- #1 Shadow Blade: Reload
97% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Dead Mage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Why similar: Platformer 44.5%, Action 29.3%, Indie 26.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality 2D ninja platformer that emphasizes fast-paced combat and fluid movement.
- #2 Soldat
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,781 reviews2020
Dev: Transhuman Design
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.
Why similar: Action 50.8%, Indie 49.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D multiplayer shooter that shares the fast-paced, side-scrolling action found in Ukrainian Ninja.
- #3 Superfighters Deluxe
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,466 reviews2018
Dev: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.
Why similar: Platformer 37.2%, Action 35.1%, Indie 27.7%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic 2D multiplayer platformer that focuses on physics-based combat and weapon variety.
- #4 SHINOBI NON GRATA
95% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Studio PICOPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Shinobi alert! Use your 7 shinobi weapons to survive the bloodshed! Introducing a hard core 2D ninja action game by Hyper-retro graphics.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired ninja action platformer that captures the classic side-scrolling feel.
- #5 Stick Fight: The Game
94% matchVery Positive93% of 124,581 reviews2017
Dev: Landfall WestPub: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.
Why similar: Action 46.9%, Casual 27.7%, Indie 25.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 2D multiplayer platformer that prioritizes chaotic, accessible combat.
- #6 Teeworlds
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,371 reviews2015
Dev: Teeworlds Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!
Why similar: Platformer 36.3%, Side Scroller 26.1%, Action 24.1%, Indie 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled 2D multiplayer shooter that features platforming mechanics and fast-paced gameplay.
- #7 Save the Ninja Clan
93% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: WillzPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Save the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching.
Why similar: Indie 46.8%, Action 33.9%, Platformer 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie 2D platformer that features ninja themes and simple, arcade-style gameplay.
- #8 BRAIN / OUT
92% matchVery Positive82% of 15,327 reviews2017
Dev: Desertkun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
Why similar: Action 30.5%, Platformer 28.1%, Side Scroller 23.6%, Indie 12.6%, Casual 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D multiplayer shooter with pixel-graphics that mirrors the side-scrolling combat style.
- #9 N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,463 reviews2016
Dev: Metanet Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
Why similar: Platformer 43.3%, Action 30.6%, Indie 26.1%
Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that features ninja themes and a strong emphasis on movement and multiplayer modes.
- #10 Double Action: Boogaloo
91% matchVery Positive93% of 11,401 reviews2014
Dev: Double Action Factory
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Why similar: Action 73.3%, Indie 26.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, action-focused multiplayer game that emphasizes movement and shooting.
- #11 Ninja Hanrei
90% matchVery Positive84% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: DynKen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ninja Hanrei is a 2D run and gun Platformer game inspired on Ancient Japan but with Super Powers.
Why similar: Platformer 47.2%, Action 35.6%, Indie 17.2%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play 2D platformer that shares the ninja theme and indie spirit of the seed game.
- #12 Duck Game
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,933 reviews2015
Dev: Landon PodbielskiPub: CORPTRON GAMES CORP.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
Why similar: Platformer 41.5%, Action 31.6%, Indie 19.5%, Casual 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A frantic 2D multiplayer platformer where players use various weapons to eliminate opponents.
- #13 SpeedRunners
89% matchVery Positive94% of 37,047 reviews2016
Dev: DoubleDutch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Indie 27.7%, Action 23.5%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive 2D platformer that incorporates action elements and fast-paced multiplayer racing.
- #14 TowerFall Ascension
87% matchVery Positive95% of 3,549 reviews2014
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
Why similar: Platformer 37.9%, Indie 31.8%, Action 30.4%
Why You'll Like It: An arena-based 2D platformer that focuses on tight, competitive combat.
- #15 Running Ninja
88% matchMixed53% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: BBB GamesPub: BBB Games
Windows
Run! Jump! Dodge! In this platformer you will need your reaction speed and clarity of mind. Сhallenge the deadly tower and prove that you are worthy of the title of ninja.
Why similar: Indie 34.9%, Action 33.9%, Casual 31.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie casual platformer that focuses on ninja-themed movement and side-scrolling levels.
