- #1 Monster Bash
97% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2014
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Johnny Dash's bash 'em and smash 'em adventure takes him into the evil Under World of Count Chuck. The story starts when Johnny's dog Tex is kidnapped by the Count, along with hundreds of other pet dogs and cats.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #2 Tres-Bashers
96% matchVery Positive96% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: ondydev
Windows · Mac
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
Why similar: Side Scroller 14%, 1980s 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #3 Super Catboy
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: PixelpogoPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Why similar: Dogs 25.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Side Scroller 10.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 8.4%
- #4 Missing Banban
95% matchVery Positive93% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Simon CarnyPub: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Grab your weapons and delve into this action side-scroller intense adventure. Jump around and explore the insane levels. Shoot and dodge your way through enemies. Fight to find your friend and solve the disappearance!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Side Scroller 19.2%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #5 Dig Dog
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
An action roguelike digger. Dig to discover treasure, adventure and bones! Jump, dash, stomp and dig your way through a strange world inhabited by stranger creatures.
Why similar: Dogs 59.1% ★, Platformer 12.7%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Retro 3.9%
- #6 Balthazar's Dream
94% matchVery Positive88% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Psilocybe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Visit a wonderfully peculiar dog's dream in a heroic attempt to save your owner in this beautiful pixel art puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Dogs 40% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Platformer 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #7 Haunted Lands
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: alevgorPub: Alawar
Windows
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Demons 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 9.9%
- #8 Dogworld
93% matchVery Positive96% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Lateralis Heavy Industries
Windows
Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.
Why similar: Dogs 36.1% ★, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 6.6%, Action 6.3%
- #9 Grapple Dog
91% matchVery Positive86% of 886 reviews2022
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
Why similar: Dogs 27.6% ★, 2D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 15.4%, Funny 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #10 Secret Agent HD
91% matchVery Positive99% of 180 reviews2021
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Action 9.1%, Old School 8.9%
- #11 Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan
90% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: CollectorVision Games
Windows · Mac
In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!
Why similar: Platformer 17.8%, Action 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Adventure 13%, Old School 9%
- #12 Dadish
89% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas K. Young
Windows
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Retro 9%, Action 7.5%
- #13 Silver Bullet
88% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: 1CC GamesPub: Flynn's Arcade
Windows
Silver Bullet is a gothic arcade shooter: blast your way through spooky stages and macabre mini games as Van Helsing, to rescue your pet puppies who were dognapped by Reggie the Vampire!
Why similar: Gothic 40.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Action 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 2D 7.2%
- #14 Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Rotten Flesh is a cosmic horror survival game where you have just lost your dog named Roy and you have to find him by shouting for "ROY" on your microphone. Venture deep into the sewers where your dog was lost - however, something else can also hear your screams in the tunnels.
Why similar: Dogs 59.8% ★, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Horror 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Exploration 5.5%
- #15 Mr. Run and Jump
87% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Mr. Run and Jump defeat the terrifying Void and collect all of the Power Gems from the Realms of Color! Venture through a dazzling and dangerous world, dodging countless enemies and conquering hundreds of fierce platforming challenges to save the day!
Why similar: Dogs 36% ★, Side Scroller 16.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #16 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
84% matchVery Positive96% of 243 reviews2024
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
Why similar: Dogs 37.2% ★, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 6.2%
- #17 Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #18 Howloween Hero
85% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Gossamer Games
Windows · Mac
A spooky trick-or-treat adventure about a mischievous puppy on a mission to score the evening's best candy. Create your costume, explore the neighborhood, and help your friends track down a menacing monster to save Halloween.
Why similar: Dogs 77.4% ★, Funny 9.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 5.3%
- #19 Castaway
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 256 reviews2024
Dev: Canari Games
Windows
Retrieve your weapons, face bosses to save your dog in a retro adventure focused on 3 dungeons. Finish the Story mode to unlock the Survivor mode: a 50-floor "Death Tower". You'll enjoy classic mechanics, charming visual style, and an enchanting soundtrack.
Why similar: Dogs 40% ★, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Old School 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 7%
- #20 Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
81% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 14.5%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 10.6%
- #21 Mustache in Hell
83% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Action 20.4%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Adventure 14%, Retro 12.3%
- #22 Wild Dogs
81% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: 2ndBoss
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world is under a frantic alien attack. Amidst the chaos and with the army virtually subdued, the deadliest and most inconsequential pair of specialists are called upon to do what must be done. Join the war hunting aliens around the world and in every way possible.
