Games Like Rage Among The Stars

PhaseWorm is a fast-paced 2D timing and reflex game built with a speedrunning focus. Players will be challenged to think and act quickly as they push for faster times and more difficult paths through each of the game's 30 unique thematic stages.

Why similar: Action 55.3%, Time Attack 27.5% ★, Difficult 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, 2D 2.6%

A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.

Why similar: Action 42%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Difficult 11.8%, Platformer 10.2%, Funny 7.4%

Difficult, graphical, fun. A platformer that will make you cry, laugh, and cry again! That's how difficult it is!

Why similar: Time Attack 32.3% ★, Action 29.2%, Difficult 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Platformer 10.5%

A Difficult Game. Jumper Starman is a Classic Platform Game. A Pixel Art Game for the best players.

Why similar: Action 28%, Aliens 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Space 8.9%, Difficult 8.6%

Black Hole Hazard is an action puzzle spacewalking game with unique control and a fascinating sci-fi story. Controlling the gun's recoil in space and distorted gravity will be very challenging. Be Dr. Albert, shoot the jet / laser gun to survive against the unknown enemies and find out the truth.

Why similar: Time Attack 30.7% ★, Action 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 9.1%

Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.

Why similar: Action 29.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Difficult 8.6%

Experience the apeX of 2D action! A new era of 2D action begins now! Get ready for high-speed, stylish 2D side-scrolling action like never before. Inti Creates presents the ultimate in classic 2D action with "Luminous Avenger iX"!

Why similar: Action 47.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Side Scroller 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.

Why similar: Action 52%, Platformer 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Difficult 8.4%, Indie 7.7%

A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!

Why similar: Action 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Difficult 15.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Beat your inner demons without attacking them, in this extremely difficult platformer about how grief changes one's perception of the world. It is an expression of the developer's experience with cancer and heartbreak.

Why similar: Action 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Difficult 10.6%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Platformer 9.9%

Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.

Why similar: Action 42.9%, Difficult 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Platformer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Isolated is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shooter in which you shoot, shoot and shoot ALIENS!

Why similar: Action 39.6%, Aliens 16.8%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Space 11.9%, Platformer 10%

Ieyasu Tokugawa, who ended the era of Sengoku and unified Japan. This man created a highway connecting the capital of Kyoto and Edo. It is called the Tokaido-53-tsugi. On this Tokaido, three ninjas will travel from Edo in this present day with a secret mission.

Why similar: Action 72.1%, Time Attack 27.9% ★

Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!

Why similar: Action 31.7%, Time Attack 23.1% ★, Platformer 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Retro 7.6%

NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.

Why similar: Action 44.3%, Platformer 14.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Evilmorph – this is a platform game the main feature of which is a transformation into your enemies after killing them. After slaying the foes you obtain their abilities which gives you one kind of power instead of another. Will you be able to overcome all the obstacles of the grim labyrinth? Will you face against the numerous enemies?

Why similar: Action 74.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Indie 3%

Play as smuggler Hank Hudson in this 2D action platformer as he defies death at every turn to find his way off a deadly tropical island...

Why similar: Action 49.9%, Difficult 16.8%, Platformer 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Indie 7.5%

Digital Rose is a 2D action-platforming game that follows the stories of Jeremy, a cybernetic construction worker, and Alex, a blood-wielding vampire, as they venture through the Systema Megastructure.

Why similar: Action 39%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Difficult 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Platformer 10.4%

Fueled by rage The Savage plunges into battle wielding his huge axe in a berserk frenzy as he reaps destruction on all who stand in his way.

Why similar: Action 61.1%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Platformer 13.8%, Retro 10.8%

Jetlad is a challenging jet-fueled platformer. Help Jetlad collect the gems of each level and reach the goal unharmed. Jetlad flies around using his jet-pack. Jetlad will explode when he runs out of fuel or touches any hazards. Are you able to help Jetlad overcome the obstacles that await him?

Why similar: Action 48.9%, Difficult 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 13%, Indie 7.4%

The Square Game is an insanely hard 2D action platformer with 24 short action packed levels.

Why similar: Action 60.8%, Difficult 9.6%, Indie 9.2%, Platformer 7.6%, Retro 5.7%

You finally got an internship at the intergalactic Research Station, congrats! Now you need to get there! Survive on a hostile planet, experience gravity inversion, conversion to a hologram, and weightlessness. Talk to burn-out workers, and of course - avoid getting killed by local aliens!

Why similar: Action 26.6%, Space 16.1%, Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%

Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.

Why similar: Action 38.7%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 8.6%

A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.

Why similar: Action 63.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Indie 9.5%, Difficult 8.6%, Platformer 7.3%

Left to fend for himself after mankind abandoned the doomed planet Aurora, robot Kramer 227 must find a way through 20 action-packed levels and rescue his robotic friends before Aurora crashes into its sun.

Why similar: Action 47%, Space 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Side Scroller 9.3%

Be prepared for a trip into yesteryear! Bryce's Movement Engine¹ is an MSDOS Ware meets Post-Trainwreck-era game set in the halcyon days of 1998! An all-new classic adventure, BME¹ is the ultimate tribute to a mega-cool era of awesome gaming!

Why similar: Action 73.6%, Platformer 10.8%, Retro 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Use the SLING- NEW and UNIQUE mechanics ! Help WIL rescue his friends from terrible evil ! Jump right into the action, or roll out of trouble ! Hint: for jumping and speeding up- Use the SLING !All of this and more - exclusively in WIL. (Don't miss the opportunity to: Master the SLING !)

