
This is a classic 2.5D action platforming game with an unusual setting of the Russian ghetto, inspired by the likes of Doom, Hotline Miami and Super Mario Bros. - Welcome to the Russian world!
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This is a classic 2.5D action platforming game with an unusual setting of the Russian ghetto, inspired by the likes of Doom, Hotline Miami and Super Mario Bros. - Welcome to the Russian world!

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Slay your way in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Battle monsters, master six unique Classes, craft hundreds of useful items, and explore the secrets of an expansive, interconnected world.

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Make mincemeat out of cults and chop heads with machetes! Old school shooter staples and gals, and a familiar difficulty level. Ye shall witness a new struggle!
Slay your way in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Battle monsters, master six unique Classes, craft hundreds of useful items, and explore the secrets of an expansive, interconnected world.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.6%, 2.5D 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Metroidvania 12.6%, Gore 12.5%
Make mincemeat out of cults and chop heads with machetes! Old school shooter staples and gals, and a familiar difficulty level. Ye shall witness a new struggle!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.6%, 2.5D 16.3%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Gore 14.4%, 1990's 14%
A modern take on run-and-gun platformers inspired by the golden age of 16-bit gaming. Explore hostile alien worlds, unlock powerful weapons and upgrades, return stronger to uncover new secrets and battle colossal bosses in relentless arcade action.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Platformer 12.5%, Gore 11.1%, Metroidvania 10.5%
POSTAL 2 Redux lets you loose in the most chaotic sandbox shooter ever, fully reimagined for a new generation. Survive a week in Paradise, Arizona - buy milk, return books, or go completely POSTAL with an arsenal of weapons. The choice is yours…but good luck staying out of trouble.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.5%, Gore 16.1%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, 1990's 11.2%
Covid Carl is a Metroidvania/Contra-style 2d side-scrolling shooter. It will feature a brief story, 10 levels, and boss fights
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.8%, Dark Humor 16.4%, Platformer 16.1%, 1990's 14.8%, Side Scroller 11.3%
Dive into the fairytale kingdom of Valora, a cute yet enigmatic Metroidvania, brimming with vibrant towns, enchanting critters, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.4%, Metroidvania 20.1%, Gore 14.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Violent 11.2%
"Muscles And Bullets" squad is a threat of all terrorists and evil dictators in the world. There are no such forces, walls and bunkers that could stop and protect against them. This game is a super-brutal mess of bullets, meat and dirt! Run-shoot-destroy!
Why similar: Gore 42.3%, Destruction 21.8%, Violent 14.2%, Action 7.8%, Platformer 6.9%
Discover a mysterious, interconnected alien world in this sci-fi action-exploration game. Earn game-changing equipment through skillful combat and solving puzzles. Customize your gear, pilot insane vehicles, and repair your powerful home ship for the ultimate advantage.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.9%, Platformer 25.7%, 2.5D 12.4%, Metroidvania 9.2%, Side Scroller 5.4%
"Dark reflection" is a mix of good old-fashioned aesthetics of pixel games, black humor and light philosophy with cool and catchy music. The game contains images of demons, black magic rituals, adult dirty talks and naked succubus)
Why similar: Souls-like 20.5%, Gore 16.6%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Violent 13.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Souls-like 31.2%, Metroidvania 23.6%, Gore 17.2%, Violent 11%, Platformer 7.5%
Gun Rage is an old-school, fast-paced, side-scrolling run and gun, with 16-bit era graphics, inspired by greatest classic games of the genre.
Why similar: Gore 17.3%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Platformer 13.6%, Violent 12.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%
Storm Babylon in a brutal 2.5D action RPG with fast-paced combat, set in a vast vertical open world. Claim weapons from the Asuras. Build deadly combos. Fight your way through realms where ideas become monsters. Reach the Source. Remember who you really are.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.4%, Souls-like 20.8%, Gore 9.7%, 2.5D 9.6%, Platformer 9.4%
Embark on a haunting journey through a shadowy world in this atmospheric 2D platformer, drawing inspiration from classics like Oddworld, as well as modern games such as Limbo.
Why similar: Gore 23.7%, Platformer 19.1%, Violent 18.5%, 1990's 15.1%, Metroidvania 7.7%
POSTAL 2 VR lets you loose in the most chaotic sandbox shooter ever, fully reimagined for VR. Survive a week in Paradise, Arizona—buy milk, return books, or go completely POSTAL with an arsenal of absurd weapons and unpredictable NPCs. The choice is yours…but good luck staying out of trouble.
