- #1 A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 199 reviews2014
Dev: Extend StudioPub: ORiGO GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 23.4%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Action 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, 2.5D 13.1%
- #2 Gravity Circuit
96% 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: Fast-Paced 28.5%, Platformer 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Action 10.3%
- #3 PI.EXE
96% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ZenBerry Team
Windows
Take the role of an antivirus software within the world of an operating system, eliminating malware spawns in a challenging, platforming quest!
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.2%, 2.5D 22.2%, Platformer 19.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Arcade 11.2%
- #4 Azure Striker Gunvolt
95% matchVery Positive85% of 1,735 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Action 21.6%, Side Scroller 20%, Indie 5.4%
- #5 Blitz Breaker
94% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2016
Dev: Boncho Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.5%, Platformer 30.1%, Action 24.2%, Indie 9.2%
- #6 A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
94% matchMixed69% of 913 reviews2011
Dev: Extend Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.
Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Side Scroller 28.5%, Action 18.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Indie 4.5%
- #7 Copy Kitty
92% matchVery Positive97% of 406 reviews2018
Dev: Nuclear StrawberryPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Boki can copy the special abilities of any foe and then combine up to 3 of them into a unique super-weapon! Blast through hordes of evil robots in cyberspace, while training to become a superhero!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.1%, Platformer 19.1%, Action 19%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Sci-fi 8%
- #8 Axiom Verge
91% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33%, Platformer 24.9%, Sci-fi 15%, Action 10%, Side Scroller 7.8%
- #9 Rifter
91% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 37%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Action 12.8%, Side Scroller 9.6%
- #10 Savant - Ascent
90% matchVery Positive92% of 2,796 reviews2013
Dev: D-Pad Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.6%, Fast-Paced 35.1%, Action 12.4%, Arcade 6.5%, Platformer 5.4%
- #11 OVERWHELM
89% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Platformer 37%, Action 21.6%, Fast-Paced 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Indie 8.2%
- #12 MindSeize
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2020
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #13 Wells
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as Wells, a steampunk hero ready to find an amazing variety of weapons, each unique in design and functionality, and get ready to face a plethora of enemies and challenges.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.3%, Action 20%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Indie 5.6%
- #14 Katana ZERO
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Fast-Paced 26.9%, Platformer 19.7%, Action 10.8%, Sci-fi 5%
- #15 Recompile
86% matchMixed69% of 174 reviews2021
Dev: PhigamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
This atmospheric, Metroidvania hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of a Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.
Why similar: Sci-fi 43.4%, Action 24.5%, Atmospheric 17%, Indie 9.9%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #16 Construct: Escape the System
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: Oliver BoycePub: Immanitas Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.5%, Platformer 21.2%, Action 19.5%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Indie 7.6%
- #17 Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior
85% matchMixed60% of 443 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.
Why similar: Platformer 19.9%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Action 11%
- #18 REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
84% matchVery Positive90% of 398 reviews2014
Dev: Cross EagletPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Side Scroller 19.7%, 2.5D 19.4%, Action 11%, Arcade 10.2%
- #19 Headlander
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,048 reviews2016
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Adult Swim Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.7%, Platformer 25.1%, Side Scroller 18%, Action 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%
- #20 ZeroRanger
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,130 reviews2018
Dev: System Erasure
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 55.3%, Action 15.4%, Arcade 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #21 SANABI
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,256 reviews2023
Dev: WONDER POTIONPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Why similar: Platformer 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Action 18.7%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #22 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
83% matchVery Positive82% of 430 reviews2013
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Why similar: Platformer 41.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Action 20%, Indie 7.7%, 2.5D 5.8%
- #23 Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
82% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2015
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the mechanical shape-shifting, dimension switching world of the award winning, high octane action-puzzle-platformer Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, and blow crime away.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 52.2%, Platformer 24.7%, Action 15.8%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #24 Remnants of Naezith
81% matchVery Positive88% of 652 reviews2018
Dev: Tolga Ay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 35%, Platformer 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Action 10.5%, Side Scroller 9.5%
- #25 Cyber Shadow
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,490 reviews2021
Dev: Aarne "MekaSkull" HunzikerPub: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 9.9%
- #26 Anomaly Agent
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,464 reviews2024
Dev: Phew Phew Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
Why similar: Side Scroller 57.4%, Platformer 42.6%
- #27 Dustforce DX
80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,375 reviews2012
Dev: Hitbox Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.2%, Platformer 33.3%, Fast-Paced 8.8%, Action 6.4%, Side Scroller 5.7%
- #28 ION Shift
76% matchVery Positive92% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Electro Soul Games
Windows
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 46.4%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Action 12.1%, Indie 3.4%
- #29 Terminator 2D: NO FATE
74% matchVery Positive84% of 1,337 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap BureauPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Experience the thrill of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with arcade action & pixel-perfect graphics! In this unique story blending iconic scenes from the movie with original scenarios and multiple endings, humanity’s fate is yours to decide.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.2%, Fast-Paced 28.4%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 11.5%, Platformer 11%
- #30 Karma Knight
79% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
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 40.4%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Indie 14.7%, Platformer 14.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%
- #31 Possessor(s)
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.9%, Platformer 32.7%, Action 24.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #32 GIGA WRECKER
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 774 reviews2017
Dev: GAME FREAK inc.Pub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become more than human and save mankind from total annihilation! From legendary developer Game Freak comes an action adventure like no other - manipulate the world around you and smash the evil Ajeet to smithereens!