- #16 Katana ZERO
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Platformer 49.5%, Action 29.8%, Indie 20.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-octane 2D action game that centers on precise ninja combat and fast-paced platforming.
- #17 Muffin Knight
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 457 reviews2014
Dev: Angry Mob Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Muffin Knight is an arena based action-packed platformer with stunning visuals and a myriad of fairytale characters, each with their own unique abilities, which gain strength as you advance.
Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Indie 23.3%, Action 22%, Casual 19.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that incorporates action and adventure elements with a casual feel.
- #18 Plain Sight
86% matchMixed67% of 295 reviews2010
Dev: Beatnik Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Plain Sight is a multiplayer arcade game about suicidal ninja robots. Fly through space, leap over planetoids and destroy opponents with your trusty katana. Killing fellow robots lets you steal their tasty, tasty energy. Packed with spinach-like goodness; energy makes you bigger, stronger, faster and generally more awesome.
Why similar: Action 53.5%, Indie 46.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer action game that features unique movement and combat in a stylized environment.
- #19 Mark of the Ninja
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,869 reviews
Dev: Klei EntertainmentPub: Microsoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Platformer 47.4%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Indie 17.5%, Action 15%, Casual 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive 2D ninja platformer that emphasizes stealth and fluid movement.
- #20 Broforce
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 60,389 reviews2015
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Platformer 32.7%, Side Scroller 24.3%, Action 23.2%, Indie 14.1%, Casual 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action platformer known for its chaotic, destructive, and fast-paced gameplay.
- #21 Kill Fun Yeah
85% matchMixed44% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Arctic Anteater
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Kill Fun Yeah is an online 2D platform shooter. Murder and capture your way to the top, using an ever increasing arsenal of silly weaponry and items, the powers of deflect, attract and freeze, as well as various powerups.
Why similar: Action 40.3%, Indie 39.6%, Platformer 20%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D multiplayer shooter that emphasizes platforming and arcade-style action.
- #22 Crawl
81% matchVery Positive95% of 7,223 reviews2017
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!
Why similar: Indie 54.4%, Action 45.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique multiplayer dungeon crawler that features fast-paced 2D action and platforming elements.
- #23 METAL SLUG
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,944 reviews2015
Dev: DotemuPub: SNK CORPORATION
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
Why similar: Side Scroller 47.2%, Action 34%, Platformer 18.8%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential side-scrolling run-and-gun game that defined the genre of arcade-style combat.
- #24 NinjaThea
80% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Reza MirzaeiPub: Dreamware Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Casual 2D platformer with a cute ninja girl theme.
Why similar: Casual 37%, Action 25.9%, Platformer 24.1%, Indie 13%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that offers a casual, colorful take on the ninja genre.
- #25 Booster Trooper
83% matchMixed47% of 197 reviews2010
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.
Why similar: Action 38.4%, Indie 31%, Platformer 30.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D multiplayer shooter that features platforming and fast-paced combat mechanics.
- #26 The Ultimatest Battle
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 510 reviews2017
Dev: Ediogames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Ultimatest Battle is a real-time, 2D platform game in which two teams compete in different game modes with an almost completely destructible environment. UB is a true Free-to-Play, absolutely no Pay-to-Win.
Why similar: Action 27%, Platformer 25%, Side Scroller 24.4%, Indie 23.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D multiplayer action game that focuses on chaotic, large-scale combat.
- #27 Nidhogg
78% matchVery Positive90% of 7,829 reviews2014
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.
Why similar: Indie 48.9%, Action 37.3%, Platformer 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive 2D dueling game that focuses on intense, fast-paced combat and platforming.
- #28 Ninza
76% matchVery Positive96% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Klakmioch
Windows
Ninza is a free multiplayer game like no other! Instead of directly attacking your opponents, you crush them by pushing pieces of the level. Embrace chaos and dive into an entirely new level of frenzied and creative gameplay, where the environment itself becomes both your weapon and your enemy.
Why similar: Platformer 46.5%, Action 25.4%, Indie 24%, Casual 4.2%
- #29 Vertical Drop Heroes HD
79% matchVery Positive80% of 743 reviews2014
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
Why similar: Platformer 48.5%, Action 18.9%, Casual 18.1%, Indie 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling platformer that combines action with RPG elements in a procedurally generated world.
