Games like Montezuma's Revenge
If Montezuma's Revenge is your kind of game, the closest matches are Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut, ANTONBLAST and Kaze and the Wild Masks — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Montezuma's Revenge: This is the official version of the 80's classic game Montezuma's Revenge rebooted by the original developer. It's the classic puzzle solving action adventure platformer you loved in your youth.
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Steam players who put hours into Montezuma's Revenge also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Top pick for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
The long-awaited "Director's Cut" version of Montezuma's Revenge, envisioned and programmed by the original developer. It's the super-charged conclusion of the classic puzzle solving action-adventure platformer you loved in your youth! Finally, you will fight King Montezuma!
ANTONBLAST
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Second-strongest match for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and an atmospheric mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Third-strongest match for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Grapple Dog
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Ranked #4 for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and a challenging mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Ranked #5 for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Ranked #6 for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Bat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Ranked #7 for Montezuma's Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Ryosuke isn't just your regular high-school kid. He and his fellow sports-star friends secretly battle against the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious, hellbent on hosting sinister athletic events for his own amusement! Ryosuke is Bat Boy!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Montezuma's Revenge
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Choplifter HD
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Reviewers of Montezuma's Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Bank, hover, touch-down & sometimes even shake zombies from their chopper during lift-off in order to make your rescue & complete your mission.
Pitfall Planet
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Reviewers of Montezuma's Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Pitfall Planet is a couch co-op puzzle-solving adventure game set on a distant planet, where you'll need to use teamwork to complete levels and explore the caverns below! Pitfall Planet will put your friendship to the test; will both of you make it out alive?
Boulder Dash Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Reviewers of Montezuma's Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Boulder Dash® Gem collecting puzzle action in an update of the classic game!
JumpMan
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Montezuma's Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
ATTENTION: This game is nearly impossible to beat! A challenge only made for the strong-willed gamers out there and should not be taken lightly. You take control of a ball named Gaton. Prove yourself to Ludwig and complete all nine challenges. You'll then be qualified to partake in real missions.
Bottomless Pitfall
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Montezuma's Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
A fast-paced, single-player 3D arcade game where players navigate an endless descent by dodging obstacles, testing reflexes, and aiming for high scores.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Montezuma's Revenge at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under Montezuma's Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Montezuma's Revenge.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
Poppy Playtime
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ANTONBLAST
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and an atmospheric mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Grapple Dog
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and a challenging mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Bat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Montezuma's Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Montezuma's Revenge.
Ryosuke isn't just your regular high-school kid. He and his fellow sports-star friends secretly battle against the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious, hellbent on hosting sinister athletic events for his own amusement! Ryosuke is Bat Boy!
Frequently asked about Montezuma's Revenge
- Is Montezuma's Revenge verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Montezuma's Revenge is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Montezuma's Revenge cost?
- Montezuma's Revenge is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Montezuma's Revenge?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Montezuma's Revenge are Montezuma's Revenge - Director's Cut, ANTONBLAST, Kaze and the Wild Masks.
- Who developed Montezuma's Revenge?
- Montezuma's Revenge was developed by Normal Distribution LLC.
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