
NARWHAR Project Hornwhale - the ray themed roaming 16-bit style action shmup.
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NARWHAR Project Hornwhale - the ray themed roaming 16-bit style action shmup.

Boss 101
Create your own bosses to battle in this arcade action and adventure. Yep, there is a story as well as pure action modes for those who want to blast things. Explore worlds while you upgrade your tech and improve your base. Make new friends, adopt pets and even fly a kite.

IRO HERO
In a world where humans are used as power supplies, only one man has the will to change it all! Iro Hero is a sci-fi adventure with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh four-color polarity system, with interactive elements, puzzles,...
Create your own bosses to battle in this arcade action and adventure. Yep, there is a story as well as pure action modes for those who want to blast things. Explore worlds while you upgrade your tech and improve your base. Make new friends, adopt pets and even fly a kite.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Action 18.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 11%, Retro 9.6%
In a world where humans are used as power supplies, only one man has the will to change it all! Iro Hero is a sci-fi adventure with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh four-color polarity system, with interactive elements, puzzles,...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Action 17.1%, Indie 13.2%, Retro 12.8%, Adventure 9.8%
Chop is dish-2d-dimensional platformer, where you conroll an angry master-chef who was lost piece of meat-it was stolen. Looking in the root of their troubles hero plunges into the mysterious world of strange creatures, which is fraught with many traps and dangers.
Why similar: Action 24.3%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 17.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 10.1%
The world has been taken over by an alien invasion. On the eve of destruction, humanity called out for their last hope. Takotan we need your help!
Why similar: Action 25.8%, Adventure 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Indie 19.8%, Arcade 9.1%
Thunderflash is a "love letter" to the arcade games of the 80s. It is a Run 'n Gun game inspired by gems like Ikari Warriors, Commando and Heavy Barrel.
Why similar: Action 27.9%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.1%, Retro 5.7%
want to remind you some 16bit arcade vibes? you like Toriyama style? just take a look to Dragon Blazers!! musics by the amazing David Revel!!
Why similar: Adventure 30.4%, Action 29.7%, Indie 22.1%, Arcade 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Action 26.6%, Indie 19.7%, Retro 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
The Incredible Friends - Crazy platformer shooter where players must destroy all the dead at unusual levels
Why similar: Action 24.1%, Indie 18.2%, Adventure 18%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Arcade 10.2%
A space shooter inspired by old school games. You set the order of the levels, get new weapons and upgrades. Each stage has a boss and a sub-boss with unique skills and challenges.
Why similar: Action 19.7%, Adventure 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Indie 14.7%, Side Scroller 12.7%
Bahamian Beat Down, a Beatemup style arcade game that takes place in The Bahamas. Take control of either Twin Dragon sibling and explore may true to life locations, items, and characters inspired by authentic Bahamian culture and history as defeat the criminal organization called The Bahama Pirates.
Why similar: Action 34.2%, Indie 26.3%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Retro 11.2%, Arcade 8.7%
את is an allegorical, multi-genre Love story and exploration of the Biblical themes of paradise and sacrifice vs offering.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Action 23.7%, Indie 23%, Adventure 21.8%
Kamodo Steve is an 2.5D action sidescroller where you play as Steve, an unwilling hero with unrealized power. Steve and his friend Shiloh team up to disrupt the sinister plans of the Robber Barons, a kabal of industrialists whose only motivations are success, power and greed.
Why similar: Action 30.1%, Adventure 29%, Indie 23.2%, Side Scroller 17.8%
Torico's b-day gift hunt - Toriko slept peacefully, looking forward to the upcoming party on her birthday, but bad luck - all the gifts were stolen! Restore justice and return the gifts to their place in this game inspired by the classic platformers of the 90s!
Why similar: Adventure 24.2%, Side Scroller 23.7%, Action 22.5%, Arcade 14.6%, Indie 8.7%
Zamarian is a fast-paced shoot 'em up classic arcade action game brought to you in an exciting, colorful, and challenging new way!
Why similar: Action 28.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Indie 19.1%, Retro 14.4%, Arcade 13.4%
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
Why similar: Action 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Indie 21%, Retro 12.8%, Arcade 10%
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 21.8%, Action 17.5%, Retro 12%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Adventure 11.2%
Control your enemies and eliminate them as fast as possible. You are an alien from outer space with a unique skill: Controlling the minds of your foes and use their skills to your advantage!
Why similar: Action 29.1%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 22.4%, Side Scroller 8.1%, Retro 5.9%
Ninjahtic Mind Tricks is an 8-bit hack-and-slash platformer with stealth, adventure, and puzzle elements. Like it's predecessor, Ninjahtic, levels have an open-ended nature and are presented in a linear fashion. Though, several features have been added to the predecessor's formula to create a more varied experience.
