Games Like COGEN: Sword of Rewind / COGEN: 大鳥こはくと刻の剣

Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 41.1% ★, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

Why similar: Side Scroller 22.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, 1990's 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Sci-fi 11%

Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.6% ★, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.3% ★, Side Scroller 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Break into the new apeX of 2D action! INTI CREATES is proud to present new apeX of cutting-edge 2D action with Luminous Avenger iX 2!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37% ★, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%

The ultra-refined 2D side-scrolling action you remember from "Azure Striker Gunvolt" is recharged and better than ever! In Gunvolt 2, series anti-hero Copen joins the fray as a playable character! Copy abilities from defeated boss characters and use them as your own!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 44.5%, Action 32.8%, 2D 22.7%

The next installment in the high-speed 2D action Gunvolt series is finally here with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Balancing both an involving story and satisfying gameplay, Gunvolt 3 is the most extravagant entry in the series yet!

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.8%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

AeternoBlade II: Infinity, new patch in 4K is a hardcore action-puzzle game of Time-Manipulation Combat. Control the flow of time, amend the past, foresee the future, convolute with alternate timelines to fight otherwise undefeatable foes and circumvent the impossible.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 55.8% ★, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Action 9.2%, Side Scroller 6.9%

Feel-good, high-impact 2D action with two hearts as one. Time for a powerful, vivid “Action Date”!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.4%, Cute 13.5%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Last Command is a fast-paced Snake x Bullet Hell action game. Maneuver through enemies’ barrage of attacks, collect Data Points to deal damage! Mix and match skill chips as you progress, overcome intense Boss battles, and uncover the secrets of their program world...

Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.4%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Cute 11.4%

Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 27.7% ★, Side Scroller 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 83.6% ★, Action 11.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Adventure 1.7%

In order to retrieve the lost memories, Sekibanki has a big adventure in the world of dreams! Use your "head" to fight your way through a stage full of various mechanisms. It's a 2D visual action puzzle game with a new sensation!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Cute 18%, Action 16%, 2D Platformer 15.5%

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 24.8%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%

Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 45% ★, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, 2D 4.1%

YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Cute 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.9%

Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.

Why similar: Futuristic 22.6%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Female Protagonist 14.3%

「Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony」 is an action side-scroller based on the world-famous 「Touhou Project」. The legendary 2009 title comes back with modern upgrades including HD remastered graphics and a number of bonus content, ready to give fans more convenient and pleasant gameplay experience.

Why similar: Side Scroller 32.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Cute 10.1%, Story Rich 7.9%

Experience the apeX of 2D action! A new era of 2D action begins now! Get ready for high-speed, stylish 2D side-scrolling action like never before. Inti Creates presents the ultimate in classic 2D action with "Luminous Avenger iX"!

Why similar: Side Scroller 38.3%, Action 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.5%, 2D 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Super Alloy Ranger is a 2D side-scrolling action game. Play as Marksman Kelly or Combat Robot No.2 to challenge different levels within the dangerous Machine Empire and unlock new weapons. Use Kelly’s shooting and No.2’s deathblows to defeat abnormal Machine Bosses!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.2%, Action-Adventure 19.6%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Action 10.9%

Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 18%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 22.5% ★, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, 1990's 9.2%

MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.9% ★, Score Attack 15.3%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%

An exhilarating run-and-gun action shooting game based on a Roguelite! Travel through time with Sigma to thwart the uprising of artificial intelligence and fight for the future!

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.6%, Futuristic 20%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Sci-fi 17%, 2D Platformer 14.8%

Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

As the Debugging Hero chosen by the Legendary Sword, you have gained the ability to manipulate character variables! Use this powerful ability to overcome the dungeons blocking your path and defeat the Demon Lord!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 31.8%, Female Protagonist 17%, Cute 16.9%, Action 12.9%, 2D 12%

XEL is an epic 3D sci-fi fantasy action-adventure. Explore the mysterious world of XEL and help protagonist Reid to uncover her enigmatic past. Make new friends and foes along the way and collect exciting gadgets to master challenging dungeons and solve time bending puzzles.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 44.8% ★, Female Protagonist 15%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Futuristic 5.6%

Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

Why similar: Side Scroller 34.5%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, 2D 8.5%

Grab, throw, eat, and UTTERLY WRECK everything using a mind-controlled spork in this quirky, story-driven, console-styled platforming dramedy. With an emphasis on variety and a grand sense of adventure, Psycutlery offers a surprising full-course meal, despite all unassuming appearances...

