Games Like Down With Hell: Crystal

Jet Gunner is reloaded, remade and refueled for a new explosive 8-bit adventure. Relive the past glory days where VHS was king, phones didn't have screens and you'd have to blow into a cartridge to get your gaming fix.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Side Scroller 10.6%

Battle your way through risky woods and murky caves. Stomping Skeletons....traps to trick you....face-gripping flying fiends!

Why similar: Side Scroller 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Arcade 9.6%

This is a horizontal shooter game. The story takes place in a city infected by "coal", where most people have become coal zombies. When the government learned of the great changes in the city, it sent two elite soldiers to investigate the situation.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Platformer 13.7%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 11.5%

There isn't anything better than punching things in 8-bit that will end up leaving you with RAW FISTS! *Warning, this game contains old school difficulty* (Blowing in the cartridge is not required.)

Why similar: Platformer 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%

A colorful world full of secrets and challenges. Explore, help others, unlock new masks, and reactivate the three Light Crystals before darkness takes over.

Why similar: Action 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Arcade 12.5%, Side Scroller 12.2%

Dead for Dread is an exciting game in which you take on the role of a brave hero who goes into the dark labyrinths to retrieve a stolen artifact. Embark on a dangerous journey through mysterious dungeons full of mysteries and sinister creatures.

Why similar: Platformer 15.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Action 14.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%

In a world devastated by machines, humanity places its last hope in a warrior equipped with special armor. Explore intense stages, face challenging bosses, and fight to reclaim what remains of the planet.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Arcade 13%, Action 12.3%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

Splood is a side-view game where the player controls a little sorceress, using her staff she shoots clots of paint, which pushes her off and flies between platforms, passing level after level.

Why similar: Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Arcade 11%, Shooter 10.9%

Magic Time is an adventure in the arcade genre with a magical setting.

Why similar: Platformer 14.5%, Arcade 13.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Action 13%, Action-Adventure 11.5%

Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!

Why similar: Side Scroller 12.5%, Platformer 12.5%, Arcade 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10%

Sir Noggin is a platformer inspired by the glorious 8-bit days and in the style of the Master System. Relive the days where the controllers only had a couple of buttons and you'd have to re-tune in your television sets.

Why similar: Platformer 13.5%, Action 13.5%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Arcade 12.6%, Side Scroller 12.2%

Deathchron is an action side scroller where you play as a kid that finds an amazing mech to save the world.

Why similar: Platformer 14.7%, Action 14.6%, Arcade 13.7%, Adventure 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.2%

A stylish pixel-art platformer with a thumping chip-tune sound track. Perfect for quick and short bites of run and jump gaming action. Taking you back to the retro days in a modern way.

Why similar: 1980s 16%, Arcade 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Platformer 8.6%

Arsonist Heaven is a retro-styled action platformer where you as a mercenary equipped with a jetpack and flamethrower will incinerate mutants in dangerous locations.

Why similar: Platformer 16.2%, Action 15.2%, Side Scroller 13%, Arcade 12.4%, Adventure 8.6%

Xeno's Adventure is a run and gun action game with focus on boss fights and harder difficulty. You will explore different worlds, battle mind controlled monsters and bosses, all in a drawn 2D Pixel Art style.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 15%

2D Story Based Action Platformer, face off against 6 assassins to save your sister

Why similar: Action 16.6%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Arcade 14.4%, Side Scroller 12.7%

Oculant is a classic retro action adventure platformer in a dark-fantasy world. Travel through the kingdom and discover what lies within the kingdom's dark secret.

Why similar: Side Scroller 13.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Arcade 12.1%, 1980s 12%

Take on the role of the rad red croc Brock in this 2D action platformer. Equiped with his trusty whip and fruitgun, blast and swing your way through an adventure inspired by the 90s, taking on giant bee mechas, mad ducktors and more as you try to stop the wicked Wize and his legion of minions!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Arcade 12%, Side Scroller 11.9%

Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!

Why similar: Platformer 13.4%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12%, 1980s 11.4%

Search for lost treasure in this Indiana Jones style adventure. Your quest for fortune and glory will not be easy however. Few ever return from their expeditions into the deep jungles. So, if you are brave enough, the "Jungles of Maxtheria" awaits!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Platformer 12%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Arcade 11.1%

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: Platformer 14.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.2%

"In "Avventure Vampiresche" Farenz faces morning obstacles in an epic race through Cremona at 5 o'clock in the morning! Dodge ducks, spitballs, runners, and more to close the rings in time! Get ready for a frantic and enjoyable experience!"

