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Games Like The Nightmare Journey

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

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In a peculiar and macabre universe, little Arthur faces his greatest fears, nightfall is what scares him the most, in this brief period of darkness his syndromes transcend the limits of the psychic, monsters are always on the prowl, will this time he escape ?

Reviews: Mixed — 69% — of 16 reviews
Released: 2023-02-24
Developer: Luiz Felipe Da Silva Marian
Publisher: MushRoom Angels games
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SICSStudios
    Windows

    A 2D physics-based puzzle-platformer where you become water. Split into droplets to slip through cracks, surge across surfaces, evaporate into vapor to rise above obstacles, short-circuit cables to disable machinery, and outsmart increasingly intricate environmental puzzles.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Colorful 7%, Platformer 7%

  2. #2 Feartten Noir Story
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LAUNCH APP LTD
    Windows

    Feartten noir Story - is a 2d platformer with a mysterious horror theme. Go through the cursed depths of hell and try to get out of the nightmare of a boy. Are you ready to go through all the circles of hell to overcome your fears?

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Dark 14.2%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Horror 9.4%

  3. #3 SYON
    96% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: Aury
    Windows · Mac

    A 2D horror to find and repel anomalies. Light the lantern of the girl and the ability of the ghost to fight back.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.4%, 2D Platformer 7.9%

  4. #4 Laughing to Die
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,127 reviews2024
    Dev: 大吉利制作组Pub: Gamera Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间,在寻找离开的道路同时,囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.9%

  5. #5 Divinest Light
    95% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2020
    Dev: Magic Pie
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Divinest Light is an atmospheric puzzle-platformer set in the mysterious and dark world with a unique shadow-avoidance mechanic.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Platformer 12%

  6. #6 Evergate: Ki's Awakening
    94% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2020
    Dev: Stone Lantern GamesPub: PQube
    Windows

    Try this year’s must-play indie smash-hit for free, with Evergate Ki’s Awakening. Take on seven unique levels in this haunting precision puzzle-platformer, set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife, with an original score recorded by a live orchestra.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 7.6%, Puzzle 6.5%

  7. #7 The Tower of Luminus
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Last Angle Studio
    Windows

    After a horrible accident, Benjamin’s only company is his battered teddy bear. Together, you must find your way to safety, while solving puzzles and evading those that hide in the dark. Find ways to repair your bear to unlock its full potential, and discover new ways it can help you on your journey.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Platformer 12.4%, Dark 11.9%

  8. #8 Transmogrify
    92% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2023
    Dev: Odyssey Entertainment
    Windows · Linux

    They're in the vents! Become Chris, cleaner of labs — a janitor armed with the mysterious Transmogrify gun. Escape the depths of Future Perfect Labs by turning a horde of escaped monsters into tools and objects that help you puzzle-solve and platform your way to freedom!

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Horror 10.7%

  9. #9 LIMBO
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 60,454 reviews2011
    Dev: Playdead
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41%, Dark 14.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Horror 8.9%

  10. #10 Unspoken
    91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Emanuele Ellul
    Windows

    Based on a true story, where someone goes through depression and a hard time. On the verge of suicide. It is a 2d puzzle platformer with some psychological horror elements. You will be controlling a whisp, we did this to leaving the interpretation of the Character to the players.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 15.2%, Platformer 10.4%, Casual 6.5%

  11. #11 Missing Code
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ducktail Studios
    Windows

    A man wakes up in an unknown office and doesn't know where to go. Discover the mysteries in this 2D Puzzle-Platform Game, with a tense ambiance and dark atmosphere.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 9.7%

  12. #12 LUDUS VETITUS
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bulderme
    Windows

    LUDUS VETITUS is a strategic point-and-click style horror game where you hide from a demon hunting you down while you search for candles. The candles are what you used to summon the demon and now it is used to banish it. Hide in closets and under beds to evade the demon, but don't let it see you!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Demons 17.8%, Horror 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 7.2%

  13. #13 Lily in Puzzle World
    89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
    Dev: Derik D.FPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
    Windows

    Explore a sketchbook world in a casual mix of platforming and brainteasing puzzles!