Why similar: Action 28.3%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 19.2%, Retro 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
“Vaccine War” is an action adventure game with exploration features. It is set in the tense Europe from the thirties, with the Spanish Civil War (and some fiction stories) as background. Aesthetically, the game combines the pixelart retro style with a 3D environment.
Why similar: Action 27%, Adventure 23.4%, Indie 20.7%, Retro 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
Inner Worlds is a side-scroll fantasy action adventure, in which you play the role of a strong and beautiful woman / she-wolf Nikita.
Why similar: Action 30%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 22.7%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Retro 8.3%
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 33.8%, Action 22.7%, Indie 16.8%, Adventure 16%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Chronoblast Maximum Force is a fast paced bullet shooter inspired by arcade classics. Keep your finger on the trigger at all times in this challenging arcade game.
Why similar: Action 30%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Indie 22.8%, Arcade 12.4%, 2D 6.4%
Galactic Battles is a complex 2D top-down space shooter in which you have to fight with alien invaders.
Why similar: Action 33.7%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 23.7%, Retro 12.9%
Clean up the mine and uncover its secrets in this game inspired by classic 90s platformers!
Why similar: Adventure 24.8%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Action 23%, Arcade 14.6%, Indie 8.1%
Zeroptian Invasion is a classic shoot 'em up with mechanics from other arcades of the 80’s. Travel back in time with this unique pixilated experience with an incredible soundtrack in chiptune.
Why similar: Action 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Indie 23.2%, Arcade 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
ERRHDR is a heartfelt journey all gamers can relate to.
Why similar: Action 25.9%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 19.9%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 10.2%
Catch hearts, Crush bunnies, Shoot the bad guys
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Action 20.4%, Retro 16.1%, Indie 15.7%, Arcade 11.7%
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
Why similar: Action 30.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 21.9%, Retro 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
"BLAH BLAH BLAH 8-bit, BLAH BLAH BLAH, blow stuff up. BLAH BLAH BLAH, retro." BLOWING INTO THE CARTRIDGE NOT REQUIRED!
Why similar: Action 31.2%, Adventure 26.6%, Retro 21.7%, Indie 20.6%
Wizhood:The Epic of Freedom is an action-platformer game that treats the story of king who tries to save his kingdom. People of Troburg must be saved from this trouble!
Why similar: Action 28.6%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 22%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
Krampus Quest is a back-to-basics retro-style action-platformer with a christmas theme. Fighting your way up the North Pole, absorbing souls, dodging traps and pitfalls, and upgrading abilities, to in the end battle Santa Claus himself.
Why similar: Action 28.9%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 22.2%, Retro 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Take charge of the caped deliverer and help Boston's finest foil The Society Of The Ninth over land, sea and air!
Why similar: Action 32.3%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 22.7%, Side Scroller 15.8%
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.2%, Action 29.1%, Indie 23%, Retro 15.7%
Steel Knight 1513 is a solo classic platformer set in Pre-Columbian North America in which you’ll have to fight against huge bosses and solve many challenges to unveil the secrets hidden in 12 action-packed levels.
Why similar: Action 28.3%, Adventure 28.1%, Indie 21.8%, Retro 12.2%, Arcade 9.5%
Your job is to locate and transport the containers to your base avoiding enemies on your way. Your ship is equipped with a hook to carry the containers. This is a physics based arcade game, inspired on the very early classics and with a strong Commodore 64 feel on it.
Why similar: Action 38.5%, Indie 26.7%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Retro 7.4%, Arcade 5.3%
Shoot lasers in space because a fish told you to. Ernesto's Asteroid Arcade is a twin-stick side-scrolling space shoot-em-up which tells the story of a man side-scrolling in space and shooting-em-up with twin-sticks. This game has at least 2 characters in it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 19.8%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Arcade 11.9%
Cubway is a journey with an abstract story of lifecycle of rebirth, called Samsara. Guide the cube through the long way full of dangers and difficulties, visit many interesting and mysterious places.
Why similar: Action 30.5%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 25.4%, Arcade 15%
Ploid is a new platform adventure game for old or modern hardware, play and explore the lost temples, gain sacred disc files and become the ultimate Ploid X of the galaxy! + V.O.I.D. Definitive Edition
Why similar: Action 33.5%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 25.3%, Retro 8.6%
Retro action "save-them-all" platformer including advanced physics combined with an unique retro feel. Complete rescue missions leading your colleagues to the closest base station. Fight enemies using your laser gun, jet pack, destroy terrain and even make new paths with the ground maker.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.5%, Retro 17.7%, Action 16.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Arcade 10.5%
Become the Last Man on his quest to retrieve the Jade Monkey for Master. Just shoot everything that moves while sidescrolling to the right with up to 3 friends! Face endless waves of enemies that can traverse the map more or less like you do.
