- #1 Muzzleloaded
97% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Jordan KeithPub: Frontside Games
Windows
Shipwrecked and alone, you find a mysterious cave full of secrets and danger. With your new muzzleloader, battle sea creatures and challenging bosses while discovering upgrades in this 2D adventure!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.7% ★, Metroidvania 21.7%, Underground 15.1% ★, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Platformer 7.1%
- #2 R.T.O. Tales of the Dark Lands - Deluxe Edition
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Animas Games
Windows
R.T.O. Deluxe Edition Platform action retro 16-bit style.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Platformer 8.5%
- #3 Planet Chyton
95% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Peter Lin Jr.
Windows
Crash-landed on a fungus infested planet, Cubit the robot must find its path through fighting alien creatures and navigating through an increasing hostile world with a platform creation gun in sci fi inspired dark but cute Metroidvania platforming game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Platformer 10.1%, Shooter 7.4%, 2D Platformer 7.3%
- #4 BioGun
94% matchVery Positive86% of 634 reviews2024
Dev: Dapper Dog Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Platformer 7%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
- #5 Wild West Crops
94% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: lightUP
Windows
A retro style mini metroidvania game during Old West about "El Gatito", a lovely little "Pistolero" cat who needs to defend his hometown from evelish mutant vegetables!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 28.7% ★, Metroidvania 20.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 8.6%, Shooter 7.5%
- #6 Bazooka Cat: First Episode
93% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: VictoryCraftStudio
Windows · Linux
Bazooka Cat is a platformer made with love inspired by old-school games of the 90s with the use of new technologies and game logic, but what if you add something like tactics to the platformer?
Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.5% ★, Metroidvania 20.7%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 9.2%, Shooter 7.1%
- #7 Shade Silver
92% matchMixed54% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Chris Allen
Windows
Avoid Spikes, Fire, Water, Electricity, Shoot Dozens of Enemies And Bosses, Collect Keys And Treasure, Discover Secrets, Solve Puzzles, And Unlock New Areas As You Fight To Wake Up From A Nightmare In This Exciting Dungeon Crawler.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 7.1%
- #8 Bots City
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Artificial intelligence is out of control. Only a Hero can stop this madness. The Hero's goal is to get to the main computer and disable it, thereby disabling all robots. Our hero has only one weapon, but that won't stop him!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 36.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.4%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 9.4%, Shooter 7.9%
- #9 Random Heroes: Gold Edition
91% matchMixed70% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: WoblywarePub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Random Heroes is an action-packed 2D side-scroller platformer. Blast through this action-adventure hero shooter inspired by classic retro games, and stop an alien invasion by teaming up with a bunch of, Random Heroes.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.9% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 7.5%, Shooter 6.6%
- #10 Heavy Metal Titans
90% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Squashed Bug Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heavy Metal Titans is a modern-retro Run n’ Gun Shoot ‘em up that takes players on a blood-soaked time traveling quest to defeat General Glen Planamento and retrieve the stolen time crystal, a powerful relic that can manipulate time and reality.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.4% ★, Metroidvania 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Platformer 8.3%, Shooter 7.1%
- #11 Guinea Pig Gunner
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glowmatic LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a cyborg guinea pig with a teleporter in this run and gun action platformer. Jump, dash, wall climb, and shoot through 12 action packed stages using a massive arsenal and full 360 degree aiming.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 9%, Shooter 6.9%
- #12 Freakland
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kunst Games
Windows
An exciting and fun platform game. play with a fancy computer head full of dangling wires. I know, it may sound weird, but hey, you're in Freakland bro!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 28.3% ★, Metroidvania 25.3%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 8.9%, Action-Adventure 5.5%
- #13 Shadow Labyrinth
86% matchMixed57% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Underground 16.7% ★, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 10.6%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #14 Self gunsbase 2D History Shooter
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Abn Studio Inc.