Why similar: Action 16.9%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Arcade 15.8%, Adventure 14.9%, Action-Adventure 14.6%

A fun and simple 2D platformer game about a duck named Scruffles. Fight your way through 10 levels with a smooth feeling movement system.

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.7%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Arcade 12.9%, Action-Adventure 12.2%

A new platform game that combines 2D style with 3D in a post apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Arcade 15.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Platformer 14.7%, Action 14.4%, Action-Adventure 14%

Slayer Cat is a classic action shooter game that combines hand-drawn drawings with classic gameplay. Inspired by games like Contra, Doom, and Cuphead. Play as The Slayer Cat as you traverse strange places on an enemy planet, and discover and discover the mysteries of this place!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Platformer 14.5%, Arcade 13.3%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%

Bluravity is a 2D gravity platformer featuring a small block protagonist

Why similar: Action-Adventure 16.2%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Arcade 15.5%, Action 12%, Platformer 11.4%

Serious Breakdown is a platformer, in the role of a robot, you need to clean up the levels as much as possible and get the necessary parts. Learn to dodge or kill enemies. At the end of the path, you will need to defeat the main villain of this universe.

Why similar: Side Scroller 22.4%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 16.6%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 10.8%

The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.7%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 10%

One Man. One Gun. One Thousand Zombies... that think. Face an intelligent horde, uncover a dark mystery, and destroy everything in your path in this brutal 2D action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Action 12.2%, Adventure 10.8%

Fight against a sect planning terrorist attacks in this side-scrolling shooter.

Why similar: Platformer 14.4%, Side Scroller 14%, Arcade 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Shooter 11.5%

Star Tank is a shmup with eighties aesthetics, a mixture of styles (Galaga-Operation Wolf). A difficult game that requires great control skills. 20 stages. 5 bosses. Various enemies. Become an expert pilot of a StarTank!!!!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 10.9%

MOON MAN: THE GAME is a 2d platformer shooter. In this game you will find many different worlds and weapons to use. The game is inspired by a certain someone.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%

Inspired by old NES games, Ragnar is a 2D run-and-gun action platformer that will be difficulty and fair. We would like to bring back the classic and retro feel to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Arcade 9.4%

Oh no, The princess has been kidnapped! Help our valiant Knight rescue the princess from the clutches of the demons in this enjoyable, but challenging, platformer game. Defeat your enemies using different weapons, and ultimately Save the Princess.

Why similar: Side Scroller 17.2%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Arcade 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.7%

Challenging Platformer Adventure game with a silly look and feel, get your monkey to the end whilst fighting enemy monkeys and bosses and unlock and complete new stages. There are no checkpoints so dying sends you back to the start of your stage.

Why similar: Action 16.8%, Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Adventure 14.6%, 2D Platformer 14.1%

Frenetic action and LCD aesthetic! In this 2D Shoot 'Em Up, switch between a robot hero and his benign tumor to stop a bizarre cult. You have 8 hours to save humanity's memory: defeat grotesque bosses, ride the skies on your Future Board, and master the chaos in a retro-futuristic Tokyo.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 14%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Adventure 8.6%

A retro-style action-platformer that blends the stealth shootouts of Rolling Thunder with the raw brawling of Double Dragon. The result? A thrilling 2D spy adventure set in the 1960s — packed with fists, bullets, and classic arcade energy!!

Why similar: Platformer 13.1%, Arcade 12.9%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%

The apeX of 2D action, the Luminous Avenger iX series, complete and refined. With all DLC and new balance updates, both games reach their peak. Plus an all-new "Endless Battle" mode. This special update is perfect for new and returning players alike.

Why similar: Action 17%, Platformer 16.6%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Adventure 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%

Speed on through the adventurous world of Greeny The Blox! The fast-platforming cube with a burst of energy!

Why similar: Platformer 16.4%, Action 16.2%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Adventure 14%, Side Scroller 14%

Arcanion: Tale of Magi is a retro-style platformer that tells the story of a fledgling warrior Magi, and she and her allies must recover a book from a thief who seeks to use its powers to carry out his revenge.

Why similar: Platformer 18.2%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 14.6%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Shooter 13.4%

Shoot lasers in space because a fish told you to. Ernesto's Asteroid Arcade is a twin-stick side-scrolling space shoot-em-up which tells the story of a man side-scrolling in space and shooting-em-up with twin-sticks. This game has at least 2 characters in it.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Action 16.6%, Arcade 15.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Side Scroller 13.4%

Lose your patience, peace and tranquility, trying to save Hat Man from the most dangerous cave in the world.

