60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Action, Platformer, Side Scroller.
Daydreamer: Awakened Edition is a boss-focused side-scrolling action shooter in the spirit of classic arcade games. Run, gun, warp, manipulate time, summon strange helper pets, and battle through 14 grotesque bosses in the official ATLUS-published revision.
Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine is about the player's escape from a run-down factory following a large explosion. In the dark factory there are many dangerous machines that must be minded in order to not be crushed or mechanically separated.
Shadowcrypt
Shadowcrypt is an arcade-style dungeon crawler with tactical sword & shield combat. Find the Necromancer and defeat his horde of undead warriors through a series of labyrinthine rooms.
Ghost in the Machine is about the player's escape from a run-down factory following a large explosion. In the dark factory there are many dangerous machines that must be minded in order to not be crushed or mechanically separated.
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Platformer 34.8%, Indie 25.6%
Shadowcrypt is an arcade-style dungeon crawler with tactical sword & shield combat. Find the Necromancer and defeat his horde of undead warriors through a series of labyrinthine rooms.
Why similar: Action 39.7%, Platformer 37.4%, Indie 23%
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid
Why similar: Platformer 25.3%, Action 19.9%, Shooter 11.3%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Indie 11%
A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.
Why similar: Action 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Platformer 19.5%, Indie 17.8%, Funny 10.2%
Blast through a modern sci-fi world in this action-packed 2D platformer featuring roguelike mechanics. Jump, shoot, crush your foes, grab loot, level up your hero, chase those 100% achievements, and challenge yourself to take down the boss!
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.4%, Platformer 25.3%, Action 23.8%, Sci-fi 13%, 2D 6%
The Forbidden Arts is an old-school action adventure platformer with a focus on discovery and exploration. You play as Phoenix, a young boy who seeks to master the element of fire in a grand adventure of ancient magic.
Why similar: Action 26%, Side Scroller 21.5%, Platformer 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Indie 15%
Digital Rose is a 2D action-platforming game that follows the stories of Jeremy, a cybernetic construction worker, and Alex, a blood-wielding vampire, as they venture through the Systema Megastructure.
Why similar: Action 21.5%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Indie 12.8%
Metaloid: Origin is an fast-paced gun’n'run 2D platformer. Take on the role of one out of three android warrior's known as “Predator” and dash through 9 different levels in order to save their planet from an robot army led by Lucian Corp, whom invade their planet and exploit the planetary resources to fuel their galactic war efforts.
Why similar: Action 24.8%, Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 22%, Indie 14%, Shooter 10.5%
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Why similar: Bullet Time 26.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 12.7%, Side Scroller 11.8%
This 360° STG offers the tension of a dogfight and a turn-based strategy. As a hero with the superpower of time-stopping, you fight, talk, and maintain your aircraft in the inner universe, aiming to save everything in the world.
Why similar: Bullet Time 42.4% ★, Action 20.9%, Shooter 18.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%, 2D 5%
You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.
Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Side Scroller 24.3%, Action 18.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Indie 7.5%
Chaos Domain is a game about shooting bad people in the face. Apart from that, it is also a run and gun platformer, powered by Unreal Engine. The game is highly influenced by games from 8-bit and 16-bit era, including Contra/Probotector series, as well as titles like Abuse and Doom Troopers.
Why similar: Action 26.2%, Platformer 22.2%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Shooter 14.1%, Indie 11.6%
Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.
Why similar: Action 23.1%, Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Indie 14.1%, Shooter 10.9%
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Action 19.2%, Sci-fi 14%, Shooter 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%
Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.
Why similar: Platformer 26.2%, Action 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Side Scroller 16%, Indie 11.2%
A 2.5D action-packed side-scrolling game, takes players on a thrilling sci-fi adventure! Take control of combat specialist Ares, or the new playable character, Tarus, to battle deadly machines with a variety of powerful weapons and armor. Your goal: Save Minos Space Station’s survivors and uncover the nefarious Zytron’s extinction agenda!
Why similar: Platformer 24.6%, Action 21.4%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Indie 11.5%
A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.
