Games like Balkadia
Games like Balkadia include Celeste, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Super Meat Boy, Pizza Tower, and Geometry Dash. We matched them by the tags players give Balkadia on Steam (2D Platformer, Difficult, Female Protagonist, Old School, and 2D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.
Celeste
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Female Protagonist
Super Meat Boy
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Pizza Tower
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · 2D
Geometry Dash
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Platformer
Cuphead
Shared: Difficult · Platformer · 2D
Hollow Knight
Shared: Difficult · Platformer · 2D
Katana ZERO
Shared: 2D Platformer · Action · Platformer
SANABI
Shared: 2D Platformer · Action · 2D
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shared: Platformer · 2D · Difficult
VVVVVV
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Difficult
Pepper Grinder
Shared: 2D Platformer · Difficult · Female Protagonist
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
Shared: 2D Platformer · Difficult · 2D
Worldless
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Female Protagonist
Volgarr the Viking
Shared: Difficult · Platformer · Action
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Shared: 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Difficult
The Messenger
Shared: Platformer · 2D · 2D Platformer
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Shared: Old School · 2D · Difficult
Spelunky 2
Shared: 2D Platformer · Difficult · Platformer
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
Shared: 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Action
Freedom Planet
Shared: Female Protagonist · Platformer · 2D
Nine Sols
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Platformer
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Shared: 2D Platformer · Action · Platformer
Dungeon Escape
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Platformer