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2015 PCPlayStationXbox 8.99 € 👍 84 % Very positive, 403 reviews on Steam

A brutally tough arena platformer set in a sinister circus, where you dodge deadly traps as poor Willy while a bloodthirsty crowd cheers. Quick restarts and dark humor keep you coming back.

What defines Penarium:

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lots of humour
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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The closest matches for Penarium are Seum: Speedrunners from Hell, Ben and Ed: Blood Party and Super Meat Boy Forever. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Penarium special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Seum: Speedrunners from Hell

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2016 PCPlayStationXbox −60 % 13.99 € 5.59 € 7 days left 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 2,961 reviews on Steam

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lots of humour

A fast first-person platformer with a heavy metal hell vibe, focused on perfect movement, precise jumps and chasing best times in short arenas. It rewards reflexes and retrying until every millisecond counts.

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Ben and Ed: Blood Party

Challenging difficulty

A brutally hard, darkly funny platformer about a zombie competing in deadly game shows, playable solo or with up to three friends. You can build your own levels and share them through the Steam Workshop.

Super Meat Boy Forever

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A frantic auto-running platformer where Meat Boy or Bandage Girl race through procedurally assembled stages to rescue their kidnapped daughter. Precise reflexes and dark, slapstick humor define the experience.

Super Meat Boy 3D

Challenging difficulty

A brutally tough 3D platformer where you play a cube of meat dashing and leaping through short, precise courses to rescue your girlfriend. Instant retries, macabre humor and high difficulty define it.

Bloody Trapland

Distinctive, stylised art style

A punishing platformer packed with deadly traps where you learn levels through trial and error, solo or with up to four players locally and online. Precise timing and plenty of deaths are part of the fun.

Electronic Super Joy

Challenging difficulty

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.

Speed Limit

Distinctive, stylised art style

A relentless arcade mashup that keeps switching genres, from side-scrolling shooter to car chase to flight sections, with no breaks and a punishing difficulty.

Metal Slug 4

Challenging difficulty

A classic arcade run-and-gun with hand-animated pixel art, chaotic explosions and tongue-in-cheek humor. It's at its best in two-player co-op, with relentless difficulty, vehicles and hostage rescues.

SpeedRunners

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced multiplayer platformer-racer where up to four players swing, jump and use nasty pick-ups to push rivals off-screen. Tight controls and chaotic head-to-head matches keep every round tense.

Metal Slug 5

Challenging difficulty

Metal Slug 5 is a frantic 2D run-and-gun with hand-animated pixel art, goofy humor and punishing arcade difficulty. Solo or in co-op, you blast through short, explosive stages using vehicles and power-up weapons.

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