Why similar: Gore 17.1%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Crime 16.1%, Violent 13.5%, 1990's 12.7%
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.8%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Platformer 18.9%, 2.5D 18.8%, Action 7.4%
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.8%, Metroidvania 19%, Side Scroller 17.1%, 2.5D 16.4%, Platformer 10.1%
Uros is a 2.5D metroidvania-style action platformer. Enter the nightmares, upgrade your skills, fight against creepy creatures and face the evil god of nightmares in your mission to restore stability to the dream world.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.5%, Metroidvania 19%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Platformer 14.6%, 2.5D 14.1%
Shoot lead & blow heads in Arena Brutal, an action shooter that'll put your weapons proficiency to the test! You'll need to manage the uniquely simulated recoil of each gun, keep on top of ammo & avoid getting your face blown off while speeding to the exit for the highest score & the next challenge
Why similar: Side Scroller 22%, Gore 19.2%, Platformer 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Violent 11%
When terrorism threatens the world there is no need to send a bunch of iconic movie heroes back from the '80s. One under-funded over-powered mercenary is all that's needed to save the world in this epic run 'n' gun destruction-fest of a homage to Broforce!
Why similar: Destruction 19.4%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Gore 13.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Violent 11.7%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.1%, Metroidvania 19%, Gore 17.1%, Platformer 11.4%, Violent 10.5%
The horde is here! fight to the death using the weapons you find scattered across the battlefield. Orc Raid is a first person shooter where you fight hordes of enemies across a randomized environment to rank up via Online Leaderboards.
Why similar: Gore 30.3%, Violent 23.9%, Destruction 12.8%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Dark Comedy 11.3%
What starts as a battle against a minor evil may ultimately lead to saving the whole world
Why similar: Platformer 16.8%, Side Scroller 16.7%, 2.5D 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Gore 10.9%
The Perdition Man: Interval is a side scrolling run n' gun steeped in heavy atmosphere. You are alone on your mission and unable to control what you see and what you are about to do. In this single player campaign you must traverse platforming sections and push on through hordes of haunting enemies.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Gore 13%, Platformer 12.5%, Violent 10.6%
Skelethrone is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.3%, Metroidvania 17.7%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Gore 13.1%, Violent 10.5%
Dig through Hell. Kill the horde. Choose your power. Descend deeper. A roguelike shooter-platformer where the ground is your weapon and every boss kill makes you stronger.
Why similar: Gore 34.7%, Destruction 17.4%, Violent 11%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.8%, Platformer 8.2%
Mishaka is an ordinary mouse with extraordinary courage. Upon learning of the cheese theft, he decides to take gun into his own paws and reclaim the lost delicacies. Throughout his adventure, Mishaka will encounter dangers, traps, and a multitude of enemies — from cunning rats to giant predators.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19%, Platformer 17.7%, Metroidvania 16.2%, Crime 12.1%, 1990's 10.3%
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.1%, Metroidvania 18.4%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Platformer 15%, 2.5D 14.9%
Max is in trouble. He pissed off his cat Lula and now she’s out to get him. And Lula is far from sweet. She is vicious, cold and unforgiving. More dangerous than Lula are her traps – deadly and brutal killing contraptions with Max’s name written all over them.
Why similar: Gore 40.6%, Violent 30%, Platformer 16.7%, Action 12.7%
Possess a suit of armor and battle your way through a haunting world of undead, beasts, and void creatures to stop the reckless Mad King reign. Conquer challenging bosses, absorb their ectoplasm to fuel the ghostly strength of your spectral weapons.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.2%, Side Scroller 16.3%, 2.5D 16.1%, Platformer 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%
Knight of the Forgotten Realm is a 2.5D dark fantasy action-adventure soulslike set in Austeria, a war-torn realm. Featuring visceral combat and the ability to overcharge your soul, you and a godlike being known as an Eternal head east to uncover lost knowledge. Will you survive the Eternal's call?
Why similar: Souls-like 36.1%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Violent 12.5%, 2.5D 11.4%, Gore 10.6%
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
Why similar: Souls-like 31.2%, Metroidvania 20.5%, Gore 14.5%, Violent 14.5%, Platformer 8.8%
You are a necromancer. The souls of the dead are your weapon. Push the limits of your combat skills in this story-driven, action packed Metroidvania. Enter in a dark world, where the sun's rays no longer heat up and evil creatures roam free in the night.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.9%, Metroidvania 18%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Violent 12.4%, Gore 10.6%
Free version of Shrouded in Sanity. Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. Servants roaming the halls will attack on sight, for a strange and repelling madness took hold... one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.
Why similar: Gore 37.3%, Violent 29.1%, Souls-like 25.7%, Action 7.9%
Pilot the Kotel One aircraft. Survive the samozbor invasion.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.6%, 1990's 18.6%, Gore 16.3%, Violent 11.5%, Arcade 7.8%
Most unique top down shooter. Bring hell to insectoid robot invasion.
Why similar: 2.5D 18.3%, Side Scroller 18%, Destruction 15.8%, 1990's 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%
3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.8%, Metroidvania 17.2%, Side Scroller 16.6%, 2.5D 16.2%, Platformer 12.5%
In a world of eternal darkness, navigate the unknown with only the glow of your companion, Spark. Craft arrows from the environment to survive, uncover lost secrets of an ancient world, and push forward through the shadows into hope. Will you find your way, or will the dark consume you?
