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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.

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

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The closest matches for Standby are HoPiKo, Dashy Square and Almost There: The Platformer. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Standby special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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HoPiKo

97 %Match

2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch76 % positive

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Challenging difficulty
Linear, curated structure

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.

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Dashy Square

Gameplay comes before story

A rhythm-driven platformer where you guide a square through levels with dashes and jumps. Precise timing and quick reflexes are the core of the experience.

Almost There: The Platformer

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A punishing hardcore platformer where you dodge saw blades, homing missiles, lasers and collapsing floors with precise jumps and fast reflexes. Short, demanding levels invite constant retries.

Bzzzt

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

Mutant Mudds

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

Planet Cube: Edge

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast 2D run-and-gun platformer where you shoot, jump and dash through rooms packed with enemies. Precise platforming and shooting are tightly interwoven.

League of Evil

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast, pixel-art platformer where you play a bionic agent leaping and punching through trap-filled levels. Precise timing and quick retries deliver tongue-in-cheek arcade fun.

Aftergrinder

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A frantic arcade runner where you die and retry again and again. Quick reflexes and fast restarts are the heart of it.

Meganoid: Chronicles

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

Dub Dash

Gameplay comes before story

A fast rhythm-driven arcade game where you steer a wheel along tracks in time with electronic music, dodging obstacles. Precise timing and reflexes are central, in the vein of Geometry Dash.

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