8 Platformer games like Ultimate Chicken Horse that you should try

What carries over from Ultimate Chicken Horse is punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone: pixel art.

The genre is the same as Ultimate Chicken Horse’s, and with it punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is combat and tone: ranged combat and an isometric view.

With Ultimate Chicken Horse it shares shooting mechanics, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. Its own ground is pixel art.

Genre puts it alongside Ultimate Chicken Horse, and so does punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is ranged combat and pixel art.

Shelved next to Ultimate Chicken Horse for good reason: punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is game mode and tone: strong narrative focus and pixel art.

The genre is the same as Ultimate Chicken Horse’s, and with it punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and game mode: strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

The genre is the same as Ultimate Chicken Horse’s, and with it punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings strong narrative focus and ranged combat.

Shelved next to Ultimate Chicken Horse for good reason: a casual, approachable feel, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is game mode and tone: puzzle design and a sci-fi setting.