- #1 Blaster Master Zero 2
97% matchVery Positive90% of 551 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Join Jason, Eve, and Fred on an intergalactic journey! The side-scrolling/top-down hybrid action adventure title "Blaster Master Zero" returns with its long-awaited sequel! Experience the yet-untold story of Jason and Eve after defeating Earth's mutant scourge in "Blaster Master Zero".
Why similar: Action 43.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Anime 21%, 2D 12.4%
- #2 Blaster Master Zero 3
96% matchVery Positive88% of 469 reviews2021
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!
Why similar: Anime 24.1%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%
- #3 MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST
96% matchVery Positive89% of 228 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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%
- #4 Actraiser Renaissance
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 749 reviews2021
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Heaven, earth and mankind - Create and destroy everything according to your will! Experience the revival of the '90s classic hit "Actraiser"
Why similar: Anime 41.8%, Action 35.9%, 2D 18.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #5 Super Alloy Ranger
94% matchVery Positive92% of 366 reviews2022
Dev: Alloy MushroomPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Action 31.1%, Action-Adventure 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Anime 6.6%
- #6 Virtua Unlimited Project
93% matchVery Positive92% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: Virtua Ride SystemPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows
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: Anime 25.2%, Action-Adventure 24.2%, Action 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Adventure 10.8%
- #7 KAMIKO
94% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2019
Dev: SKIPMOREPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Wield your weapon bestowed by the gods, and open the gates between worlds!
Why similar: Top-Down 16.9%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Action 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Fantasy 11.1%
- #8 FLARE NUINUI QUEST
92% matchVery Positive93% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: sulpxPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
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: Action 19%, Adventure 18.1%, Anime 17.6%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%
- #9 Freedom Planet 2
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Action-Adventure 24.5%, Anime 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Action 15.2%, Adventure 14.7%
- #10 Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 466 reviews2022
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Action 28%, Action-Adventure 23.9%, Anime 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Fantasy 9.2%
- #11 Arisen Force: HeroTest
89% matchVery Positive83% of 379 reviews2024
Dev: Lemport
Windows
Experience stylish-action battles and beautiful pixel art, summon heroes across time and space, and challenge the magic tower to save the heroic spirits and goddesses!
Why similar: Anime 25.6%, Action 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Adventure 18.1%, Fantasy 13.8%
- #12 Panzer Paladin
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 656 reviews2020
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
Why similar: Anime 32.8%, Action 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, 2D 14.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #13 Narita Boy
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,785 reviews2021
Dev: Studio KobaPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!
Why similar: Action 28%, Action-Adventure 23.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, 2D 11.7%
- #14 MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 703 reviews2024
Dev: LEVEL5 Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Launch a counteroffensive to take back the Earth from alien invaders in this mecha action RPG.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.8%, Anime 26.3%, Action 17%, Adventure 13.2%, 2D 12.3%
- #15 TEVI
87% matchVery Positive89% of 3,852 reviews2023
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Anime 26.3%, Action-Adventure 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Action 10.7%, 2D 9.3%
- #16 ASTROLANCER
86% matchVery Positive98% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Hexeye
Windows
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience! Devise your own playstyle with a huge variety of weapons. Hardcore and casual players alike are welcome!
Why similar: Anime 27.2%, Action 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, 2D 11%, Top-Down 10%
- #17 Berserk Boy
86% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: BerserkBoy Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Anime 22.5%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Action 15.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
- #18 Debugging Hero
84% matchVery Positive90% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: Team ETTU
Windows
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: Top-Down 20.1%, Action 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Anime 11.9%, Fantasy 11.4%
- #19 Blaster Master Zero
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,058 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.
Why similar: Action 49.1%, Pixel Graphics 23.3%, Anime 19%, 2D 8.6%
- #20 YOHANE THE PARHELION -BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE-
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,007 reviews2023
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Yohane the Parhelion is an official spin-off of "Love Live! Sunshine". Yohane's fantasy world sets the stage for a 2D metroidvania in "Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue"!
