Games Like Old School Musical

Enjoy chill Lo-fi walks and fight bosses to K-POP, EDM and Hip-Hop inspired tracks. Features a quirky story, 30 handcrafted levels and various EX-modes to refresh your gameplay.

Why similar: Rhythm 52.4%, Music 25.3%, Difficult 10.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Action 5.5%

Butcher loads of zombies in Rhythm with Metal! Survive on the highway to hell fighting an epic freakshow! Now with 30 levels of pure madness! 19 Licensed tracks and a Community Level Editor to import your own songs!

Why similar: Rhythm 57.5%, Music 17.5%, Retro 9.2%, Action 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Radical Rabbit Stew is a hare-raising action-arcade game, featuring fast-paced whack-a-rabbit gameplay, scintillating puzzles, super-sized boss fights, juicy pixel graphics and a sizzling soundtrack, perfect for new players and 16-bit retro fans alike!

Why similar: Action 14.3%, Adventure 14%, Local Multiplayer 13.8%, Indie 12.8%, Retro 12.8%

An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

Why similar: Rhythm 33.4%, Music 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, 2.5D 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

CommanderVideo returns in Runner3's heart-pounding saga! Conquer villainous villains, drive wild vehicles, and navigate thrilling environments. Meet quirky characters and face retro challenges for an adrenaline-soaked rhythm-music platformer adventure!

Why similar: Rhythm 45%, Music 22%, Difficult 7.8%, Action 7.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%

"Beats Warrior: Nian" is a strange rhythm action adventure game. The story tells that Nian and Bao never miss the adventure! Nian will use special beat combat techniques to defeat creatures and bosses in several worlds.

Why similar: Rhythm 36.9%, Music 14.1%, Action 12.8%, Indie 11.4%, Retro 7.6%

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Difficult 16%, Indie 15.2%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 14.8%

"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: Retro 19.1%, Difficult 17%, Action 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Indie 12.8%

Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.

Why similar: Rhythm 45.9%, Music 22.1%, Retro 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Adventure 6.8%

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

Why similar: Rhythm 45.8%, Music 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Difficult 8%, Local Multiplayer 3.6%

From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.

Why similar: Rhythm 48.8%, Music 21.5%, Indie 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Action 5.2%

Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life!

Why similar: Rhythm 43.5%, Music 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Action 9.8%, Indie 9%

It’s Super Crazy Rhythm Castle, the chaotic rhythm adventure! A puzzling co-op mashup unlike anything you've ever heard. Solo, or with a band of up to three friends … … Can you conquer the castle?

Why similar: Rhythm 55.5%, Music 29%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 7.2%

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: Music 43.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Action 15.5%, Indie 15.4%, Retro 9.9%

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Why similar: Rhythm 55.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Music 11.5%, Difficult 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

A spy-chicken tries to save the world from doom in this runner/shooter game that has a little bit of everything with a touch of chicken and anime girls on top. Run for your life in 6 different worlds and shoot your way through tons of enemies until you become a legend.

Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Local Multiplayer 15.5%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 14.1%

Takes the player into unfamiliar territory as they use NES-style controls to blast their way through the barrage of Beats in this rhythm-music adventure.

Why similar: Rhythm 56.8%, Music 19.7%, Action 12%, Indie 11.5%

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Music 20.7%, Rhythm 19%, Difficult 13.7%, Indie 9.9%

Transform your keyboard into an instrument and play along to the melody of catchy chiptunes in this challenging rhythm game. Now with tap mode!

Why similar: Rhythm 54.7%, Music 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Indie 6.3%

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: Action 21.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 17.7%, Retro 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%

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: Retro 26.9%, Action 21.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%

Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.

Why similar: Retro 23.6%, Action 15.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

A Rhythm Role-Playing Game! Fight party crashing monsters with the power of music! Level your party and upgrade your gear while dancing to the beat of some groovin' tunes. Grab a friend and combine forces in all game modes in The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor!

Why similar: Rhythm 49.8%, Music 25.3%, Action 6.5%, Local Multiplayer 6.3%, Indie 6.2%

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Why similar: Music 43.9%, Rhythm 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 8.3%

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 19.6%, Action 19.6%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 17.4%, Retro 14.8%

This is a Roguelike Horizontal Action game that players need to follow the beat to defeat opponents. Beat to follow, fist to the bone. Face the foe, and dance to kill!

Why similar: Rhythm 46%, Music 24%, Difficult 8.8%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%

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: Retro 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Indie 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Adventure 11.3%

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 34.8%, Retro 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Rhythm + Rich Story & Characters. You play as a new student in Concordia Academy of Music, facing a crisis on your first day joining the Cajon Club. Music dueling, co-op jamming, or even play with a real cajon!

Why similar: Rhythm 53.7%, Music 30.3%, Action 7.2%, Indie 7.1%, 2D 1.8%

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Why similar: Retro 27.9%, Difficult 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Indie 16.8%, Action 12.5%

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Retro 19.9%, Adventure 17%, Action 16.9%, Indie 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%

Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!

