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Games like Will Glow the Wisp

2017PC, Steam Deck playable1.99 €

An abstract, physics-based platformer without traditional platforms, where you steer a glowing particle wisp through hazards with precision. It blends the punishing feel of Super Meat Boy with the arcade vibe of Geometry Wars.

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

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In short: Games like Will Glow the Wisp

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Will Glow the Wisp special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Celeste Classic

92 %Match

2015PC

Brings what grabs you about Will Glow the Wisp: jumping and platforming, pixel art as well as combat with precise timing.

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.

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MO:Astray

Jumping and platforming

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

Meganoid: Chronicles

Challenging difficulty

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.

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.

Standby

Jumping and platforming

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I Wanna Be the Guy

Challenging difficulty

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.

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