Games You'll Love

Curated recommendations based on The Messenger

You Have to Win the Game
81% match

You Have to Win the Game

Indie

You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

Skul: The Hero Slayer
80% match

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Indie

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

The Way
78% match

The Way

Indie

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.

Ichiro
75% match

Ichiro

Indie

This is a difficult metroidvania style game with 90's arcade mechanics. It requires precision jumping and good highlights to shoot and jump.

The Swapper
74% match

The Swapper

Indie

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

A Pixel Story
72% match

A Pixel Story

Indie

A Pixel Story is a devious 2D puzzle platformer that charts the evolution of video games. You must use your Magical Teleportation Hat to explore 6 increasingly detailed zones on your quest to reach the core of The System to stop the evil OS and save the world.

Cyber Shadow
71% match

Cyber Shadow

Indie

The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

The World Next Door
71% match

The World Next Door

Indie

An addictive mix of lightning-fast puzzle battles, powerful storytelling and immersive visual novel elements, The World Next Door follows Jun, a rebellious teen girl trapped in a parallel realm inhabited by magical creatures, who must find her way home before time runs out.

Demonizer
71% match

Demonizer

Indie

The fantasy bullet battle to end monstergirl genocide! Turn hateful humans into lovable demons in this 90s arcade style shooter.

MMX
71% match

MMX

Indie

Explore the mysterious dimension of MMX, spinning the whole world. Your mission is simple, send Mr. X to teleport.

Negative: The Way of Shinobi
71% match

Negative: The Way of Shinobi

Indie

2D action platformer game with ninjas. Stylized graphics and a narrative-driven story will emphasize the gameplay. For those who see themselves as hard core players. This game will make you fail... a lot. Will you accept the challenge?

Vigil: The Longest Night
71% match

Vigil: The Longest Night

Action

Battle through the longest night as Leila a member of the Vigilant Order and uncover the truth behind the eternal darkness, Leila's mysterious sister, and the eldritch horrors that stalk her in a world that has forgotten daylight.

An Imp? A Fiend!
70% match

An Imp? A Fiend!

Indie

Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.

Xeno
70% match

Xeno

Action

Xeno is a 2D platform game - we move left and right and jump in the game, we can shoot and, in some cases, sneak to eliminate enemies from hiding. The game will also feature the use of the environment, such as exoskeletons or vehicles of all types, and puzzles.

Neon the Ninja
70% match

Neon the Ninja

Indie

NEON THE NINJA is a punk rock platformer where you hide in plain sight and bring swords to the gun fight. Slay each boss and take their power if you don’t smash your controller first! Are You Ninja Enough?

Changed
69% match

Changed

Indie

You are trapped in an experiment, trying to find ways to make you still 'yourself' , persevere, and survive.

Objector
68% match

Objector

Action

In Objector, you play as an enemy of the king. Join the history of opposition against ruthless power in a diverse fantasy world by facing difficulties and beating bosses waiting for you in challenging gameplay.

The Fang
67% match

The Fang

Indie

A daring wanderer wields his weapons in real-time battles through his quest into the unknown.

Main Action
67% match

Main Action

Indie

Main Action - 3d top-down shooter with pixel graphics, not a long game with magic and monsters. In this game you will save the world and the villagers from evil. You are a magical creature who alone must cope with evil.

Between Me and The Night
67% match

Between Me and The Night

Retro

‘Between Me and The Night' is a surrealist action adventure game that walks the thin path between sanity and madness. Take on the role of a young boy and explore and interact with the mysterious house in which he lives.

Trance
66% match

Trance

Indie

A short and simple 2D side-scrolling adventure platformer featuring an unlikely pixel graphic style in different worlds. Challenge and test your abilities with the game’s extreme difficulty. Overcome level obstacles. Solve puzzles. Defeat Trance' enemies. Win her battle. And acquire Trance' skills.

Hyper Sentinel
66% match

Hyper Sentinel

Indie

A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.

Outland
66% match

Outland

Indie

Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.

The Other Half
66% match

The Other Half

Indie

A dark fantasy action adventure where you unbury a tale of intimacy and violence in order to cleanse a demonic infestation from a once-beautiful land.

Unwell Known
66% match

Unwell Known

Action

An 8 bits retro precision platformer. An adventure about the dark reality of borders. A cast of surreal characters. Use your Hook to hang, jump higher and... hit? All you need is to find the light. Everyone deserves a second chance.

