Super Meat Boy similar games & best alternatives

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Super Meat Boy

PlayStation 4, Linux, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch • 2010

Should you play it?

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

What works

  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Challenging but fair difficulty
  • Excellent level design
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • High replayability with unlockables and secrets

Things to keep in mind

  • Very high difficulty may frustrate casual players
  • Lack of cooperative or multiplayer modes
  • No control customization in-game
  • Some visual elements can be hard to see
  • Warp zones can be tedious due to extra delays

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Wings of Vi

  • 10 Second Ninja X

  • Squirreltopia

  • TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity

  • Rusted Moss

  • Sunblaze

More relaxing

Games that feels like Super Meat Boy but with a more relaxing feel

  • Oozi: Earth Adventure

  • Spaceport Hope

  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon

  • Jaded

  • Mega Serval

  • Freedom Planet 2

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Super Meat Boy but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

  • Zexion

  • Gun Devil

  • Alwa's Awakening

  • Teleglitch: Die More Edition

  • Squishy the Suicidal Pig

Less violent

Games that feels like Super Meat Boy but with less combat and destruction

  • Celeste

  • Nimbus

  • BLACKHOLE

  • Offspring Fling!

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Slime-san: Superslime Edition

More social

Games that feels like Super Meat Boy but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity

  • 1001 Spikes

  • Spelunky 2

  • Spelunky

  • Caveblazers

  • A Robot Named Fight!

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Super Meat Boy: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026