Why similar: Souls-like 24%, Metroidvania 23%, Platformer 17.2%, Gore 13.1%, Violent 11.5%
This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.2%, Metroidvania 18.3%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Violent 11.9%, Platformer 9.9%
You wake up in a dark forest and you don't know how you got here, and you don't remember anything. But somehow everything changed. You meet strange creatures, and no one is very friendly in this world. Soldiers, monsters and basically everything in this place is trying to end your journey quickly.
Why similar: 2.5D 30.2%, Side Scroller 25.5%, Gore 12.2%, Violent 9.9%, Platformer 8.9%
NecroArcher can be best described as a mix between Lord of the Rings and The Hangover movies in the form of a Metroidvania.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.1%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Metroidvania 16.8%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Platformer 10.5%
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.6%, Metroidvania 18.7%, 2.5D 16%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 13.6%
VELASTER is a gruesome 3D side-scrolling action combat game set in the Middle-earth called Malum. You will find yourself growing in battles against various monsters and bosses. Take revenge that remains in your fading memories.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.5%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Metroidvania 18.3%, 2.5D 16.7%, Platformer 13.6%
Egregor Indoctrination tells an intriguing story in an episodic and laconic manner, combining elements of Metroidvania and Visual Novel genres.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, Metroidvania 20.2%, 2.5D 17.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Gore 10.5%
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
Why similar: Souls-like 35.4%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Platformer 11.6%, Violent 7.7%
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: Souls-like 28.3%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Metroidvania 20.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Action 6.7%
Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Souls-like 54%, Gore 19.8%, Violent 17.7%, Action 8.4%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 57.2%, Metroidvania 17.7%, Platformer 8.1%, Gore 6.2%, Side Scroller 5.9%
A game about bloody and cruel story of toys.
Why similar: Gore 17.6%, Dark Comedy 16.9%, Platformer 16%, Violent 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Why similar: Gore 27.4%, Platformer 18.9%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Violent 13.2%, Action 10.1%
Descend into a corrupted 1930s asylum in a 2D eldritch action Souls-like. Master scythe combat, dodge, block and parry deadly attacks, recover lost Sanity, replay completed levels, and rise stronger with every descent.
Why similar: Souls-like 36.6%, Metroidvania 20.1%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Gore 8.6%, Violent 7%
This is an authentic side-scrolling Japanese sword-fighting action game. You control the main character, Mitsuki, as she fights off the attacking demons and investigates the cause of the calamity that has befallen the land of Totsuka.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.4%, Metroidvania 23.2%, Gore 15%, Platformer 13%, Violent 12.2%
Post-soviet Russia, Tyumen in 1995. Alexey Smirnov, a local shot-caller, nicknamed 'Alek' found out about the death of his friends and swore to avenge. The bloody war started between the gangs of the city. However, a true enemy turned out not to be common gangsters, but men much scarier
Why similar: Gore 23.9%, Crime 20.3%, Violent 20.2%, 1990's 12.6%, Shooter 12.4%
Enter a world of darkness and chaos where the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of a mysterious nun. Our 2.5D run-and-gun shooter features intense action, epic boss battles, responsive controls, and stunning 3D graphics
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.8%, 2.5D 25.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, 1990's 10.2%, Shooter 9.3%
Shank n' Bake is an exciting, twisted take on runner games. Set off to end humanity's healthy food movement by slashing and slamming your foes while avoiding your own untimely, violent death.
Why similar: Gore 24.9%, Violent 20.2%, Action 14.3%, Dark Humor 11%, Dark Comedy 10.9%
Religious guy Henry witnesses violent shootouts and fragments of his past every night in his dreams. In reality, he’s an ordinary man struggling with anger and guilt while visiting his pastor. Fight inside his dreams in this isometric pixel-art shooter and experience his True Confession.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.8%, Gore 20.1%, 1990's 19.2%, Crime 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.7%
Old-school bloody 2d-shooter!
Why similar: Gore 41%, Violent 33.3%, Platformer 15.7%, Action 9.9%
Rot is a 2.5D tag-team action adventure that combines exploration and fighting game mechanics. Explore a dying, dark fantasy world warped by powerful personas known as beacons. Fight, survive, save your home, and watch as the world around is changed as the powers of the beacons strengthen or weaken.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.2%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Metroidvania 16.9%, 2.5D 15.9%, Platformer 14.7%
A 2D top-down extraction survival game where you loot, cook, and fight your way out of deadly arenas as Mr. Mogee—a deranged chef trapped between hunger and madness.
Why similar: Violent 19.3%, Dark Comedy 18.3%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Crime 15.3%, Platformer 13.9%
A gore action and adventure game where you'll learn about the Mayan culture while you explore, obtain new abilities and defeat enemies to save Zaya's lands from the curse that ravages humankind and deities.
Why similar: Gore 23%, Metroidvania 21%, Side Scroller 17.3%, 2.5D 16.6%, Violent 15.3%