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2017PC3.99 €

You guide a green cube through short, brutal neon levels full of spinning saws and red hazards. Deaths are frequent and frustrating, but quick restarts give it a classic trial-and-error feel.

Jumping and platforming
Challenging difficulty
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat

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The closest matches for Neon Hardcore are The Impossible Game, Celeste Classic and Meganoid: Chronicles. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Neon Hardcore special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Impossible Game

97 %Match

2009PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified84 % positive2.39 €

Jumping and platforming
Challenging difficulty
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A minimalist rhythm platformer where you guide a square over obstacles with one-button jumps timed to the music. Brutally hard with instant restarts, and the PC version adds a level editor.

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Celeste Classic

Jumping and platforming

The original tiny platformer made for the PICO-8 fantasy console: you climb a mountain with precise jumps and eight-direction dashes. Short screens and instant restarts make it tough yet compelling.

Meganoid: Chronicles

Jumping and platforming

A brutally tough retro platformer with 100 short levels packed with traps, spikes and fire, which you can then replay in reverse. Precise jumping and memorizing hazards are the core of the experience.

Icy Tower

Jumping and platforming

A simple arcade freeware game where you hop up an endless tower from platform to platform, chaining combos and momentum to climb as high as possible. Easy to grasp, highly addictive score chasing.

Crazy Climber

Jumping and platforming

An early 1980 arcade classic where you work a climber's arms with two joysticks to scale a skyscraper while dodging falling hazards. It is seen as a forerunner of the platformer genre.

Geometry Dash

Jumping and platforming

A brutally demanding one-button rhythm platformer where you guide a geometric icon through spike-filled levels synced to pulsing electronic music. Pixel-perfect timing, endless retries and a huge library of community-made levels define the experience.

Clustertruck

Jumping and platforming

A chaotic physics-based platformer where you leap across speeding trucks because the ground is deadly. Quick reflexes, short levels and absurd situations make for equal parts fun and frustration.

HoPiKo

Jumping and platforming

HoPiKo is a lightning-fast arcade platformer where you leap between platforms through hundreds of short, punishing levels. Precise timing and instant retries drive the speedrun-style challenge.

Hyper Box

Jumping and platforming

You race through short platforming levels with under 30 seconds on the clock, using your box's rotation to your advantage. It's tough, but rewarding as you get better.

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.