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Adventure Delivery Service is a procedurally generated roguelite action-adventure game. You play a delivery person who must retrieve packages stolen by monsters and hidden in dungeons deep underground. Beneath the game’s playful style lies a challenging difficulty curve.

Why similar: Unforgiving 52.8% ★, Hack and Slash 14.8%, Difficult 9.6%, Top-Down 9%, Action 8.7%

The first of its kind open-world vampire-survivors game. Explore a dynamic environment, encounter random events, and adapt to survive a zombie outbreak. With upgrades and challenging gameplay, test your skills and adaptability to increase your chances of survival.

Why similar: Unforgiving 52% ★, Perma Death 23.9%, Difficult 9.2%, Zombies 5.8%, Combat 4.5%

Agent in Depth is a daring action-platformer featuring fast-paced action and instant-death combat. You’ll run, jump, aim, and deflect bullets with your katana to blow up your enemies. No checkpoints, no upgrades: just pure skills. Deflect, die, learn, repeat. Be better, be faster.

Why similar: Unforgiving 55.7% ★, Ninja 27.4% ★, Hack and Slash 8.1%, Action 4.1%, Difficult 2.2%

Olympia is not for the faint of heart. Explore, hunt, and survive (or try) in this ultra-hard platformer that focuses on being airborne.

Why similar: Unforgiving 58.1% ★, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Difficult 12.5%, Action 8.3%, Fantasy 5.3%

Poppy Toast is an Action Arcade game about escaping the notorious Razzle HQ and bringing Poppy Toast to the world whilst avoiding Razzle's advanced block defence system. See how far you can get and be hailed a hero!

Why similar: Unforgiving 51% ★, Perma Death 23.3%, Score Attack 13.9%, Arcade 7.1%, Action 3.3%

The frog village needs your help to fight against evil mutant alligators.

Why similar: Ninja 42.1% ★, Hack and Slash 18.9%, Arcade 14.3%, Score Attack 13.9%, Action 9.5%

A sci-fi roguelike about a lone pilot on a forbidden mission through his galaxy. Piece together his story as you scavenge to build your loadout in this procedurally generated space shoot'em-up.

Why similar: Unforgiving 47.5% ★, Perma Death 21.8%, Difficult 8.8%, Arcade 6.6%, Top-Down 6.5%

SCORCHING TECHBEAT ACTION! A frantic combo-based score attack shooter. Make combos to earn more time. Master all weapons and defeat a raving mad machine. 100% arcade action. Online ranking. Lots of achievements. A Dual Gunstrike spin off.

Why similar: Unforgiving 47.6% ★, Perma Death 20.9%, Score Attack 12.3%, Difficult 8.4%, Arcade 6.4%

Descend to the bottom of the dungeon without dying, platforming your way around traps, monsters, and worst of all -- falling to your death. Explore the horrific depths as you gain powerful gear and uncover the dark secrets that await you at the bottom.

Why similar: Unforgiving 57.2% ★, Perma Death 25.1%, Difficult 11.4%, Combat 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%

A hack-and-slash adventure with Soulslike intensity. Battle through a cursed world of corrupted horrors as one of the gifted undead, where death is only a setback and survival demands skill, grit, and relentless will.

Why similar: Unforgiving 53.7% ★, Hack and Slash 27.6%, Combat 8.9%, Action 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Dodge, jump and somersault over razor-sharp sawblades in an attempt to survive the deadly storm! Compete in the leaderboards and become the best blade-jumper in this supremely intense high-score chaser!

Why similar: Unforgiving 57.2% ★, Score Attack 17.5%, Difficult 13.2%, Arcade 6.2%, Action 4.1%

Avoid meteorites and survive until the end.

Why similar: Unforgiving 66.1% ★, Score Attack 16.6%, Arcade 8.7%, Top-Down 7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

a challenging action game with arena fighting, involving sword, missile and cute characters

Why similar: Ninja 44.3% ★, Hack and Slash 24.7%, Fantasy 8.8%, Action 7.9%, Combat 6%

Age of Legacy is an unforgiving roguelike RPG with intense turn-based 1v1 combat. Choose a class to define your tactical approach, and hunt unique equipment and powerful runestones. Survival is key, because death means game over!

Why similar: Unforgiving 55.8% ★, Perma Death 26.1%, Difficult 11.9%, Fantasy 4.3%, Indie 1.2%

DEADHUNTERS is a cooperative rogueplaying game. Choose your hero, embark on missions and make decisions together. Loot, level up and die again and again in an ever changing world of darkness. Conquer the damned and earn your rightful place in the Guild of Deadhunters!