Why similar: Side Scroller 24.1%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Cute 7.8%

Virtua Unlimited Project is a 2D pixel-art style ACT game featuring VTuber characters. With classical platformer gameplay, challenging combat, and retro game feelings, VUP presents you a surreal, virtual world in which you will play as Aizawa Kana to venture and seek the truth beneath.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.3%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Futuristic 7.9%

Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.2%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Cute 9.9%

"SANAE's Sylphid Breeze" is 2D Platformer game with cute pixelart. The main character in this game, SANAE KOCHIYA is a character from the "Touhou Project". With her new ability “SPELL SPOILER, she inhales enemies and imitates their ability. Behold! SANAE's miracle adventure!!

Why similar: Side Scroller 19.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, 1990's 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Action 7%

Wield your weapon bestowed by the gods, and open the gates between worlds!

Why similar: 1990's 19.3%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Cute 12%

Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.

Why similar: Side Scroller 26.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Cute 8.6%

Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.

Why similar: Side Scroller 27.9%, 2D Platformer 19%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

In this science fantasy RPG, choose between Claude or Rena, play through their perspectives, and unlock various endings. Recruit allies and defeat foes in fast paced real-time battles.

Why similar: 1990's 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Story Rich 10.5%, Action 8.4%

Enter a virtual world of cyber-landscapes and unravel the mystery behind its creation! "Mighty Gunvolt Burst" is a retro-style 2D side-scrolling action game with an authentic feel. Play as "Beck," "Gunvolt," or "Ekoro," and experience their new stories in this unique parallel universe.

Why similar: Action 100%

The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 55.8% ★, Female Protagonist 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Cute 5.6%

Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 46% ★, 2D Platformer 14%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Cute 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Craft original weapons and engage in strategic time-freezing battles as you dive into the million-floor deep underground world of this deep-diving action strategy game.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.6%, Sci-fi 20%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Cute 15%, 2D 10.1%

Beautiful 16 bit retro art style with fluid animations and deliberate combat. Read the enemy and act accordingly in this seamless world without any load screens.

Why similar: Swordplay 40.9%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Action 8.4%

Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.3%, Swordplay 20%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, 2D 7.9%

Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!

Why similar: Side Scroller 24.9%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Story Rich 8.7%

Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, 2D 9.9%

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.1%, Action 24.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, 2D 9.4%

TimeTekker is an arcade shoot em' up where your actions dictate the speed of time itself! Overcome the endless hail of bullets at your own pace and become the ultimate ninja!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 43.6% ★, Score Attack 22.3%, Action 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Cute 5.9%

A refreshing and highly re-playable bullet hell style shooter that WANTS you to play dangerously! Ride the razor's edge of life and death in this high-risk high-reward danger oriented arcade style shooting game.

Why similar: 1990's 20.5%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Cute 10.1%

Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...

Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.8%, 2D Platformer 25.2%, Action 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Adventure 9.4%

A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.

Why similar: Side Scroller 29.6%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, 2D 8.3%

Play as Maggie, an immortal agent fighting a cyberpunk megacorporation. Infiltrate enemy territory through stealth,—or arm yourself with whatever weapons you can find and engage in direct combat. Maggie cannot die—but heavy damage can lead to capture, imprisonment, and new paths forward.

Why similar: Side Scroller 26.1%, Action-Adventure 17%, Futuristic 10.5%, Action 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Code of Princess offers players an exciting yet unconventional experience, deftly blending the combo-heavy fighting gameplay of beat ‘em ups with the stat-boosting character customization of RPGs.

Why similar: Side Scroller 35.2%, Female Protagonist 25.8%, Cute 10.4%, 2D 9.3%, Action 9.2%

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 53.3% ★, 2D Platformer 19.6%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, 2D 6.4%, Action 5.1%

RUN: The World In-Between is a new “Die and Retry” platformer game with a procedurally-generated path. Be fast, jump, and run to unlock new content.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Action 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.5% ★, Side Scroller 20.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Spend a summer with an old high school classmate making games! Play and debug a 2D action RPG to make the best game ever.

Why similar: Side Scroller 30.1%, 2D Platformer 23%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Cute 10.1%, Action 8.8%

Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 51.1%, Adventure 32.1%, 2D 9%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.7% ★, Side Scroller 20.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Action 7.1%

Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.8%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Cute 10.5%