Games Like Intrusion 2

Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.

Why similar: Platformer 19.2%, Action 13.1%, Shooter 12.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%, 2D 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based 2D combat and destructible environments that feel remarkably similar to the seed game.

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: Platformer 28%, Action 20.4%, Indie 10.1%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same level of intense, sci-fi heavy-metal action and punishing difficulty.

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Action 18.3%, Indie 11%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Shooter 8%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar physics-based platforming and sci-fi exploration in a hostile alien environment.

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Platformer 33.4%, Action 21.2%, Shooter 12.4%, 2D 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers chaotic, high-intensity run-and-gun action with fully destructible terrain.

“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

Why similar: Action 27.4%, Side Scroller 23.3%, Platformer 13.8%, Shooter 13.3%, 2D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic for high-octane 2D run-and-gun shooters with massive boss battles.

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: Platformer 33.2%, Action 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Indie 11.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in sci-fi side-scrolling exploration and creative combat mechanics.

In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

Why similar: Platformer 23.2%, Side Scroller 18%, Shooter 16.2%, Action 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, fast-paced arcade shooter feel with modern polish and intense combat.

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Action 27.8%, Platformer 27.3%, Indie 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fast-paced, boss-heavy combat that mirrors the intensity and movement of Intrusion 2.

Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.

Why similar: Action 29.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Indie 18.4%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the high-octane, destructive energy and explosive combat of the seed game.

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: Platformer 41.1%, Action 28.5%, Indie 19%, 2D 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed action platformer that emphasizes precise movement and intense boss encounters.

Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

Why similar: Platformer 31.3%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Difficult 12%

Why You'll Like It: Offers chaotic, fast-paced shooting with unique time-manipulation mechanics that keep the action frantic.

Soldat 2 is a 2D deathmatch shooter with real guns, ragdoll violence and physics-based movement. Based on classic Soldat with team game modes, ranked multiplayer, bots and built-in customization and level editing. Made by MM - creator of the original.

Why similar: Shooter 38.2%, Side Scroller 30.3%, Action 21.9%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 2D shooter that emphasizes momentum and tactical movement.

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: Platformer 33.8%, Action 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 9%, Difficult 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features high-lethality, physics-influenced combat in a stylish and fast-paced 2D setting.

Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.

Why similar: Action 27.7%, Platformer 24.7%, Indie 19%, Difficult 9.4%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-difficulty, fast-paced movement and reflex-based gameplay found in the seed game.

Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!

Why similar: Platformer 30.8%, Action 18%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Indie 11%, 2D 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep run-and-gun experience with a heavy emphasis on weapon customization and side-scrolling combat.

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 34%, Action 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.4%, 2D 11%, Difficult 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, sci-fi action platformer with tight, responsive controls and difficult boss fights.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Difficult 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational title for the genre that balances exploration with tight, satisfying shooting mechanics.

B.A.D is an intense and enjoyable Shoote'em up game that captures the feeling of controlling a mass-produced humanoid robot (Battle Armor) piloted by a single soldier while keeping the realistic fast-paced action in a dramatic large scale conflict, from various Factions of Earth and Mars.

Why similar: Platformer 22.4%, Action 19.4%, Indie 11.3%, Mechs 11.2% ★, Shooter 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features mech-based combat and side-scrolling action that aligns with the sci-fi theme.

The original Coq of War returns in a glorious explosion of finger-licking fun; with enhanced controls, new upgrade systems, a full single player campaign in “Part 1: The Cockup” with full VO and OST - and a 1- 4 player campaign in “Part 2: The Rescue” with procedurally generated maps.

Why similar: Platformer 37.5%, Action 32.6%, Indie 19.5%, 2D 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action game with a cinematic, sci-fi flair and platforming-heavy combat.

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 31.3%, Action 22.5%, Indie 13.9%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Sci-fi 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi platformer with a strong focus on fast-paced combat and robotic enemies.

Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.

Why similar: Platformer 29.5%, Action 20.1%, Shooter 15%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Difficult 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a fast-paced, arcade-style shooter experience with high replayability and comic-book aesthetics.

Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Platformer 45.8%, Action 20.2%, 2D 15.7%, Difficult 9.5%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid, physics-influenced movement and intense combat encounters in a 2D space.

Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.