Why similar: Platformer 25.6%, Action 23.1%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Indie 9.3%
This is a 2D platform action game where you dash, jump, and attack your way through the stages.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.4%, Platformer 28%, Action 25.6%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 6.7%
Get ready to rumble, Metanet Hunter CD is ready to take the stage with super-slick platforming, tons of action, and all around, all sorts of radical vibes from the good old times!
Why similar: Action 31.8%, Platformer 25.6%, Side Scroller 23.7%, Indie 18.9%
The most secure prison facility in the country is under attack ... The city mayor called personally and asked you to take care of this problem.
Why similar: Action 25.2%, Side Scroller 22.8%, Platformer 20.6%, Indie 13.3%, Shooter 12.6%
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: Action 30.9%, Platformer 25%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, 2D 5.2%
Twisted:EE is an action-platformer game combined with the best gameplay elements like time and object manipulation, clever enemies, traps and other challenges.
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Side Scroller 25.5%, Platformer 21.6%, Indie 19.7%
This is a 2D platform action game where you dash, jump, and attack your way through the stages.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.6%, Platformer 29.2%, Action 27.1%, 2D 7%, Indie 5.1%
Betrayed by his people, TRANTOR is abandoned alone on an Alien planet. His only chance of escape is to actvate the planet's main computer that lies within the terminal building. Armed only with a flame thrower, fight your way to freedom as TRANTOR...THE LAST STORMTROOPER.
Why similar: Action 33.7%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Platformer 17.9%, Shooter 13.5%, Sci-fi 12.2%
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Platformer 20.8%, Action 18.8%, Bullet Time 18.3% ★, Shooter 14.7%, Indie 9.3%
Win The Diamond is a 3d side scroller action adventure sci-fi shooter game. Where, there is a Diamond hidden some where in the Level. The player needs to find the Diamond and collect it, in order to win the Diamond. But collecting it will not be an easy task.
Why similar: Platformer 25.3%, Side Scroller 23.1%, Action 22.7%, Shooter 19%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.1%, Action 26.6%, Platformer 20.7%, Indie 14.6%
Revolve is a Physics based Action Platformer. You have no direct control and need to use boosts, gravity & momentum to escape a dystopian world
Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Action 31%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Indie 18.5%
Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 35.4%, Platformer 26%, Indie 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, 2D 3.7%
Left to fend for himself after mankind abandoned the doomed planet Aurora, robot Kramer 227 must find a way through 20 action-packed levels and rescue his robotic friends before Aurora crashes into its sun.
Why similar: Action 29.7%, Indie 17%, Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%
Realm Hacker is a game based on cyber worlds and hackers, allowing you to manipulate characters while building blocks, while using dexterous movement to pass the game level.
Why similar: Action 34.3%, Indie 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Shooter 9.2%
Hero and A Wicked Man is a game about Hero, who goes on an adventure to stop the evil Dr. Wicked. The core mechanics are shooting and platforming. Adventuring through each level and collecting more ammo gives the player an incentive to explore.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.6%, Platformer 21%, Shooter 18.5%, Action 12.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%
kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.7%, Action 28%, Platformer 22.7%, Indie 18.6%
Humanity is on the brink of extinction; take the place of Captain Edward Stalway and save the World from the forces of the Vortex. Raid enemy bases, steal alien technologies, collect artifacts and shoot robots into tiny piles of scrap.
Why similar: Shooter 26%, Side Scroller 25.1%, Action 20.4%, Sci-fi 18.8%, 2D 4.9%
Soviet Souls is a modern 2D platformer with pixel-style graphics. In each level, the player chooses which of the available characters to pass it. Knowledge of the mechanic and caution will help you cope with the most difficult troubles.
Why similar: Action 20.6%, Platformer 18.3%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Indie 12.7%
A certain office lady is back!!
Why similar: Platformer 24.8%, Action 17%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Indie 11.2%
Ukrainian Ninja is a multiplayer platformer game for Windows. The Ninja shoots and slashes, using weapons sold by the trader to clear each world.
Why similar: Platformer 28.9%, Side Scroller 26.5%, Action 25.4%, Indie 19.3%
Just a lil game about some lil pixely gun bois doing lil gun boi things. Pew pew!