Windows
Solve the terrible mystery of the anomalous forest.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Shooter 9.7%, Cartoony 9.4%
- #15 Battle Witch
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feliciano Creadoros
Windows
Battle Witch is a bullet hell metroidvania where you shoot, dodge, and fly using powerful spells. Explore the ruins of a mana-infested mining town, left in chaos after a catastrophic magical incident. Master your magic, conquer the chaos, and uncover the secrets buried beneath the rubble.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.3%, Metroidvania 25.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 8.9%
- #16 RIVE
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,034 reviews2016
Dev: Two TribesPub: Two Tribes Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Metroidvania 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Platformer 8.2%
- #17 Mariachi Undead
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Upside Down Bird
Windows
Mariachi Undead is a hand drawn, rhythm, cover based shoot-em-up, action side scrolling platformer where you can even play with a guitar and controller at the same time.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 22.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Platformer 7.9%
- #18 Mushroom Empire
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sprucehead Games
Windows · Mac
Run, gun, and platform your way through the 4 seasons, shotgunning, freezing, and burning your foes along the way. Light animals on fire, get eaten by flowers, crush baby spiders underfoot, featuring an interactive world, competent physics, and custom death animations for all you freaks out there.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, 2D Platformer 10%, Atmospheric 8%
- #19 Ragnar
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: 2 Bit Determine
Windows
Inspired by old NES games, Ragnar is a 2D run-and-gun action platformer that will be difficulty and fair. We would like to bring back the classic and retro feel to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 36.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Shooter 8%
- #20 捜査官の試練INVESTIGATOR TRIALS
82% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: GreenTeaGame
Windows
In the game, you will play the role of an intern examiner and participate in a trial to become an official examiner. Strive to defeat one mechanical guard after another and powerful enemies through trial and error, in order to unleash one's true strength and transform into various combat postures.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Hero Shooter 19.9% ★, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Shooter 9.5%
- #21 Operation Insanity
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Hollow World Games llc
Windows
Experience Ever increasing difficulty level as you progress through this third person shooter.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 34.2% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Shooter 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #22 Slime's Journey
82% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: lightUP
Windows
A mini metroidvania with retro style graphics about a Slime who have his parents took by an Evil Shaman, and now fight against lots of magical creatures to get them back!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.3% ★, Metroidvania 23.6%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #23 Rogue Dimensions
81% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Savage Old Gamers
Windows
A 2d Metroidvania, Platformer, twin stick shooter, arcade roguelite adventure with meta progression and random boosts.Find your way to freedom and earn new abilities along the way while teleporting between random levels at will. Find Weapons, buy upgrades, destroy enemies, discover secrets.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.9%, Metroidvania 27.8%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 9%, Shooter 7.8%
- #24 THE FANGS HUNTRESS
81% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2021
Dev: Drop_Dead_FredPub: Slippy Floor
Windows
The Fangs Huntress is a retro-inspired first person shooter with a huge roster of monsters and bosses, with a fantastic array of weapons. The game puts you in the shoes of a demon hunter in search of the all-powerful vampire Vladislav!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 26.2% ★, Metroidvania 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Shooter 6.6%
- #25 Chaotic Pursuit
80% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Vutune
Windows
Chaotic Pursuit is a hardcore Top-Down Shooter with cute graphics. You miss a shot and you're out!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Hero Shooter 24% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Cartoony 8.8%, Shooter 8.3%
- #26 Death Leak
79% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Jay Bee
Windows
Death Leak is a 2d twin-stick shooter/platformer with an emphasis on exploration. Use the gamepad to fire throwing knives while avoiding enemy projectiles. Explore the world and figure out what caused the massacre of your village.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.7%, 2D Platformer 15%, Metroidvania 13.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #27 Hot-Pink
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhetkenshek
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hot-Pink is 2d Platformer game that has a uniqe system, You will have to find keys to the locked doors and fight your enemy.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Underground 15.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Platformer 13.6%
- #28 Restless Voronezh
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SkitGames
Windows
Restless Voronezh - A game in the Top Down Shooter genre, where the player controls a hero and, using various available means, deals with his enemies in cramped rooms of a huge building, clearing floor after floor.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 45.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #29 Junk Sec
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shoehead
Windows
Explore, Fight, Scavenge, Escape. Fight your way out of recently unearthed underground facility teeming with disgusting creatures in a pixelart survival-horror, platform shooter mix. Will you save the rest of your squad, or will you recreate the very disaster that left this place buried?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.1%, Metroidvania 25.7%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 10.6%, Shooter 9.3%
- #30 Vicious Loop
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smashroom Games
Windows
Defeat Satan by digging through the nine circles of Hell, platforming, and battling demons and mythical creatures in this rogue-lite incremental game inspired by Dante’s Inferno, where you can upgrade yourself to become extremely overpowered.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Underground 16.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 7.9%
- #31 Badass Brigade
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marauder Squad
Windows
Throw a dude at another dude! Badass Brigade is a light-hearted 2D action game where you shoot, punch, grab, and throw your foes. Take on missions where you can explore the world and uncover a wide variety of weapons and gear for new ways to fight.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, 2D Platformer 5.7%
- #32 Wonky Works!
