- #1 Hallway Gunners
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Finbox Entertainment
Windows
Run & gun, dash & slide to claim back your hallway from your enemies and set the new highscore on all 3 difficulty levels. Hallway Gunners is a retro/pixel - style endless runner with guns, upgrades and leaderboards.
Why similar: Runner 19.6%, 2D Fighter 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Hero Shooter 12% ★, Retro 8.2%
- #2 Best Buds vs Bad Guys
96% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Reset Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Side Scroller 14.5%, Metroidvania 11.6%, Retro 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.3%, Platformer 10%
- #3 Run 'n Gun: Deluxe
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GR: Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Welcome to a world that is full of danger, and your task is to destroy all enemies on your way in the original Run and Gun style!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 19.7%, Hero Shooter 15.9% ★, Runner 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.5%, Arcade 7.5%
- #4 Freakland
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kunst Games
Windows
An exciting and fun platform game. play with a fancy computer head full of dangling wires. I know, it may sound weird, but hey, you're in Freakland bro!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 18.8% ★, 2D Fighter 16.7%, Metroidvania 15.5%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 7.5%
- #5 Spacewing War
94% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Pneuma GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Side Scroller 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 9.3%, 1990's 7%
- #6 Ragnar
93% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: 2 Bit Determine
Windows
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: Hero Shooter 24.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Platformer 7.9%, Arcade 7.5%
- #7 Guns of Fury
92% matchVery Positive88% of 892 reviews2025
Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 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: Metroidvania 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Retro 10.7%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Old School 9.7%
- #8 Heavy Metal Titans
93% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Squashed Bug Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heavy Metal Titans is a modern-retro Run n’ Gun Shoot ‘em up that takes players on a blood-soaked time traveling quest to defeat General Glen Planamento and retrieve the stolen time crystal, a powerful relic that can manipulate time and reality.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 18.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Metroidvania 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Arcade 7.6%
- #9 Jet Gunner: Refueled
91% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Sinclair StrangePub: Clickteam
Windows
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 16.4%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Arcade 10.7%, Platformer 10%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #10 GUN DOG ROCK RAPID
91% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: leimonyaPub: leimonya
Windows
Super simple 2D shooter game! Use the two types of shots to push forward.Kick out the swarming zakos and take on the powerful bosses.7 crazy worlds are waiting for your cat!?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Arcade 12.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Retro 8.8%
- #11 Battle of Finland: Winter War
90% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Team-K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle of Finland: Winter War is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer. The Soviet Union began the conquest of Finland on November 30 1939, thus the Winter War was started. Can you help small Finland stop the red army steam rolling over Finland?
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22%, Hero Shooter 20.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Arcade 8.6%, Platformer 8.1%
- #12 Space Rock Armageddon
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: David ReidPub: Admire Digital
Windows
Space Rock Armageddon is a bold and dynamic space arcade game, boasting lightning-fast gameplay and an explosion of vibrant colors that make it feel like an eighties arcade classic.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 25.7%, Hero Shooter 19.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 8.4%
- #13 Run x Gun
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Revolutionary Interactive
Windows · Linux
Run and gun while you shoot down hoards of alien space ships in a bullet hell shooter/endless runner. Upgrade your gun with various power ups and weapon types like rockets, grenades and lasers. And finally defeat menacing boss ships to save the world from the scourge of alien invaders.
