Games Like Project Mercury

In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

Why similar: Retro 29.4%, Platformer 20.7%, Action 13%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title is a love letter to classic 16-bit run-and-gun games, featuring similar high-stakes combat and sci-fi themes.

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Platformer 33.1%, Retro 17.1%, Action 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-styled action platformer that perfectly captures the run-and-gun intensity of the seed game.

Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track.

Why similar: Platformer 24.6%, Retro 19%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Action 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short but intense run-and-gun experience that mirrors the pixel-art aesthetic and gameplay loop of Project Mercury.

Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Retro 24.2%, Action 19.2%, Indie 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action platformer that focuses on classic shooting mechanics and challenging level design.

The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

Why similar: Platformer 29.5%, Retro 27.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, retro-inspired action platformer that emphasizes tight controls and sci-fi world-building.

Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.7%, Platformer 23.3%, Action 15.7%, Retro 15%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action platformer featuring a female protagonist and challenging boss fights similar to the seed game.

Super Alloy Ranger is a 2D side-scrolling action game. Play as Marksman Kelly or Combat Robot No.2 to challenge different levels within the dangerous Machine Empire and unlock new weapons. Use Kelly’s shooting and No.2’s deathblows to defeat abnormal Machine Bosses!

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.3%, Action 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Indie 9.3%, Female Protagonist 9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action platformer that emphasizes fast movement and varied combat encounters.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Platformer 24.5%, Retro 18.8%, Action 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Indie 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, sci-fi metroidvania that shares the pixel-art style and tight platforming mechanics of the seed game.

In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, Retro 24.6%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Action 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, arcade-style run-and-gun game set in a gritty sci-fi future that matches the seed game's intensity.

BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!

Why similar: Platformer 23.1%, Female Protagonist 19%, Retro 18.3%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the classic Mega Man-style platformer, offering fluid movement and satisfying combat.

Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!

Why similar: Platformer 25.8%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art action platformer that focuses on exploration and survival in a hostile environment.

Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.

Why similar: Platformer 24.1%, Retro 23.4%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Action 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced, 2D action with a heavy emphasis on platforming and retro-style combat.

Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

Why similar: Platformer 36.4%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Retro 16.8%, Action 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique action-platformer that combines precision movement with intense, sci-fi-themed combat.

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 26.8%, Female Protagonist 24.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Retro 9.6%, Action 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi platformer featuring a female protagonist and challenging 2D action sequences.

Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.6%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Platformer 19.9%, Retro 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-platformer that blends exploration with challenging combat and retro-inspired visuals.

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: Platformer 29.8%, Action 18.8%, Retro 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, heavy-metal-infused run-and-gun game with detailed pixel art and challenging sci-fi combat.

You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...

Why similar: Platformer 58.4%, Action 34%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-platformer that emphasizes exploration and combat in a retro-inspired setting.

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Platformer 27.7%, Retro 23%, Action 21.7%, Indie 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action platformer that captures the spirit of 8-bit classics with its simple yet effective gameplay.

A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.

Why similar: Platformer 42.4%, Action 26.8%, Indie 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, 2D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, sci-fi action platformer that rewards precise movement and skillful shooting.

Take the role of an antivirus software within the world of an operating system, eliminating malware spawns in a challenging, platforming quest!

Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Female Protagonist 29.8%, Sci-fi 21%, Action 11.2%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action platformer that emphasizes precision movement and challenging combat.

Possessed by an alien entity, slash and tear countless enemies with your monstrous claws, you must find a way to escape the planet before you lose what's left of your humanity! Exodemon is a game inspired by the 90s FPS golden age.

Why similar: Retro 29.4%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Action 18.6%, Indie 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action game that captures the intense, fast-paced feel of classic shooters.

As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe.

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-platformer that focuses on shooting and platforming within a sci-fi theme.

A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!

Why similar: Platformer 28%, Retro 24%, Action 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled shooter-platformer that focuses on fast-paced, arcade-style action.

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection brings together six classic titles in one game: Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent. The collection also features Z-Chaser, an exclusive new mode created just for this set of games.

Why similar: Action 37.8%, Platformer 30.3%, Retro 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive collection of retro sci-fi action platformers that heavily influenced the genre.

Railgunners is a shooter built to highly customizable difficulty levels. Fight your way through hundreds of enemy ships, and help humanity fight back against the alien invasion!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.6%, Retro 20.9%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Action 15%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action shooter that focuses on fast-paced combat and retro-inspired pixel art.

Wallachia Reign of Dracula is a retro-styled action platformer/shooter game.

Why similar: Action 31.7%, Indie 21.4%, Platformer 19.3%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D action-platformer that emphasizes challenging combat and retro aesthetics.

Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.