Why similar: Unforgiving 46.1% ★, Perma Death 20.5%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Difficult 7.8%, Top-Down 5.8%

Put your skills to the test and join Frank on his daring adventure into the world of ultimate thrills! Every jump must be well planned, because one wrong step could send Frank plummeting into the abyss.

Why similar: Unforgiving 70.6% ★, Difficult 13.9%, Arcade 7.4%, Action 6%, Indie 1.2%

Guide a snake-like character as it gathers soul fragments to stave off hunger, weaving through hazardous obstacles in a race against time.

Why similar: Unforgiving 61.5% ★, Difficult 10.1%, Score Attack 9.7%, Arcade 6.9%, Action 5.4%

LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!! XENOTILT, the sequel to the cult hit, DEMON'S TILT. Get ready for another PINBALL FANTASY. XENOTILT shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics.

Why similar: Unforgiving 55.3% ★, Hack and Slash 15.7%, Difficult 10.4%, Arcade 7.6%, Top-Down 7.3%

Lifespace Traveler is an action-packed, easy to learn, hard to master cyberpunk game where reality is split into dimensions called Lifespaces. No hand holding. No mercy. Fight your way and test your reflexes in fast-paced, brutal combat as you reveal the mysteries of an unforgiving dystopian world.

Why similar: Unforgiving 56.8% ★, Hack and Slash 12.1%, Difficult 9.7%, Arcade 7.8%, Combat 6.8%

Charge your way through 5 fever-dream induced worlds, dodging a plethora of bizarre dangers on your way. And remember: Don't Die! Douche!

Why similar: Unforgiving 64.9% ★, Difficult 12.4%, Arcade 8.4%, Score Attack 7.3%, Action 3.9%

Go on a path crucial for your honor. Pass through dangerous areas to complete your destiny. Duel against enemy warriors and kill dangerous Yokai creatures. Practice in sword combat to become a better swordsman.

Why similar: Ninja 32.9% ★, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Difficult 13.8%, Arcade 8%, Combat 7.8%

Survive unforgiving nights in this topdown roguelite... explore the island, set up camp, and slay Titans in souls-like combat as you hunt the source of the desolation. But beware, the longer you survive, the darker the nights become

Why similar: Unforgiving 50.3% ★, Perma Death 21.9%, Hack and Slash 13.2%, Top-Down 7%, Difficult 6.7%

Fight, block, and evade through the deadly Trials of Valor. Your timing and reflexes decide survival in this real-time roguelike fighter. Master diverse classes, and experience the character progression of an entire RPG in each run as you perfect your build or die trying.

Why similar: Unforgiving 50.1% ★, Perma Death 23.7%, Hack and Slash 14.8%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Cute 1.8%

RUNR END is a challenging FPP-Platformer set in a dreamish world with secrets to discover. Be careful, don't be another fallen soul.

Why similar: Unforgiving 58.5% ★, Perma Death 23.2%, Difficult 11.1%, Action 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

BLÖCK is a hardcore and challenging 2D Platformer. The goal is easy: Get to the level end as fast as possible and try not to die. But let's be realistic. You will die. A lot.

Why similar: Unforgiving 86.8% ★, Difficult 11.1%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 1%

Unforgiving boss fights. Gory pixels. Glorious fast-paced gladiatorial action-combat. Analyze your opponents weakness, adapt your strategy and colour the sands with the blood of your enemies.

Why similar: Unforgiving 52.8% ★, Hack and Slash 11.3%, Fighting 10.3% ★, Difficult 9.1%, Combat 5.8%

Survive the unforgiving frontier in Wicked West, a top-down shoot 'em up where every kill earns upgrades and new abilities. Face relentless enemies, epic bosses, and one-shot death in this brutal Wild West survival challenge. Can you outlast the chaos?

Why similar: Unforgiving 46.5% ★, Perma Death 23.7%, Score Attack 11.5%, Arcade 8.2%, Top-Down 7.2%

Enter the Infinity Trials, an action-packed fast-paced rogue-lite. Fight off waves of dangerous creatures and collect artifacts to enhance your abilities. With each victory, you'll be teleported to a new world, each with unique challenges and enemies.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 23.9%, Score Attack 18.9%, Perma Death 13.3%, Arcade 11.7%, Top-Down 8.8%

"Toey Weedz Forreal" Is a challenging, sleek and compact action game. A Comediac retro inspired Side Scrolling Shooter with a 3D Twist. Become Toey Weedz once again and raise your flag forreal!

