanger Studio
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Metroidvania · Platformer
Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D
Puzzle Platformer2DMetroidvaniaAdventureIndiePlatformer2D PlatformerPuzzleRobotsSci-fi
$19.99The Messenger
Aug 30 · Sabotage
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
RetroPlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaNinja2DGreat SoundtrackIndieAction2D Platformer👍 10,714
$7.99Gato Roboto
May 30 · doinksoft
Both: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
IndieMetroidvaniaActionPixel GraphicsAdventure2DCatsPlatformerRetroSingleplayer👍 4,364
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May 14 · Thomas Happ Games LLC
Both: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
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.
MetroidvaniaIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformerGreat SoundtrackAction2DSci-fiAdventureRetro👍 5,840
$9.99ElecHead
Oct 14 · NamaTakahashi, Tsuyomi
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
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Puzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerLinearPixel GraphicsActionRetroAdventureSingleplayerIndie👍 1,412
$14.99The Way
May 20 · Puzzling Dream
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
AdventureIndieActionPixel GraphicsPlatformerPuzzle PlatformerSci-fi2DRetroSingleplayer👍 900
$14.99Wuppo: Definitive Edition
Sep 29 · snekflat
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Puzzle
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPlatformer2D2D PlatformerCuteGreat SoundtrackPuzzleActionSingleplayer👍 4,950
$9.99FEZ
May 1 · Polytron Corporation
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Pixel Graphics
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
PlatformerPuzzleIndiePixel GraphicsExplorationGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventureCasualMystery👍 11,664
$7.99Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
May 24 · Andrew Morrish
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.
IndieActionCasualPlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerDifficultGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsLocal Multiplayer👍 374
$6.99EDGE
Aug 11 · Two Tribes
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleIndieActionPlatformerGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerIsometricCasual3D Platformer👍 1,826
$7.99Super Win the Game
Oct 1 · Minor Key Games
Both: Metroidvania · Platformer
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
MetroidvaniaSide ScrollerPrecision PlatformerCasualExplorationOpen WorldDifficultPlatformer2DNonlinear👍 527
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
IndiePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayerCo-opGreat Soundtrack👍 296
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Both: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
AdventureIndieRPGMetroidvaniaActionPixel Graphics2DPlatformerRetroSingleplayer👍 562
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Both: Metroidvania · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
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MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerLGBTQ+2D PlatformerExplorationPlatformer2DPixel GraphicsRPG👍 2,824
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Both: Metroidvania · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
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AtmosphericFantasyCinematicMetroidvaniaAction-AdventureSingleplayerStylizedPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleAction👍 997
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Both: Platformer · Metroidvania
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PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionAdventureCuteRPG2DSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack👍 713
$9.99Adventures of Pip
Jun 4 · Tic Toc Games
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Puzzle Platformer
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
ActionPlatformerIndieAdventureRetroPixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPuzzle2DGreat Soundtrack👍 167
$14.99Youropa
Jun 27 · frecle
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Metroidvania · Platformer
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Puzzle Platformer3D PlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaLevel EditorCharacter CustomizationParkourCharacter Action GamePlatformerBuilding👍 288
$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFirst-Person3D PlatformerSingleplayerSci-fiComedyFemale ProtagonistPhysicsFunny👍 173,660
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Both: Platformer · Metroidvania
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
PlatformerMiningMetroidvaniaSteampunkIndieAdventureWestern2DRobotsAction👍 6,511
$14.99Cathedral
Oct 31 · Decemberborn Interactive
Both: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
ActionIndieMetroidvaniaAdventurePixel GraphicsRetroPlatformerDifficult2DSide Scroller👍 302
-75%$4.99Chasm
Jul 30 · Bit Kid, Inc.
Both: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
MetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsIndieAdventureActionRPGPlatformer2DProcedural GenerationSide Scroller👍 1,435
$14.99Vibrant Venture
Jul 24 · Semag Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Pixel Graphics
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PlatformerAdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultActionPixel GraphicsCartoony2D👍 575
$14.99Full Bore
May 6 · Whole Hog Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Metroidvania
Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.
IndieAdventurePuzzleCasualPlatformerGreat SoundtrackMetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
A serene first-person puzzle platformer set across strikingly beautiful worlds. Place and remove cubes to solve handcrafted puzzles, discover hidden secrets, and lose yourself in an atmosphere unlike anything else. Includes a full level editor and Steam Workshop support.
PuzzleFirst-PersonAtmosphericRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerExplorationCozyWalking SimulatorLevel Editor👍 608