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.2%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Casual 8.2%, Platformer 8%

  14. #14 Little Nightmares
    88% matchVery Positive95% of 115,101 reviews2017
    Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Puzzle 8.3%

  15. #15 Malone In Nightmares
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Who Made This?Pub: Demolish Games S.A.
    Windows

    Malone is not a brave boy, and there is always a strange, mysterious monster lurking in the shadow of his nightmares. Tonight, Malone will have to face his nightmare. Enter the world of Malone and step into a 2D platform adventure born in the mind of a little boy.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 12%, Puzzle 9.7%

  16. #16 BirdGut
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,118 reviews2019
    Dev: Micah Boursier
    Windows · Mac

    BirdGut is a hand-drawn 2d puzzle-platformer from the perspective of an outcast bee who gets eaten by a bird, and discovers that the bird's internal organs are not organs at all, but facilities in which the consumed insects are brainwashed and enslaved. Experience this bizarre one-man project for yourself.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.2%, Hand-drawn 23.9%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Puzzle 5.4%

  17. #17 Broken Veil
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sinistrum Games
    Windows

    Broken Veil is a puzzle platformer with horror elements. Experience a post-soviet provincial Russian town through the eyes of a young boy and help him search through the faceless crowd for the most important person in a child's life – his mother.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, Horror 17.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8%, Dark 7.8%

  18. #18 Creepy Tale
    85% matchVery Positive87% of 2,883 reviews2020
    Dev: Creepy Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Dark 12.5%, Platformer 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

  19. #19 Luminari
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xilurus
    Windows

    Escape the cave or fall forever. A brutal precision platformer with unforgiving jumps, Giant creatures, and endless ways to fall back down. Do you have what it takes to make it out? Probably not…

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 7.3%

  20. #20 Memorize
    84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: AyaguiPub: Ayagui Studio
    Windows

    A game of memorizing the path, resetting every time you make a mistake. 50 Moves, can you memorize?

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 48.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Casual 5.1%

  21. #21 Panels
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Diceless Games
    Windows

    Puzzle platformer with a dash of metroidvania and a unique panel switching mechanic. All this with beautiful hand drawn visuals.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Platformer 14.1%, Magic 11.1%, Action 7.8%

  22. #22 False Calamity
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Daniel Stoop
    Windows

    False Calamity is a dark, 2d, narrative-driven platformer combining challenging puzzles and intense action. Experience the ominous story and immerse yourself in the unsettling atmosphere set after the supposed calamity of the world.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Dark 17%, Horror 14.5%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 8.9%

  23. #23 Tomorrowness
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Junijuno, LLC
    Windows

    Take flight as Juno, a small bird guided by the sound of her guitar through a hand-drawn world of music and memory. Play melodies to solve puzzles, fly through unique platforming challenges and piece together a story of grief and love.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, Hand-drawn 19%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 5.9%

  24. #24 No Strings Attached
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 160 reviews2024
    Dev: The Circus FreaksPub: Threehaw Company Ranch
    Windows

    No Strings Attached is a puzzle platform thriller where you play as Pavo, a newly-sentient puppet, in a struggling circus. Marionette Pavo’s arms to swing, climb, and more to escape your Master’s true intentions.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Platformer 12.7%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle 11%, Horror 7.6%

  25. #25 The Guilt and the Shadow
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2015
    Dev: oophok
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    "unbearable... this place stinks... i need to get out of here. the boat is waiting for me."

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Dark 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.1%

  26. #26 Labirinto 2
    81% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2020
    Dev: Iriya72
    Windows

    Labirinto this is a simple game in which you need to get square to the other end of the maze.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.2%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Strategy 10.2%, 2D 6.5%

  27. #27 Blocks That Matter
    80% matchMostly Positive78% of 782 reviews2011
    Dev: Swing Swing Submarine
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

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  28. #28 Her Name
    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Flying Butter
    Windows

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  29. #29 Ugly
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 583 reviews2023
    Dev: Team UglyPub: Graffiti Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.

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  30. #30 Goobi's Dimension
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Chofras Games
    Windows

    Goobi´s Dimension is a puzzle platformer where you explore a dimensional world by sticking together with your buddy

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  31. #31 Horrors of the North
    78% match7 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2022
    Dev: AkentPub: AkentGames
    Windows

    In the game you need to solve puzzles, run away from evil spirits, do not be eaten by a bloodthirsty creature

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, Hand-drawn 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 8.5%

  32. #32 We're Tethered Together
    76% matchVery Positive98% of 230 reviews2023
    Dev: BunBun Games
    Windows

    Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

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  33. #33 Carminia
    79% matchNo user reviews2021
    Dev: Karpopper
    Windows

    A 2d puzzle game with different mechanics for each world. Swap minds with enemies, destroy terrain with explosions, create clones and summon gusts of wind to solve puzzles.