Why similar: Unforgiving 64.7% ★, Perma Death 30.1%, Action 3.6%, 3D 1.7%

Throw, Slash and Dash your way through enemies in this high score arcade slasher. Throw your stun orb, bounce it off enemies or walls and master it's movement through redirection and prediction. Fight through arenas whilst surviving for as long as possible and slay as many enemies as you can.

Why similar: Score Attack 31.1%, Hack and Slash 25.4%, Arcade 14.9%, Action 11.1%, Top-Down 8.2%

Caution! Fierce hardcore about the toad. Only for those with nerves of steel. Help the toad feed his cat!

Why similar: Unforgiving 52.5% ★, Hack and Slash 16.9%, Difficult 12.5%, Action 11.5%, Indie 4.5%

'Sentimental K' is a 3D roguelike action game. Weapons, skills, artifacts, bosses, dungeon layouts are randomly generated each time you play. Make strategic choices to create powerful synergies and enjoy the unexpected and challenging play!

Why similar: Perma Death 29.5%, Hack and Slash 22.3%, Action 14.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Difficult 6.5%

A brutal precision platforming journey through the 9 circles of hell. Liberate your ancestors, die a million times, and meet Satan... you know... for fun.

Why similar: Unforgiving 85.8% ★, Difficult 8.4%, Action 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.5%

SporeBorne is a top-down, action hack-and-slash game where you play as an estranged mutation of a fungus infesting the planet H311. Embark on a journey, slashing through your enemies, growing more powerful, and uncovering abilities as you traverse this planet's infested land.

Why similar: Perma Death 38%, Hack and Slash 34%, Action 11.2%, Top-Down 9%, Combat 6.5%

Yuhha: Stolen Treasure is a retro-style 2D Platformer with vertical levels and horizontal screen wrap. If you're looking for a real challenge, this is it!

Why similar: Unforgiving 68.4% ★, Difficult 14.5%, Arcade 7.9%, Action 3.9%, Cute 3.1%

Cluster Fly is an arcade action game with an abstract art style featuring high-score based gameplay with online leaderboard. The player controls a spaceship to collect radioactive cargo while dodging fireballs, lasers and bombs.

Why similar: Unforgiving 34.3% ★, Score Attack 18.7%, Perma Death 12.6%, Difficult 12%, Arcade 11.5%

Play as the ultimate ninja badass Noxi using magic, sword and shurikens to fight off an army of monsters and save your loved one. Bring Noxi to the top floor of her ruined home over dangerous terrain with athletic jumps, flips, sprints and slides

Why similar: Ninja 50.1% ★, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Hack and Slash 14.9%, Action 8.6%, Arcade 6.4%

Step into a living comic book in this new take on the Ninja Gaiden series. Brandishing his ninja sword and the mecha weapons in his cyber arm, Yaiba slaughters zombies with brutal, over-the-top abandon. Will you slice enemies to pieces, crush them with Yaiba's cyborg arm or just rip off a zombie’s arms to use as nunchucks?

Why similar: Ninja 43.8% ★, Hack and Slash 34.8%, Action 11.7%, Zombies 9.8%

The World's Fastest Rage Game

Why similar: Unforgiving 72.6% ★, Difficult 15.5%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Inch your way through oppressive darkness using only a flashlight and 6th sense in this tense top-down roguelike. Shoot, stun, electrocute, poison and blow-up monsters in abandoned corporate offices where resources are scarce and even the furniture could be trying to kill you.

Why similar: Unforgiving 52.5% ★, Perma Death 24.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Top-Down 7.2%, Action 1.9%

Slingshot your way to the top of a beautiful minimalist landscape. A deceptively tricky platformer where a single slip could lead to a long fall back down!

Why similar: Unforgiving 75% ★, Difficult 15.2%, Action 5.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Sang: The Desert Blade is a Souls-like Action RPG, inspired by Dark Souls and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, where you explore, fight, overcome challenges and defeat terrifying bosses in the unforgiving world of Zemsluna. Follow the story of Sang as she looks for her long lost kin.

Why similar: Unforgiving 58.9% ★, Hack and Slash 20.2%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Fantasy 4.1%, Action 3.9%

Grapple or Fall. Inspired by brutally challenging platformers like Jump King and Getting Over It, this 2D adventure will push you to your limits, one frustratingly rewarding grapple at a time.

Why similar: Unforgiving 72.3% ★, Difficult 13.4%, Arcade 9.1%, Action 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Aftergrinder is a fast-paced 2D runner precision platformer. Skate your way through an unforgiving, difficult arcade side scroller. Pick a character, pick a level, and get ready to die. A lot. Test your skills over 90 adrenaline-inducing levels.