Why similar: Dogs 27.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #23 Bloodhound
80% matchMixed68% of 380 reviews2023
Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.
Why similar: Demons 36.8%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Horror 14.5%, Retro 10.9%, Action 8.6%
- #24 100 Pumpkins 2
78% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 19%, 1980s 17.8%, Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Old School 6.7%
- #25 BioGun
77% matchVery Positive86% of 634 reviews2024
Dev: Dapper Dog Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?
Why similar: Dogs 34.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10%, Exploration 7.8%
- #26 ✌ Johnny Rocket
82% matchMostly Negative40% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: KG Game StuduoPub: Hede
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comic adventure introducing Johnny Rocket in an action platformer game stylized as a free-hand black and white cartoon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Horror 10.6%
- #27 Litil Divil
82% matchMixed46% of 441 reviews2014
Dev: Gremlin InteractivePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 9%
Welcome to the Underworld, where you guide Mutt, the bad luck Litil Divil, through the Labyrinth of Chaos to retrieve the Mystical Pizza of Plenty. Our “hero” takes a fateful step through the Mortal Portal to prowl five hellish levels of treacherous tunnels with more than 50 raucous rooms of gameplay.
Why similar: Adventure 30.8%, Retro 24.2%, Old School 23.4%, Action 21.5%
- #28 Astrodogs
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Astrodogs is an on-rails arcade action game featuring a cast of space dogs that have to save the galaxy from WOOFER, a corporation that controls everything. Also ran by dogs.
Why similar: Dogs 57.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Funny 8.2%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #29 Enigma of Fear
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,117 reviews2024
Dev: Dumativa
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
Why similar: Dogs 65.2% ★, Mystery 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Exploration 8%, 2D 4.8%
- #30 My Diggy Dog 2
79% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: King Bird Games
Windows · Mac
Diggy Dog 2 is a game about a brave archaeologist dog named Marty, who helps his elderly master find his wife and solve the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, Dogs 29.5% ★, Platformer 15.1%, Funny 8.3%, 2D 4.6%
- #31 Benny Bash
76% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: 1980s 33.2%, Old School 20.1%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #32 Turbo Kid
75% matchVery Positive93% of 566 reviews2024
Dev: Outerminds Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A nostalgic metroidvania adventure with insane weapons, skills, and pixel gore. Ride your BMX and blast your enemies as you discover the secrets of the Wasteland.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 14%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Retro 9.3%
- #33 Vampire's Best Friend
74% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day. Flap through peril in this open-ended precision “batformer” with a unique control scheme that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Why similar: Platformer 23.3%, Gothic 21.6% ★, Retro 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #34 One Dog Story
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 516 reviews2017
Dev: Big Way GamesPub: Big Way
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.6%, Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #35 Battle Princess Madelyn
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Causal Bit Games Inc.Pub: Monster Bath Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
Why similar: Platformer 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Action 14.3%, Retro 12.1%, 1980s 11.9%
- #36 Mago
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,008 reviews2022
Dev: Dream Potion Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Funny 10.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.7%
- #37 Dead Island Retro Revenge
77% matchMixed62% of 719 reviews2016
Dev: Empty Clip StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! When his beloved cat gets kidnapped, Max sets out across a zombie-infested California to get him back by force!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 27%, Retro 26.9%, 2D 9.9%
- #38 My Night Job
75% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Webcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
My Night Job sends players into an abandoned building and sicks hordes of monsters on them. They can use more than 60 weapons to defend themselves and save as many survivors as possible. But beware – if too many rooms are thrashed, the end may be nigh-er than you originally thought.
Why similar: 1980s 31.3%, Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Horror 10%
- #39 Crystal Caves HD
72% matchVery Positive98% of 327 reviews2020
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Platformer 19.1%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Old School 10.7%, Retro 10.2%
- #40 Panic Porcupine
71% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...
Why similar: Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #41 Woof Blaster
73% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2015
Dev: Fabian Jarrett
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Woof Blaster is an action packed shooter featuring a dog with a gun and jet boots in search of a magical pizza which holds the key to becoming King of the Dog Planet. Destroy waves of enemies with an array of weapons, power-ups and the ability to transform into different monsters such as a T-Rex!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #42 Gun Devil
69% 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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Side Scroller 19.1%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #43 Dog Adventure
71% matchVery Positive83% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Quarlellle
Windows
Dog Adventure is an incredibly challenging side-scrolling game. If you like challenging platformers, then this game is definitely for you. In this game you play as a funny dog that needs to get into its house. Complete all the hardest levels of this game with funny music!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Platformer 24.7%, Adventure 23%, Action-Adventure 17.9%
- #44 2D Platformer GAME (Toy Factory)
70% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Jo.Jo art
Windows
It is a 2D adventure game with cute characters.