Why similar: Runner 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Arcade 8.2%, Retro 6.9%
- #14 BreadAttack
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cookie Studios
Windows
You know what’s cool? A duck! You know what’s even cooler? A duck with a gun rescuing his home and family!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23%, Hero Shooter 21% ★, Platformer 8.2%, Old School 7.5%, Shooter 7.2%
- #15 ARO dangerous campaign
87% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Alexander SevastianovPub: MyDigitalFactory
Windows
2D Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Acrobatics, Puzzle-Solving
Why similar: 2D Fighter 18.2%, Hero Shooter 16.7% ★, Runner 12%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Metroidvania 9.9%
- #16 Spacegirl 2038
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Borsuk Software
Windows
Spacegirl 2038 is a fast paced, high energy arcade style shooter. Save your sister and her crew, they're depending on you!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 28.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Old School 7.3%
- #17 Slime's Journey
86% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: lightUP
Windows
A mini metroidvania with retro style graphics about a Slime who have his parents took by an Evil Shaman, and now fight against lots of magical creatures to get them back!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 21.1% ★, Metroidvania 15.2%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #18 Stellar Raid
85% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Berry Patch Games
Windows
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Retro 12.5%, Arcade 12.1%, 1990's 6%
- #19 Planetstar Warrior
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Todd FrantzPub: Hardbyte LLC
Windows
Planetstar Warrior is a horizontal scroll-space shooter with numerous powerups and a gradually increasing level of difficulty. Defeat all enemies on each level to progress.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 24.1%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.9%
- #20 SU42: Hired Gun
82% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Mielczarek Art
Windows
Save the planet SU-42 and join the fight! 🚀🔥 SU42: HIRED GUN is a fast-paced 2D shooter inspired by 80s/90s games! Choose two out of eight mercenaries and switch between them in battle. Enjoy hand-painted graphics, giant robots, a synth-wave soundtrack, explosions, and lasers!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 26.2% ★, Side Scroller 17.1%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Retro 9%, Platformer 7.9%
- #21 Steve's HardCore WorldTour
84% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: CafeLovaiPub: Hourglass Studios
Windows
A Speedy 2.5D Shooter where you cruise around Earth fighting galactic terrorists using the power of pure insanity.
Why similar: Runner 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Arcade 7.8%
- #22 BorderCollie Blaster
83% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: CanisGames
Windows
Kira is back! In this arcade style shoot ´em up you´ll encounter different foes, defeat big alien bosses and collect power-ups and new weapons to fight your way through 12 exciting stages and find the holy bone Kira (the star of the game) is looking for.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Shooter 8.5%, Old School 5.5%
- #23 ZURD HUNT
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DVPub: David Vecchione
Windows
In the year 2,000,000,009, a team of bounty hunters infiltrates a massive facility swarming with hostile AI. Can they find Zurd?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Retro 13.9%, Arcade 11%, Action 8%
- #24 Future Knight
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio KobaPub: Aeternum Game Studios
Windows
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 21.6%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Retro 12.6%, Arcade 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #25 Osseous And Swordy
81% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Ali İrfan DoğanPub: ALID Games
Windows
Osseous And Swordy is a 2D game that tasks players with outlasting an ever-evolving horde of monsters. With the coins falling from each enemy you kill, you can strengthen your sword, your health bar or your shield. Can you reach the last level and finish the game in this HELLISH game to play?
Why similar: 2D Fighter 21.6%, Runner 15.7%, Metroidvania 14.9%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #26 AStation
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tawus Games
Windows
Astation is a digital game console that takes inspiration from the retro 999-in-1 cartridges. Dive into the world of Astation to discover a wide variety of games!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 15.5%, Side Scroller 13%, Old School 11.6%, Retro 11.4%, Arcade 10.8%
- #27 UfoPilot : The Phadt Menace - Steam Edition
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
A sci-fi retro side-scrolling shoot-em-up / rescue game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 8.5%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #28 Knights & Guns
79% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Baltoro Games
Windows
An action-packed 2D shooter where knights don't joust, they blast! Journey into a world where medieval bravery meets heavy-duty firepower. Battle monsters, venture through thrilling stages, and be the knight that makes ghouls say 'oh no, not the shotgun!' It's old-school arcade fun, with a bang!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23% ★, 2D Fighter 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Retro 11.3%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #29 Wukong: Heavenly Dash
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Studio NagamiPub: Kazumi Co Ltd
Windows
Wukong: Heavenly Dash is a Chinese mythology themed arcade infinite side scroller 2D platformer where players take on the role of Wukong the Monkey King as he dashes through the heavens while defeating corrupt enemies and collecting items to gain bonuses.
