Games like Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
by Playtonic Games
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!
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$19.99Yooka-Laylee
Apr 11 · Playtonic Games
Both: Platformer · Family Friendly · Exploration
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
3D PlatformerCollectathonAdventureIndiePlatformerColorfulActionFamily FriendlyExplorationGreat Soundtrack👍 2,871
$12.99Elemgate
Sep 25 · CWPGames
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
Elemgate is a unique precision platformer where you'll need to control your speed, changing of the elements and jump timing and to earn more time that converts into score needed to pass 10 stages per level and ultimately across 15 levels in this 2.5D obstacle course challenge to escape an evil god.
PlatformerDifficult2.5DIndieCasualAdventureActionFast-PacedSide ScrollerPrecision Platformer
$2.99King Boo
Oct 18 · NDOgames
Both: Platformer · Exploration
Play as King Boo, who unfortunately has lost their royal adornments and must find them back before being allowed back in the castle! A simple, colorful adventure game for young players.
AdventureCasualPlatformerWalking Simulator3D PlatformerExploration3DCartoonyColorfulCute👍 231
$19.99Tomba! Special Edition
Jul 31 · Limited Run Games
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
In Tomba! Special Edition, leap, bite, and throw your way across stunning 2.5D landscapes in this vastly-enhanced update to a platforming classic!
ActionPlatformer2D Platformer2.5DRetroOld SchoolSingleplayer3D PlatformerMetroidvaniaAdventure👍 721
$14.99Hollow Knight
Feb 24 · Team Cherry
Both: Platformer · Exploration
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
MetroidvaniaPlatformerSouls-likeDifficultGreat Soundtrack2DIndieSingleplayerExplorationAtmospheric👍 503,211
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$19.99Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Dec 20 · WayForward
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
Female ProtagonistPlatformerMetroidvaniaCuteActionSide ScrollerSingleplayerAnime2.5DHand-drawn👍 1,975
$19.99Spelunky 2
Sep 29 · Mossmouth, BlitWorks
Both: Platformer
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Platformer2D PlatformerDifficultOnline Co-OpPerma DeathCo-opReplay ValueIndieProcedural GenerationLocal Co-Op👍 19,736
$9.99Red's Kingdom
Jan 19 · Cobra Mobile
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
Help lead Red on a journey across the land in search of his missing nuts, overcoming obstacles and unlocking abilities in this charmingly epic isometric puzzle adventure!
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerCuteIndie2.5DIsometricStory RichCasualCartoony
$5.99PONCHO
Nov 3 · Delve Interactive
Both: Platformer · 2.5D
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
AdventureIndieActionCasualPlatformer2.5DRetroPixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerRobots
$14.99Spelunky
Aug 8 · Mossmouth
Both: Platformer
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
PlatformerRoguelikeAction RoguelikeIndieDifficult2DLocal Co-OpReplay ValueProcedural GenerationArcade👍 14,676
$29.99Shantae and the Seven Sirens
May 28 · WayForward
Both: Platformer · Funny
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Female ProtagonistMetroidvaniaPlatformerAdventureCute2DAnimeGreat SoundtrackIndieFunny👍 1,526
$5.99Miner Ultra Adventures 2
May 12 · Sinned Games
Both: Platformer · Funny
Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!
3D PlatformerDifficultThird-Person ShooterPlatformerArcadeThird PersonDark ComedySurrealFunnyAction👍 535
-67%$9.89Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Jul 25 · Game Atelier
Both: Platformer · Exploration
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
AdventureActionIndieMetroidvaniaPlatformer2DSingleplayerSide ScrollerExplorationAnime👍 2,441
$14.99BattleBlock Theater®
May 15 · The Behemoth
Both: Platformer · Funny
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Co-opPlatformerFunnyComedyLevel EditorMultiplayerLocal Co-Op2DOnline Co-OpCats👍 55,793
$17.99OUTBUDDIES DX
Oct 15 · Julian Laufer
Both: Platformer · Exploration
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
IndieMetroidvaniaActionAdventurePlatformerPixel GraphicsDifficultExplorationGreat Soundtrack2D👍 200
-25%$4.49Pseudoregalia
Jul 28 · rittzler
Both: Exploration · Platformer
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
3D PlatformerMetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistParkourExplorationPlatformerOld School3DSingleplayerThird Person👍 16,992
$2.99The Impossible Game
May 8 · Grip Games
Both: Platformer
The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game! As well as five classic Impossible Game levels, this desktop version includes an EXCLUSIVE new Level Editor.
IndieDifficultGreat SoundtrackPlatformerLevel EditorMusicCasual2DAddictiveSingleplayer👍 1,253
$14.99TurnOn
Jun 1 · Brainy Studio LLC
Both: Platformer · Family Friendly
"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.
IndieCasualAdventureActionPlatformerPuzzle PlatformerColorfulCuteSide ScrollerFamily Friendly👍 214
FreeDrop Alive
Dec 6 · Invi Games
Both: Platformer · Family Friendly
“Happiness is only real when shared, especially with a water drop”. (Isn’t that how it goes?). Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in the greatest journey you’ll ever set out on with the cutest friend.
