Games Like Dynamite Jack

Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.

Why similar: Stealth 78.3%, Indie 10.2%, Action 8.4%, Level Editor 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that demands precise movement and stealth to avoid detection in dangerous facilities.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Stealth 66.4%, Indie 11.5%, Top-Down 10.1%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth game that emphasizes quick movement and clever navigation through guarded environments.

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

Why similar: Stealth 74.5%, Indie 10.1%, Action 7.3%, Level Editor 6.3%, Adventure 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical stealth and gadget-based puzzle solving that mirrors the strategic use of tools in Dynamite Jack.

SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Indie 34.5%, Action 26.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on underground mining and exploration with a strong emphasis on navigating hazardous environments.

An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

Why similar: Action 27.5%, Adventure 24.9%, Top-Down 24.1%, Indie 23.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon crawling with mining mechanics in a way that feels like a natural evolution of the seed game's theme.

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Action 38.1%, Top-Down 35%, Indie 26.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the fast-paced, top-down action and high-stakes tension found in the mines of the seed game.

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Why similar: Action 54.8%, Dark 45.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, physics-based underground adventure that captures the claustrophobic feel of exploring dark mines.

A Bomberman-inspired Wild West action game with bombs! A solo hardcore reinvention of the iconic explosive action!

Why similar: Action 37.9%, Adventure 31.4%, Indie 30.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features bomb-based combat and action-roguelike elements that align with the core mechanics of the seed game.

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Why similar: Stealth 80.6%, Action 7.5%, Indie 7.5%, Adventure 3.7%, Dark 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a masterclass in stealth mechanics, utilizing light and shadow to navigate past enemies.

Take contracts from sinister megacorporations in this isometric stealth action shooter with RPG elements. Choose your approach: hack defenses, take down the guards, or blow a new entrance with explosives. Use your credits to buy weapons, cyberlimbs, hack software, and ninja gear.

Why similar: Stealth 37.6%, Destruction 37.3%, Action 25.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that offers a similar perspective and tactical approach to infiltrating enemy areas.

Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.

Why similar: Underground 63.6% ★, Action 36.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy mining game that focuses on destruction and fast-paced action.

In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!

Why similar: Indie 39.9%, Action 32.4%, Adventure 27.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced platformer that emphasizes the frantic energy of escaping from dangerous, trap-filled levels.

Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!

Why similar: Action 35.9%, Adventure 33.1%, Indie 31%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on navigating trap-heavy dungeons with precision.

Dungeon Digger is a roguelike game about a brave dwarf seeking legendary treasures. Descend deep underground, mine valuable minerals, craft upgraded gear, and battle spiders, golems, worms, and ghosts to become a cave hero!

Why similar: Adventure 75.7%, Top-Down 24.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D dungeon crawler that emphasizes exploration and survival in a pixel-art style.

Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world! Customise your character, master all difficulty levels and literally jump to the top of the leaderboards to prove your skills!

Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 35.8%, Adventure 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that emphasizes exploration and combat in subterranean environments.

Use the elements at your disposal, such as excavators, pumps, plumbing, among others, to drill the soil to the indicated location. The dynamic scenario, fluid mechanics and the laws of physics must be manipulated correctly to achieve the goal. Find the city of Underland!

Why similar: Destruction 45.2%, Level Editor 41%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses destruction and puzzle-solving mechanics to navigate through underground environments.

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Indie 63.5%, Action 22%, Adventure 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive underground exploration game where navigating traps and managing resources is essential for survival.

Cave Digger is a mining game in an alternative western setting. Gear up with numerous unique tools and explore the town and the depths of the mountain. Discover secrets, easter eggs and multiple endings.

Why similar: Action 52.3%, Adventure 47.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of mining and exploration in a dark, atmospheric underground setting.

Nuclear Contingency is a top down action stealth game set during the height of the cold war.

Why similar: Action 46.4%, Stealth 32.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features stealth and action elements in a 2D perspective that feels reminiscent of the seed game's design.

Smithy is an underground rodent that happens to be an excellent weapons smith. Purchase and upgrade weapons while destroying everything standing in your way to collect more gold!

Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that shares the perspective and simple, direct gameplay loop of the seed game.

Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.

Why similar: Adventure 50.6%, Indie 49.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a space-themed mining and exploration experience that shares the seed game's focus on resource gathering.

You find yourself stuck in a cave with nothing but your wit... and a pickaxe! As you climb your way out you'll find this is no ordinary cave.

Why similar: Action 44.3%, Adventure 31.2%, Indie 24.5%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that focuses on the theme of escaping from a dangerous cave system.

Pickaxe ready? Coal, iron, gold & diamond! 18 Miners to unlock! Get chopping in this action packed, arcade style game.

Why similar: Action 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

Why You'll Like It: A casual action game centered on mining and navigating underground obstacles.

"The Superfluous" [soo-pur-floo-uh s] A cave-diving, sci-fi, rogue-lite, platformer with jet packs and lots of explosions. Help stop an apocalyptic asteroid on collision course with Earth. Lead a squad to the center of the asteroid and blast it into space dust.

Why similar: Action 36%, Adventure 33.8%, Indie 30.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action game that emphasizes movement and platforming in challenging environments.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Top-Down 35.5%, Action 24.6%, Level Editor 21.3%, Indie 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical game that requires careful planning and stealth to clear rooms effectively.

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Stealth 89.1%, Indie 5.2%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth game that rewards patience and precise execution of movement.

You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.

Why similar: Adventure 56.9%, Underground 29.9% ★, Indie 13.2%

Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!

Why similar: Destruction 72.1%, Action 27.9%

The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.

