Games Like Super Meat Boy: Precision Platformers Online
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Games like Super Meat Boy are precision platformers: the levels are short, the traps are deadly, and when you die you restart at once and try again. Super Meat Boy is a 2010 game by Team Meat. The games below are original browser games by independent studios that ask for the same quick retries, wall jumps and sawblade timing.
How Super Meat Boy plays
In Super Meat Boy you guide a small cube of meat through short platforming levels that demand fine control and split-second timing. He can run, jump and cling to or slide down walls, and the levels are full of crumbling blocks, saw blades and other fatal obstacles. When he dies, the level restarts immediately. The goal of each level is to reach Bandage Girl at the end.
That makes four asks: short levels, instant restarts, wall jumps and hazards that kill at a touch. This table shows where the games below ask for the same.
| What you do in Super Meat Boy | Games that ask the same |
|---|---|
| Clear very short levels | Ninja Platformer Rage, I Get You |
| Retry with one key | I Get You, RumDreams, Lumen Descent |
| Cling to walls and jump off | Blocky Adventures, Lantern Wayfarner, Ninja Platformer Rage |
| Dodge saws, spikes and lasers | Brazen Ball, RumDreams, Cliff Boi Trap Adventure |
| Rescue someone at the end | Kid Ball Adventure, Level Once Again |
Short levels and instant restarts
These keep the die-and-retry rhythm.
- Ninja Platformer Rage asks for precise movement across 50 brutally short levels. You throw your shadow with Shift, teleport to it with a double Shift, climb walls, double-jump and race for the fastest time. A and D or the arrows move, and Space jumps.
- I Get You is a troll platformer where the level itself is your opponent: the floor yawns under your feet and doors turn into teeth. It has 40 levels across two corridors, short levels, instant respawn and a death counter that never forgets. Arrows or A and D move, Space, W, Up or Z jumps (hold for a higher jump), and R restarts.
- Pink Rush Speedrun Platformer has 60 levels, each with its own obstacles and traps, and the goal is the fastest time. Arrows or touch control it, and the up arrow jumps.
- Level Once Again is a puzzle platformer with 100 trapped rooms in 4 worlds and 7 bosses. Kaal has kidnapped Tara, and you guide Veer through the rooms to rescue her. Floors drop, spikes pop up and doors run away. R restarts a room, and a gamepad works too.
- Cliff Boi Trap Adventure calls itself Fail = Try Again: 25 stages with collapsing bridges, pop-up floor spikes, swinging wrecking balls and falling anvils. Space, W or the up arrow jumps and double-jumps, you climb a ledge by tapping jump while you hang, and R restarts the stage.
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NEWWall jumps and dashes
- Blocky Adventures has 50 levels across five worlds, from icy caverns to blazing volcanoes, plus a Speedrun mode. X or Shift dashes, pressing jump again in mid-air double-jumps, and sliding down a wall and then jumping climbs it.
- Lantern Wayfarner lets you run, jump, wall-jump and dash. Spirit platforms appear only inside the glow of your lantern, waylamps save your progress, and a giant shadow beast waits at the end of each world. Shift or X dashes.
- Lumen Descent is a precision platformer in a forgotten tower, with 12 dangerous floors, difficult jumps, a dash and checkpoints. A and D move, Space jumps, Shift dashes and R retries.
Saws, spikes and rescues
- RumDreams puts a green blob of goo in a 2D world of sharp spikes, moving spiky walls and floating eyes that fire projectiles. You collect three energy balls per stage, and its description promises instant death from the obstacles. W jumps, A and D walk, and X restarts the phase.
- Brazen Ball rolls a robotic ball through sawblades, lasers, meteor showers, trap gates, spikes, magnets, water and wind. The aim is to reach the end in as little time as possible while you collect orbs. A and D or the arrows roll, and W or Space jumps.
- Kid Ball Adventure sends Kid Ball through castle dungeons after those who captured his love, bouncing over spikes and using booster cannons. You find the key and open the exit of each chamber. The arrow keys control it.
Troll levels that cheat have their own guide, rage games, and games like Vex covers more spikes and traps.
Habits for precision platformers
- Find the restart key first. It is R in I Get You, Level Once Again, Cliff Boi Trap Adventure and Lumen Descent, and X in RumDreams.
- Hold the jump key where it counts. In I Get You, holding jump gives a higher jump.
- Practice the special move. In Ninja Platformer Rage a double Shift teleports you to your shadow, and in Blocky Adventures you slide down a wall and jump to climb it.
- Treat a death as information. I Get You says every death teaches you its next trick.
- Take the clock last. Pink Rush Speedrun Platformer, Ninja Platformer Rage and Brazen Ball all reward fast times, so clear the level first and race it later.
Games like Super Meat Boy FAQ
Can I play games like Super Meat Boy online?
Yes. The games above run in the browser and play free, with no install and no registration.
Are there games like Super Meat Boy for a phone?
Several of them. I Get You, Level Once Again, Lantern Wayfarner and Blocky Adventures list on-screen buttons, and Pink Rush Speedrun Platformer takes touch controls. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer.
Are there indie games like Super Meat Boy?
All of the games above are made by independent studios and developers, and they reach the site through a games distributor. Platformer games and hard games have more.
Find the restart key, change one thing, and go again.