Free to PlayCuteIndiePlatformerCasualAdventure2DFamily FriendlyDifficultSurvival👍 304
$19.99Toodee and Topdee
Aug 4 · dietzribi
Both: 2.5D
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.
ControllerPuzzleColorfulTop-DownPuzzle Platformer2.5DPixel GraphicsLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayer👍 669
$0.99Squirbs
Jan 6 · Team Indev
Both: Platformer
Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.
IndieAdventureActionPlatformerAnime2DDifficultPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 366
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Platformer
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
$9.99Fly'N
Nov 9 · Ankama Games
Both: Platformer
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
PlatformerIndie2DAdventureSingleplayerActionPuzzleGreat SoundtrackDifficultCute👍 290
$14.99Freedom Planet
Jul 21 · GalaxyTrail
Both: Platformer
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
PlatformerGreat SoundtrackActionFemale Protagonist2DIndiePixel GraphicsRetroFast-PacedSingleplayer👍 3,317
$4.99Super Panda Adventures
Jul 14 · BlueEagle Productions
Both: Platformer
In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!
PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionAdventureCuteRPG2DSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack👍 713
$9.99Miscreation: Evolve Your Creature!
Nov 18 · Chronicle Games Ltd
Both: Platformer
Evolve your creature to survive Yggsdrasil! You are a newborn blob at the base of the divine tree. Collect legs, arms, tails, wings and other parts, then combine them in your own body to become the optimal creature!
AdventureIndiePlatformer2DCuteSingleplayerCartoonySide Scroller👍 214
$4.99Electronic Super Joy: Groove City
Jun 6 · Michael Todd Games, Yazar Media Group LLC
Both: Platformer
A Giant Robot Stripper called JoJo has smashed Groove City! She's angry because Dr Swinger stole her Laser-Nipples! Help JoJo reclaim her Laser-Nipples & defeat the Evil Plans of Dr.Swinger, with the help of Pope Boris the Super Sexy!
IndiePlatformerActionGreat SoundtrackDifficult2DPixel Graphics👍 253
$9.99Escape Doodland
Nov 30 · fluckyMachine
Both: Platformer · Funny
Death and destruction came into Doodland. This happy and joyful land is going to change. You play as one of Doodlers, a peaceful inhabitant of happy doodle world, attacked by a merciless monster. There are only two options: run as fast as you can or die.
IndieActionAdventure2DPlatformerFunnyCuteSide ScrollerFast-PacedDifficult👍 137
$0.99Platformines
Mar 28 · Magiko Gaming
Both: Platformer
Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world! Customise your character, master all difficulty levels and literally jump to the top of the leaderboards to prove your skills!
Action RoguelikeActionPlatformerIndie2DShooterPixel GraphicsAdventureRPGLoot👍 149
$4.99Only Climb: Better Together
Jul 25 · Exbyte Studios
Both: Platformer · Funny
Tired of sitting on the ground? Take a sky-high journey with your friends in Only Climb: Better Together! Touch the clouds with your own hands and find out what's behind them, but remember, there are no easy paths…
Precision Platformer3D PlatformerDifficultPlatformerArcadeRoguelikeCharacter Customization3DThird PersonFunny👍 2,937
$4.99Albert and Otto
Oct 28 · K Bros Games
Both: Platformer
Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Traverse a haunting world set in 1939 Germany in search of a mysterious girl with rabbit ears. Utilize a little bunny in creative ways to solve puzzles. Levitate sheep, use them as torches or wolf bait and make your way through a dangerous land.
IndiePuzzlePlatformerDarkSingleplayerDifficultSurrealAtmospheric2DPuzzle Platformer👍 463
$9.99Castle In The Darkness
Feb 5 · Matt Kap, Nicalis, Inc.
Both: Platformer
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
MetroidvaniaIndiePlatformerActionDifficultPixel GraphicsAdventureRPGRetro2D👍 1,185
$14.99Voodoo Vince: Remastered
Apr 17 · Beep Games, Inc.
Both: Funny · Platformer
The classic character platformer is back after 13 years and newly remastered! Help Vince run, jump and fight his way through cemeteries, swamps and an evil carnival as he seeks to save his creator Madam Charmaine from the clutches of Kosmo The Inscrutable.
ActionAdventure3D PlatformerGreat SoundtrackClassicComedySingleplayerFunnyRemakePlatformer👍 543
Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils
Sep 26 · Platine Dispositif
Both: Platformer
From the creator of the Gundemonium Collection comes a thrilling new 2D action-platformer! Help Bunny escape the Devils’ Labyrinth and defeat the 7 Devils in this hilariously over-the-top action-platformer game. Battle through a large, connected map filled with unique enemies, traps, and puzzles.
MetroidvaniaAnimeActionIndiePlatformerAdventureFemale Protagonist2DDifficultPixel Graphics👍 265

