60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Female Protagonist, 2D.
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.
Mighty Switch Force! Collection
Switch up the fun with four games in one! As cybernetic peacekeeper Officer Patricia Wagon, you'll use your platforming skills, puzzle-solving abilities, and level-altering Siren Helmet to catch criminals, extinguish infernos, and smash enemies. Four-player co-op and versus modes included!
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
Switch up the fun with four games in one! As cybernetic peacekeeper Officer Patricia Wagon, you'll use your platforming skills, puzzle-solving abilities, and level-altering Siren Helmet to catch criminals, extinguish infernos, and smash enemies. Four-player co-op and versus modes included!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Action 12.7%, Indie 7%
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.3%, Female Protagonist 27.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Action 7.5%, Indie 4.2%
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: Female Protagonist 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Platformer 22.9%, Action 12.4%, 2D 2.3%
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 44.3%, Platformer 21.3%, Female Protagonist 21%, Action 6.7%, Indie 3.9%
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.4%, Female Protagonist 30.1%, Platformer 25.5%, Action 5.7%, Indie 2.7%
As Academy Cadet Patricia Wagon, grab your pellet gun and take on brain-twisting puzzles so massive they span the entire screen! 20 all new puzzles and some twisted classics stages, all with a hectic cooperative couch-play option for up to 4 players to keep you and your fellow trainees in stitches!
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.9%, Female Protagonist 30.4%, Platformer 18.8%, Action 8.4%, Indie 5.5%
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: Female Protagonist 26%, Great Soundtrack 24.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Action 8.1%
The original Rubbering Action game comes to Steam! Play as Umihara Kawase, an adventurer traveling through a world in search of ingredients. Hook the lure at the end of her stretchy rubber rope onto ceilings and walls to swing and leap through the stages. Quick reflexes and clever thinking are key!
Why similar: Platformer 43.3%, Female Protagonist 28.3%, Action 19.2%, Indie 9.2%
Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.9%, Platformer 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Action 12%, Indie 7.9%
Swing, climb, grab, and throw in this action platformer where you can grapple anywhere! Using Rena's magic bracelets, hook onto any surface to swing wherever you like, or grab your foes to send them hurtling into each other!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31%, Action 26.5%, Platformer 24.1%, Indie 16.2%, 2D 2.2%
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 51.1%, Action 31.8%, Indie 17%
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.2%, Female Protagonist 27.1%, Platformer 22.4%, Action 8.4%, Indie 5.7%
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: Female Protagonist 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, Platformer 24.6%, Action 8.3%, Indie 5.5%
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 36.9%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Platformer 14.8%, Action 13.8%, Indie 7.8%
Team up with Officer Patricia Wagon to save Tangent City from a fiery blaze! As a member of Planet Land’s Fire Brigade, your job is to douse the fire in each building — and to evacuate any Hooligan Sisters who may be trapped inside.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 62.6%, Action 22.3%, Indie 15.1%
A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.3%, Platformer 21.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Action 17%, Indie 9%
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 61.2%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Action 11%, Indie 8.2%, 2D 2%
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Why similar: Action 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 20.4%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Indie 13%
In Blade Kitten, join Kit Ballard as she explores the mysterious world of Hollow Wish to hunt down rogue mechs and soft targets.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 46.2%, Platformer 33.5%, Action 14.5%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
RefRain - prism memories - is an empowering, cyberpunk, bullet-hell shoot-’em-up that focuses on fast-paced, offensive gameplay. “Dive” into a hazardous digital world, cycle through 3 different attack modes, and delete the opposition with superior firepower.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 56.4%, Action 26.4%, Indie 17.2%
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 56%, Action 24.1%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Step into the shoes of Freudia Neuwahl, a cool and collected young woman on a mission to save her best friend from an Imperial witch hunt. "Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel" is the sequel to "Rosenkreuzstilette", a level-based 2D side scrolling action game for PC.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.2%, Female Protagonist 24%, Platformer 16.1%, Action 9%, Indie 7.1%
A unique action-puzzle platform game that will give you a whole new gaming experience.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.3%, Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Action 14.8%, Indie 9%
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.4%, Platformer 25.7%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Indie 3.8%
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: Great Soundtrack 43.6%, Platformer 26%, Action 25.7%, 2D 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Packed with fast-paced, turn-based RPG action, fourth-wall-breaking, trope-demolishing dialogue, and more item, weapon, and costume customization than you can shake a Lvl. 1 Stick at, Gamindustri is a world set on turning the concept of the JRPG on its head!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.7%, Great Soundtrack 44.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%, 2D 2.2%
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Why similar: Platformer 30.2%, Great Soundtrack 28.5%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Action 13.8%, Indie 9%
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.6%, Great Soundtrack 29.2%, Platformer 23.2%, Action 2.8%, Indie 2.5%
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: Great Soundtrack 40.6%, Platformer 27%, Action 19.4%, Indie 8.3%, 2D 3.4%
-A magical world beautifully depicted through in-game graphics. -Diverse levels that provide a fair challenge. -Additional bonuses that reward those who replay the game. -3 difficulty modes.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Platformer 19.7%, Action 18.5%, Indie 9%
The next installment in the high-speed 2D action Gunvolt series is finally here with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Balancing both an involving story and satisfying gameplay, Gunvolt 3 is the most extravagant entry in the series yet!