Why similar: Action 32.1%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
In this arcade style shoot em up that lets you earn more punishing difficulties, you are Sylvester, a hero pilot in his glory days turned space janitor on a space station. After an attack on said post, it is up to him to retrieve the fabled Fang Shards. Turn your Beast Mode on, you're going to need it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Action 26.9%, Indie 20.7%, Arcade 13.3%, 2D 6.6%
A game about weird little people defending the universe. Aside from being incredibly stupid-fun, Majestic-12 is a 3d action side-scroller where you take control of an elite MJ-12 commando and battle your way through secret installations and strange alien environments with your friends.
Why similar: Action 32.6%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 25.1%, Side Scroller 10.6%
"In "Avventure Vampiresche" Farenz faces morning obstacles in an epic race through Cremona at 5 o'clock in the morning! Dodge ducks, spitballs, runners, and more to close the rings in time! Get ready for a frantic and enjoyable experience!"
Why similar: Action 23.1%, Adventure 21.3%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Arcade 12.8%, Retro 8.8%
First instalment in the series of 2D action side-scrollers, taking place in very distant galaxy and not so distant future. Gameplay main hallmarks are fast-paced laser guns shootouts, punch 'n' kick combats, managing obby-like obstacles, using wits in overcoming deadly traps and witty dialogues.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Action 21%, Adventure 18.9%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Arcade 11.9%
A mysterious tower has risen! It emits plumes of noxious green smoke from its summit making people sick. Strange creatures infest the tower but if nobody tries to ascend it we will all be doomed! Are you that hero?.....
Why similar: Action 35%, Adventure 31.9%, Indie 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
The alien invaders have launched their final offensive on an already crippled Terra. Only one brave pilot can turn the tide of war. Cyber Seraph is a boss focused vertical shoot 'em up with unlockable abilities.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.5%, Action 18.5%, Indie 14.3%, 2D 9.5%, Side Scroller 8.3%
The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.6%, Action 23.9%, Indie 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Arcade 5.8%
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Action 29.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Indie 23.5%, Retro 12.1%, Arcade 9.4%
Phantom Trigger is a vivid hardcore slasher with elements of an RPG and a roguelike. Your world is made up of sick fantasies, you are a phantom. Accept it or stop your treatment.
Why similar: Action 34.7%, Adventure 32.6%, Indie 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
Flight of the Paladin is a fast-paced top-down shooter where you play as a knight of valor and light vanquishing the nightmarish creatures of darkness. Featuring multiple game modes, Steam Achievements and Leaderboards!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.2%, Action 26.3%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 17.2%
A sci-fi action-arcade game inspired by classic gun n' runs of the '90s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Action 27.2%, Indie 20.5%, Retro 9.5%, Arcade 6.7%
Way of the Red is a 2d action platformer with a focus on fun combat, satisfying kills, and fluid movement. Use versatile sword techniques to shred enemies to pieces, while searching for your lost love from years past.
Why similar: Action 32.2%, Adventure 32%, Indie 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Help Tamiku to break all the balloons in the universe in this action-packed platform.
Why similar: Action 28.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 22.5%, Arcade 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
In this 2D arcade game, your body is the weapon. Shoot the tri out of yourself and recall it back to you to take out a constant onslaught of rogue polygons. Unlock all the tri modifiers and get as high of a score as possible!
Why similar: Action 35.9%, Indie 27.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Arcade 12%
Roko-Loko into Ratozinger’s Castle is a platform-styled action game. You will explore a huge castle with several dangers, enemies and dungeons. If you succeed at rescuing the rockstars and unlocking the castle doors, you will finally face the evil boss, Ratozinger.
Why similar: Action 34.4%, Adventure 33.9%, Indie 26.5%, Retro 3.8%, 2D 1.4%
Caught off guard, Johann Weiss had his sister kidnapped by the LaVey Order, a satanic cult led by Behemoth LaVey who's going to sacrifice her to Satan to summon Hell on Earth. In this take on Metroidvania and early Duke Nukem games, you must help Johann save his sister Joanna from LaVey.
Why similar: Action 34.1%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 26%, Retro 3.4%, Pixel Graphics 1.8%
Reginald Does His Thang is a platformer in which Reg gathers scattered pages for his grandfather's final recipe. In a surreal land where cannibalism, vomiting, and creeping kuru are commonplace, Reg chops, explodes, masticates and vomits to see what culinary masterpiece Grampinald's cooking up.
Why similar: Adventure 32.2%, Action 31.6%, Indie 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, 2D 4.7%
Now you can select your control style in 3 different ways!. 6 different upgradeable space interceptors, 9 different weapons. You can supply in your carrier and upgrade her defenses. Shoot enemies down. That's all.
Why similar: Action 35.1%, Indie 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Arcade 11.8%
Swords & Bones inherits the spirit of the great 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s, enriching the game experience with modern mechanics! Undead hordes and demons await you in this epic adventure!
Why similar: Action 26.2%, Adventure 25.2%, Retro 13.9%, Indie 13.2%, Arcade 9.3%