Why similar: Platformer 47.1%, Action 24.8%, Indie 17.5%, 2D 6.2%, Difficult 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced platformer that emphasizes momentum, precision, and fluid movement.

Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.

Why similar: Platformer 25.4%, Action 23.6%, Indie 16.7%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Difficult 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, action-packed platformer that captures the spirit of classic arcade shooters.

classical horizontal scroll 2D Shmup

Why similar: Side Scroller 18.7%, Shooter 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Mechs 11.3% ★, 2D 11.1%

Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.

Why similar: Action 29.5%, Indie 21.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Shooter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style shooter that provides a similar level of intensity and screen-filling action.

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Why similar: Platformer 39.5%, Action 16.3%, Indie 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Difficult 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action game that captures the same sense of escalating difficulty and frantic combat.

The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.

Why similar: Platformer 25.4%, Action 23.5%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Shooter 11.6%, 2D 9%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential run-and-gun experience that defined the difficulty and style of the genre.

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Action 14.8%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the same high-difficulty, rhythm-based movement challenge that requires perfect timing.

A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

Why similar: Platformer 36.9%, Indie 16.2%, Physics 15.5%, 2D 9.7%, Action 5.6%

An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!

Why similar: Shooter 20.1%, Action 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Mechs 14.3% ★, Sci-fi 13.1%

Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Indie 20.7%, Action 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Difficult 6.8%

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 34.9%, Platformer 34.2%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, 2D 7.9%

Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Side Scroller 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Action 14.1%, Indie 9%

A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.

Why similar: Action 34.1%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Shooter 13.5%, Difficult 11%

Scoregasm is an incredible, variety rich shooter with a non-linear, branching paths style galaxy to explore. It's pretty, accessible, fun and really rather good! Blast your way through the galaxy's many varied levels and use your skills to change your route, find new levels, new enemies, unlock bonus challenge stages and fight the bosses...

Why similar: Action 59.3%, Indie 40.7%

Mighty No. 9 is a 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something fresh and amazing!

Why similar: Platformer 45%, Action 20%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Robots 3.6%, Indie 3.2%

The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!

Why similar: Action 37.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Indie 24.6%, 2D 12.3%

Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Why similar: Action 40.2%, Platformer 38.4%, Indie 14.6%, 2D 6.9%

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: Platformer 33.2%, Action 16.2%, Side Scroller 10%, Indie 9.9%, 2D 9.5%

Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.

Why similar: Platformer 35.2%, Action 17.7%, Side Scroller 14%, Difficult 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%

Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.

Why similar: Action 40.7%, Platformer 36.3%, Indie 23%

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: Platformer 45.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Difficult 12%, Indie 10.9%, Action 8%

In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

Why similar: Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 16%, Action 14%, Shooter 10.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%

The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Action 14.3%, Shooter 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Indie 9.8%

Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!

Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Shooter 16.4%, Action 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%

STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!

Why similar: Action 29.4%, Platformer 25.1%, Indie 15.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Mechs 10.4% ★

Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!

Why similar: Action 47.9%, Indie 28.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.

Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, Action 21.9%, Shooter 13.1%, Indie 12.5%, 2D 8.8%

Bloo Kid 2 is a classic 2D retro-style platformer experience with lovely designed pixel-graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. Run, jump and swim your way through five huge worlds with twelve levels each. Master brutal bossfights and discover lots of secrets in the world of Bloo Kid 2.

Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Action 25.6%, Indie 22.9%, 2D 9.6%

Alien Zombie Megadeath is a gloriously intense platform shoot-em-up!

Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%

A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, Shooter 17.5%, Action 16.3%, Difficult 13.5%, 2D 8.9%

The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.

Why similar: Action 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Difficult 20%, 2D 16.4%

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Action 20.9%, Indie 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, 2D 13.3%

Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!

Why similar: Action 30.2%, Shooter 19.7%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, 2D 9.1%

Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a hardcore, uncompromising vertical scrolling bullet hell/invader hell shooter (shmup) that doubles as a techno-based lightsynth, triggering bursts of funky invaders at the pulse of a relentless beat.

Why similar: Action 28.6%, Indie 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Shooter 15%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%

A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Action 28.7%, Indie 20%, 2D 7.4%, Difficult 4.7%

Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.1%, Shooter 29.6%, Action 22%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Platformer 25.5%, Action 24.9%, Indie 15.7%, Side Scroller 10.7%, 2D 7.6%