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Jack & the cat is an old school arcade platformer for Halloween that will put your platform skills to the test!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.4%, Action 29.2%, Platformer 21.5%, Retro 18.9%

Enter a virtual world of cyber-landscapes and unravel the mystery behind its creation! "Mighty Gunvolt Burst" is a retro-style 2D side-scrolling action game with an authentic feel. Play as "Beck," "Gunvolt," or "Ekoro," and experience their new stories in this unique parallel universe.

Why similar: Action 37.1%, Retro 32.3%, Platformer 30.6%

In Luckslinger, luck is measurable, collectable and usable whenever you please. Contains: gunslingers, dark humor, spaghetti western, vinyl digging, graffiti spraying and jazzy hip hop beats.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.5%, Action 22.6%, Platformer 22.5%, Retro 18.4%

The Kingdom of Bones needs you! Purify the land and stop Evil King once and for all. Take the skull-smashing puzzle platformer in a new direction with TURBO action, TURBO puzzles and TURBO boss battles.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.1%, Action 27%, Platformer 20.8%, Retro 20%

A Giant Robot Stripper called JoJo has smashed Groove City! She's angry because Dr Swinger stole her Laser-Nipples! Help JoJo reclaim her Laser-Nipples & defeat the Evil Plans of Dr.Swinger, with the help of Pope Boris the Super Sexy!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.8%, Platformer 37.8%, Action 17.4%

Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50%, Action 27.8%, Platformer 22.3%

Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

Why similar: Platformer 41.5%, Great Soundtrack 27.8%, Retro 21.1%, Action 9.7%

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: Great Soundtrack 36.7%, Platformer 32.2%, Retro 23.6%, Action 7.5%

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: Great Soundtrack 35.5%, Platformer 31.8%, Action 17.1%, Retro 15.6%

Retro-style platformer inspired by the 16bit classics. Jump and shoot your way through challenging levels. Watch two distinct visual styles collide. Enjoy the awesome rocking music. In the name of all that is childhood!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Retro 25.8%, Platformer 21.4%, Action 19.8%

kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.6%, Action 31.7%, Platformer 24.7%

Slip is a fast paced side scrolling platformer featuring a two color, swap mechanic. Using your two colors flee from Steve and his wretched purple beam through a multitude of obstacles and enemies. Slip combines the elegant simplicity of platforming with a polarity mechanic to create an easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master...

Why similar: Action 51.3%, Platformer 48.7%

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 36.9%, Great Soundtrack 32.1%, Retro 31%

A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.

Why similar: Action 38.2%, Great Soundtrack 36.1%, Platformer 25.7%

Classic side-scrolling gameplay is reporting back for duty with Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of the classic NES game, out now on PC.20 years after the 8-bit classic was released, Bionic Commando Rearmed recreates the world of the original with a complete "2.5D" visual revamp.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 31.7%, Action 20.6%, Retro 12%

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: Great Soundtrack 36.7%, Platformer 32.3%, Retro 18.6%, Action 12.4%

Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.

Why similar: Action 38.9%, Platformer 29.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Retro 12.2%

DuckTales: Remastered is a beautiful hand-crafted reimagining of one of the most cherished 8-bit titles of all time. Go back to one of the golden ages of gaming, now refined with a level of detail that will please the most hardened devoted Disney or retro Capcom fan alike.

Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Great Soundtrack 26%, Retro 22.6%, Action 13.6%

You have challenged a criminal Syndicate, but are you strong enough to make it all the way up to the end?

Why similar: Action 29.2%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Platformer 23.7%, Retro 22.8%

Fueled by rage The Savage plunges into battle wielding his huge axe in a berserk frenzy as he reaps destruction on all who stand in his way.

Why similar: Action 45.4%, Platformer 28.3%, Retro 26.2%

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.

Why similar: Platformer 48.3%, Action 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 24.9%

Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!

Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Action 25.2%, Great Soundtrack 23.6%, Retro 17.6%

An arcade action plateforme game

Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Action 34.2%, Retro 27.7%

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 41%, Platformer 33.3%, Retro 25.6%

Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin is a pseudo 8-bit action platformer. While it integrates gameplay mechanics of the previous titles in the series, they are combined in a manner which differentiates itself from its predecessors.

Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Action 31.3%, Retro 27.3%

When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.

Why similar: Retro 38.5%, Platformer 37.1%, Action 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 7%

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 38.5%, Platformer 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 29.3%

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Action 35%, Platformer 33.1%, Retro 31.9%

Complete the exciting Mega Man X saga with four action-packed titles! This collection showcases the evolution of the series with Mega Man X5, Mega Man X6, Mega Man X7, and Mega Man X8. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.

