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Games like Ted by Dawn

2015PC52 % positive

A frantic, brutally hard platformer where you play as Ted and take down the undead. Precise jumps and quick reflexes are essential.

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

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In short: Games like Ted by Dawn

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ted by Dawn special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio

95 %Match

2015PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch91 % positive0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Ted by Dawn: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as a demanding difficulty.

A brutally tough retro arcade platformer where you race through short castle rooms full of deadly hazards. Absurd humor and a classic 8-bit look give it its charm.

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I Wanna Be the Guy

Jumping and platforming

A notoriously brutal 2D platformer where nearly everything is designed to kill you through trial and error. Packed with retro references, cruel traps and dark humor, it became a cult classic of the genre.

Eryi's Action

Jumping and platforming

A cute-looking 2D platformer that keeps killing you with sneaky, hidden traps. You learn the layouts through trial and error and laugh at the cruel surprises.

League of Evil

Jumping and platforming

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.

Super Meat Boy

Jumping and platforming

A brutally tough precision platformer with hundreds of bite-sized, sawblade-filled levels where instant respawns keep you hammering away until you nail every jump. Its gross-out humor and replays showing all your failed attempts at once make every victory feel earned.

Jump King

Jumping and platforming

A merciless platformer where you climb a huge tower using only precisely charged jumps, and a single misstep can send you tumbling far back down. Frustration and triumph sit very close together.

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

Jumping and platforming

A punishing 2D retro platformer in the vein of Mega Man and Castlevania, bringing the Angry Video Game Nerd's world to life with crude humor and nods to terrible games. You switch between several characters while battling through ten tricky levels.

I Wanna Be the Boshy

Jumping and platforming

A brutal fangame platformer in the vein of I Wanna Be the Guy, packed with sudden traps, cheap deaths and bosses that demand precision and memorization. Its absurd humor and references make the suffering part of the fun.

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