Why similar: Anime 29.1%, Action 27%, Adventure 22.6%, 2D 9%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #21 Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,528 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket TrapPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.7%, Top-Down 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 12.3%
- #22 Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
82% matchVery Positive80% of 2,037 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorphosis GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
Why similar: Anime 22.7%, Action 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Adventure 14.1%, 2D 12.1%
- #23 Philna Fantasy
83% matchMixed58% of 538 reviews2026
Dev: Sailike GamePub: Anotherindie
Windows
Philna Fantasy is a classic pixel action RPG where you explore diverse regions, battle through dungeons, solve puzzles, craft gear, and collect adorable pets. Choose your class, discover powerful loot, and fight back against the invading shadow.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Action 19.7%, Adventure 15.2%, 2D 13.1%
- #24 Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,179 reviews2023
Dev: Bar Holographic Otaku
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 23.7%, 2D 16.5%, Fantasy 11.2%, Anime 6%
- #25 HARDCORE MECHA
81% matchVery Positive83% of 2,669 reviews2019
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Anime 40.7%, Action 40.4%, 2D 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #26 Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
81% matchVery Positive93% of 585 reviews2020
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Action 36.3%, Anime 32.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, 2D 13.1%
- #27 Phoenotopia: Awakening
79% matchVery Positive83% of 2,763 reviews2021
Dev: Cape Cosmic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Adventure 21.8%, Action 21.8%, Action-Adventure 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, 2D 10.9%
- #28 MEGA MAN X DiVE Offline
78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,862 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Mega Man X DiVE reimagined the world of the Mega Man X series, and now it's getting an offline version! Strengthen your characters and weapons with a variety of powerups to make them all your own. Then test them out in the side-scrolling action of "what-if" worlds in Mega Man X!
Why similar: Action 52.7%, 2D 28.3%, Anime 11.1%, Singleplayer 7.8%
- #29 Fallen Leaf
78% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2024
Dev: Delta Shore Games
Windows
Fallen Leaf is a retro side-scrolling adventure focused on tight, action-packed level design set in a whimsical world where almost anything goes!
Why similar: Action 28%, Pixel Graphics 26.3%, Anime 16.9%, 2D 16.6%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #30 Gravity Circuit
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Action 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 31.7%, 2D 21.9%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #31 Mekabolt
79% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 29.1%, Action 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Adventure 13.3%, 2D 12.6%
- #32 Metal Bringer
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,110 reviews2025
Dev: ALPHAWING Inc.Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
In this roguelike action-adventure, control humanoid "Labor" and giant "Arms" to uncover the mysteries of the world. Create fully-customizable robots, strengthen them, and take down hordes of enemies!
Why similar: Action 87.7%, Singleplayer 12.3%
- #33 Aeruta
73% matchVery Positive95% of 2,211 reviews2025
Dev: FromDawn GamesPub: GRAVITY GAME ARISE Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A bread revolution across the world now begins! Aeruta is a side-scrolling action game with a shop management twist, fight monsters for materials and use them to make breads, then finally make the deserted town popular again!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.3%, Anime 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Action 12.2%
- #34 Advent NEON®
74% matchVery Positive99% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: CryoGX
Windows
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 36.9%, Action 27.8%, Adventure 14.8%, 2D 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #35 ROBO OH
77% matchVery Positive100% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Foxy Boxy Games
Windows
FC-style robots fighting game!
Why similar: Action 28.3%, Anime 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Adventure 14.9%, 2D 12.3%
- #36 Pudding: Lyre Knight
75% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Katatema
Windows
"Let's defeat the demon lord together!" A thrilling action-adventure of destruction!
Why similar: Action 21.5%, Anime 20.4%, Adventure 19.7%, Top-Down 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #37 Polyroll
76% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: HOF Studios
Windows
Explore branching levels, fight quirky bosses, and save the day in this retro platformer inspired by the classics!
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Adventure 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.2%, 2D 15.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #38 CONERU -DIMENSION GIRL-
73% matchVery Positive96% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: HIKE Inc.
Windows
Feel-good, high-impact 2D action with two hearts as one. Time for a powerful, vivid “Action Date”!
Why similar: Action 29%, Anime 21.2%, Action-Adventure 18.7%, 2D 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #39 Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,324 reviews2023
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.
Why similar: Anime 27.1%, Action 24.4%, Adventure 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, 2D 11.3%
- #40 Guns of Fury
71% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.8%, Action 28.9%, 2D 18.5%, Adventure 15.8%
- #41 Mighty Gunvolt
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 415 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Action 66.9%, Pixel Graphics 33.1%
- #42 Touhou: New World
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 285 reviews2023
Dev: Ankake SpaPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Delve back into the world of Touhou in this bullet hell action-RPG adventure! The boundary between Gensokyo and the outside world has been breached, and it falls to Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame to discover why. Level up skills, forge new equipment, and explore Gensokyo to uncover the truth!
Why similar: Anime 40.1%, Action 26%, Fantasy 19.3%, Top-Down 6.6%, Adventure 5.9%
- #43 Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,425 reviews2024
Dev: Rabbit & Bear StudiosPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is designed to bring players a modern take on a classic JRPG experience. Get ready to lead 100+ playable characters through a war-torn world only you can save.
