Games Like Kero Blaster

Help a pink-clad office lady find a missing document so the boss doesn't get angry in this free spin-off minigame to Kero Blaster.

Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Difficult 13.6%, Shooter 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a direct prequel to Kero Blaster, offering a short, challenging, and free experience that perfectly captures the game's core mechanics.

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

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Difficult 9.2%, Retro 9%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developer, this title shares the iconic pixel-art style, quirky storytelling, and tight platforming controls found in Kero Blaster.

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 23.3%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Retro 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern run-and-gun masterpiece that matches the precise movement and satisfying combat loop of Kero Blaster.

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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Side Scroller 18.5%, Retro 9.9%, Difficult 9%, Platformer 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a pure, high-octane run-and-gun experience that feels like a love letter to the classic arcade shooters that inspired Kero Blaster.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Retro 12.7%, Difficult 9%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, focused action-platformer with a charming aesthetic and precise controls that mirror the polished feel of Kero Blaster.

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 17.3%, Side Scroller 16%, Difficult 15.5%, Retro 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, retro-inspired action game that demands the same level of mechanical mastery and pattern recognition as Kero Blaster.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Retro 11.6%, Difficult 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed platformer that emphasizes momentum and combat, offering a similar level of intensity to Kero Blaster's more frantic moments.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Platformer 21.3%, Retro 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Difficult 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent action-platformer that balances challenging combat, tight movement, and a humorous, engaging narrative.

Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!

Why similar: Difficult 28.5%, Platformer 22.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Arcade 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that offers a high level of difficulty and a quirky, vibrant world that fans of Kero Blaster will appreciate.

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 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Retro 10.6%, Side Scroller 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania that captures the same sense of retro wonder and exploration, featuring unique weapons and challenging boss encounters.

This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Arcade 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Retro 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more of a pure shoot-em-up, its intense difficulty and retro aesthetic make it a perfect companion for fans of Kero Blaster's combat.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Difficult 21.3%, Platformer 18.5%, Arcade 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style roguelite that relies on precise, single-screen platforming and shooting mechanics that feel incredibly satisfying to master.

In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws. A group of bandits have kidnapped Mayor Johnsons daughter and are spreading havok across the land. Only Gunman Clive can bring order to the west and save the girl!Jump and shoot your way across 16 diverse and challenging levels and fight massive bosses.

Why similar: Side Scroller 28%, Platformer 27.5%, Difficult 14.7%, Action 9%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy, and visually distinct platformer that shares the same 'less is more' design philosophy as Kero Blaster.

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: Shoot 'Em Up 37.2%, Platformer 16.4%, Arcade 13.5%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on fast-paced, arcade-style action and boss battles that will appeal to anyone who enjoyed the shooter elements of Kero Blaster.

Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!

Why similar: Platformer 20.3%, Difficult 15.4%, Retro 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and challenging pixel-art platformer that focuses on creative level design and tight, responsive character movement.

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 51.6%, Action 15.4%, Difficult 14.5%, Indie 10%, 2D 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed precision platformer that rewards quick reflexes and mastery of movement, much like the more difficult stages of Kero Blaster.

GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.

Why similar: Platformer 28.9%, Shooter 20.4%, Difficult 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Side Scroller 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, fast-paced action-roguelike that shares the quirky, slightly surreal aesthetic found in Kero Blaster.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Side Scroller 29.4%, Difficult 24.7%, Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Fantasy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully atmospheric action-platformer that balances challenging combat with a somber, pixel-art world.

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Retro 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, 2D 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to gaming history that provides a variety of platforming challenges across different retro-inspired art styles.

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: Difficult 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Platformer 17.1%, Action 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, high-difficulty arcade game that strips platforming down to its most frantic, reflex-based core.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Platformer 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.8%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Action 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich action-platformer that features creative boss battles and tight gameplay mechanics similar to the best moments in Kero Blaster.

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 21.4%, Difficult 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Retro 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, stylish action game where precision and timing are everything, mirroring the high-stakes combat of Kero Blaster.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Platformer 23.2%, Retro 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern retro-inspired platformers, offering polished mechanics and a charming world that feels right at home with Kero Blaster.

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: Difficult 28.9%, Platformer 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult platformer that requires precise timing and quick thinking to navigate through its challenging levels.

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.

Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Retro 12.2%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, fast-paced platformer that focuses on momentum and combat, offering a similar level of excitement to Kero Blaster.

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Platformer 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Retro 14.5%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Difficult 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled exploration platformer that emphasizes clever level design and tight, responsive controls.

A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure

Why similar: Side Scroller 33.6%, Platformer 21%, Retro 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 5.2%

Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.3%, Platformer 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Retro 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-platformer that captures the simple, arcade-style fun and pixel-art aesthetic of Kero Blaster.

Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

Why similar: Difficult 16.6%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Platformer 14.8%, Retro 11%, Arcade 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action game that features challenging boss fights and straightforward, satisfying combat mechanics.

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

Why similar: Platformer 23.1%, Retro 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Action 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style action-adventure game that captures the spirit of 16-bit platformers with a focus on exploration and combat.

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: Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Shooter 18.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action game that combines cover-based shooting with a humorous, offbeat tone similar to Kero Blaster.

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 20.9% ★, Difficult 18.7%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

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: Difficult 18.2%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Platformer 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Action 8.2%

Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.

Why similar: Platformer 22.2%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%, Action 7.6%

The world has gone mad and Flint Trucker must go down a long, creepy road to get back home and save his beloved Angelina. Blast your guns across different scenarios to fight hordes of ravenous beasts and bloodthirsty enemies.Will you survive?

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Difficult 10.6%, Platformer 10.4%, Action 8.2%

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 24.6%, Difficult 20.6%, Platformer 14.5%, Arcade 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

When a mysterious beam from space transforms the world into a game, the Angry Video Game Nerd must return to put the "ASS" in ASSimilation. Utilize new mechanics, power-ups, abilities, and collectible armor pieces to defeat your most powerful foe yet, and save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 20.7%, Difficult 20.6%, Action 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%

ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!

Why similar: Platformer 34.5%, Retro 25.5%, 2D 15.8%, Action 12.2%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Embark on a thrilling adventure through sheet music in Tadpole Treble! Escape predatory piranhas, flirtatious tadpoles and more as you make your way back home. Shoot for the top of the leaderboards, or create your own stages and music in Composition Mode!

Why similar: Arcade 28.5%, Retro 20.6%, Action 19.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 13.7%

A platform game about running, jumping and breathing.

Why similar: Satire 22.4% ★, Side Scroller 22.3%, Platformer 15.8%, Soundtrack 10.7% ★, Retro 9.2%

Weird Hero is a humorous and challenging shoot'em up where the hero, SuperMegaDude, battles countless foes with his arsenal of weird weapons: the Flickinator, the Atomic Toaster, a magician's hat and other strange devices.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Platformer 17.2%, Shooter 13.1%, Action 10.3%

Jett Rider is an arcade shooter packed with action, exploration, RPG elements, tons of humor and awesome bosses. Explore, fight, gain experience, purchase weapons in this exciting adventure.

Why similar: Side Scroller 22.8%, Platformer 18.3%, Shooter 13.8%, Retro 8.6%, Arcade 8.3%

Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.

Why similar: Platformer 38.6%, Retro 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Action 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%

Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, Difficult 21.2%, Platformer 16.7%, Shooter 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Difficult 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Retro 9%

Rocks and Rockets - a terrific action game where you have to control the rocket and to cope with a very hostile environment.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 56.3% ★, Platformer 11.1%, Arcade 10%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Adventure 7.7%

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Platformer 56.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Indie 10.3%, Action 8.5%, 2D 6.6%

A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Difficult 14.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Shooter 9.9%

An ancient evil has been set loose, and Jonathan cursed in the process. Jonathan must now collect seven holy grails from around all of Egypt to cleanse himself of the curse of Sehur the First. Be delighted by the quirky humor, charming characters, and the beautifully designed world, in Pharaoh Rebirth+!

Why similar: Platformer 30.9%, Action 21.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

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 27.6%, Side Scroller 24.8%, Action 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Q-YO Blaster is a shooting game, with peculiar characters, strange enemies, weapons and many explosions. Enter the miniature world and stop the threat

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 55.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Action 12%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 7.1%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Platformer 15%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Shooter 12.7%, Retro 10.6%

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Why similar: Difficult 20.8%, Platformer 19.4%, Satire 12.9% ★, Retro 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.3%

Axolotl is Dry is a precision platforming game where you play as a little axolotl taken from his home. You'll need to jump, dash and slide your way through the harsh desert before you sweat yourself dry. Help the axolotl get to his home!

Why similar: Difficult 31.6%, Platformer 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Retro 8%, Side Scroller 7.9%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Platformer 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Difficult 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 10%

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Side Scroller 20.8%, Difficult 17.5%, Platformer 15.2%, Retro 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

Why similar: Platformer 20.2%, Difficult 18%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Retro 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%

In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!

Why similar: Side Scroller 39.8%, Platformer 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Fantasy 8.8%, 2D 8.2%

The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

Why similar: Side Scroller 27.1%, Platformer 18.8%, Difficult 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Retro 9.3%

Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Shooter 9.5%