
Do you miss the times when games were not holding your hand? When they did not forgive mistakes and controls and rules were clear and simple to learn? YES? So you miss the 90s!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, 2D, Retro, Pixel Graphics.

Do you miss the times when games were not holding your hand? When they did not forgive mistakes and controls and rules were clear and simple to learn? YES? So you miss the 90s!

Destructivator 2
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!

Venture Kid
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
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: Difficult 17.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Action 11.1%, Retro 10.5%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 27.3%, Platformer 19.9%, Indie 18.3%, Retro 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%
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 10.8%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Retro 8.7%, Difficult 8.6%, Robots 8.2%
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
Why similar: Robots 20%, Side Scroller 13%, Retro 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Platformer 10.5%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.4%, Difficult 16.5%, Platformer 15.2%, Casual 10%, Action 9.2%
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Difficult 16.8%, Retro 12.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Casual 9%
For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.
Why similar: Indie 18.5%, Platformer 17.1%, Difficult 16.9%, Action 14.9%, Space 13.3%
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.6%, Space 14.1%, Shooter 12.5%, Sci-fi 10%, Arcade 9.9%
If you love retro games, this is for you! Get ready for some intense retro space shooting!
Why similar: Cartoon 17.6%, Space 17.5%, Retro 12.4%, Action 11.6%, Arcade 10.3%
Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.
Why similar: Action 18.9%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Indie 14.5%, Platformer 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
Platformer based on a 22 year old blueprint. Help Comit boost his was through several planets in an attempt to stop the evil space pirate Krater from taking over the Star System.
Why similar: Platformer 19.3%, Action 14.9%, Space 11.1%, Indie 10.3%, Casual 9.4%
Don't tick him off! After losing everything he loved, Kevin returns as a raging cyborg. Unleash chaos with devastatingly diverse combat suits in this explosive, high-speed action platformer!
Why similar: Side Scroller 15.6%, Platformer 14.6%, Aliens 12.9%, Space 10.9%, Arcade 9.1%
Action-strategy game, about space hobo, who had his cardboard box stolen.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.8%, Space 18.8%, Action 15.2%, Indie 12.7%, Arcade 11.1%
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: Side Scroller 16.9%, Space 12.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Retro 9.6%, Cartoon 9.3%
Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 12.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Retro 11.4%, Difficult 11.2%
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 33.7%, Platformer 21.8%, Retro 15.1%, Indie 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
You have a problem with joggers. They think they own the whole park. They talk about motivation, or reaching their goals. But in this action-packed throwback to early 80s console games, you'll show them. You'll stop them yourself...in the most effective way you know.
Why similar: Action 21.4%, Arcade 20.1%, Casual 17.3%, Retro 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
Bust some bugs and save the world with the most average of heroes in this retro style platformer! Overcome obstacles such as killer cars, lava floors and one seriously @!&#^% off sun, tackle the horrors of the daily commute but with more fire and randomness.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.1%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 13.5%, Retro 11%, Cartoon 10.8%
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: Action 13.5%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Casual 10.8%, Indie 10.4%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Why similar: Difficult 12.6%, Aliens 11.8%, Space 10.6%, Cartoon 9.4%, Shooter 9%
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Side Scroller 13.9%, Action 13.9%, Space 11.9%, Arcade 11.3%, Shooter 11%
Abort, Retry, Fail is a top-down roguelike action adventure in which you play as a lazy programmer that has to generate his own weapon and shoot his way through hordes of enemies. Are you brave enough to help him escape from computer hell of Windows 98?
Why similar: Action 44.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, 2D 17.8%, Indie 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%
If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?
Why similar: Action 30.9%, Arcade 26.2%, Retro 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, 2D 8.1%
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 15.3%, Casual 13.6%, Aliens 11.7%, Indie 11.2%, Difficult 9.9%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: Retro 19.3%, Action 13%, Arcade 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Shooter 11.5%
A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.1%, Action 14.6%, Retro 12.9%, Difficult 12.9%, Platformer 12.6%
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Action 21.2%, Platformer 20.1%, Space 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Retro 9.1%
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: Side Scroller 20.7%, Platformer 16.4%, Retro 14.1%, Difficult 12.8%, Action 11.8%
Kick butt in this retro 2D action-platformer! SEEP Universe is an indie game for PC inspired by the 8-16 bit era!
Why similar: Action 25%, Platformer 18.3%, Indie 18.1%, Retro 14.8%, Arcade 8.7%
Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.6%, Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 16%, Retro 9.6%, Action 9.2%
Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.
Why similar: Space 14%, Platformer 13.9%, Robots 12.2%, Retro 11.9%, Difficult 11.2%
AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.
Why similar: Shooter 100%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.7%, Aliens 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Action 8.9%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Space 17.9%, Arcade 11%, Difficult 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Indie 8.9%
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
Why similar: Action 20%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Indie 15.5%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 13.4%
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Why similar: Platformer 16.2%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Retro 12.4%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Action 11.1%
Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!
Why similar: Action 28.4%, Indie 20.9%, Aliens 11.8%, Retro 10.8%, Space 9.9%
Don't get Hugged to Death! Battle Bears -1 is an action-packed 3D shooter with swarms of Huggables and Massive Bosses. Your childhood nostalgia is back!
Why similar: Action 21.9%, Cartoon 17.1%, Shooter 16.2%, Casual 13%, Space 11.9%
Rex is a classic hardcore 2D platformer shooter, you play as a soldier to hunt down an evil scientist. Fight your way through with powerful weapons and put an end to his mad experiments.
Why similar: Platformer 15.1%, Action 14.1%, Casual 13.9%, Shooter 9.8%, Indie 9.7%
A retro-style, fast-paced, and addictive shoot 'em up. A throwback to the classic arcade games of the 80s. Great for playing while waiting in line for another game. 🎮 (shmup)
Why similar: Difficult 22.2%, Space 20.3%, Arcade 13%, Action 12.9%, Casual 11.4%
Astro Tripper is a furious shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting video games of years gone by.
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: Robots 16.7%, Superhero 14.9% ★, Platformer 14.2%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Action 10%
Robot wants stuff! Go get it for him in this compilation of the metroidvania Robot Wants series, including an all-new Robot adventure!
Why similar: Robots 17.3%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Action 13.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Difficult 10.1%
"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. The weak need not apply.
Why similar: Indie 31.2%, Platformer 27.3%, Action 20.4%, Difficult 16.3%, 2D 4.8%
Embark on an epic journey through exotic worlds to uncover the mystery of the magic crystals! An exciting retro platform adventure in the nostalgic style of the 90's DOS platformers
Why similar: Aliens 20.4%, Platformer 18.8%, Retro 15.4%, Action 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.2%, Platformer 19.7%, Action 14.4%, Arcade 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
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: Side Scroller 20%, Difficult 12.4%, Retro 11.1%, Platformer 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Blaster Shooter GunGuy is a 2D action rage platformer. Similar in nature to games such as IWBTG. But also inspired by Mega Man and Mega Man X.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.9%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 7.7%
Fast-paced shooting in a frantic atmosphere! Pick-up-and-play, like the good old days! Local multiplayer!
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: Side Scroller 19.4%, Retro 13%, Action 9.7%, Platformer 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Super Helmets on Fire DX is a crazy side scrolling action platformer game, with lots of nods to old school games, mixed with hardcore runner gameplay and a pinch of RPG lite elements.
Why similar: Platformer 22.1%, Difficult 21.5%, Action 19.1%, Indie 13.9%, Retro 8.8%
They Came From the Sky is tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive and fast paced arcade game wherein you take the role of one of the Flying Saucers in the 1950s with one and only one Mission: Make a delicious juicy Human Smoothie!
Why similar: Action 17.2%, Casual 15.6%, Indie 13.3%, Aliens 12.8%, Retro 11.3%
"BLAH BLAH BLAH 8-bit, BLAH BLAH BLAH, blow stuff up. BLAH BLAH BLAH, retro." BLOWING INTO THE CARTRIDGE NOT REQUIRED!
If you are not prepared for a challenge - turn back now. Gun Rocket is a 2D physics puzzler that is not for the feint of heart or the stiff of fingers. In search of adventure, you have been caught by holes in space and time. Can you escape?
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 16.9%, Retro 15.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Indie 11%
Immerse yourself in the story of two brave space amazons who dare to challenge the irresponsible aristocratic system. Overcome all the obstacles that appear on your way - hordes of space scavengers, armies of General Admiral and get to the main villain - Evil Moneybag!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.1%, Difficult 16.6%, Action 11.8%, Space 11.5%, Retro 10.6%
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.6%, Retro 10.3%, Space 9.9%, Action 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%
An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.3%, Difficult 17.8%, Platformer 16.7%, Action 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Classic STG game Have fun with your friends just like your childhood!
Why similar: Retro 25%, Sci-fi 24.4%, Action 17.7%, 2D 10.9%, Arcade 9.4%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Difficult 17.6%, Indie 15.4%, Action 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Platformer 11.8%