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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Platformer, 2D.

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Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.

Reviews: Very Positive — 95% — of 110 reviews
Released: 2017-07-22
Developer: Muro Studios
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 42 min
Mean playtime: 5.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 44%

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    Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%

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    Windows
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    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 476 reviews2020
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    Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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    89% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    90% matchMixed57% of 182 reviews2015
    Dev: Boogygames Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    77% matchMixed67% of 107 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac
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    74% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Ninja 84.4%, Action 9.8%, Indie 5.9%

  59. #59 Makis Adventure
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
    Dev: Zoroarts
    Windows

    Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!

    Why similar: Platformer 32.8%, Action 23.6%, 2D 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Indie 8.9%

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