Why similar: Retro 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Indie 19%, Action 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 12%

Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...

Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Action 42.3%

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

Why similar: Retro 20.7%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 14%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Difficult 13.2%

Join Bunny and his pals Gunny, Faye, and Ganny on an epic quest to earn enough money to buy himself an Auto-repair unit!Boo Bunny Plague is an action/adventure game featuring a story with wacky musical cinematic scenes. The all original soundtrack has everything from punk rock to opera and feature musicians from Houston Texas.

Why similar: Music 25.6%, Adventure 25%, Action 24.3%, Indie 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%

Fascinating, full of mysteries, an adventure with a storyline unfolded in the style of good old games with Retro Consoles!

Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Action 33.9%, Indie 31.3%

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Why similar: Rhythm 39.4%, Music 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Retro 8.9%, Difficult 6.6%

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: Adventure 22.2%, Action 21.6%, Indie 18.7%, Retro 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%

Retro first person shooter about love story with ocean of gore effects in an unusual world of strange dream with incredible creatures. 23 different levels, 12 types of enemies, 6 weapons and that's not all!

Why similar: Action 23.3%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 18.4%, Retro 17.3%, 2.5D 10.1%

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.1%, Indie 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Retro 10.9%, Action 10.6%

If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?

Why similar: Action 41.3%, Retro 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Indie 12.1%, 2D 6%

California, 1986: A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Retro 14.4%, Action 12.7%

Ever wanted to punch a bear IN THE MOUTH? FIST OF AWESOME asks the eternal question "what would happen if bears took over the world?" and answers it with the epic tale of a lumberjack travelling through time punching bears in the face to save humanity.

Why similar: Indie 24.3%, Action 23.4%, Adventure 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%

Start a rock band & end the EDM empire in NO STRAIGHT ROADS, a rockin' action-adventure that mashes together rhythm-infused third-person combat with a kick-ass soundtrack!

Why similar: Rhythm 60.4%, Music 28.4%, Action 11.2%

Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Action 15.5%, Indie 14%, Retro 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

A very intense rhythm game where you enforce road safety on unsuspecting fish

Why similar: Rhythm 66.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action 8.8%, Retro 8%, Indie 5%

Save patients with your rhythm mastery! Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game where you heal patients by defibrillating in time to their heartbeats. Learn each patient's unique heartbeat and defeat boss viruses trying to sabotage your rhythm, all set to heart-pumping, soul-soothing music.

Why similar: Rhythm 47.3%, Music 24.2%, Local Multiplayer 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Action 6.5%

Ephemerid is a rock fairy tale about a paper mayfly. Part rhythm game, part point-and-click adventure, and part rock opera.

Why similar: Rhythm 49.7%, Music 25.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 11.9%

An action/adventure game taking ques from both film-noir and samurai-drama's of old, "samurai_jazz" takes players on an adventure through an enigmatic city, engaging in sword-fights, encounters with mythological beings, and quirky dialog with the local inhabitants presented with a pseudo 8-bit style.

Why similar: Action 23%, Adventure 22.7%, Retro 22.6%, Indie 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%

Sit back and enjoy 30 minutes of original electronic and vaporwave music in this challenging platformer, push forward to unlock Time Trial mode and a second playable character who completely changes the gameplay.

Why similar: Music 20.8%, Difficult 18.6%, Retro 13.1%, Action 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

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 23.9%, Retro 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 8.8%

The dance floor fills, the line gets longer… come on down, it's time to conga! Shake your virtual hips to the arcade action of Conga Master, fight to make the longest conga line possible and become the king of the club. No rhythm required – anyone can conga!

Why similar: Music 33.1%, Action 23.9%, Indie 20%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! is a mash-up of the very best features of the classic console games with a ton of fresh improvements! Explore Earth as funky aliens from planet Funkotron trying to find your missing ship pieces to get back home in this casual co-op roguelike.

Why similar: Retro 31.9%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Local Multiplayer 6.8%

Embark as a knight alone or with friends in an order chasing their potential. Experience a rhythm game with an original soundtrack, in-depth character customization, and a story following an ensemble cast in a tranquil hub world. What will you find at the peak of what you're chasing?

Why similar: Rhythm 55.6%, Music 26.7%, Action 6.7%, Retro 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Rhythm 43.9%, Music 22.3%, Action 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Indie 4.9%

Honk, blow, & toot your way through over 60 songs, collect all 50 unique Tromboner Cards, and uncover the mysteries of the Trombiverse. Do you have what it takes to become the true Trombone Champ?

Why similar: Rhythm 66.3%, Music 27.2%, Indie 3.4%, Difficult 3.2%

The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

Why similar: Rhythm 71.2%, Music 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%, Difficult 4.3%, Action 3%

Embark on a global adventure in this ‘90s-inspired adventure platformer. Help a chubby underdog kid with wacky superpowers battle bizarre villains, unlock and customize special moves and spells, and save the world!

Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Action 26.4%, Indie 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.3%, 2D 3.3%