Why similar: Action 33.6%, Time Attack 25.2% ★, Platformer 14.9%, Difficult 9.4%, Side Scroller 9.1%

An astronaut has crash-landed on an alien planet, and it's started to rain... seeds. Featuring a campaign and an endless mode with leaderboards, Germination is an arcade platform-em-up about stomping your way to the highest combo, excruciatingly detailed with hand-crafted animations.

Why similar: Action 28.1%, Difficult 16.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Platformer 16.3%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Indie 4.4%

Jump into a thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled VR Space-shooter with Taurus VR, a reimagined retro game for VR.

Why similar: Action 75.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Space 8.2%, Retro 5.1%, Indie 1.3%

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: Action 31.6%, Retro 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Difficult 10.4%

Welcome to Cataegis - The White Wind: Ziggurat Chapter, a frantic 2D arcade action retro-style game that pays homage to the glory days of 8-bit side scrolling gaming.

Why similar: Action 59.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 7.7%

The legendary 80s. in Megatronic Void you are dressed in a scientist, the earth has been devastated by a nuclear explosion, your job is to conquer and explore Megatron, recover alien artifacts to free Megatron zones.

Why similar: Action 46.9%, Platformer 16.8%, Aliens 13%, Difficult 9.7%, Retro 6.9%

Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!

Why similar: Action 51.7%, Platformer 15%, Retro 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Indie 7.6%

Unravel the mysteries of old-school gameplay in this classic side-scrolling platformer, venture through four different environments and procedurally generated levels for ever-changing play sessions, and hope to lift... The Curse of the Lost Cause.

Why similar: Action 53.2%, Platformer 13.7%, Retro 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Indie 7.8%

Awakened Evil is an action platformer inspired by the classics. Jump and slash your way through intense linear stages that will put your skills to the test. Do you have what it takes to slay all the bosses, and take on evil itself?

Why similar: Action 34.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 13.2%, Retro 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.3%

Soviet Souls is a modern 2D platformer with pixel-style graphics. In each level, the player chooses which of the available characters to pass it. Knowledge of the mechanic and caution will help you cope with the most difficult troubles.

Why similar: Action 32.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Difficult 9.2%

Realm Hacker is a game based on cyber worlds and hackers, allowing you to manipulate characters while building blocks, while using dexterous movement to pass the game level.

Why similar: Action 54.8%, Difficult 8.5%, Indie 8.3%, Side Scroller 8.2%, Platformer 6.7%

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: Action 39.1%, Platformer 18.7%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

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: Action 40.3%, Platformer 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

Blow your enemies up with their own bombs in this explosive 2D action platformer! Catch the deadly plushies' bombs in time to throw them right back to the sender! Will you uncover the cute fluffy toys' origins?

Why similar: Action 22.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Platformer 16.7%, Difficult 10.8%, Retro 10.4%

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: Action 43.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Retro 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Finger Jets: Phase Challenge is a 2D Arcade physics game where you control the Jets of your Spaceship with your Finger tips as you Challenge 3 phases with 6 levels each. High scores for challenge Time Attack are tracked on the leaderboards.

Why similar: Action 38.8%, Time Attack 29.1% ★, Difficult 12%, Space 11.3%, Indie 5.9%

Beardy McStrongarm is an Indie developed 2D Platformer with unique mechanics and challenging game-play. Take on the role of Beardy, a bearded strongman with questionably endless strength in his one arm, joined by his buddy Jorgy, a purple cat, to travel across the distant lands on a grand adventure.

Why similar: Action 46.5%, Difficult 15.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Funny 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

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

Why similar: Action 48.7%, Platformer 16.1%, Retro 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Indie 6.6%

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 63.1%, Indie 8.6%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Space 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Super fast time attack action game!

Why similar: Action 69.4%, Difficult 21.4%, 2D 5.9%, Indie 3.4%

Lament, an NES styled Action-Platformer about a wolf with a buster sword!

Why similar: Action 44.4%, Great Soundtrack 22.9%, Platformer 18%, Retro 14.7%

Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise!

Why similar: Action 67.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Indie 5.2%

Get your fingers warm with this twin-stick shooter. Balance finesse movement with one hand while shooting accurately with the other. Plow through each enemy in your path or skillfully dodge the onslaught of bullets. Venture into the constructed world of machines and halt annihilation.

Why similar: Action 58%, Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 8.8%

Combat like 2D Mario found a knife and fell into a Souls game. Built around "Action Crafting" where chopping trees, mining resources, cooking and creating items is all done through action mechanics, not menus.

Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 9.1%, Side Scroller 8%, Difficult 7.7%, Platformer 7.1%

The original Retro Vaders game rebuilt from the ground up with a brand new engine, complete graphics overhaul and a heap of new content.

Why similar: Action 64.7%, Aliens 14.7%, Indie 9.8%, Retro 7.8%, 2D 3%

A retro, hardcore 2D arcade game, where every minute of gameplay is unique. Take control of an experimental parasite that infects different mechanical objects, overcomes countless obstacles, and fights powerful bosses to achieve goals set by an unknown puppeteer.

Why similar: Action 41.3%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Platformer 16.8%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%

Twisted is a clever action-platformer game combined with the best gameplay elements like time and object manipulation, clever enemies, traps and other challenges.

Why similar: Action 81.9%, Platformer 18.1%

ORBA is a unique vertical time-attack platformer. Strike a mysterious Orb to the top of an ever-changing tower and master random abilities to maintain momentum before time runs out.

Why similar: Time Attack 49.7% ★, Action 18.1%, Platformer 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Indie 3%

Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.

Why similar: Action 63.3%, Indie 9.4%, Difficult 9%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Platformer 7.1%

High Speed 2D Ball Action

Why similar: Action 67.9%, Retro 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, 2D 6.5%

Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 8.1%, 2D 4.5%