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Unite the FELLAS and fight for FREEDOM!
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Shooter 8%
- #33 Bread Adventure
74% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Wheafun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a adventure in a seamless world of food, where you play as a brave bread. Freely explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, collect items to enhance your abilities, tackle challenging stages, and defeat formidable foes.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #34 Dipod: The Foot Legacy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
A cursed clan.A female hero who making everyone tremble with fear, and a journey. Join Dipod’s adventure. Is this a punishment from Gods or is it just a rebel against Gods? If you were in Dipod’s shoes, what would you do?
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Action 8.9%
- #35 Zero Gravity Heroes
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: zooyos
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 games in 1! Land, jetpack, and shoot your way through 90 bite-sized arcade stages across 30 unique missions. Fast-paced, family-friendly action inspired by classic arcade gameplay — built for modern players.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 34.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #36 Nucleuz Underground
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: ima shouganai
Windows
The planet is dying, a team has been created that has to go underground, in the exile of the machines and hit the core. Only in this way, humanity will be able to survive and we have the mission to do so every day. A classic 2D platform game, in a dystopian and survival future. Join the team. Now.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 32.3% ★, Metroidvania 20.8%, 2D Platformer 10%, Platformer 9.2%, Shooter 8.4%
- #37 Dirtlight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Applava
Windows
Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7%, Action 6.8%
- #38 Mega City Force
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Undreamed GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.8% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Shooter 7.7%
- #39 City of None
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Noel & Liam BerryPub: Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons satisfy their greed upon souls lost in time. You are but one spirit, with a wooden body left to rot in the wild…
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.8%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #40 Stoatman
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostum
Windows
Stoatman is an exciting Metroidvania adventure where you control a brave hero with a magical sword. Explore mysterious lands, discover powerful spells, and battle fantastic creatures in an enchanting fairy-tale world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.5%, Platformer 13.3%, Atmospheric 8%, 2D Platformer 7.6%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #41 Nightmare Trails
75% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows
Fight off monsters in a national park and send them back to their own dimension!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 35.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Shooter 7.5%, Atmospheric 3.2%
- #42 Souno's Curse
71% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Kiro TeamPub: PixelHeart
Windows
Embark on a short and emotional journey through a cursed cave in this 2D hand-drawn platformer with action and metroidvania elements. Uncover a touching story about regrets and the value of living the moment
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Underground 14.9% ★, Platformer 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #43 Gun Devil
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,586 reviews2022
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
GUN DEVIL is an explosive platformer about rescuing your kidnapped hell wife from Satan's child, the Caramelized Dumbass and his Pimp Legion.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 33.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 8.8%, Shooter 7.7%
- #44 Trouble In Space
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: choopch
Windows
A Sci-fi Shooter with Pixel-art graphics and various mechanics such as slow motion and dashing. In some levels you also get a special assistant.. You will enjoy this space shooter game. make sure you ALWAYS KILL THEM ALL.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 36.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Shooter 10.1%
- #45 Jhon Digwood Concrete Edition
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mrlepel
Windows
Jhon Digwood is a game about consequences. Play multiple rounds completing tasks to obtain a high score, from finding treasure to killing brethren. Each completed mission records your movements and creates a clone replaying them. More clones are added until you can't manage without getting shot.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.2%, 2D Platformer 20%, Platformer 12.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 5.1%
- #46 Maelstrom
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Maelstrom
Windows
Maelstrom is a platformer adventure set on a mysterious island. Explore an island designed in pixel art style, acquire ancient magic to upgrade yourself, defeat enemies and pass obstacles. Use the unique ability 'Rewind' to reach places that seemed impossible!
