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A heartfelt 2D action-adventure platformer about a flying owl exploring cloud islands with friends, featuring pixel art and a ~10-hour story.

Grapple Dog
A cute 2D action-platformer about a grappling-hook dog, with colorful worlds, boss fights, and collectible-heavy levels.
2022-02-10
- Action
- Platform

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Games like Owlboy

A heartfelt 2D action-adventure platformer about a flying owl exploring cloud islands with friends, featuring pixel art and a ~10-hour story.

Grapple Dog
A cute 2D action-platformer about a grappling-hook dog, with colorful worlds, boss fights, and collectible-heavy levels.
2022-02-10
- Action
- Platform

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Arcade

Kids

Songbird Symphony

A short, heart-warming musical Metroidvania where an orphaned chick explores a forest and battles denizens in rhythm-action boss fights.

2019-07-25

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Music

Guns of Fury

A retro run-and-gun Metroidvania with pixel-art visuals, smooth combat, and challenging bosses across a roughly 9–10 hour interconnected world.

2025-02-13

Shooter
Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition

A roughly 9-hour 2D action-adventure platformer featuring Tomba battling evil pigs through puzzles, platforming, and event-based quests.

2025-12-15

Action
Comedy
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Side view

Deer & Boy

A compact single-player 2D puzzle-adventure about a runaway boy and his growing deer companion navigating a quiet, dangerous world.

2026-06-23

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Stealth
Mystery

Flynn: Son of Crimson

A retro 2D action-adventure platformer with energy-based combat style switching and a linear ~12-hour campaign, described as chill and straightforward.

2021-09-15

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

Fallen Leaf

A charming retro side-scrolling action-adventure with tight level design, a whimsical anime-pixel world, and a surprisingly long single-player campaign.

2024-07-15

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

Islets

A wholesome ~8.5-hour metroidvania across hand-painted sky islands, with quirky letter-writing and monster bosses.

2022-08-24

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

Iconoclasts

A roughly 17-hour pixel-art metroidvania about a renegade mechanic exploring a dying planet, with satisfying puzzles and a personal story about faith, though movement and combat feel clunky to some.

2018-01-23

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Atomic Owl

A compact single-player pixel-art action platformer featuring a bird ninja, hack-and-slash combat, transforming weapons, and soaring movement, with a chaotic neon aesthetic and retro-inspired challenge.

2025-07-31

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Indie
Side view
Visual Novel

Eagle Island Twist

A compact roguelite action-platformer mixing falconry-inspired aerial combat, procedurally generated levels, boss fights, and retro-themed minigames, with a roughly two-hour reviewer-documented playtime.

2019-07-10

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

MO:Astray

A pixel-art side-scrolling action-platformer with mind-bending puzzles, special abilities, and a speedrun mode, offering a cute but occasionally frustrating 13-17 hour adventure.

2019-10-24

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

Grapple Dog