Why similar: Runner 25.3%, Side Scroller 20%, 2D Fighter 18.8%, Platformer 8.4%, Arcade 7.1%
- #30 Witchcraft: Candy Hunt
78% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: PixelCrown Games
Windows
Witchcraft: Candy Hunt is an old-school shooter game with charming pixel art graphics that will take you on a Halloween adventure. Fly on a broomstick and battle your way through three exciting levels, each one featuring unique spooky creatures such as pumpkin monsters, evil crows and ghosts.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Arcade 11.2%, Shooter 9.1%
- #31 Mishaka Ubivaka
77% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Low ResPub: Low Res games
Windows
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: Side Scroller 15.7%, Metroidvania 15.3%, Arcade 11.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Shooter 8.9%
- #32 Crimson Wanderer
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RottenPixel Studio
Windows · Linux
Blast your way through a thrilling adventure that brings back the spirit of 90s arcade classics… with a modern twist.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.8%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Arcade 11.4%, Platformer 10.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
- #33 MoonLess
77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Silver Cat Studios
Windows · Linux
Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 16.4% ★, Side Scroller 13.3%, Metroidvania 9.9%, Retro 9.7%, 1990's 9.5%
- #34 Arsonist Heaven Remastered
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OMEGACORE
Windows
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: Side Scroller 17.3%, Platformer 13.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #35 BLJ Bombones
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: BLJ Games
Windows
Help our Bonbons escape together from a Candy Factory that, at night, is taken over by mischievous insects, spiders, and critters who completely claim the place!
Why similar: Runner 26.7%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Arcade 11.3%, Platformer 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #36 SPACE DOGO
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: SoulBatteryPub: Muviron SpA
Windows
Space Dogo is a platform/adventure game. Moro is an old trained dog searching across the galaxy for her owner who has been kidnapped after some enemy attack to the Human Colony.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.8% ★, Side Scroller 17.5%, Metroidvania 16.4%, Arcade 10.7%, Shooter 9.1%
- #37 Dominus Solaris
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Danubium
Windows
In the year 2073, the Skolovan Empire attacked and subdued planet Earth. The rebels gathered technology from whatever they could to build a prototype ship, the Dominus Solaris. Now it's up to you, the ship's sole pilot, to fight and liberate the Earth from the usurpers.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Hero Shooter 14.9% ★, Side Scroller 13.9%, Old School 8.4%
- #38 Sylv and the Ancient Tree
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameByKel
Windows
The balance of Sunroot Island is fading. Join Sylv, guardian of the Ancestral Tree, in a vibrant platforming RPG adventure. Reclaim the elemental energy stolen by the egocentric Umbra before the biomes collapse and the corrupted wildlife takes full control.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.5%, Metroidvania 15.4%, Arcade 11.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #39 Gates of Zendocon
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Retro 16.3%, Arcade 9.9%, Shooter 9.4%
- #40 Edibles
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 528 Games
Windows
Escape the kitchen and find yourself in an ever ending world of beauty and woes! Lots of puzzles to solve to avoid ending up either squashed, eaten blended or just thrown away in the trash! Where can a tomato find peace? What is a tomato's purpose in life? You decide!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 21.2% ★, Runner 19.3%, Arcade 8.9%, Platformer 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Boby and the Witch
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Boby’s girlfriend has been abducted by a witch—race through 3 worlds and 18 levels to save her. Can you beat it in under 5 minutes?
Why similar: Runner 28.8%, Side Scroller 23%, Platformer 10.1%, Arcade 9.7%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #42 STEEL ROAD: in mini world
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SAJ GAME ELECTRONIC
Windows
Intense fighting game where you command your fighter in every battle.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 31.2%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Arcade 11.6%, Old School 8%, 1990's 7.9%
- #43 Friday Night Knockout
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Codegnat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A casual arcade stick fighter, great as an introductory title to the genre made for quick 1v1 games.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 32.2%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Arcade 12%, Old School 9.3%, Retro 8.2%
- #44 Rendering Ranger™: R² [Rewind]
71% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Limited Run GamesPub: Ziggurat
Windows
You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Arcade 9.8%, Retro 9.7%, Shooter 9.6%
- #45 Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
69% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Combo Game StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
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: Hero Shooter 19.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Retro 9.3%, Old School 9.1%
- #46 Pipeline Panic
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Pastil StudiosPub: Favour Toys Studios B.V.
