Games Like Venusian Vengeance

Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?

Why similar: Ninja 35.4% ★, Action 18%, Retro 14.5%, Indie 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This retro-inspired platformer captures the classic 8-bit ninja aesthetic and challenging, fast-paced gameplay.

Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!

Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, arcade-style shooter that shares the sci-fi setting and frantic, movement-based combat of the seed game.

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: Ninja 33.2% ★, Action 20.8%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Indie 14.6%, Difficult 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the same short-burst, high-speed ninja gameplay that rewards precision and quick reflexes.

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.3%, Action 14%, Top-Down 13.9%, Retro 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game defines the top-down, fast-paced, and hyper-violent arcade action experience that mirrors the intensity of the seed game.

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: Ninja 49% ★, Action 13.7%, Retro 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Fast-Paced 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, retro-styled ninja action game that emphasizes precision and rapid combat encounters.

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: Ninja 22.8% ★, Fast-Paced 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Action 12.8%, Difficult 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in 2D ninja action that features the same one-hit-kill, fast-paced, and retro-styled gameplay found in Venusian Vengeance.

2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Action 21.1%, Indie 19.1%, Arcade 11.7%, Difficult 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This arena-based, top-down slasher perfectly captures the arcade, ninja-themed, and reflex-heavy combat style of the seed game.

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: Fast-Paced 27.1%, Retro 15.7%, Difficult 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, retro-styled arcade action game that captures the same sense of urgency and challenge.

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Action 34.4%, Difficult 21.8%, Indie 16.6%, Top-Down 13.7%, Fast-Paced 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, top-down action game that matches the fast-paced, sci-fi intensity and arcade feel of the seed game.

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: Ninja 55.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action 12.6%, Indie 7.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art, ninja-themed action game that focuses on unforgiving, fast-paced combat scenarios.

Neon Hardcorps is a fast paced top down action shooter, inspired by games such as Contra, Metal Slug, Super Turrican, Cybernator, Realm and Doom Troopers.

Why similar: Indie 64%, Action 36%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, pixel-art action game that prioritizes arcade-style combat and fast-paced movement.

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.2%, Difficult 23.2%, Action 18.9%, Indie 17.9%, 2D 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, top-down action game that emphasizes stealth and tactical precision in a retro-pixel art style.

Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Action 19.2%, Indie 14.8%, Retro 10.4%, Difficult 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style, retro-themed shooter that matches the fast-paced, top-down intensity of the seed game.

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Retro 17.5%, Action 15.2%, Top-Down 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, top-down arcade shooter that emphasizes retro-style bullet-hell mechanics and fast-paced action.

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Why similar: Action 31.4%, Retro 23.1%, Indie 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, 2D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired, fast-paced action platformer that captures the classic arcade spirit.

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Action 26.9%, Indie 18.6%, Arcade 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style action game that emphasizes fluid movement and intense boss encounters.

The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

Why similar: Ninja 44% ★, Retro 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Difficult 8.3%, Action 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled ninja action game that captures the classic 8-bit aesthetic and challenging, fast-paced gameplay.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.9%, Top-Down 16.9%, Difficult 16.3%, Action 13.3%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, arcade-style action game that prioritizes momentum and visceral, fast-paced combat.

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: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Difficult 19.6%, Retro 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Arcade 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, retro-styled arcade shooter that shares the fast-paced, action-heavy DNA of the seed game.

Inspired by an arcade classic, Super Destronaut DX is retro space shooter that pits you against an enemy more dreaded than a UFO, a scoreboard.

Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style, arcade shooter that focuses on fast-paced, retro-inspired action.

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

Why similar: Indie 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 30.3%, Action 23.8%, 2D 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: An agent-themed, retro-pixel game that emphasizes stealth and quick-thinking in a high-stakes environment.

Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.

Why similar: Ninja 57% ★, Action 14.8%, Indie 12.8%, Difficult 9%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, ninja-themed action game that feels incredibly fast and rewards tactical, high-speed decision making.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Ninja 43.5% ★, Retro 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 7.9%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled ninja action game that features fast-paced movement and challenging platforming.

The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Difficult 17.3%, Top-Down 14.9%, Action 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, boss-rush action game that captures the intense, reflex-based combat of the seed game.

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Retro 31.3%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Action 20.1%, Indie 12.3%, 2D 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, fast-paced action game that focuses on tactical infiltration and arcade-style combat.

Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!

Why similar: Retro 30.7%, Action 28.5%, Indie 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, 2D 7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled, fast-paced action platformer that captures the classic arcade aesthetic and difficulty.

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 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 25.8%, Retro 16.5%, Indie 12.3%, 2D 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, retro-styled arcade action game that shares the high-energy, explosive nature of the seed game.

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: Ninja 52% ★, Fast-Paced 23.1%, Action 14.6%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, ninja-themed action platformer that focuses on fluid movement and precise combat.

Tokyo 42 is a hyper-stylish isometric open-world shooter. Framed for a murder you didn't commit, you'll delve into a world of assassins, deadly corporate intrigue and cats. Explore this beautifully hand-crafted micro Tokyo and discover its secrets.