- #30 Revenge of the shadow ninja
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Varvarik
Windows
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Why similar: Platformer 43.2%, Side Scroller 24.2%, Action 19.4%, Indie 13.2%
- #31 Pixel Fodder
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: WachaPub: wacha.ru
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pixel Fodder is a old school platformer with a fully destructible world, a large choise of characters, incredible dynamics and gigaliters of 8-bit meat.
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Indie 36.5%, Platformer 23.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action game with pixel-graphics that focuses on simple, fast-paced combat.
- #32 Ninja Party
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Nekki
Windows
Ninja Party is a free parkour action game from the creators of Shadow Fight and Vector. Compete with other players in fun challenges for the title of the best ninja!
Why similar: Platformer 56.1%, Action 23.1%, Casual 20.9%
- #33 Square Heroes
77% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2015
Dev: Gnomic Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Join the Galactic Tournament in this fast-paced comical action shooter. Level-up your Hero and unlock an arsenal of weapons. Lay waste to your friends and foes in local, LAN and online multiplayer matches, or hone your skills in single player and custom games.
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Indie 49.5%
- #34 Pyramid Raid
78% matchMixed60% of 159 reviews2015
Dev: Travian Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A unique combination of run n' jump and humor. Even death is fun in Pyramid Raid!
Why similar: Action 37.1%, Indie 24.9%, Platformer 19.8%, Casual 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie 2D platformer that features simple, casual action and exploration.
- #35 Holodrive
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,233 reviews2021
Dev: BitCake StudioPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A fast-paced multiplayer shooter where you customize your robot, zoom around with a jetpack, and battle with various weapons. Master the arenas, surprise your enemies, and enjoy the nonstop action!
Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Indie 33.2%, Action 28.8%
- #36 Deadswitch Combat
71% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
DEADSWITCH COMBAT is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons, vehicle combat, and plenty of team-based game modes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 46.7%, Action 23.5%, Platformer 20%, Indie 9.9%
- #37 Flow Parkour
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: RaphaelPub: Raphael Chaoui
Windows · Mac
A simple yet fun platformer game made with the game engine unity.
Why similar: Platformer 44.3%, Action 35.5%, Indie 10.4%, Casual 9.8%
- #38 Diorama Battle of NINJA 虚拟3D世界 忍者之战
77% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: X-STREAM DIGITAL Co., Ltd.Pub: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A ninja survival game where you wage combat in an expansive diorama landscape. Defeat hordes of enemies using shuriken throwing stars! Play with others online.
Why similar: Action 34.5%, Indie 33.9%, Casual 31.6%
- #39 Lost Lives
70% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: Maystra
Windows
Lost Lives is a multiplayer 2D shooter with RPG elements, in which you will find yourself in the conditions of post-Soviet devastation. As you play, you will have to fight other players and local factions, as well as find and sell loot. Choose your equipment wisely and defeat your enemies!
Why similar: Side Scroller 55.4%, Action 30.9%, Indie 13.8%
- #40 Deputinization
71% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Myttsi Zabav
Windows · Linux
Deputinization is run and gun action game focused on boss battles. The game features pixel graphics and music that is rooted in Ukrainian culture.
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.9%, Platformer 27%, Action 19%, Indie 15.1%
- #41 Project Zero Deaths
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Action 48.7%, Platformer 30.1%, Indie 21.2%
- #42 Tap Ninja - Idle game
70% matchVery Positive85% of 9,421 reviews2022
Dev: Broken Glass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 228.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!
Why similar: Side Scroller 47.5%, Casual 26.8%, Action 19%, Indie 6.7%
- #43 Banana Shooter
69% matchVery Positive89% of 17,771 reviews2022
Dev: CodingDaniel
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Dave is the banana man who is keep shooting enemies and get their banana,and use some cool mechanic such as dash,double jump,grapple hook and rocket jump.If you are finding fast paced shooter game,this is what you need
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Indie 29.3%, Casual 23.6%
- #44 Blaster Shooter GunGuy!
75% matchMixed44% of 410 reviews2015
Dev: Adam DeLease
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 41.5%, Platformer 32.1%, Action 13.9%, Casual 12.5%
- #45 Owinka Shooter
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 863 reviews2022
Dev: Owinka
Windows
Owinka Shooter throws you into an action packed mad-dash through an evil facility. Get ready to fight for your escape!
