Games like 89
Want something that feels minimalist and retro the way 89 does? These games are a good place to start.
Micro Platformer
A 2D platformer stripped to the bone: a little square, a 1x1 tileset, and nothing on screen but pure platforming. No enemies, no bullets, no lasers. Multiple difficulty levels, best-time tracking and community-made maps make it easy to start and hard to put down.
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
96% of 1,773 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeZET
One-button indie platformer adventure
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
50% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99VVVVVV
A platformer with no jump button. Instead, Captain Viridian flips gravity, falling from floor to ceiling to cross a strange dimension and rescue a scattered crew. Short, tough, and full of clever screens built around one brilliant idea, with a chiptune soundtrack worth the trip on its own.
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
96% of 6,715 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$4.99Pinkman
Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
97% of 667 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Super Retro Retry
Face 100 levels filled with surprises in a minimalist platformer inspired by the ruthless classics of the 80s, where every mistake hurts... and that’s what makes it fun. Go on, dare to retry! One mistake sends you back to the start, but the satisfaction of achieving it makes it all worth it.
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$4.95CrushBorgs
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
Retro, Fast-paced
93% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$4.99999
999 is a puzzle platformer style game in which you must fling your character to the exit through 999 difficult levels. Throw your character around gruelingly addictive, funky, psychedelic, colourful and thrillingly rage-enduing levels and get as far as you can.
Retro, Fast-paced
33% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$9.99140
A minimalist platformer where the music runs the show: platforms blink in and out on the beat, and moving with the electronic soundtrack is how you survive. Four short levels, four bosses, then mirror stages that strip the checkpoints away. Precise, colorful, and surprisingly musical.
Minimalist, Fast-paced
94% of 2,056 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$0.99LOVE
Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
92% of 827 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Awesome Pea
Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!
Minimalist, Retro, Fast-paced
82% of 93 Steam reviews are positive$4.99iaidoka_interlude
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.
Retro, Fast-paced
75% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$0.99BZZZT
A pixel-art precision platformer starring ZX8000, a toaster-sized robot with a big personality. Jump, dash and run through cleverly built rooms, unlock new skills, take down Badbert's schemes, then chase gold medals and leaderboard times once the story is done. Tough but fair, and endlessly replayable.
Retro, Fast-paced
73% of 1,430 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99
Cheaper than 89
Pinkman
Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.
97% of 667 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
140
You jump, dodge and ride the rhythm of an electronic soundtrack through abstract, colorful levels.
94% of 2,056 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$0.99
iaidoka_interlude
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting…
75% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Prompt
Prompt is a hardcore platformer. It is minimalist, it is retro, and it is very, very hard.
91% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$2
The Simplest Game
The Simplest Game is a 2D logic game with pixel graphics. Yes, this is actually the simplest game ever! Every level in this game is the same.
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Minimalism
Run a cube through a stark black-and-white labyrinth, grabbing every key before the door lets you through.
69% of 2,435 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$0.99
Rex: Another Island
An open world adventure inspired by the classics. Get lost in a wide world of precarious platforming that will take you back to a simpler time...
93% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Reset 1-1
The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside.
68% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Colors! Platform
Colors! Platform is a minimalist casual platform game.
96% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Toree 3D
Run and jump through nine bite-sized low-poly levels as a little bird on a mission against the Grim Reaper.
94% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like 89
Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test…
79% of 129 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
CrushBorgs
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
93% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Toree 3D
Run and jump through nine bite-sized low-poly levels as a little bird on a mission against the Grim Reaper.
94% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Micro Platformer
Guide a small square through precision platforming levels with a dash, a jump and nothing to hide behind.
96% of 1,773 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
BZZZT
You play ZX8000, a small robot saving the world one fast, exact platforming challenge at a time.
73% of 1,430 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99
RITE
RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.
83% of 328 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
1 Screen Platformer
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS.
88% of 237 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
E.Z
E.Z is a simple hardcore platformer game the goal being get across to the other side of each of the 100 levels while each death throws you back to…
93% of 216 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Pinkman
Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.
97% of 667 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer…
93% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The End Is Nigh
A sprawling, brutally precise platformer set after the end of the world.
93% of 3,327 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$14.99
Newest games like 89
Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test…
79% of 129 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
1989 After the War
An atomic war has reduced the world to a heap of ruins. However, there are still those who refuse to give up and seek to bring justice even in this…
94% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Ninja 1987
Ninja 1987 is a dive back into the past with the most authentic 8-bit side-scrolling action-platformer.
86% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$1.49
Graphsx
You turned on your monitor right now? It isn't giving to you a image?
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Super Retro Retry
Face 100 levels filled with surprises in a minimalist platformer inspired by the ruthless classics of the 80s, where every mistake hurts... and…
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$4.95
BZZZT
You play ZX8000, a small robot saving the world one fast, exact platforming challenge at a time.
73% of 1,430 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99
To my forever Love
2D platformer in which you cannot walk. I wish you a fruitful journey.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$1.50
TOKKI
Fun, casual platformer game with beautiful 1 bit pixel art, nice sharp controls and challenging levels.
100% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
NekoNecro
Run! Jump! Double jump! Pounce and bounce! Meow! A fast-paced 2D platformer with a beautiful hand-drawn 90's graphic novel style.
95% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Beat Blitz
“Beat Blitz” is a hardcore rhythm-platforming experience. Jump and Roll your way through a gauntlet of platforming challenges, all while collecting…
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Top
The Top is a simple precision platformer about climbing a mountain.
100% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Colors! Platform
Colors! Platform is a minimalist casual platform game.
96% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$0.99