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24 alternatives to Bob Was Hungry

A challenging precision platformer with many levels

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bob Was Hungry launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Dreamlike Worlds▲56

   A challenging puzzle platformer.

   2016 · indiedb.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pid▲57

   A beautiful and imaginative puzzle-platformer.

   2015 · mightanddelight.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   0RBITALIS▲60

   An abstract gravitational puzzler

   2015 · 0rbitalis.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Refunct▲70

   Vibrant first-person platformer

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   1001 Spikes▲60

   A devilish platformer. Near-impossible.

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Gateway▲56

   A puzzle-based platformer where you control a robot

   2015 · cockroach.se · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MC Lars: The Video Game▲63

   A beat-driven platformer

   2016 · mclars.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Dolly▲76

   Short artistic minimalist platformer

   2015 · blakemwood.itch.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Almost Impossible!▲111

   A side-scrolling atmospheric puzzle platformer

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Splice▲60

    An experimental and artistic puzzler

    2015 · cipherprime.com · its alternatives →

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    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · gridland.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    I Am Bread▲80

    A bread simulator about bread's quest to become toasted

    2015 · iambreadgame.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Whoa Dave!▲70

    A classic single-screen arcade platformer a-la Bubble Bobble

    2015 · woahdave.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Glorch's Great Escape▲60

    A challenging puzzle platformer

    2015 · warriorgeneral.itch.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Toby: The Secret Mine▲76

    A puzzle platformer in the vein of Limbo and Nihilumbra

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    That Dragon, Cancer▲122

    A videogame developer's love letter to his son

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    SEED▲74

    A pixelated puzzle game with minimalistic controls

    2016 · sputnikgames.itch.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Game About Squares▲178

    Sorry in advance for the lost productivity…

    2014 · gameaboutsquares.com · its alternatives →

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    The Way▲74

    A 2D puzzle platformer with a retro feel

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Swapper▲84

    An atmospheric puzzle platformer set on a distant planet

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Platform Pixels▲66

    Think you are good at platformers? You aren't.

    2015 · platformpixels.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Smashy Food▲55

    Pizza game

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Super Meat Boy▲106

    One of the greatest 2D platformers ever made

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    N++▲107

    An impossible platformer, 10 years in the making

    2015 · nplusplus.org · its alternatives →

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