Why similar: Action 47.6%, Casual 37.2%, Indie 15.2%
- #46 Gunjitsu
72% matchVery Positive81% of 840 reviews2015
Dev: Decent MachinePub: Beatnik Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Gunjitsu is a fast-paced platform shooter with grappling hooks, rocket launchers, guns and grenades! Kill your opponents or race them for the fastest time. Inspirations from old platform shooters gives Gunjitsu a classic feel while modern tech takes it to a new level of frantic action!
Why similar: Action 51.6%, Indie 48.4%
- #47 Its Simple, SHOOT
72% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: KyleR
Windows
Its Simple, SHOOT! Is a minimalist top down 2D waveshooter that has the player utilizing various weapons and abilities to overcome their foes.
Why similar: Action 53.7%, Casual 46.3%
- #48 Rustbucket Rumble
73% matchMixed56% of 378 reviews2015
Dev: Reactor ZeroPub: Scrap Yard Productions, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Rustbuckle Rumble is a side-scrolling, team-based, arena combat game - WITH ROBOTS! Inspiration for the mechanics was taken from classic run and gun games mixed with more modern, class-based, multiplayer shooters. It’s capture-the-flag where the players are the flags.
Why similar: Action 29.4%, Indie 26.3%, Casual 24.1%, Platformer 20.2%
- #49 KUNAI
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 589 reviews2020
Dev: TurtleBlazePub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Why similar: Action 33.9%, Indie 33.8%, Platformer 17.8%, Side Scroller 11%, Casual 3.5%
- #50 4 for the Money Demo
71% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Marble
Windows
4 for the Money is a fast-paced, side-scrolling action/platformer featuring gameplay and graphics resembling the greats of the NES era. Except you don't need a Four Score to play 4-player! Sit down alone or with a pack of friends and jump in for the action!
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Indie 49.5%
- #51 Within the blade
69% matchVery Positive86% of 353 reviews2019
Dev: Ametist studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Why similar: Platformer 31.5%, Side Scroller 25.3%, Action 22%, Indie 21.2%
- #52 Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)
67% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: ASTEROID-JPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.7%, Action 29.4%, Platformer 28.7%, Indie 10.2%
- #53 FLASH OF THE BLADE X
66% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: DOSMan Games
Windows
Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #54 Slash/Jump
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: Starts With Cinder
Windows
How do you platform if walking and jumping aren't an option? With a sword of course! Bounce and slash your way through this short and sweet, uniquely controlled precision platformer!
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.2%, Platformer 30.4%, Action 19%, Indie 12.4%
- #55 Agent in Depth
66% matchVery Positive83% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Naturepixel StudiosPub: Next in Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
Agent in Depth is a daring action-platformer featuring fast-paced action and instant-death combat. You’ll run, jump, aim, and deflect bullets with your katana to blow up your enemies. No checkpoints, no upgrades: just pure skills. Deflect, die, learn, repeat. Be better, be faster.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Casual 32.9%, Indie 29.2%
- #56 10 Second Ninja X
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,285 reviews2016
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.
Why similar: Platformer 38.6%, Action 26.2%, Indie 23.5%, Side Scroller 11.7%
- #57 Tribal Hunter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,613 reviews2022
Dev: Melonsoda Soft
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An action platformer with size-changing mechanics. Be quick and nimble or large and in-charge!
Why similar: Platformer 29.3%, Side Scroller 28.7%, Action 15.7%, Indie 13.4%, Casual 13%
- #58 Ikeda : The Scrap Hunter E.P.
68% matchMixed70% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Trent KaniugaPub: Aquatic Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Wall jump and slash your way through the remains of Facility 32 as legendary Scrap Hunter Iggy Ikeda in this super-tight action platformer with collectibles.
Why similar: Platformer 39.6%, Action 30.5%, Indie 29.9%
- #59 Slava Ukraini!
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,559 reviews2022
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
A completely free game of heroic defence against enemy aggression. Take part in the defence of Ukraine against Russian aggression. A tribute to the courage and valor of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Why similar: Action 100%