Games like Alex Anomaly (Original version)

a cave story fangame from development hell the original version is cancelled, but it's not over ------------------------------------------- there's a reimagining of the game's early prototype right here If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alex (Original version).

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

FREE BONUS GAME INCLUDEDGrendel's Cave now includes a new mini-game; Grendel 2048+. This is a plus version of the popular tile merging game 2048, with Grendel's Cave themed tile images and NPCs. Get two great, classic games for the price of one! About the GameGrendel’s Cave is a top-down 2D pixel-art adventure game. Its setting is the Old English text Beowulf, Norse mythology, and the historic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grendel's Cave.

This fangame contains flashing lights. Please play safe and refrain from playing this fangame if you suffer from epilepsy. --Torotribution: A Cave Story fangame about Toroko--------------------------------------------------------- 「ト…トロ子…」 It's been years ever since The Doctor tried to conquer The Island with Balrog and Misery. But one issue still resides. Your friends still can't get over what… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Torotribution ~ Cave Story fangame.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

100% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Magirune 2 is an adventure dungeon crawler game with a back story of a volcano that started being active and water in the city became increasingly scarce. People were mining in search of water but found strange artifacts instead. Because of that, archaeologists and explorers started being interested. Know more about the world and the dark secret behind some people's actions. Release Date Augu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magirune 2.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

70% User Score Based on 162 reviews

Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Despair.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

59% User Score Based on 768 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 8 reviews

Monster Crown - Dark Monster Catching Game with True Crossbreeds Featuring a brand new dynamic breeding system and a deep story in a world filled to the brim with optional content. Offer contracts to dangerous beasts and breed them to create new species. Travel across Crown Island with your Monsters as you work toward stopping an underground plan to revive the sadistic Philosopher Kings and retur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monster Crown.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

47% User Score Based on 78 reviews

Melrose is trapped in a life of hardship. Her parents are mean to her and she gets bullied at school. She can find no one who understands her. To cope with her sorrow, Melrose turns to her imagination. She dreams up a world of unimaginable beauty and happiness, but sadly -- like all dreams -- it ends, and Melrose must return to real life. Today is different, however. Melrose is about to meet he… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whisper of a Rose.

The legendary 2004 Japanese mobile network RPG is back as a single-player JRPG!Experience a wild, moving story and a combat system that is simple yet deep. The online RPG that gathered a cult following on feature phones is reborn as an accessible single-player adventure! Step into a nostalgic, warm pixel-art world as a student of a magical academy, and embark on a quest to save the world! Note: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AVILION forever.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

This is an experimental imitation work that has only been expanded to a certain extent based on the original original system. As it is an abandoned project that was first born in 2012, please do not have too high expectations for this work. Out of respect for the copyright of the original work, this work will not be used for commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metal Hunter.

Telegeddon is a TV-trashing, genre-busting action RPG with a battle system made up of microgames - think "Paper Mario meets WarioWare," but with an original touch and its own sense of identity.  It is currently being made (as of 2025) by solo developer Luke Tarlowe AKA Thunder Dragon (creator of PSYCUTLERY, and some old Mario fangames like "Psycho Waluigi"), with musical contributions by DJ Yoshim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Telegeddon (demo).

Rabidja's Revenge is a retro handheld platformer in Pixel Art. Play as Rabidja, the rabbit ninja seller from the Aron franchise, published on Xbox 360 by Meruvia. Travel through 20 levels including forests, seashores, underwater depths, gloomy caves, fly in the sky and explores the dark castle of the sinister Professor to get back the golden pieces he stole from you.       A new modern / … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rabidja's Revenge.

Keep in mind: This page is only for old and outdated builds of the years-old Alex project. ---------------------------------------------- Builds 107 - 115: Early Pre-Reset Beta builds with Viktor in itBuilds 116 - 120: Early Pre-Reset Beta builds with Viktoro in it Abandoned Rewrite - Metroidvania-esque beta with Alex and Bartie as the protagonists (i highly advise you to not play it if you a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alex - The Legacy Collection.

Keep in mind: This page is only for old and outdated builds of Alex Anomaly. If you want to play the more up-to-date version, visit here. Here lies a set of early builds of Alex Anomaly, more specifically the early post-lore reset beta builds. The builds that existed before the story change used to be here, but I've now removed them because they were embarassing and just bad. So please don't ever… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alex Anomaly - The Legacy Collection.

