Games Like Pixel Gladiator

Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! Space Gladiators is a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives fighting their way out of a planet prison. Defeat hordes of aliens in the gladiatorial arenas and earn your freedom!

Why similar: Action 24%, Indie 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Difficult 14.5%, Side Scroller 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same arena-based survival combat with 2D platforming and roguelite progression.

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Sci-fi 14%, Action 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines mining and survival with intense base defense mechanics in a pixel-art style.

Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, Gore 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Survival 11%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A perfect match that focuses on side-scrolling arena survival and tower defense against waves of enemies.

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Gore 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Action 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same brutal difficulty and high-quality pixel art action found in Pixel Gladiator.

Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 46.2%, Action 25%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Side Scroller 8.3%, Platformer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, pixel-art action roguelite that demands constant movement and survival skills.

Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.4%, Difficult 25.7%, Action 8.7%, Survival 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses purely on the arena survival experience, challenging players to survive as long as possible against relentless waves.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Fast-Paced 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides intense, one-hit-kill action with a strong emphasis on precision and pixel-art aesthetics.

Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, Survival 19.1%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Action 9.7%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the tower defense and survival aspects of the genre with a sci-fi theme.

Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.8%, Platformer 18%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Difficult 13.3%, Action 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers fluid 2D combat and challenging platforming within a dense, pixelated world.

Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 43.3%, 2D 17.1%, Indie 16.7%, Action 15.6%, Singleplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the addictive loop of surviving against massive hordes of enemies in a retro-styled arena.

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: Gore 15.2%, Action 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Difficult 12.6%, Platformer 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled 2D action game that mirrors the challenging, run-and-gun gameplay of the seed game.

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Platformer 21.8%, Action 15.5%, Difficult 12.1%, Indie 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, pixel-art action game that forces players to survive in a hostile, interconnected environment.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Difficult 10.5%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tower defense and survival mechanics with a distinct pixel-art style.

Story of a Gladiator is an arena beat 'em up where you take the role of a man in search of his destiny. Fight against waves of enemies in the arena to earn coin and fame until you are strong enough to enter the colosseum and become champion.

Why similar: Gore 47.1%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Action 14.2%, 2D 9.4%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the thematic focus on gladiatorial combat and arena survival.

Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-adventure game that features physics-based combat and survival against waves of enemies.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 58.5%, Survival 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that emphasizes base defense and survival against nightly waves of enemies.

Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Difficult 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Fast-Paced 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro, pixel-art action roguelite that focuses on exploration and survival.

TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.

Why similar: Difficult 19.4%, Gore 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, pixel-art platformer that emphasizes survival and precision movement.

Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 29%, Difficult 21.3%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Action 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D action game that captures the feel of classic arcade shooters with modern roguelite elements.

Battle massive hordes of alien monsters to secure humanity's presence on planet Gore. Upgrade your base, hire troops, and install turrets to fight back the ever growing waves of aliens.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Survival 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Gore 11.1%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-packed shoot-em-up that focuses on surviving waves of enemies in a casual but intense format.

Everwarder is a refreshing take on the tower defense genre, blending roguelite mechanics with a time-based survival concept. Fight against the encroaching darkness and fend off emerging enemies. Collect artifacts, buy upgrades, discover ancient structures, unlock new units and more!

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Survival 10.6%, Difficult 10%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense and survival with a focus on building and managing defenses against waves.

2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action platformer that provides a simple, challenging experience similar to the seed game.

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Action 22.2%, Platformer 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Indie 14.2%, Procedural Generation 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-speed, boss-rush style action that requires quick reflexes and mastery of 2D movement.

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Platformer 19%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Action 15%, Gore 15%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, pixel-art action game that emphasizes destruction and survival against overwhelming odds.

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Difficult 42.7%, Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Action 12.1%, Indie 10.3%, 2D 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-based game that offers extreme difficulty and survival challenges through physics-based combat.

Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

Why similar: Difficult 22.3%, Procedural Generation 22%, Platformer 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action roguelite that features challenging combat and survival in dangerous environments.

Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.

Why similar: Side Scroller 27.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Difficult 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action game that provides a challenging, arcade-style experience.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Difficult 19.3%, Fast-Paced 18.6%, Platformer 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Action 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, difficult pixel-art game that focuses on vertical movement and survival.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Difficult 31.9%, Great Soundtrack 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Action 10.6%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down arena shooter that shares the high-difficulty, survival-focused gameplay loop.

Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the ultimate TV show! Survive hordes of ruthless mutants, upgrade your arsenal, improve your skills and win fabulous prizes in this live-broadcast action roguelike! Do you have what it takes to survive?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 44.7%, Action 33.4%, 2D 18.9%, Singleplayer 3%

Unforgiving boss fights. Gory pixels. Glorious fast-paced gladiatorial action-combat. Analyze your opponents weakness, adapt your strategy and colour the sands with the blood of your enemies.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.3%, Difficult 21.8%, Gore 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action 7.7%

Control your Hero to aid your Turrets and Traps in battle in this grim, dark Tower Defense & Action RPG with a scifi-grindhouse aesthetic. Create deadly weapon barrages and fuse together Bleed, Burn, Shock, Freeze, Stun and many more elements to annihilate your enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Dark 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%

In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Survival 8.3%

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, Survival 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Gore 7.8%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.4%, Difficult 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Action 7.3%

Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

Why similar: Side Scroller 35.7%, Pixel Graphics 31.8%, Indie 14.1%, 2D 13.1%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Hardcore 2D game with a fascinating and unusual mechanics, where you have to defend the base from annoying saboteurs.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Tower Defense 15.7%, Action 13.7%, Gore 11.3%, Difficult 11.2%

A fantasy action roguelike of exploration and murder. Live, kill, die, improve, live again.

Why similar: Difficult 29.3%, Procedural Generation 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Action 10.7%, 2D 8.8%

Defense: Abominations is a first person tower defense game where you try to survive the abominations stored in the laboratory, as long as you can.

Why similar: Gore 25.7%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Action 11.5%, Survival 10.9%

ARMORED HEAD is a miniature shooter, where all the action takes place in one arena. The main character is a gladiator who fights against his opponents in pursuit of the grand prize.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 30.6%, Difficult 22%, Survival 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Action 9.3%

Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 13.3%, Action 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Platformer 10.3%

In Defendoooooor!!!, it's your job to fight an alien invasion.

Why similar: Tower Defense 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Action 11.2%, Difficult 9.7%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Gore 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Action 9.4%

In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity. You will have to become one of three heroes to slash enemies or to die from their hands. What will your hero do? It depends only on your skills…

Why similar: Difficult 37.6%, Dark 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Action 12.8%, 2D 10.4%

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

Why similar: Difficult 41.4%, Gore 34.2%, Action 18.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Difficult 13.5%, Gore 13%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Side Scroller 9.6%

You have 9 days to find a safe place on the planet. Your ship is low on fuel and you have to land. Setup sentry guns around you to defend yourself while you collect more fuel for the ship. AI controlled Drones and Tanks attack you trying to find weaknesses in your defenses.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.5%, Action 13%, Survival 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Difficult 9.8%

This is an action game in which players attempt to survive by defeating a number of enemies which appear from the left and right sides of the screen. Use a unique keyboard-banging control scheme for maximum dopamine! Go Berserk, or Die!

Why similar: Action 27.9%, Dark 26.6%, 2D 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Indie 9.5%

Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Difficult 22.8%, Gore 18.7%, Platformer 16%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Action 8.9%

Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.

Why similar: Tower Defense 56.1%, Survival 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! This is the prelude for Space Gladiators, a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives fighting their way out of a planet prison. Defeat hordes of aliens in the gladiatorial arenas and earn your freedom!

Why similar: Platformer 30%, Procedural Generation 28.4%, Action 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.9%, 2D 11.3%

Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Difficult 15.8%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Action 20.2%, 2D 12.9%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Gore 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Difficult 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Platformer 10%

Play as a fearsome knight on a journey filled with challenges. Use a variety of abilities and powerups to take down enemies in an abandoned, torn by war castle.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Indie 14.7%, Platformer 14.1%, Dark 11.8%

Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!

Why similar: Action 61.2%, Indie 38.8%

Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 22%, Gore 15.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Dark 9.1%

A deck-building roguelike game with unique semi-real-time combat system. Step into the shoes of an ancient gladiator and do your best to survive in the coliseum. Combine various skills and equipment, develop your own fighting style, and defeat all the enemies to become the next champion!

Why similar: Action 76.3%, Singleplayer 23.7%

A genre-twisting tactical runner where you maneuver, fight, think, sacrifice and evolve – all ON THE RUN.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.8%, Difficult 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Action 13.3%, Procedural Generation 12.6%