Games like The End Is Nigh

This is a challenging adventure platformer about collecting items and overcoming difficult levels. The game features a dark, stressful atmosphere as you guide a survivor on a quest.

94% positive from 3,444 · 2017 · 12% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · Lowest ever $2.99 (2020-06-25)

Precision Platformer PlatformerIndieDifficultGreat SoundtrackAdventure

Six games like The End Is Nigh

Dustforce DX

88% positive from 2,385 reviews2012

This is a 2D platformer where players use acrobatic movement to clean levels. It features fast-paced challenges, community content, and a level editor.

What players likedPlayers praise its fantastic soundtrack and describe it as a fun, "flow" style platformer.

The catchThe controls feel clunky and unresponsive, making basic movement a constant fight.

Both are tagged Precision Platformer, Difficult and Great Soundtrack.

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Will You Snail?

97% positive from 2,006 reviews202239% finish itDeck Verified

This is a challenging, fast-paced precision platformer where players outsmart an AI that predicts their movements. It features optional puzzles and a level editor for endless community content.

What players likedPlayers praise its surprisingly interesting lore and challenging AI-driven traps, reminiscent of a unique platformer experience.

The catchDeaths come down to randomly spawned spikes, so wins feel lucky rather than earned.

Both are tagged Precision Platformer, Difficult and Action.

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Levelhead

94% positive from 1,129 reviews20204% finish itDeck Verified

Co-op party platformer with a robust level editor for creating and sharing user-generated content. Players train delivery robots through challenging platforming levels and design their own.

What players likedPlayers praise Levelhead as a charming game with an easy-to-use, yet powerful, level editor that offers challenging adventure levels.

The catchControls feel awkward and finicky, which makes the precision platforming frustrating.

Both are tagged Precision Platformer, Difficult and Action.

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Get To Work

89% positive from 3,482 reviews202414% finish itDeck Playable

This is a challenging narrative platformer with a unique rollerblade movement system. It features a satirical story about corporate climbing, rewarding fast movement and offering collectible podcast audio.

The catchMuch of the difficulty comes from janky physics and controls rather than level design.

Both are tagged Precision Platformer, Difficult and Action.

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BZZZT

94% positive from 1,155 reviews202321% finish itDeck Verified

A fast-paced pixel-art precision platformer with intuitive controls and unlockable skills. It features time challenges, leaderboards, and optional permadeath.

What players likedPlayers praise this arcade-style platformer for its stellar level design, replayable timed challenges, and beautiful sprite art, reminiscent of classic Flash web games.

The catchThe art and music outclass the platforming, which is simple and short on depth.

Both are tagged Precision Platformer, Difficult and Action.

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N (NPLUSPLUS)

95% positive from 2,346 reviews2016Deck Verified

A momentum-based platformer in which a ninja carries its own speed past homicidal robots to grab gold and reach the exit, across 4,690 hand-made levels with an editor and leaderboards.

What players likedPlayers praise N++ as a perfected precision platformer, often compared to Celeste, with vast content and satisfying flow.

The catchLong standing bugs go unfixed, with broken displays, failed launches and lost saves.

Both are tagged Precision Platformer, Difficult and Action.

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More about The End Is Nigh

What players liked

Players compare it to Super Meat Boy and Celeste, praising its precise movement and challenging, polished platforming.

The catch

The later half hands you limited lives, so dying too often restarts a whole area.

Reviews: 94% positive from 3,444
Released: 2017
Finish it: 12% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: Lowest ever $2.99 (2020-06-25)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 94% positive, but with 3,444 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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