Games like Swiftly
Below are 21 hand-picked alternatives to Swiftly for fans of action, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Swiftly also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Cleverweek. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Swiftly: Swiftly is a very challenging platformer game. It has simple graphics and easy to understand rules, but you are going to have a hard time completing the levels.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Swiftly
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint respawn and a challenging mood with Swiftly.
Reviewers of Swiftly cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Thomas Was Alone
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Swiftly cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Swiftly.
Reviewers of Swiftly cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Swiftly at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Swiftly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Swiftly.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Swiftly on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Swiftly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Swiftly on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Swiftly on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Swiftly.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
More from Cleverweek
Other recommendable Steam games by Cleverweek, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Two Digits
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Swiftly.
Another title from Cleverweek, the studio behind Swiftly. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Simple, minimalist and difficult. Two Digits is a perfect blend between insanity and happiness. You are given 9 numbers less than 100, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.
Three Digits
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Swiftly.
Another title from Cleverweek, the studio behind Swiftly. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Three Digits is the sequel to our first game Two Digits. You are given 14 numbers less than 1000, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.
The Growth Journey
WHY THIS
Another title from Cleverweek, the studio behind Swiftly. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
A game about tactical growth, where growth is irreversible.
Multimirror
WHY THIS
Another title from Cleverweek, the studio behind Swiftly. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Multimirror is a minimal grid-based puzzle game.
Frequently asked about Swiftly
- How much does Swiftly cost?
- Swiftly is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Swiftly?
- Swiftly was developed by Cleverweek.
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