Why similar: Action 59.3%, Indie 40.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, retro-styled action game that features a unique aesthetic and fast-paced combat mechanics.

Red Ronin is a Turn-based but fast paced dash 'n slash game where a bloodthirsty ronin and her companion bot search for revenge.

Why similar: Ninja 56.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Indie 15.2%, 2D 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, ninja-themed action game that emphasizes quick, tactical movement in a fast-paced environment.

Aliens have invaded Earth! Towns, cities, deserts, they're everywhere! Take on the role of Earth's last super soldier and confront the alien menace in this intense twin stick shooter!

Why similar: Action 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Arcade 13.8%, Retro 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.2%, Difficult 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Action 12.6%, Retro 8.2%

Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.

Why similar: Ninja 46.4% ★, Fast-Paced 20.7%, Action 13.2%, Indie 11.5%, Difficult 4.9%

Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Retro 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Action 13.2%, Fast-Paced 11.3%

SNAKE GAME ULTRA CORE is an arena shooter where you play as a snake with a shotgun, escaping from a laboratory and seeking revenge on your enemies.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Action 20.3%, Fast-Paced 16.2%, 2D 8.9%, Top-Down 8.2%

One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.

Why similar: Action 37%, Indie 28.5%, Ninja 25.3% ★, Difficult 9.2%

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!

Why similar: Difficult 21.6%, Retro 17.6%, Action 16%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.6%

A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.

Why similar: Action 30.5%, Retro 18.9%, Difficult 18.6%, Indie 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%

Explore the dark underbelly of a massive wine cellar contested with cult bandits, traps, and paranormal bosses. Select from an array of different characters with unique abilities, and opportunities for customization.

Why similar: Action 38.9%, Fast-Paced 32.6%, Indie 28.4%

Battle relentless cyborg police in a grim 23rd century dystopia. Experience fast-paced, bloody combat in this retro-inspired beat-em up, action platformer. Recruit comrades and collect upgrades as you traverse hazardous environs to reach KAPITAL and take down the oligarchs in charge!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Retro 23.5%, Action 22.9%, Arcade 18.7%, 2D 10.8%

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: Retro 26.5%, Action 24.5%, Indie 16.3%, Difficult 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%

Vengeance Hunters is an adrenaline fueled Neo-Geo hardware developed beat’em’up that lets you and a friend in local co-op fight mutants, zombies, punks, gangsters, lab techs with bombs (you read that correctly), suited mystery men, cyborgs and more across multiple stages, sublevels and secret areas.

Why similar: Retro 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Action 18.4%, Arcade 14.7%, Indie 12.6%

Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.

Why similar: Action 37.4%, Indie 27.2%, Retro 19%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%

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 26.1%, Indie 20.7%, Retro 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Arcade 11.2%

Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree.

Why similar: Action 27.2%, Indie 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Retro 16.4%, 2D 8.4%

Intrude is a first-person shooter. Your mission is to get into a long time abandoned base, suddenly taken over by some kind of private military, find your way up and destroy the source of a signal comming from the base. Collect as much data as you can to find out what they are up to.

Why similar: Action 37.9%, Indie 26.9%, Retro 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%

You play for the commander of the special forces group - Elon, ​​and you need to kill all the devil-mutants in the colony on Mars to avenge for the dead comrades, and to escape.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Indie 44.6%

Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.

Why similar: Action 25.9%, Indie 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, 2D 9.5%

Ninja Hanrei is a 2D run and gun Platformer game inspired on Ancient Japan but with Super Powers.

Why similar: Ninja 35.5% ★, Action 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 8.9%

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: Action 24.4%, Retro 17.6%, Indie 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Arcade 14.3%

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.

Why similar: Retro 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Action 19.3%, Arcade 15.2%, 2D 10.3%

The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Top-Down 17.6%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 12.6%

Hyper Simon X is an Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Puzzle game that ingeniously blends SHMUP mechanics with the classic nostalgia of 'Simon Says' memory games. Prepare for a challenge like no other as you destroy the enemies in the exact order displayed!

Why similar: Action 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Indie 13.1%, Fast-Paced 12.4%, Retro 10.6%

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: Action 26.2%, Indie 18.5%, Retro 18%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Difficult 13.3%

BULLETHELL is an experimental, retro-hardcore, barely playable, ultra-fast-paced arena top-down shooter.

Why similar: Difficult 42%, Action 19.8%, 2D 13.2%, Indie 10.5%, Fast-Paced 7.8%

Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17%, Difficult 14.6%, Top-Down 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Action 12.6%

Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Action 28.5%, Indie 20.1%, Top-Down 10.6%, Arcade 6.6%

Fenix’s village was decimated by a huge explosion, leaving only our hero and the mysterious Oktarus. As Fenix, track down this shadowy villain through nine worlds, defeating brutal bosses and hundreds of minions bent on your destruction.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.4%, Action 23.5%, Indie 20.1%, Difficult 19.3%, 2D 8.7%

Planet DOS is under attack by Space Aliens, DOSMan needs to fend them off and defend his home planet!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.4%, Action 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Retro 16.8%