Games like Tether

Did Tether leave you in a retro and atmospheric frame of mind? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.

TetherGeist
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
97% of 314 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Space Expedition
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
93% of 192 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Titan Station
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Story-driven
89% of 558 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
We're Tethered Together
Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
97% of 240 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Environmental Station Alpha
A robot, an abandoned space station, and no one left to explain anything. Environmental Station Alpha is a tough retro metroidvania about exploring a derelict station overrun by wildlife, finding powerups, fighting bosses and digging into what actually happened here. The station hides far more than a map can show.
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
81% of 1,514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$7.99
COSMONAUT
Unravel the mystery surrounding the lost vessel Diogenes. A story-driven retro platformer with elements of horror. Use the zero-g suit to explore the eerie corridors of a derelict ship filled with unknown lifeforms and dark secrets.
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
86% of 44 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Ether
Help a Space Mercenary, Ether, complete a difficult scavenging mission in an abandoned ship. Explore 4 different biomes, each with its share of dangers, and escape a swarm of mutant space bugs.
Retro, Mysterious
100% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Derelict Star
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
94% of 167 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Ties
Explore an oniric world and discover all its secrets during a dangerous and memorable quest.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Story-driven
84% of 117 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Oculto
A mining space station doesn't respond to communications. An investigator tries to find out what happened to the crew. Oculto is a zero-gravity narrative action adventure full of danger and mystery.
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
85% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Escape From Tethys
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Retro, Atmospheric, Mysterious
76% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Dark Space
Overcome difficult platforming challenges, solve puzzles and escape dangerous enemies hiding in every corner of Dark Space!
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Dark
40% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Cheaper than Tether

Attraction

You are a friendly explorer robot, searching for answers in a far away planet.

$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.

$0.99

Return.

Take the lost soul to its home.

$0.99

Seen

A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope.

$0.99

Alien Scumbags

Alien Scumbags is a sci-fi action platformer with a big slice of horror and a stack of pop culture references.

$0.77

Quarion

A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets.

$0.99

Torus Bot

Teleport off and on screen to solve complex levels!

$0.99

Platformines

Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world!

$0.99

Rex Rocket

Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century.

$0.99

Pinkman

Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.

$0.99

ZET

One-button indie platformer adventure

$0.99

Tumble

Tumble is a 2D indie action-platformer set in a dangerous world where humanity is forced to live underground.

$0.99

Hidden gems like Tether

TetherGeist

TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance.

$16.99

LOVE ETERNAL

Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental…

$9.99

Derelict Star

A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles.

$9.99

Goodboy Galaxy

A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with…

$17.49

We're Tethered Together

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle…

Free

Cosmobreeder Yiffai

Travel to a forgotten world and study alien creatures in this authentic retro metroidvania!

$14.99

Space Expedition

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter.

Free