Why similar: Platformer 31.9%, Great Soundtrack 28.9%, Action 22.6%, Retro 16.7%

Starting in space battle your way through all the layers of the atmosphere and into the planet itself in this roguelike vertically scrolling shooter. Can you survive long enough and make it To The Core?

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Retro 32.5%, Action 31.7%

The Sun and Moon, the winner of Ludum Dare 29, is a platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Momentum is conserved but gravity is reversed, letting you fling yourself high into the air or deep beneath the surface.

Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Great Soundtrack 31.8%, Action 30.1%

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 34.2%, Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Action 23.8%, Retro 14.5%

In Savage Halloween the world is taken over by monsters from the afterlife who were trapped in the Earth after a Halloween party, and now they have decided to make their new home here.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.5%, Action 24%, Platformer 23.9%, Retro 23.7%

Darok is a simple 2d platformer where you have to navigate Darok back home. There are breakable floors, moving platforms and Geysers to help Darok on his journey home.

Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Action 34.2%, Retro 27.7%

When he morphs into a Ninja, you'd better Duck.

Why similar: Action 54.3%, Platformer 45.7%

The Blue Bomber is back in this second collection of classic Capcom titles! Featuring faithful reproductions of Mega Man 7, 8, 9, & 10, this collection is bursting with additional content, from time trials and remix challenges to a music player and an extensive gallery of rare illustrations.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.6%, Platformer 28.3%, Retro 21.6%, Action 17.5%

Re:Made - Re:Designed - Re:HERO! A complete overhaul released in 2025! Ten Stages of Run and Gun Action! Choose Different Paths on Different Play Throughs!

Why similar: Action 54.7%, Platformer 45.3%

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!

Why similar: Action 31%, Platformer 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Retro 20.9%

DIAMOND EYE is a puzzle/platforming game with an arcade/time-attack design. Make use of a diverse move set that combines attacks and mobility to overcome various obstacles and enemies. The game features a replay system that saves your best performance on each challenge.

Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Action 34.2%, Retro 27.7%

You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.

Why similar: Action 55.5%, Platformer 44.5%

Be prepared for a trip into yesteryear! Bryce's Movement Engine¹ is an MSDOS Ware meets Post-Trainwreck-era game set in the halcyon days of 1998! An all-new classic adventure, BME¹ is the ultimate tribute to a mega-cool era of awesome gaming!

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Platformer 23%, Retro 20.3%

Cast of the Seven Godsends harks back to the days when classic 2D, run ’n gun, action-shooter games ruled the arcades. Four levels of difficulty, six worlds to conquer, twelve mid and end-of-level bosses, seven god-like armour sets, five basic weapons and thirty-five magic combat spells!

Why similar: Retro 38.8%, Action 35.8%, Platformer 25.4%

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 38.2%, Great Soundtrack 32.5%, Retro 19.4%, Action 9.8%

This is a game where you have to solve in unusual ways to collect all the coins in each level.

Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Action 33.6%, Retro 28.7%

VIRUSH is a technophilic packet-snatching’ virus-killing arcade-style game for Vive. Featuring a pumping electronic soundtrack and played in spherical/360 degrees with your Vive controller.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 63.4%, Action 36.6%

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 42.9%, Action 30.9%, Retro 26.3%

Following the events of "ef - the latter tale," Yuuko returns to Otowa in her old friends' dreams to take out the monsters known as "KILLJOYs" which force nightmares upon happy couples.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.1%, Action 33.3%, Platformer 30.6%

Super Ember Kaboom is a fast-paced, cute-and-colorful action game. It has tight controls and simple to learn, difficult to master gameplay that makes each level a joy to run through.

Why similar: Platformer 44.9%, Action 28.1%, Retro 27.1%

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: Great Soundtrack 45%, Platformer 37.6%, Action 17.4%

Simple, exhilarating mecha action! Destruction! Destroy!

Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Action 33.9%, Retro 28%

Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.

Why similar: Platformer 39.2%, Retro 31.1%, Action 29.7%

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: Retro 31.4%, Action 24.2%, Platformer 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 22%

Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!

Why similar: Action 39.5%, Platformer 31.6%, Retro 28.8%

vridniX is a story-driven platformer. Control a small creature who wants to save the world but will destroy it!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.6%, Platformer 32.5%, Action 26.9%