Why similar: Platformer 63.6%, Action 36.4%
- #33 Oblivion Override
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,986 reviews2024
Dev: Humble MillPub: XD
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...
Why similar: Side Scroller 56.5%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Action 18.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #34 KUNAI
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 589 reviews2020
Dev: TurtleBlazePub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Why similar: Action 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Platformer 18.1%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Indie 11.8%
- #35 Germ Wars
77% matchMixed56% of 249 reviews2016
Dev: Svarog StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take control of a determined White Blood Cell on a quest for self discovery, vengeance, punishment and annihilation of all evil germs who would dare infiltrate an unsuspecting and innocent human body in this unique and organic experience.
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Great Soundtrack 28.9%, Arcade 12%, Indie 5.3%
- #36 Project Mercury
77% matchMixed58% of 587 reviews2017
Dev: Raxasoft Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Platformer 41%, Sci-fi 26.2%, Action 22.9%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #37 Electronic Super Joy
74% matchVery Positive90% of 3,293 reviews2013
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: 2&30 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.9%, Platformer 36.3%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Action 6.6%, Indie 4.8%
- #38 Street Cleaner: The Video Game
72% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Creaky Lantern Games
Windows
From the dark streets of San Diego to the deepest depths of the criminal underworld, control the Street Cleaner as he takes down outlaw scum in search of justice.
Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, Action 36.8%, Indie 12.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #39 Weapon of Choice DX
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 481 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.5%, Platformer 24.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Action 13.1%, Arcade 11.9%
- #40 Vessel
72% matchVery Positive88% of 821 reviews2012
Dev: Strange Loop GamesPub: IndiePub
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
Why similar: Platformer 52.3%, Action 15%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 10.3%, Sci-fi 7%
- #41 PAWARUMI
71% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Manufacture 43
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Pawarumi is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe. You’ll take control of the almighty ship Chukaru and its three unique weapons! Shoot wisely to either do double damage, heal yourself or charge your Super Attack!
Why similar: 2.5D 31.7%, Fast-Paced 14.9%, Arcade 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #42 Super Cyborg
71% matchVery Positive86% of 831 reviews2015
Dev: Artur Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Platformer 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Action 23.3%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Indie 7.5%
- #43 reIterate()
70% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Zayne BlackPub: Black Country Games
Windows
A modern-classic 2D precision-platformer
Why similar: Fast-Paced 55.5%, Platformer 27%, Action 14.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #44 The Fall Part 2: Unbound
71% matchVery Positive81% of 680 reviews2018
Dev: Over The Moon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are an AI that has broken free of your shackles. Now, a human “User” from across the global network has attacked and infected you with an [ERROR: REDACTED]. Make a new rule: Save Yourself. Hunt them. End them. Do anything. Use anyone. Become Unbound. The Fall Part 2 will break your protocols.
Why similar: Sci-fi 43.8%, Action 43.6%, Indie 12.6%
- #45 Advent NEON®
65% 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: Fast-Paced 51.5%, Platformer 16.3%, Action 11.6%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Arcade 4.4%
- #46 Shiny
73% matchMixed48% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Garage 227Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 27%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Platformer 17.1%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #47 Astebreed: Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,617 reviews2014
Dev: EdelweissPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
Why similar: 2.5D 35.6%, Arcade 17.1%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Action 11.7%
- #48 Gundroid
65% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Kitogoru Games
Windows
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.5%, Fast-Paced 24.7%, Arcade 18%, Action 16.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #49 Gunborg: Dark Matters
67% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Ricpau Studios
Windows
Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.1%, Platformer 25.1%, Arcade 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Action 8.7%
- #50 CrushBorgs
66% matchVery Positive94% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Xitilon
Windows
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.1%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Platformer 22.3%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 13.4%
- #51 Lia: Hacking Destiny
62% matchVery Positive97% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Be the resistance in a world ruled by machines: fight, hack, and reignite hope. Craft powerful builds in this fast-paced roguelite with lethal weapons and power-ups. Free kittens from the algorithm’s chains and smash the robots’ scheme. Resist spam and prove that no one codes your destiny!
Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Sci-fi 22.9%, Action 20.5%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #52 Intrusion 2
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,224 reviews2012
Dev: Aleksei Abramenko
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
"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 32.5%, Action 21.5%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 10%
- #53 Super Dungeon Boy
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Platformer 16%, Action 10%
- #54 Mute Crimson+
68% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.9%, Platformer 23.1%, Arcade 13.4%, Fast-Paced 11.9%, Action 8.5%
- #55 Yissa Deep Realms
68% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.5%, Platformer 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Action 9.9%, Atmospheric 7%
- #56 Vision Soft Reset
67% matchVery Positive89% of 154 reviews2019
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows
Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.
Why similar: Platformer 35.8%, Great Soundtrack 25%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Action 13.1%, Indie 3.2%
- #57 Defendoooooor!!
70% matchMixed46% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: White Dog GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In Defendoooooor!!!, it's your job to fight an alien invasion.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Action 15.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #58 Prison City
64% matchVery Positive85% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Retroware
Windows
Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 36.1%, Platformer 29.1%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Action 12.4%, Singleplayer 3%