6 Platformer games like ULTRAKILL that you should try

What brings it close to ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and melee combat, and the two track each other on combat, game mode and visuals. The common ground extends to a first-person view and a cyberpunk setting. It sets itself apart with adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

What carries over from ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and melee combat. To that it adds post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings an anime aesthetic and pixel art.

Held in common with ULTRAKILL: deep RPG systems, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.

What carries over from ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and ranged combat. The common ground extends to fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: an anime aesthetic and 2D presentation.

The thread back to ULTRAKILL runs through deep RPG systems, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a third-person camera.

On paper it is what ULTRAKILL is — melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics.