Games like Damn Ropes
Games like Damn Ropes include Hollow Knight, Super Meat Boy, Rain World, Nine Sols, and Celeste. We matched them by the tags players give Damn Ropes on Steam (2D Platformer, Difficult, Platformer, 2D, and Post-apocalyptic): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Hollow Knight
Shared: Platformer · Difficult · 2D

Super Meat Boy
Shared: Difficult · Platformer · 2D Platformer

Rain World
Shared: Difficult · Platformer · 2D

Nine Sols
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Platformer

Celeste
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Platformer

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Platformer

Cuphead
Shared: Difficult · Platformer · 2D

SANABI
Shared: 2D Platformer · Action · 2D

Katana ZERO
Shared: Platformer · Action · 2D Platformer

Spelunky 2
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Difficult

Blasphemous 2
Shared: Difficult · 2D Platformer · Fantasy

Geometry Dash
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Platformer

Brawlhalla
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Controller

Pizza Tower
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · 2D

Gravity Circuit
Shared: Platformer · Action · 2D Platformer

VVVVVV
Shared: Platformer · 2D Platformer · Difficult

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Action · 2D · Platformer

BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Shared: 2D · Platformer · Action

Dome Keeper
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Action · Sci-fi

Deadlight
Shared: Platformer · Action · Post-apocalyptic

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shared: Platformer · 2D · Difficult

The End Is Nigh
Shared: Platformer · Difficult · 2D

Spelunky
Shared: Platformer · Difficult · 2D

Thomas Was Alone
Shared: Platformer · 2D Platformer · 2D