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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Pixel Graphics, Singleplayer, Platformer.

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Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.

Reviews: Very Positive — 83% — of 179 reviews
Released: 2023-08-28
Developer: Retroware
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.0 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 70%

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    Dev: Phew Phew Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!

    Why similar: Side Scroller 31.3%, 2D Platformer 22.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Linear 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

  58. #58 Beyond Sunset
    65% matchMostly Positive79% of 351 reviews2025
    Dev: Metacorp / VaporwarePub: Movie Games S.A.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!

    Why similar: Old School 26.5%, 1990's 20.7%, Shooter 18.7%, Colorful 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

  59. #59 Fallen City Brawl
    65% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: Fallen City StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
    Windows

    Brawl through the city in hard-hitting pixel art style inspired by arcade classics! Inspired by arcade beat ’em ups of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Fallen City Brawl is a story of ambition and revenge told through intense side-scrolling pixel art action.

    Why similar: Side Scroller 37.6%, 1990's 16.8%, Linear 14.4%, Old School 14%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

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