Why similar: Unforgiving 52.7% ★, Score Attack 15.1%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Difficult 9.7%, Arcade 7.3%

Epic Ninja - Bad Dudes have taken over the Town, Use Your Stealth and Combat Skills to take out the Bad Dudes and Save the Town. Battle Enemies across Several Exciting Levels !

Why similar: Ninja 45.8% ★, Hack and Slash 32.5%, Action 16.2%, 3D 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Save the city from rampant ghosts, and give it back to its people! An exciting new ninja action game!

Why similar: Ninja 46.1% ★, Hack and Slash 24.9%, Arcade 9.3%, Combat 8.6%, Action 7.7%

Jump around platforms, swim underwater, fight and dodge enemies, and collect power ups and coins in this love story driven platform game. It feels like a nostalgic classic without being a clone of one, yet the visuals and movement is modern, responsive and slick.

Why similar: Unforgiving 59.7% ★, Difficult 15.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Fantasy 4.3%, Action 3.2%

In this turn-based, survival focused Tactical SRPG, you must defend locations from dynamic and intelligent enemy groups wishing to destroy the town for their own survival. Hang out and bond with your crew as you defend and save what you can as everything slips into chaos. Every choice matters.

Why similar: Unforgiving 61.1% ★, Perma Death 24.3%, Difficult 10.1%, Top-Down 4.5%

The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.

Why similar: Unforgiving 55.1% ★, Hack and Slash 15.6%, Combat 11.4%, Difficult 10.5%, Fantasy 7.4%

Explore temples and caves. Slay monsters and avoid traps and hazards. Uncover hidden rooms. Destroy the Book of Dark Magic to defeat the evil spirit that inhabits this world.

Why similar: Unforgiving 64.2% ★, Difficult 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12%, Combat 4.5%, Action 3.8%

Rustled Pete is a very unforgiving boss fighting game. There is only one boss in the game and his name is Pete The Rustled. He has 4 forms, each one is harder than the other. Good luck!

Why similar: Unforgiving 66% ★, Difficult 13.6%, Arcade 9.6%, Combat 4.2%, Action 4.2%

A challenging 2D platformer with tough and precise platforming. Inspired by games like Jump King and Getting Over It, traverse the treacherous cave as you travel further down it to recover your lost core and become whole again.

Why similar: Unforgiving 87.8% ★, Action 7.2%, Fantasy 4%, Singleplayer 1%

Zegelon: Hardcore Arena blends intense multiplayer shoot-and-slash combat with battle royale, survival and management mechanics. In a dark post-apocalyptic fantasy world where players engage in brutal combat with no second chances, crafting characters in the spirit of old-school roleplaying games

Why similar: Unforgiving 52% ★, Perma Death 25.4%, Hack and Slash 14.8%, Fantasy 4.2%, Action 3.6%

The Serpent and the Crow is an unforgiving roguelite-survivor game. Rip through countless hordes of enemies to unlock gear, skills, origins, and ascensions and create your perfect broken build. You will need to survive to discover the mysteries of this long forgotten tavern.

Why similar: Unforgiving 67% ★, Hack and Slash 20.6%, Arcade 8.7%, Action 3.7%

Play as one of the last surviving humans on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where resources are scarce and danger lurks around every corner. As you scavenge for supplies, fend off vicious enemies, and build a small colony, you must use your wits and combat skills to survive in this harsh new world.

Why similar: Unforgiving 62.1% ★, Perma Death 25.6%, Top-Down 7.8%, Action 4.5%

Meet a zombie apocalypse in the most not boring place on earth - Las Vegas? Why not! Zombie Vegas is an intense arcade action game with the strange red button and the hero protecting it. Buy weapons and bonuses, barricade ways and destroy the approaching zombie.

Why similar: Perma Death 34.9%, Hack and Slash 26.6%, Zombies 12.3%, Arcade 9.1%, Top-Down 7.5%

Your Kingdom’s fate relies on you… you… and you. Rewind time to create clones of your past-selves, and fight with an army of your own. Become legion and triumph over hordes of monsters to rescue Antala in this tactical action game.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 39.4%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Action 15%, Top-Down 11.7%, Combat 7.9%

Help our friend Hatdevil to get back to his world, passing through a world full of deadly traps.

Why similar: Unforgiving 78.6% ★, Difficult 15%, Fantasy 3.9%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A simple, yet challenging, 2D platforming game based in a world of exploration and hope.

Why similar: Unforgiving 81.4% ★, Difficult 15.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1.3%

A difficult arcade 3D platformer where you have to overcome various platforming challenges.

Why similar: Unforgiving 68.6% ★, Action 13%, Arcade 9.6%, Indie 5%, 3D 1.9%