Why similar: Stealth 62%, Level Editor 23.2%, Action 10.8%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth game that focuses on team-based infiltration and clever gadget usage.

"With your trusty shank and die hard will to survive, you've successfully broken out of your Prison Cell. How many other prisoners can you set free on your way to Freedom? Take down as many Guards as possible while avoiding traps and hazards along the way! From Knives, to Guns, and Mines to Bombs!"

Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that captures the spirit of fighting through hostile territory.

Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.

Why similar: Action 41%, Indie 30.9%, Adventure 28.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D cover-based shooter that emphasizes fast movement and tactical positioning.

Welcome to Underminer, an underground adventure game set in a subterranean world. Mine minerals, earn money, upgrade your drill machine and descend deeper into the earth. The truth about 'legendary minerals' and an exciting underground world are waiting for you!

Why similar: Indie 34.6%, Adventure 34.5%, Action 30.9%

Dig up the Adamant Core from a procedurally generated mine, extract ores, sell them for profit, upgrade your equipment, and keep the King happy by sending him tributes before he loses his temper!

Why similar: Underground 67.2% ★, Indie 22.3%, Adventure 10.5%

Survive in countless levels and search for the lights.

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented game that focuses on navigating dark environments with limited visibility.

Infiltrate the depths of an exoplanet mining facility to scavenge for gear and challenge a corrupt megacorporation. Utilize gadgets and equipment in high-stakes stealth, and hone your fighting skills in breakneck combat in this stylish stealth-action dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Stealth 65.2%, Action 13.6%, Top-Down 13.2%, PvE 8%

You are a mine worker, stuck deep in an underground cave system. All you have are your hi-tech mining tools. In order to get out of the caves, you will have to shape the dynamic environment to your advantage. You can also create force fields for different purposes.

Why similar: Underground 30.5% ★, Action 24.4%, Adventure 23.8%, Indie 21.3%

A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.

Why similar: Top-Down 48%, Adventure 31.3%, Indie 13.4%, Action 7.3%

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Action 60.7%, Adventure 39.3%

A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.

Why similar: Destruction 35%, Dark 22.1%, Adventure 21.6%, Action 21.3%

You are a Data Jammer, an elite virtual commando tasked with one purpose: Infiltrate the virtual Vaults of Ouroboros, the Military Industrial Complex, and take down The System!

Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%

The soldier in the mine is an interesting 2D platformer. In this game, to move from one cave to another. But you will interfere with obstacles.

Why similar: Underground 63.5% ★, Action 23.5%, Indie 13%

Explore various dungeons, making use of various weapons and magic! Challenge the most deadly locations, make your name as an adventurer! Clear the corridors of monsters, collecting tools and weapons as you go. Watch out for booby traps!

Why similar: Action 49.4%, Indie 38.1%, Dark 12.5%

Join the adventures of Little Jack. You will need to solve many interconnected puzzles that involve finding keys, pushing crates in order to reach the exit door. The game will have 4 difficulty levels so that each person regardless of its skill level can enjoy this game.

Why similar: Action 34.1%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 32.6%

Enter the mine with Frank the Miner, go hunting for precious gems and treasures and set your personal record.

Why similar: Indie 53.2%, Adventure 46.8%

BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.

Why similar: Action 51.9%, Adventure 48.1%

Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.

Why similar: Underground 45.7% ★, Top-Down 20.5%, Action 17.5%, Adventure 16.3%

There's only You, the brave Sergio Fox, the parcel and the destination point!

Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 26.9%

Help Oliver in this retro-pixel and challenging platformer. Explore a cursed cave, full of traps, secrets and diamonds. Complete all levels, get the biggest diamond for your girlfriend and break the curse that is dooming you.

Why similar: Underground 36.5% ★, Action 23.6%, Adventure 22%, Indie 17.9%

EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Why similar: Top-Down 38.2%, Action 27.1%, Adventure 19.7%, Dark 15%

As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.

Why similar: Action 52.5%, Indie 47.5%

Dragged into Archeology by his uncle, Dan decides to take matters into his own hands. He discovers ancient temples with long lost treasures and menacing traps. Dan follows the clues found in the temples which leads him on a trip across the world, bringing him ever closer to making a sensational discovery.

Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 32%, Indie 31.1%

Dwarf Journey is an action roguelite platformer with randomly generated levels. Defeat enemies, level up, assemble your rune build and collect minerals to forge better equipment on an epic journey in search of immortality.

Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 41.4%, Indie 15.7%

Bombunter is a 2D platformer where you play as a fearless treasure hunter exploring mysterious underground dungeons.

Why similar: Adventure 78.3%, Indie 21.7%

An action roguelike digger. Dig to discover treasure, adventure and bones! Jump, dash, stomp and dig your way through a strange world inhabited by stranger creatures.

Why similar: Action 38.2%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 30%

Action-Oriented Dungeon Crawler RPG

Why similar: Level Editor 38.4%, Action 21.3%, PvE 20.9%, Indie 19.5%

Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!

Why similar: Adventure 61.4%, Action 38.6%

A short horror about exploring abandoned space stations and collecting junk in order to pay off your S.R.P.O debt.

Why similar: Destruction 41.8%, Action 17.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Dark 16.6%, Indie 7.3%

Roguelike with balls! Prove your ball skills and dribble your way through a randomly generated, dangerous track network full of deadly challenges! Face post-apocalyptic mutants, improve your balls with high-tech upgrades and escape the pixel art underground labyrinth.

Why similar: Underground 33.1% ★, Action 29.5%, Indie 18.8%, Adventure 18.6%

Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?

Why similar: Underground 80.8% ★, Adventure 19.2%

Simple platformer in a dark setting

Why similar: Adventure 42.2%, Action 39.3%, Indie 18.5%