Why similar: Anime 21.1%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Fantasy 11.6%
- #44 Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
72% matchVery Positive90% of 783 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 48.5%, Anime 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 15%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #45 Cladun X2
75% matchMixed64% of 166 reviews2012
Dev: System PrismaPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Cladun X2 is a hack n' slash dungeon crawler with a retro RPG finish and a nearly infinite level of character customization. From stats to equipment to character classes to creating your own hero, Cladun X2 promises an addicting experience that gamers new and old will fully enjoy.
Why similar: Action 68.9%, Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #46 Flynn: Son of Crimson
71% matchVery Positive85% of 747 reviews2021
Dev: Studio ThunderhorsePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.3%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, 2D 11.6%
- #47 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Team Chrono GearPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Anime 30.1%, Action 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Action-Adventure 12%, 2D 8.2%
- #48 Glimmer in Mirror
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 913 reviews2023
Dev: MapleDorm GamesPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Why similar: Anime 27.6%, Action-Adventure 21.6%, Action 16.2%, Adventure 14.6%, Fantasy 10.7%
- #49 Minishoot' Adventures
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,362 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Top-Down 30.1%, Adventure 25.6%, Action 18.4%, 2D 15.3%, Fantasy 10.6%
- #50 Outrider Mako
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Asamado GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Take on the role of Mako on her quest to seek out and subsequently deliver her, uh, deliverables in this top-down view 2D action game. Jump on top of your enemies and slime them with goo to stop them in their tracks! Get those deliverables delivered!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.7%, Anime 19.1%, Top-Down 16.4%, Action 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #51 Crossing Frontier: Fate Foretold
68% matchVery Positive90% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Beacon of Gamers
Windows
Crossing Frontier is a side-scroll action game with brawling elements, , featuring multiplayer PVP content and the thrilling combat! Bring your A-Game and join the fight!
Why similar: Anime 24.9%, Action 20.8%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Top-Down 18.8%, 2D 12.4%
- #52 Touhou Dystopian
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,022 reviews2025
Dev: Kay Lnk
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Touhou Project's Brand New Action Roguelite Fan Game! Strange incidents erupt in the Animal Realm and Primate Spirit Garden. Embark on an unknown journey, uncover the truth behind the anomalies, and break through this 'Touhou Dystopian'!
Why similar: Action 38.5%, Anime 31.5%, Adventure 15.3%, Fantasy 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #53 DunHero
65% matchVery Positive89% of 565 reviews2026
Dev: Dev Kacper
Windows · Linux
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.3%, Top-Down 18.7%, Action 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 11.3%
- #54 ANNO: Mutationem
67% matchVery Positive81% of 6,438 reviews2022
Dev: ThinkingStars
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Why similar: Anime 25.1%, Action-Adventure 23%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Action 15.8%, Adventure 14.6%
- #55 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
69% matchVery Positive94% of 362 reviews2017
Dev: Game Ever Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
Why similar: Action 36.6%, Adventure 34.3%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #56 Katana Dragon: Chapter 1
65% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Tsunoa Games
Windows · Linux
An action, adventure & dungeon exploration RPG, where you play as the ninjas Shin & Nobi in their quest to save the world of Sogen!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.6%, Anime 21.1%, Action 15.5%, Top-Down 15.4%, Adventure 14.3%
- #57 Revolgear Zero
64% matchVery Positive99% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Bikkuri SoftwarePub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Shizuku and Akane...two pilots bound by rivalry and friendship battle to save their world from malevolent cosmic forces! A classic arcade style shmup with deeply satisfying fast paced combat, wide variety of load-out combos, and even local co-op!
Why similar: Anime 33.4%, Action 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Adventure 12.7%, 2D 9.3%
- #58 Anuchard
67% matchVery Positive83% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: stellarNullPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Anuchard has fallen. Generations after the fall, its surviving descendants have chosen you as the Bellwielder of the magical Audros Bell. Go forth, battle monsters, solve puzzles, and restore Anuchard to its former glory: A paradise in the skies!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21%, Anime 19.1%, Action 13.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #59 CrossCode
65% matchVery Positive93% of 17,652 reviews2018
Dev: Radical Fish GamesPub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 42.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Anime 17.5%, Action-Adventure 15%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 11.9%
- #60 Breaking Gates
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ylun GamesPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Intense 2D action with special attacks, aerial combos, and customizable combat in a vibrant, hand-drawn world. Upgrade your skills, forge new items, discover secret paths, and face challenging enemies on a journey to save the kingdom!
Why similar: Action 20.9%, Action-Adventure 20.7%, Anime 20.2%, Adventure 13.5%, 2D 12.6%