Games Like The Deadly Tower of Monsters

"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!

Why similar: Comedy 31.4%, Adventure 27.9%, Action 27.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same vibrant, humorous, and exploration-heavy sci-fi adventure feel as the seed game.

Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.

Why similar: Sci-fi 45.4%, Comedy 22.5%, Action 20.1%, Funny 7.3%, Retro 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct 70s sci-fi aesthetic and a humorous, meta-narrative approach to action-platforming.

Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 69.1% ★, Funny 18.3%, Retro 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, retro-styled action game that shares the seed game's love for B-movie tropes and fast-paced gameplay.

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Action 26.8%, Indie 17.5%, Comedy 11.5%, Funny 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative adventure that pokes fun at game design conventions much like the director's commentary in the seed game.

A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 48% ★, Comedy 19.8%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a hilarious B-movie monster experience where you destroy cities with a focus on campy, destructive fun.

The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.

Why similar: Aliens 24%, Action 19.6%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Comedy 14%

Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to 1950s B-movie sci-fi tropes with a focus on satire and alien destruction.

HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!

Why similar: Comedy 39.4%, Sci-fi 27.2%, Adventure 15%, Action 11.2%, Funny 5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines over-the-top sci-fi action with a heavy emphasis on meta-humor and comedic dialogue.

A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

Why similar: Comedy 23.6%, Retro 16.6%, Action 16.1%, Funny 15.9%, Adventure 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired platformer featuring a sci-fi premise and a lighthearted, humorous tone.

No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

Why similar: Satire 25% ★, Action 21.1%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 13.1%, Comedy 12%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, minimalist platformer that shares the vertical, tower-climbing focus of the seed game.

A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!

Why similar: Sci-fi 29.1%, Comedy 26.1%, Funny 15.7%, Action 15.6%, Retro 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-styled shooter that captures the campy, arcade-like energy of 90s action games.

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

Why similar: Comedy 51.2%, Funny 19.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 10.9%, Action 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: An absurdist comedy game that leans heavily into retro-futuristic aesthetics and surreal, satirical humor.

Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.

Why similar: Funny 35.2%, Action 24.8%, Adventure 21.1%, Retro 16.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic B-movie style experience that flips the script on traditional sci-fi tropes with dark, campy humor.

The cataclysmic battle between giant monsters has begun in this manga-inspired, side-scrolling, kaiju beat-'em-up!

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.2%, Action 20.4%, Robots 18.6%, Adventure 17%, Comedy 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling brawler that leans into the giant monster movie aesthetic with a focus on destruction.

Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.

Why similar: Comedy 31.5%, Action 27.2%, Funny 22.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers high-energy action and a self-aware, humorous tone that matches the irreverent spirit of the seed game.

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: Action 31.1%, Comedy 21.1%, Funny 15.6%, Indie 11.6%, Retro 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A satirical, over-the-top action game that celebrates classic action movie tropes with chaotic, destructive gameplay.

Escape from an incredibly dangerous, randomly generated tower in a slapstick, roguelite adventure that looks like a cartoon and feels like a joke. Slashy slashy!

Why similar: Comedy 46.7%, Funny 28.9%, Adventure 24.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that uses dark humor and procedural generation to create a fun, tower-based adventure.

High speed 3D action platformer! Join Spark on his latest adventure.

Why similar: Sci-fi 45.9%, Action 40.4%, Retro 5.3%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 3D platformer that focuses on fluid movement and over-the-top action sequences.

Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets.

Why similar: Action 64.9%, Indie 35.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter with a distinct retro-futuristic aesthetic and chaotic, arcade-style gameplay.

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: Action 26.7%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 19.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Retro 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, retro-futuristic sci-fi adventure that balances tight action with a humorous, self-aware tone.

Crisp combat mechanics, challenging arenas, hilarious storyline, and totally addictive and painfully familiar spot-on gameplay. Experience the thrills of fighting your way through the most bizarre villains in the Galaxy and defend the honor of Earth in the space arena!

Why similar: Comedy 41.7%, Action 25%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A beat-em-up that embraces a bizarre, space-themed aesthetic with arcade-style combat.

The nightmarish dinosaur-spider hybrids known as Spidersaurs have run amok! Armed with an arsenal of awesome weapons, it's up to you (and a friend in co-op mode) to shoot your way through six levels of ferocious run-’n’-gun mayhem and send these mutant monstrosities back to the stone age.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 30.3% ★, Sci-fi 17.9%, Comedy 15.4%, Funny 15.1%, Action 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled run-and-gun game that features over-the-top creature designs and campy sci-fi action.

Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.

Why similar: Aliens 29.4%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Comedy 22.2%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 11%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the B-movie sci-fi satire of the original with even more over-the-top alien weaponry and humor.

A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.

Why similar: Comedy 45%, Adventure 19.5%, Funny 16.8%, Action 15.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features highly creative worlds and a strong emphasis on humor, platforming, and quirky character-driven storytelling.

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: Action 30%, Retro 20.4%, Indie 16.7%, Aliens 13%, Adventure 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, retro-styled action platformer that captures the vibrant energy and charm of classic 2D adventures.

In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.

Why similar: Comedy 30.6%, Robots 28.9%, Funny 18.4%, Adventure 18.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy adventure game that prioritizes comedy and mystery in a sci-fi setting.

A self-inflicted bullet hell that combines retro sci-fi with the sounds and sights of the disco era

Why similar: Robots 43.4%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Action 16.7%, Indie 9.2%, Funny 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that combines a 70s sci-fi aesthetic with humorous, arcade-style action.

Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.

Why similar: Sci-fi 34.3%, Comedy 27.3%, Adventure 18.7%, Action 18.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

Why similar: Adventure 30.1%, Action 21.3%, Indie 20.3%, Funny 14.6%, Retro 12%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses dark humor and unique mechanics to subvert traditional adventure tropes.

Throw yourself into an epic 3D beat’em up adventure with adorable knights, full of surprising worlds and situations. Grab your buddy and play in 2 player co-op to save the princess, but this is only the beginning!

Why similar: Funny 37.8%, Action 31.7%, Adventure 27.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%

From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!

Why similar: Sci-fi 31.8%, Action 20.7%, Funny 18.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op action game that focuses on fighting off alien invasions with a campy, arcade-shooter feel.

Machine Tower 2984 is a top-down mechanical fantasy style Roguelike game. You will embark on an adventure in a tower filled with mechanical mechanisms, challenging the five robots that control the machine tower and searching for the huge secrets behind the entire tower.

Why similar: Robots 32.5%, Adventure 25.7%, Action 25.3%, Retro 9.4%, Indie 6.2%

Step into a hilarious, steampunk-tinged point n click space adventure! Play as Captain Brawe, Agent Luna and Danny across four colorful planets — solve clever puzzles, uncover conspiracies, and meet unforgettable characters (space pirates, secret agents, and eccentric aliens).

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.6%, Aliens 22.8%, Comedy 22.8%, Adventure 12%, Funny 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that parodies classic sci-fi tropes with a colorful, comedic style.

Venture together with your friends on an unknown planet. Use color switching, match-3 shooting, and artifact powers to overcome challenges and keep advancing. What lies ahead of you is an adventure filled with wonder, hope, and much more to discover!

Why similar: Funny 37.9%, Adventure 32.1%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Action 11.3%

Jim wasn't always a studly super-worm. He was once just a spineless, dirt-eater with no real mission in his life...

Why similar: Action 53%, Comedy 47%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, surreal, and humorous platformer that shares the same weird, campy energy as the seed game.

BLAST YOUR WAY through the UK's forgotten favourite space adventure: Space Quest 2099!Enjoy combat and movement based on the designs of the Quake 3 engine. Go alone or team up and shoot baddies in cooperative episodes with FULL MOTION VIDEO with SPECIAL EFFECTS!

Why similar: Satire 31.5% ★, Comedy 15.4%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Aliens 13.9%, Robots 12.1%

The Hyper‑Dungeon awaits! Explore an evershifting labyrinth where classic dungeon‑crawling meets exhilarating action. Challenge yourself in turn-based combat with a real‑time, arcade‑inspired twist and befriend an eccentric cast of dungeon dwellers on the quest for the legendary Sacred Groowl!

Why similar: Funny 31.4%, Adventure 30.3%, Retro 21.7%, Indie 13.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2 is the ultimate co-op spider-hunting experience! Either solo or as a team of Exterminators, unleash an arsenal of crazy weapons, wreak havoc, and complete dozens of challenges across seven dimensions under spider siege.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.9%, Comedy 26.6%, Funny 16.2%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 12.9%

A sci-fi comedy adventure game

Why similar: Satire 35.1% ★, Adventure 20.2%, Comedy 19%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Funny 9.8%

A colorful rapid 3D-Platformer in which a stranded pilot jumps, climbs, and dropkicks their way through a magical island. Climb high towers, run across walls, and make dangerous jumps you deemed impossible!

Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Action 34.5%, Indie 19.8%

Break through ceilings, rescue princesses and escape boiling lava as you slash your way to the top of the Knightmare Tower!

Why similar: Funny 55.5%, Action 44.5%

Oh no! Jerma985 has fallen into a spooky cavern filled with ROBOT dinosaurs and EVIL warlocks. In this wacky action-platformer, fight to escape the treacherous cavern while a live studio chat cheers you on!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 41.3% ★, Robots 25.4%, Comedy 17.8%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 7%

A magic world, epic heroes, bright graphics, excellent humor and absorbing gameplay – “Three Heroes”!

Why similar: Comedy 30.4%, Funny 21.4%, Action 19.6%, Adventure 16%, Indie 10.7%

Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom is a fiendishly fun action platformer that all takes place on one enormous screen. Run, dive and dodge through the twisting maze, evading spikes, saws, fireballs, portals and even more and escape the Tomb of Doom!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 46.1% ★, Action 15.8%, Funny 14.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Retro 10.3%

Grab your shiny helmet and trusty sword, gather all the valor and honor you have, and show everyone, what being the true knight actually means!

Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Action 24.5%, Funny 18.5%, Comedy 16.2%, Indie 13.9%

Dive in Project Tower, a third-person shooter mixing intense bullet hell combat with a unique morphing ability. Imprisoned by the "Hiks", fight to the top of their deadly tower for freedom. Will you outsmart them and make your way out ?

Why similar: Sci-fi 32.6%, Aliens 29.1%, Action 18.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Why similar: Retro 27.1%, Funny 25.2%, Action 24.6%, Indie 23%

Unleash your inner bear in this over-the-top bullet-hell FPS! Embark on a zany retro-futuristic adventure and destroy oil-thirsty robots with an outrageous arsenal. Transform into a bear, wield unique powers, and embrace the absurd fast-paced action of Bears in Space!

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.7%, Comedy 22.2%, Funny 13.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Action 11.8%

Onwards to the past! Learn the real power of science! Help the professor and his loyal companion deal with hordes of dinosaurs.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 55.3% ★, Action 13.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Comedy 9%, Indie 7.7%

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Why similar: Comedy 41.5%, Funny 26.3%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 7.4%

Pizza! Giant robots! Lasers, destruction, evil cyborgs! Arcade action in a fully customizable mech with a pizzeria in its chest.

Why similar: Robots 31.2%, Adventure 22.2%, Aliens 18%, Indie 16.1%, Action 11.3%

Play through loads of hand-crafted fast-paced microgames based on horror tropes, explore the world of the afterlife and help the skelebros live their death to the fullest.

Why similar: Comedy 40.4%, Funny 24.1%, Action 23.1%, Indie 12.3%

Smash monsters, collect brains, and so much more as you attempt to stop Dr. Lunatic's evil scheme. 1,200 levels and hundreds of hidden bonuses in Bouapha's greatest adventure! Now enhanced for Steam!

Why similar: Comedy 25.8%, Isometric 16.5%, Funny 14.9%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 14.3%

Slash Quest is a quirky action adventure with unconventional controls and unlikely heroes. Spin a magic talking sword through exotic lands, fight nasty creatures, overcome puzzles and make friends on your way to reunite it with its rightful wielder, the Queen.

Why similar: Funny 37.1%, Comedy 28.8%, Action 23.9%, Adventure 10.2%

In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.7%, Action 21.7%, Comedy 21.3%, Aliens 17.6%, Adventure 10.8%

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Comedy 32.7%, Funny 21.6%, Action 15.4%, Indie 14.2%, Retro 7.8%

Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.

Why similar: Action 21.7%, Adventure 20.4%, Aliens 18.6%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Indie 12.8%

Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!

Why similar: Sci-fi 41.9%, Funny 33.7%, Action 24.4%

Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!

Why similar: Comedy 39%, Action 20.5%, Funny 19.2%, Adventure 19.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Commander Cool 2 is a four player local coop retro-styled adventure that is destined to be one of coolest game in 2015!

Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 23.2%, Funny 19.8%, Retro 15.3%