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2007PC

A notoriously brutal 2D platformer where nearly everything is designed to kill you through trial and error. Packed with retro references, cruel traps and dark humor, it became a cult classic of the genre.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Lots of humour
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The closest matches for I Wanna Be the Guy are I Wanna Be the Boshy, Super Meat Boy and Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes I Wanna Be the Guy special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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I Wanna Be the Boshy

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2010PC

Brings what grabs you about I Wanna Be the Guy: jumping and platforming, a demanding difficulty as well as combat with precise timing.

A brutal fangame platformer in the vein of I Wanna Be the Guy, packed with sudden traps, cheap deaths and bosses that demand precision and memorization. Its absurd humor and references make the suffering part of the fun.

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Super Meat Boy

Jumping and platforming

A brutally tough precision platformer with hundreds of bite-sized, sawblade-filled levels where instant respawns keep you hammering away until you nail every jump. Its gross-out humor and replays showing all your failed attempts at once make every victory feel earned.

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

Jumping and platforming

A punishing 2D retro platformer in the vein of Mega Man and Castlevania, bringing the Angry Video Game Nerd's world to life with crude humor and nods to terrible games. You switch between several characters while battling through ten tricky levels.

Shobon no Action

Lots of humour

You guide a cat through a deliberately cruel Super Mario parody where nearly every expectation gets subverted. Its humor comes from traps you can only beat through trial and error, which makes the masocore experience so memorable.

Electronic Super Joy

Jumping and platforming

A brutally tough, tongue-in-cheek platformer driven by pulsing electronic music. Shifting gravity, rotating worlds and missile swarms demand precise timing and a high frustration tolerance.

Eryi's Action

Jumping and platforming

A cute-looking 2D platformer that keeps killing you with sneaky, hidden traps. You learn the layouts through trial and error and laugh at the cruel surprises.

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Jumping and platforming

You haul yourself up an enormous mountain of junk using only a hammer while stuck in a cauldron, and one slip can send you tumbling far back down. Bennett Foddy's narration turns the frustration into a strange, darkly funny meditation on perseverance.

Jump King

Jumping and platforming

A merciless platformer where you climb a huge tower using only precisely charged jumps, and a single misstep can send you tumbling far back down. Frustration and triumph sit very close together.

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