Why similar: Indie 29.9%, Platformer 22.1%, Action 22.1%, Shooter 19.5%, 2D 6.3%
Jetlad is a challenging jet-fueled platformer. Help Jetlad collect the gems of each level and reach the goal unharmed. Jetlad flies around using his jet-pack. Jetlad will explode when he runs out of fuel or touches any hazards. Are you able to help Jetlad overcome the obstacles that await him?
Why similar: Action 31.5%, Platformer 22.4%, Side Scroller 22%, Indie 18.8%, 2D 5.3%
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Action 39.1%, Indie 22.9%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%
Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!
Why similar: Action 20.2%, Platformer 18.9%, Shooter 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Side Scroller 14.6%
When an old woman's computer system is taken over by a virus bent on total annihilation, you assume control of an ordinary software program transformed into an elite combat machine. Retake the system and build your character into a formidable instrument of retribution.
Why similar: Platformer 22.1%, Side Scroller 21.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Action 17.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%
Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise!
Why similar: Action 42.2%, Platformer 25.8%, Side Scroller 19%, Indie 12.9%
Isolated is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shooter in which you shoot, shoot and shoot ALIENS!
Why similar: Action 26.8%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Platformer 18%, Indie 16.5%, Sci-fi 12.3%
Twinkle Hunter is a 2D action game focused on boss battles. Become a hunter whose teddy bear was stolen by the great villain 'Twinkle Thieves', and experience journey to retrieve the teddy bear. Can you hunt the thieves who attack you in various ways and rescue the teddy bear 'Mari'?
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.7%, Platformer 21.2%, Shooter 16.7%, Action 12.4%, Funny 9.5%
Space is dark and full of terror... and raw resources! Mine asteroids, upgrade your equipment and blast cosmic aliens.
Why similar: Platformer 23.8%, Side Scroller 22.5%, Action 20.5%, Shooter 18.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%
A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 32%, Platformer 30.7%, Indie 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, 2D 6.1%
Mission Start! 10 METAL SLUG titles in one definitive collection!
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.1%, Action 30.5%, Shooter 26.5%, 2D 8%
The Sun and Moon, the winner of Ludum Dare 29, is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Momentum is conserved but gravity is reversed, letting you fling yourself high into the air or deep beneath the surface.
Why similar: Platformer 32%, Action 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Indie 19.9%
It's the year 2049. Slaughterhouse A.I. controls the surface of the Earth, turning all life into sausage. Only the pigs remain to fight.
Why similar: Platformer 23.9%, Action 23%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Indie 12.5%
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Why similar: Action 46.6%, Indie 28.8%, Platformer 24.7%
Spartan is an epic 2d platformer powered by UE4. Featuring silky smooth animations, pixel perfect controls, challenging gameplay, huge non linear levels and an awesome original soundtrack , Spartan is taking classic platforming to the next level, UE4 Turbocharged style!
Why similar: Platformer 38.3%, Action 32.8%, Indie 19.5%, 2D 9.4%
Exoder is a frantic, fast paced, 2D, action platformer that will test your skills of reflex, resilience, patience and determination.
Why similar: Platformer 36.6%, Action 33.7%, Indie 20.1%, 2D 9.7%
Wizhood:The Epic of Freedom is an action-platformer game that treats the story of king who tries to save his kingdom. People of Troburg must be saved from this trouble!
Why similar: Action 30.3%, Indie 18%, Platformer 17.6%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Shooter 12.2%
We control the ERI, this is self-learning artificial intelligence, which has to overcome 45 levels. The purpose of the test is to overcome obstacles and get to the portals, which will take us to more difficult levels.
Why similar: Action 35.3%, Platformer 34%, Indie 21%, 2D 9.7%
Beat your inner demons without attacking them, in this extremely difficult platformer about how grief changes one's perception of the world. It is an expression of the developer's experience with cancer and heartbreak.
Why similar: Action 24%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Platformer 18.5%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Indie 14.3%
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Why similar: Platformer 42.6%, Action 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Indie 15.1%
Reblica is a cyberpunk-style action platformer shooting game. In Ark, a city full of chaos and crime, become the mercenary Bianna, defeat various enemies and complete quests.
Why similar: Platformer 25%, Side Scroller 23.6%, Action 21.2%, Shooter 19%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.9%, Shooter 15.8%, Platformer 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Action 12.8%