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.6%, 2D Platformer 18%, Platformer 8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%, Action 6.1%
- #47 Galacticon
70% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Radin GamesPub: Flynn's Arcade
Windows
Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80's in the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches of "puzzle".
Why similar: Hero Shooter 37.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Shooter 8.7%
- #48 Xero
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3ichael 7ambert
Windows
Welcome to the adrenaline-fueled world of Xero, a high-octane platform game that thrusts you into the cockpit of a futuristic fighting robot! Strap on your jetpack, power up your lasers, and unsheathe your razor-sharp swords as you prepare for the ultimate battle.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 28.5% ★, Metroidvania 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 7.2%
- #49 Bruno: Lost In Nightmares
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruno Batista
Windows
A Metroidvania game Where the player will have to face their worst nightmares With a sword, bow and arrow, and some secret powers.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #50 Cabezurrio vs Robots 2.0
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Cabezurrio Studios
Windows · Linux
Platform game in which we control Cabezurrio, a soldier who must collect all the gems and destroy all the robots in its path in several different scenarios. We have a rifle with which to shoot the robots and we will also be able to control a fighter plane.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 33.1% ★, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 14.1%, Shooter 13.8%, Action 9%
- #51 Beyond Zero Line
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIIMSPub: BIIMS GAMING
Windows
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 6.6%
- #52 Astrojumper
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GalacticGoons
Windows
Astrojumper is a fast-paced hybrid shooter. Seamlessly jump between orbital fleet battles and ground assaults to reclaim human worlds from the Anunnaki and uncover their true purpose.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 44.3% ★, Metroidvania 29.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Shooter 7.4%, Action 4.1%
- #53 Boom Blaster
69% matchMixed63% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: BigBread
Windows
Boom Blaster is a hand-drawn, side-scrolling shoot'em up with intense boss fights! Blast your way through each level with a range of weapons and unique hero abilities in this exciting and challenging action game.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 7.6%
- #54 Xeno's Adventure
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: J.Berner
Windows
Xeno's Adventure is a run and gun action game with focus on boss fights and harder difficulty. You will explore different worlds, battle mind controlled monsters and bosses, all in a drawn 2D Pixel Art style.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Action 9.3%
- #55 ASCENXION
68% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: IndigoBlue Game StudioPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
ASCENXION is a 2D shoot 'em up game where you explore the field to progress. Players must overcome puzzles, traps, elite units, boss fights, and other various obstacles while navigating the field. Grow stronger through rewards earned, to uncover the truth of this world.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.4%, Metroidvania 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Shooter 8.1%, Colorful 3.5%
- #56 Cloud Seeker
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MagniFish Studios
Windows
Drift adventurously in the world of Cloud Seeker! A Chinese inspired action-platformer where Yun, a young rabbit once chosen to inherit a great legacy, has to prove his worth after a sealed god is unleashed upon the world with the help of his trusted companions.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12%, Action 7.4%
- #57 IN THE DARK
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Jasper Tucker
Windows · Mac
A short 2D metroidvania that explores some darker themes contrasted by bouncy, pixel art visuals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Underground 22.3% ★, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #58 Island of Mogambo
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abhishek Kulkarni
Windows · Mac
Island of Mogambo is a fast paced run-n-gun game that pays homage to the legendary Contra series while taking the action to new heights. Blast through waves of relentless enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and tackle epic boss battles in a pixelated retro world.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Metroidvania 16.6%, Platformer 7.6%, Shooter 6.5%
- #59 Spirit Fusion
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumforge
Windows
Spirit Fusion is a metroidvania about flexible elemental combos. You are Sir Arthur, master of flame, retired to your village—until someone starts hunting your brothers-in-arms—the elemental knights. The murders continue. Who’s behind it?
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Hand-drawn 7.8%