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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Platformer, Action, Pixel Graphics.

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Retro-style platformer inspired by the 16bit classics. Jump and shoot your way through challenging levels. Watch two distinct visual styles collide. Enjoy the awesome rocking music. In the name of all that is childhood!

Reviews: Positive — 90% — of 20 reviews
Released: 2021-06-17
Developer: Weird Stuff Studio
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows

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    Why similar: Retro 26%, Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Action 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Indie 13.5%

  58. #58 Shin Samurai Jazz
    70% matchMixed66% of 93 reviews2015
    Dev: Blaze Epic
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    Shin Samurai Jazz is a platform-adventure game. It combines the likes of film noir and samurai cinema, presenting them with 8-bit graphics, an electro-jazz soundtrack, and a comic/manga-like style creating a unique atmosphere.

    Why similar: Retro 22.3%, Platformer 21%, Indie 20.4%, Action 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 18%

  59. #59 Out There Somewhere
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 6,916 reviews2016
    Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.3%, Platformer 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Retro 15.6%, Indie 11.9%

  60. #60 Atomic Butcher: Homo Metabolicus
    67% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2016
    Dev: Das Humankapital
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "That game where you can pee, poop and puke." -- this is a 2D platformer with 360° aiming. It is violent, it is fast, it is absolutely over the top. Jump around, slide, dash and dunk into enemies to kill them, and then eat them. On your quest for meat you encounter a lot of deadly traps in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

    Why similar: Indie 26.2%, Great Soundtrack 26.2%, Action 21.7%, Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%

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