Windows
Good old fashioned 2D arcade fun with tons of upgrades and fast paced action where taking risks is rewarded with a higher score. Defend humanity's last source of energy wrench in one hand, laser gun in the other
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23.9%, Hero Shooter 22.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Shooter 8.1%
- #47 Brock Crocodile
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digi Croc
Windows
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 17.9%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Arcade 11.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #48 Bazooka Cat: First Episode
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: VictoryCraftStudio
Windows · Linux
Bazooka Cat is a platformer made with love inspired by old-school games of the 90s with the use of new technologies and game logic, but what if you add something like tactics to the platformer?
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.1% ★, Side Scroller 16.6%, Metroidvania 15.2%, Platformer 9.3%, Arcade 7.7%
- #49 Gun Devil
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,586 reviews2022
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
GUN DEVIL is an explosive platformer about rescuing your kidnapped hell wife from Satan's child, the Caramelized Dumbass and his Pimp Legion.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Platformer 7.9%, Shooter 7%
- #50 HerrAnwalt: Lawyers Legacy
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: YannickPub: YGameStudios
Windows
You’re a Lawyer who tries to save students from a crazy headmaster. You need to survive a variety of school lessons and fight the different teachers
Why similar: 2D Fighter 26.8%, Runner 22.8%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #51 ROCPAIN: Rock Paper Scissors
71% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Rocpain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A paper airplane fights against Rock, Paper and Scissors. The ROCPAIN gameplay is inspired on the rock-paper-scissors hand game, and like the original hand game, each enemy only its destroyed with the right shot. A new way to play shooting games that will challenge your skills.
Why similar: Runner 28.5%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Shooter 7.8%, Arcade 7.5%
- #52 Habroxia 2
69% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Lillymo Games
Windows
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Arcade 14.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.3%
- #53 Thundering Skies
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Flat Voxel
Windows
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Old School 12.4%, Arcade 11.5%, Retro 10.4%
- #54 Bankrupt Heroines 2
68% matchVery Positive84% of 152 reviews2021
Dev: TTeokLeaf
Windows
Bankrupt Heroines 2 is a side-scrolling platformer action game.destroy monsters, get money, upgrade your weapons.crush the evil cat in the end.This game contains sexual contents. and not recommended for people who are allergic to boobs
Why similar: Hero Shooter 22.8% ★, Runner 20.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Arcade 9.8%, Platformer 9.4%
- #55 Wild West Crops
69% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: lightUP
Windows
A retro style mini metroidvania game during Old West about "El Gatito", a lovely little "Pistolero" cat who needs to defend his hometown from evelish mutant vegetables!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.9% ★, Metroidvania 15.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Shooter 8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #56 Crisis Reign Orbis
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aevum LegendsPub: ObsidianRune
Windows · Mac
Crisis Reign: Orbis is a gripping RPG that blends high-stakes combat, strategic decision-making, and a richly detailed world where every action shapes the future of Orbis. Explore a land in turmoil, face impossible choices, and rise to become the hero—or villain—of a world on the edge of ruin.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 24%, Hero Shooter 21.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Platformer 8.6%, Shooter 7.5%
- #57 Tag! You're Dead
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ItsRave_nPub: FOUND TV
Windows
Tag! You're Dead is a fast-paced side-scroller based on the FOUND TV film demo_n. Run, jump, and dodge through glitchy horror as a demonic force hunts you. It’s you vs. the darkness in this addictive, high-score chase. How long can you survive?
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.6%, Runner 21.1%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Arcade 8.9%, Platformer 8.5%
- #58 Black Magic (C64/CPC/Spectrum)
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Datasoft, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this side-scrolling fantasy game, originally released in 1987, take on the role of a lone hero, fighting to defeat an evil warlock. Utilise a wide range of magical spells. Collect experience points to upgrade your character, until you are ready to face Zahgrim!
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Retro 11.8%, Platformer 8.2%
- #59 Dulce et Decorum
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Zachary Hilsman
Windows
Just another 2D platformer shooter game with pixel art graphics to boot. You can jump around while blasting your enemies with three different methods of combat, and protect your village from an evil immortal.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Shooter 9.3%
- #60 Jaguar Suns
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Mojo Trio Games
Windows
Race through 15 progressive levels in this SNES/SEGA style 90's retro speed-run platformer.
Why similar: 1990's 15.6%, Old School 15.5%, Runner 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Side Scroller 9.4%