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2016PCNintendo Switch73 % positive2.39 €

A fast, precise platformer where you try to escape a glitched world. The focus is on mastering levels quickly and chasing the best times.

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

The closest matches for Standby are Bzzzt, Bit.Trip Runner and HoPiKo. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Standby special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Bzzzt

93 %Match

2023PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified73 % positive11.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Standby: jumping and platforming, combat with precise timing as well as a demanding difficulty.

A fast-paced, retro-inspired 2D platformer in which you play the AI ZX8000 in a robot body, mastering test chambers full of deadly traps.

Bit.Trip Runner

Jumping and platforming

A fast rhythm platformer where the hero runs automatically and you jump, slide and kick through obstacles in time with the music. Retro pixel visuals and a driving chiptune soundtrack make it a demanding test of reflexes.

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.

Mutant Mudds

Jumping and platforming

A tight retro platformer where you hover with a jetpack and blast mutant mud monsters while hopping between three depth layers in each level. Its pixel art and precise controls evoke the 8- and 16-bit era.

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.

Skybolt Zack

Jumping and platforming

An arcade platformer that swaps pixel-perfect jumping for rhythm-game-style reactions, chaining dashes, rocket punches and charge attacks from enemy to enemy. It tests both dexterity and quick thinking.

OlliOlli

Jumping and platforming

A precise, addictive pixel-art skateboarding arcade game where you chain tricks and grinds and must time every landing perfectly. Score chasing, daily challenges and leaderboards give it strong replay value.

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.

Ink

Jumping and platforming

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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