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  34. #34 Little Nightmares II
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 55,847 reviews2021
    Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  35. #35 Embodiment
    76% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2022
    Dev: Embodiment Team
    Windows

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  36. #36 Tempusia
    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
    Dev: VkevPub: KitherVkev
    Windows

    Based on rewinding time mechanics, Tempusia is the puzzle platformer requiring a big cold head :3

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  37. #37 revvver
    74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
    Dev: Naparil
    Windows

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.2%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 11.4%

  38. #38 Platform Gun
    73% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2023
    Dev: Branno
    Windows · Linux

    A sci-fi puzzle platformer using the platform gun

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  39. #39 Colorize
    75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
    Dev: GisulE
    Windows

    Colorize is the 2D adventure game colorizing the world became dark. Are you ready to be the brave color-pencil adventurer? Set off for a new adventure chasing the wizard made the world dark.

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  40. #40 Out of Line
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 232 reviews2021
    Dev: Nerd MonkeysPub: Hatinh Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.

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    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: StellarDreamerL
    Windows

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  42. #42 Munin
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 993 reviews2014
    Dev: GojiraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D Platformer 7.2%, Casual 6.9%

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quantum Code
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Puzzle 7.1%

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BigHoles Games
    Windows

    Ascend Magiculon's treacherous Tower, full of creative platforms puzzles, and new spells to learn! Manipulate the environment and create your own path to the top.

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    70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Luke Grayson
    Windows

    The Skibidi has escaped. Your mission: retrieve 10 vials of Toilet water for DARPA to synthesize into a poison against it. Carefully observe each stall to escape the Endless Bathrooms, avoid the Skibidi, and reach 'Room 10'

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  46. #46 Hell's Delivery
    71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
    Dev: White Duck Studio
    Windows

    Hell's Delivery is a platform puzzle game, your objective is to deliver pizza to demons in hell. You can't control the delivery guy, but you have a inventory with helpful tools to place along the way to help him through the depths of hell.

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  47. #47 The Zamazingo
    69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: yusuf vuran
    Windows · Mac

    A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.

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  48. #48 Divided Dungeon
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: YannickPub: YGameStudios
    Windows

    Escape the dungeon in this mind-bending puzzle-platformer. Play a variety of characters until the game gets rewinded and you choose your next one.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Platformer 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 11.1%, Magic 8.9%

  49. #49 Gordianaut
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2022
    Dev: Jack Lance
    Windows

    A very short puzzle platformer set on an alien planet centered around a moving-platform mechanic.

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  50. #50 The Demon's Exorcism
    69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: Snow Star Games
    Windows

    "The Demon's Exorcism" is a first-person psychological horror game that reveals the story of a family trapped in a haunting curse. Immerse yourself in the chilling narrative as you exorcise the demon and break the curse.

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  51. #51 The Last Joy
    68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: Napping Penguin
    Windows

    The play center was once a vibrant and happy place filled with children's laughter and the latest interactive toys. However, a mysterious accident caused its sudden closure. Nobody knows exactly what happened

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  52. #52 Pit of Fears
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Teles Game Studios
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  53. #53 PhotonVERSE 2
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IMPERIAL DYNAMICS
    Windows

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  54. #54 CEREBRUM remastered
    66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Jannikderdschinn
    Windows

    Fight the nightmare monsters that your friends have become, free them, and awaken a team with unique powers to defeat the evil.

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  55. #55 Mech Realm
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SEKTOR Games
    Windows

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  56. #56 Splat Cat
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 125 reviews2022
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  57. #57 Selma and the Wisp
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 158 reviews2016
    Dev: Toucan Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Selma and the Wisp is an astonishing platform game with a particularly eerie feel to it. Densely packed with logical puzzles and unexpected obstacles, the game incorporates innovative gameplay, low-poly models and an spectacular animations.

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  58. #58 Zeltrus
    68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
    Dev: 2GT
    Windows

    Zeltrus is a fresh take on the puzzle-platformer genre about Obis, a young boy who finds himself trapped in the basement of a building. Help Obis complete challenges, uncover secrets and put an end to this with only his grenades to protect him.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Platformer 8.1%, Adventure 7.3%

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