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1985

You mine diamonds through tight caves while dodging falling boulders and monsters, and every level adds clever puzzle twists. Its pressure builds quickly, turning each cave into a precise test of timing and planning.

  • Pixel art
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Fast pace

In short: Games like Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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TTV2

86 %Match

2017PCNintendo Switch86 % positive0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge: pixel art, puzzles to figure out and a demanding difficulty.

TTV2 is a short, punishing retro arcade maze game where you find your way through tricky labyrinths. As the sequel to Trip to Vinelands, it suits fans of hard, bite-sized arcade challenges.

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Arctic Adventure

Pixel art

A classic DOS platformer with 80 tricky levels where Nevada must get past ice patches, traps and snowmen. It blends precise platforming with level-based puzzle solving.

Chip's Challenge 1

Bright, upbeat tone

A classic top-down puzzle game where Chip works through 144 maze-like levels, collecting keys and chips while avoiding monsters, traps and a ticking clock. Tricky logic and careful planning are at the core.

Chip's Challenge 2

Pixel art

A tough grid-based puzzler where Chip and Melinda work through many levels packed with monsters, hazards and tricky mechanics. This sequel to the classic rewards careful planning and experimentation.

Recursed

Gameplay comes before story

A clever puzzle-platformer where rooms are also items: you pick up, copy and nest them recursively to reach the exit. The mind-bending mechanic constantly forces you to rethink how space works.

Elasto Mania

Pixel art

A 2D physics-based motorbike game where you use precise weight shifting and throttle control to collect every apple and then reach the flower. Easy to grasp but hard to master, with a dedicated speedrunning community.

Debtor

Pixel art

You wake up in the afterlife and must collect every coin across 30 tricky levels packed with traps, enemies and a ticking clock. Smash blocks with your rock-hard head, use explosives and push boxes in clever ways in this retro-styled puzzle platformer.

Ink

Fast pace

A fast, hardcore platformer in the vein of Super Meat Boy where the level is invisible and you reveal it by bumping into terrain and splashing paint with your double jump.

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