Why similar: Platformer 35%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Action 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that features retro-inspired combat and exploration.

Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Action 22.6%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action platformer that blends exploration with retro-inspired combat mechanics.

An exhilarating run-and-gun action shooting game based on a Roguelite! Travel through time with Sigma to thwart the uprising of artificial intelligence and fight for the future!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.6%, Platformer 27%, Sci-fi 26.2%, Action 15.2%, Singleplayer 2%

Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.

Why similar: Platformer 30.8%, Female Protagonist 25.9%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.2%, Retro 25.8%, Sci-fi 16%, Action 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

An enormous Boss Tower has sprung from the ground, lifting entire towns up with it. Now, the people living on the tower are starting to contract all sorts of mysterious illnesses. Princess Remedy, still in Saturnian healing school, must use her powers to heal everyone and defeat the Boss Tower!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.3%, Retro 26.7%, Action 12.7%, Indie 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...

Why similar: Action 30.5%, Sci-fi 24.5%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Indie 20.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-platformer that focuses on survival and combat against alien threats.

This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.

Why similar: Platformer 28.6%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Retro 14.6%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Action 8.1%

ENYO is trying to let go of an old Dystopia. It's also a 2d action platformer that does not require destroying things.

Why similar: Platformer 21%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Retro 15%, Action 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro arcade-style platformer that focuses on simple, addictive gameplay mechanics.

NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!

Why similar: Platformer 23.1%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Retro 16.5%, Action 9.5%

A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Retro 17.2%, Action 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.

Why similar: Platformer 32.4%, Retro 22.3%, Action 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Indie 9.4%

Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.

Why similar: Retro 28.3%, Female Protagonist 27.3%, Action 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, 2D 5.2%

Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back in this highly interactive mix of first person action and road movie adventure. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey around the USA. Use an enormous arsenal of weapons and skills to battle treacherous soldiers and vile mutants, all while trying to save mankind.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 31%, Retro 22.8%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Action 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Why similar: Action 27.7%, Platformer 22.2%, Indie 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!

Why similar: Platformer 29%, Action 26.8%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Indie 18.2%, 2D 5.1%

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 30.2%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Retro 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action 9.9%

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Retro 16.6%, Action 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Female Protagonist 27.4%, Sci-fi 17%, Action 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ENGINEERS, and uncover the secrets of METAL EDEN.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.4%, Sci-fi 32.6%, Action 31.1%, Singleplayer 2%

Explore the mysteries of an unknown land! ”Transiruby '' is a metroidvania game where you explore the world as a cyborg protagonist named Siruby. Slash and shoot your way to reveal its hidden secrets!

Why similar: Platformer 29.1%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Action 18.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%

Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 41.8%, Action 24.8%, Indie 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, 2D 3.3%

You find yourself trapped in a mysterious tower – one that transforms its very structure every 24 hours, where you must surpass countless poor fallen souls and make your way to the heretofore unseen top!

Why similar: Platformer 37.5%, Female Protagonist 33.9%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, 2D 6.6%

Design your own arsenal in Clockwork Ambrosia, a steampunk metroidvania in the vein of a run-and-gun platformer. Join Iris, an airship pilot who must combat an army of deadly robots and monsters, and experiment with over 100 rule-based weapon mods and armors to prevail through this wild adventure!

Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Retro 20.9%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.

Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Retro 27.2%, Action 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Indie 9%

Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.6%, Platformer 25.4%, Sci-fi 25.4%, Action 13.9%, Indie 7.7%

Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!

Why similar: Platformer 28.5%, Retro 24.7%, Action 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%

Overclocked is a free-flowing action game that blends combat and platforming to create a fluid and rhythmic experience. Take on the role of Amber, a glass-cannon vigilante, as you fight to uncover a plot that threatens to tear your home apart.

Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Action 27.3%, Female Protagonist 25.5%, Indie 17.4%

The end of the world just started and everyone is gone. The machines took over and your only goal is to look for your missing sister in a retro wave atmosphere. Fight and find your way into the danger with your shield in this vibrant pixel art world.

Why similar: Platformer 26.9%, Female Protagonist 24%, Retro 20.6%, Action 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Ruby the ghost hunter has a tough gig this Halloween. Explore the haunted mansion, take down some ghosts, battle spooky bosses, and rescue the lost cats!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.4%, Platformer 23.9%, Action 22%, Indie 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.2%, Platformer 23.1%, Action 19.3%, Indie 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%

Cally's Trials is a roguelike action-platformer with a weapon-levelling system that lets you evolve weapons as you use them. Cally must save her parents from the maniacal Herbert, who has laid waste to the Caves and built a massive new base.

Why similar: Platformer 32.6%, Female Protagonist 24%, Action 20.8%, Indie 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%