Why similar: Dogs 40% ★, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #45 Undercat
69% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: SparkyTailGames
Windows
Undercat is a non-restrictive 2D platformer with co-op and PvP modes. Help the Resistance to overthrow the Cats' tyranny and liberate the animal city!
Why similar: Dogs 44% ★, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Retro 7.1%
- #46 Chasing Styx
72% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: ForepawSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Chasing Styx is a three-headed dog, run 'n' gun, couch co-op, bullet-hell adventure. As Cerberus, explore the far reaches of the Underworld featuring multiple routes filled with disgruntled dead, tricky traps, screen covering waves of bullets, and hidden treasures used to upgrade your hellhound.
Why similar: Action 54.9%, Adventure 45.1%
- #47 Russian Subway Dogs
70% matchVery Positive97% of 272 reviews2018
Dev: Spooky Squid Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A fast-paced arcade game inspired by the real-life stray dogs of the Moscow metro. Compete in online leaderboards and progress through a challenging campaign while unlocking guest critters from your fave games! Juggle vodka, bark fire, cook bears, and more! Can you steal enough food to survive?
Why similar: Dogs 44.5% ★, Side Scroller 12.8%, Old School 9.3%, Funny 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #48 John's Quest
67% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Benjamin Halko
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are John Appleby, game historian. Your shadow twin "Evil John" has been doing some evil business and is causing genres to collide! Only you have the power to restore peace and save gaming...
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.6%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 15.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Funny 7.9%
- #49 PETS
67% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Save& Studio
Windows
PETS is a platformer puzzle game. You will cross different dimensions and go through the maze, find your dogge.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 39.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Funny 9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #50 Duke Dashington Remastered
71% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Hop into the shoes of Duke Dashington and save treasures from collapsing dungeons! Do you have what it takes to be the fastest treasure hunter in the world?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Side Scroller 21.4%, Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #51 Alien Hominid HD
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 593 reviews2023
Dev: The Behemoth
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Side Scroller 28.7%, Old School 12.7%, Funny 8.8%, Action 8%
- #52 Biolab Wars
70% matchVery Positive87% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: 2ndBoss
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inspired by the 8-bit games and by the movies from the 80's, your goal is to blow things up, defeat aliens and fight bizarre bosses in this platformer 2D with classic mechanics.
Why similar: Dogs 25.6% ★, Side Scroller 20.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Old School 7.8%
- #53 Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
69% matchVery Positive81% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: Unspeakable PixelsPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Funny 9.2%, Old School 8.8%
- #54 Beholgar
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 369 reviews2022
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.8%, 1980s 16.4%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Action-Adventure 12.5%
- #55 Dark Shadows - Army of Evil
73% matchMostly Negative34% of 316 reviews2014
Dev: Burian Media EnterprisesPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dark Shadows - Army of Evil takes you back to September 1362. A horde of monsters has been ravaging the country like a plague of locusts for over a year. While you were away doing your knightly duties of catching a runaway horse, the monsters stormed the castle, injured the king, and kidnapped Katarina, the love of your life.
Why similar: Dogs 61.5% ★, Action 13.1%, Horror 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #56 Overloop
66% matchVery Positive94% of 247 reviews2022
Dev: Charge GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #57 The Mummy Demastered
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 911 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Action 19%, Platformer 18.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Retro 11.8%
- #58 Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Steam
65% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Hamumu Games, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Smash monsters, collect brains, and so much more as you attempt to stop Dr. Lunatic's evil scheme. 1,200 levels and hundreds of hidden bonuses in Bouapha's greatest adventure! Now enhanced for Steam!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.9%, Old School 18.5%, Exploration 14.4%, Funny 12%, Retro 11.9%
- #59 Maniac Mansion
68% matchVery Positive88% of 223 reviews2017
Dev: Lucasfilm GamesPub: Lucasfilm
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
Why similar: Adventure 39.9%, Pixel Graphics 25.6%, Retro 22.8%, 2D 11.6%