Why similar: Platformer 40.1%, Female Protagonist 28.2%, Action 26.3%, 2D 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Maiden Cops is a Beat'em Up full of classic, arcade-style action and ass kicking. Choose among the gorgeous Maiden Cops policewomen, tackle crime in Maiden City and enjoy premium-level pixel art and a breathtaking soundtrack.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 71.8%, Action 21.7%, 2D 6.5%
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.9%, Platformer 30.3%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Action 9.6%, Indie 4.3%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 56.7%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 14%, Indie 8.8%, 2D 1.7%
Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 41.9%, Platformer 28.1%, Action 17.7%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Cally's parents have been abducted, as her arch-enemy Herbert has taken control of the Caves to perform his evil experiments. Join Cally and her friends in this action-packed run and gun platformer, conquering insane bosses, exploring to find secrets, and levelling up EVERYTHING.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.2%, Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Platformer 17%, Action 10.3%, Indie 6.6%
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.6%, Platformer 23.2%, Action 15.9%, Indie 5.5%, 2D 2.8%
Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 67.2%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Indie 4.5%, Action 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 51.9%, Female Protagonist 33%, Indie 5.2%, Action 5.1%, 2D 2.6%
The classic action game Umihara Kawase Shun, beloved by fans since 1997, comes to Steam! Conquer fields from Shun, Second Edition, and Complete Edition using a stretchy rubber rope. Includes Steam Cloud, Global Leaderboards, and Steam Workshop!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.8%, Action 26.1%, Platformer 20.6%, Indie 14.7%, 2D 5.7%
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 57.5%, Platformer 23.2%, Action 8.7%, Indie 7%, 2D 2.7%
The definitive sequel to the popular series that began with Umihara Kawase in 1994 and Umihara Kawase Shun in 1997 comes to Steam! Master the stretchy rubber rope and use recoil and pendulum motion to reach the goal. Experience the one-of-a-kind “Rubbering Action” game from the original team!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.9%, Action 26.9%, Platformer 24%, Indie 13.1%
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 45.4%, Action 30.4%, Indie 18.6%, 2D 5.5%
Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39%, Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Platformer 13%, Action 9.8%, Indie 7.7%
Super Alloy Ranger is a 2D side-scrolling action game. Play as Marksman Kelly or Combat Robot No.2 to challenge different levels within the dangerous Machine Empire and unlock new weapons. Use Kelly’s shooting and No.2’s deathblows to defeat abnormal Machine Bosses!
Why similar: Action 54.1%, Female Protagonist 24%, Indie 15.5%, Singleplayer 6.4%
Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.7%, Platformer 30%, Action 14.1%, Indie 8.6%, 2D 3.7%
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: Platformer 50.1%, Action 49.9%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.6%, Puzzle Platformer 31.1%, Platformer 18.5%, Indie 7.6%, 2D 1.9%
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 53%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Action 18%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.9%, Female Protagonist 26.5%, Platformer 21.3%, Action 7.7%, Indie 3.4%
The ultimate version of the 3D Platformer with attitude! Join Beebz on three seperate adventures to ultimately claim the Demon Queen title! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with this Expressive Platformer!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.8%, Platformer 37.9%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.6%, Platformer 25.3%, Action 19.4%, Indie 11.3%, 2D 2.4%
HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.3%, Platformer 25.8%, Action 20.9%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 3.8%
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: Platformer 42.4%, Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Action 14.7%, Indie 6%, 2D 5.4%
ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42%, Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Action 16.9%, Platformer 5.8%, Indie 4.7%