Move the Window
66% match

Move the Window

Indie

This is a game where you have to solve in unusual ways to collect all the coins in each level.

INMOST
65% match

INMOST

Indie

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Super Slinger
65% match

Super Slinger

Action

Super Slinger is a cute and funny pixelated arcade-like shooter where you fight against the alien invasion in an attempt to send them back home. Cute art, juicy gameplay, difficult stages, and SLINGSHOTS!

Magic Rampage
65% match

Magic Rampage

Indie

Exciting platformer that combines the RPG genre with fast-paced action gameplay.

Mayhem Mail
65% match

Mayhem Mail

Indie

The mail has been scattered! Take on the mail route from hell, recover and deliver the mail to its rightful place! Mayhem Mail is a classic single screen arcade platformer in the vein of Donkey Kong, Bubble Bobble and Mario Bros. with some added puzzle elements.

ikenie
64% match

ikenie

Indie

Embark on a journey into the unknown. ikenie is a 2D action-adventure/puzzle game for PC featuring challenging and unique mechanics, multiple paths, and original soundtrack in a dark themed world. Can you change your fate?

Mark of the Ninja
64% match

Mark of the Ninja

Indie

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

The Inner Darkness
64% match

The Inner Darkness

Indie

A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.

Shing!
64% match

Shing!

Action

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

The Cruise
64% match

The Cruise

Casual

Space-Invader styled stress relieving retro top-down shooter, with a little taste of dungeon crawling.

Delivering Letters
63% match

Delivering Letters

Indie

Just deliver 10 letters that's easy, right?

Mangavania
63% match

Mangavania

Action

Old school action platformer game with pixel art graphics.

Knights & Guns
63% match

Knights & Guns

Indie

An action-packed 2D shooter where knights don't joust, they blast! Journey into a world where medieval bravery meets heavy-duty firepower. Battle monsters, venture through thrilling stages, and be the knight that makes ghouls say 'oh no, not the shotgun!' It's old-school arcade fun, with a bang!

Dreamer
63% match

Dreamer

Indie

A dreamy and overcoming journey that will enchant and thrill you at each end of a complete act, embark with the Dreamer on this dream, overcome your fears and conquer.

Step Journey
62% match

Step Journey

Action

A turn-based RPG journey with many unique items and abilities to create your own unique character. Locations are created using procedural generation with unique monsters, unusual loot of varying quality, quests and bosses.

The Running Man
62% match

The Running Man

Indie

If you want to relax, this game is not for you, this game is made to make you rage. go through challenging and hard levels and run to the finish line. will you take the challenge?

SOULBOUND
62% match

SOULBOUND

Indie

In a place of reality, a soul longs for an escape and is not alone; dark things are lurking but energy is your friend. Soulbound is an atmospheric metroidvania platformer packed with action where the past is your future.

Anominal
61% match

Anominal

Action

A 2D platformer with a twist: instant teleportation! Solve brain-scratching puzzles, engage in adrenaline-pumping traversal, and discover the purpose within.

Ninja Ming
61% match

Ninja Ming

Indie

In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.

Rebel Transmute
61% match

Rebel Transmute

Indie

Battle your way through a living planet in Rebel Transmute, a sprawling 2D action-exploration epic! Embody Moon Mikono as you explore, reprogram your abilities, duel twisted sci-fi experiments, rebel against colonizers, and search for your long lost mother.

The Multi-Medium
61% match

The Multi-Medium

Casual

The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.

Death courier
61% match

Death courier

Indie

In 2340. Earth ravaged, nearly destroyed. The last cities try to keep themselves alive and not starve. Hard times ahead. The roads to the other cities are destroyed, devastated or besieged by bandits.

Apostle
60% match

Apostle

Indie

50 years have passed since the monsters last threatened humanity. In those years, life has returned to normal. However, this peace can't last forever. Play as Rei Yagami as his life is changed forever.

HELLO PLAYER
60% match

HELLO PLAYER

Indie

A little nice adventure spoiled by bloggers! Help me reach them and make them my friends by using various mechanics of movement! Also game absolutely doesn't have the fourth wall!

Ministry of Broadcast
59% match

Ministry of Broadcast

Indie

Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.