Games Like Thumper (2026)

Shared: Boss Rush

Fourteen years old and still pulling all-nighters - if a 2D sandbox has ever consumed your sleep schedule, Terraria is probably the reason why.

Shared: Atmospheric Soundtrack

Few two-person studios have conjured a world this dense and this lonely. Hollow Knight is 40-plus hours of hand-drawn melancholy that will humble you, haunt you, and refuse to let go.

Shared: High Difficulty

Six years of memes and broken promises evaporated the moment I dropped into Pharloom. Hornet is a razor-sharp upgrade in every direction, and Team Cherry somehow delivered on the hype.

Shared: Atmospheric Soundtrack

A punishing roguelike action-platformer where every run tries to kill you faster than the last. Survive long enough and you might just become unstoppable.

Shared: Boss Rush

Gorgeous on the outside, brutally unforgiving underneath, Cuphead is the boss-rush couch co-op that will bond you with a friend or destroy that friendship entirely, probably both in the same session.