Why similar: Platformer 22.1%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Action 12%, Adventure 10.9%

A handheld-inspired platforming adventure! Escape the mysterious desert island of Khnumia...

Why similar: Platformer 17.4%, Action 16.5%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Adventure 14.3%

The gas runned out and you're in the middle of nowhere! Now it's time to kick, shoot, fire and rip apart zombies and monsters in this 80's thriller platform game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Arcade 14%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 13.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%

Lead Allie, Roslyn, Harry, "Dad," and Buddy, employees of military security firm "Acronia." Due to an accident, the facility you work at has been overrun by mutants. Your only goal is to escape, and kill any monsters that try to stop you!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Side Scroller 12%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%

Fight against different monsters and save the Castle from the fearsome Lord Skul! Especially for retro game lovers. You'll find epic battles with big Bosses, Password at every stage and high difficulty for retro lovers. All this and more awaits you in “Warrior of Wisdom”

Why similar: Adventure 17.4%, Platformer 17.2%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Action 16.7%, 2D Platformer 14.5%

Aidan in Danger is a retro-style 2D platform game. The player takes on the role of Aidan, the guardian of the last dragon. Face challenging levels, menacing creatures, and an interdimensional villain, all while enjoying beautiful graphics and an exciting soundtrack.

Why similar: Side Scroller 18.3%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 14.4%, Arcade 12%, Action 9.6%

Shiro is an adventure platformer in which you have to find your missing sister

Why similar: Platformer 18.9%, Adventure 14.9%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Action 14.6%, Side Scroller 14.1%

Hero's black dungeon is a 2D action roguelike. Take control of a young adventurer who travels to the Mediterranean lands in search of adventure and glory. On your way you will meet quite a few enemies and interesting characters. Arm yourself with magical blades and chop down enemies on your way!

Why similar: Arcade 17.1%, Platformer 17%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 16.5%, Action-Adventure 14.5%

BE FASTER. Take on the role of a corpo scav drone pilot, tasked with tearing through the decaying corpse of a world to salvage the remains of a powerful energy source. Master flight through hostile environments and deadly security measures in 100 precision platforming levels.

Why similar: Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Action 15.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a 2D run ’n’ gun from a game developer Dad and his 11 year old son, with a special message behind it. Travel to 11 different worlds, all presented in classic 16-bit style, with a catchy chip-tune soundtrack and lots of over-the-top weapons!

Why similar: Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Arcade 12.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11%, Shooter 11%

SlimyLeap is a fast-paced pixel-art infinite runner where you play as a brave little slime trying to go as far as possible without dying.

Why similar: Platformer 16.3%, Action 14.4%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Arcade 12.7%, Adventure 12.6%

Chop to it!! It's time to get your girl back. You play as Qwackeric in this side-scrolling action adventure. Play through ten lumbering stages. Left and right keys move and up arrow to jump, space to attack and escape to pause the game. Our Hero Heads to Start his new life as a LumberQwaxes!!

Why similar: Action 16.4%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Arcade 14.4%, Adventure 14%

LampMan! is a 2d action-platformer featuring three playable characters you can switch between at any time. Master their abilities, conquer vibrant levels, and restore light to LampWorld!

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.6%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Arcade 13.5%, Action-Adventure 12.8%

Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.

Why similar: Platformer 13.3%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Arcade 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.7%

Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.

Why similar: Platformer 17.6%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Action 11.6%

This is a 2D action platformer where you star as Sonday, a young girl who can transform into a powerful tanooki to save the world.

Why similar: Platformer 19.5%, Action 19.3%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, 1980s 15.4%

At the end of time, an ancient, familiar evil awakens, threatening the remaining life in the universe.

Why similar: Platformer 17.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Action 16.2%, Side Scroller 13.3%

Blinding Lite is an action-adventure platformer that focuses on tight acrobatic platforming. Venture forth and save the Elementals from their capture! Experience a flowing move set, a world brimming with character, and a world painted in NES colors!

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.7%, Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Action 9.8%

Arena Battle is a strategy skirmish in minimalist graphics. Thinking strategically, you will achieve victory and complete level after level, meeting more difficult challenges.

Why similar: Adventure 20.8%, Action 20.1%, Arcade 19.1%, Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 15.8%