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2019PCSteam Deck playable92 % positive16.79 €

A first-person platformer built on the childhood game where the floor is lava. You climb, slide and leap through school halls, kitchens and imaginative worlds without touching the ground, with fluid movement at its heart.

Jumping and platforming
Lots to discover
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Distinctive, stylised art style

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The closest matches for Hot Lava are Super Fancy Pants Adventure, Bowser's Fury and Windswept. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hot Lava special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Hot Lava

Best alternative overall: Super Fancy Pants Adventure 94% match – Jumping and platforming
Without combat: PixelJunk Eden 91% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Windswept 91% match – released 2025

Best match

Super Fancy Pants Adventure

94 %Match

2017PCSteam Deck playable93 % positive9.99 €

A fluid, momentum-driven 2D platformer starring a stick figure with fancy pants, sliding and leaping through hand-drawn ink-style worlds. It rewards speed and flow, with a playful, colorful look.

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Bowser's Fury

Jumping and platforming

A compact 3D Mario adventure set in a connected island world, where the giant Fury Bowser periodically crashes in to raise tension and pace. Collecting Cat Shines, tight platforming and Bowser Jr. as a helper make it accessible and varied.

Windswept

Jumping and platforming

A '90s-inspired 3D platformer where you guide feathered heroes through over forty handcrafted stages, uncovering the secrets of their world all the way to the moon.

Sonic 3D Blast

Bright, upbeat tone

Sonic goes isometric, rescuing Flickies across colorful levels to stop Dr. Robotnik. The mix of speed, collecting and platforming feels unusual but charming for the series.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Jumping and platforming

A colorful 2D platformer with a 3D overworld full of puzzles and secrets, where changes to the overworld transform the levels. It all builds to the notoriously tough Impossible Lair, which you can attempt from the very start.

PixelJunk Eden

Distinctive, stylised art style

A psychedelic platformer where you play a tiny grimp swinging on silk threads through lush, growing gardens to collect Spectra. Electronic music and a distinctive look create a hypnotic, relaxed mood.

Pac-Man World

Bright, upbeat tone

A colorful 3D platformer celebrating Pac-Man's 20th anniversary, where he rescues his friends on Ghost Island. Classic arcade elements and retro mini-games are woven into the levels.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Distinctive, stylised art style

A classic 3D platformer where Crash spins, slides and jumps through varied linear stages, smashing crates and collecting crystals for a supposedly reformed Dr. Cortex. Hidden gems, secret paths and tight timing challenges give it lasting appeal, wrapped in a colorful, slapstick cartoon style.

Frogun

Jumping and platforming

A 3D platformer in the style of the PS1 and N64 era where you use a frog-shaped grappling hook to swing through colorful ruins and hunt for collectibles. Controls are tight, levels are compact, and the retro look is charming.

A Hat in Time

Jumping and platforming

A charming 3D collectathon platformer in the vein of N64 classics, where a tiny girl uses magical hats to bounce through varied, wonderfully weird worlds. Its chapters, from a mafia-run town to dueling bird film studios, overflow with humor and creativity.