A work-in-progress / under-development game made by LeonIveyGamesIf you liked playing High School Hills, please rate the game and comment on your experience. thank you! Play as Bow, a teen who moves to High School Hills—where dreams and nightmares merge with reality. After your mother mysteriously vanishes, you're caught in a quest that spans two worlds. Encounter real-time combat, puzzles,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to High School Hills: Dreams & Nightmares.

Lurking is a classic RPG inspired by Ultima III. Classless character creation with modifiable skills.Build a party of up to five characters.Huge (300x300 tile) open world to be explored with nonlinear story progression.Beautiful retro pixel scenery that changes with the seasons.Additional gigantic multi-level underworld with separate town and battle maps.Turn-based combat in the early Ultima styl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lurking I: Immortui.

A game about the end of the world. Play as four military recruits in post-apocalyptic Olathe sent on a mission to do something important underground. IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE LEAD DEV-  "A few months ago when this contest started I wrote a short description of what this game would be like in the discussion channel. My description was a "Lisa-like dungeon crawler", including randomly assembled the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LISA: The Covetous.

This fangame contains flashing lights. Please play safe and refrain from playing this fangame if you suffer from epilepsy. --Doukutsu ~ Dead or Alive-- ---------------------------------------------- 「ト…トロ子…」 It's been years ever since The Doctor tried to conquer The Island with Balrog and Misery. But one issue still resides. Your friends still can't get over what happened at the warehouse years … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doukutsu ~ Dead or Alive (Cave Story fangame).

Plagued by an evil demon, the peaceful village of Emerald Ridge is spirited away one fateful evening. Only you, a lone avenger sent from above, can vanquish the evil set forth by Deathtoll, and release the souls of those captured. Soul Blazer: Dark Genesis is a fan-prequel to the original Super Nintendo Action-RPG, Soul Blazer.  It is intended to be a full extra chapter that takes place prior to t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul Blazer: Dark Genesis.

--Alex Anomaly: A Cave Story fangame about killing Sekkens-- ---------------------------------------------- Somewhere, in a gloomy street.. There was a demonic merchant named "Viktor", who had a hatred for Sekkens ever since what happened with Toroko. Then, there was Alex. He was created by Viktor to wipe out the Sekkens. Alex doesn't want to do it, but he has no choice but to follow his orders. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alex Anomaly ~ Cave Story fangame.

A magical artifact? Lying among the ruins of a lost temple in the jungle? Sounds too good to miss this opportunity! WHAT AWAITS YOUSurvival RPG 2: The Temple Ruins is the sequel to the first retro game Survival RPG: The Lost Treasure. It combines quests, exploration, crafting and survival in a retro 2D pixel art universe. In this new adventure, your journey will take you to distant and strange wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survival RPG 2: The Temple Ruins.

The world has been plunged into eternal night, blanketed in darkness by eerie creatures that cannot survive in the light. Despite the gloom there is still hope as a rare source of light that grows from the ground has emerged, and a gifted few are able to manipulate it to their will; the Lightsmiths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lightsmith.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Aplestia:Retold unravels the story of Britton, Summer, Rover and Marina, four friends that went on their first S Class Quest by mistake! Even though they are still rookie adventurers, they will try their best to tackle on a difficult, gem-related and full of mystery adventure! Follow their steps as they travel on the colorful and gem-monster pested Aplestia island! They will have to find secrets, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aplestia: Retold.

Almora Darkosen: The Definitive PC EditionThe mobile hack-and-slash game, praised by millions of players, has been improved for its definitive debut on PC! The original Almora Darkosen quickly became a favorite in the mobile RPG sphere. Thanks to its enduring popularity and dedicated player engagement, the game has been improved for a PC version. This is the ultimate way to experience Almora. W… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Almora Darkosen.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

93% User Score Based on 230 reviews

A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cataclysm: The Last Generation.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

83% User Score Based on 357 reviews

Building on the best aspects of UnderMine, an acclaimed action-adventure roguelike, UnderMine 2 takes dungeon crawling to a whole new level! Discover, combine, craft, and transmute powerful relics and take your lowly peasant from zero to hero. Trivial human politics distract as cosmic machinations unfold — there is more than one war in Delvemore. While King Faraam IV attempts to regain control of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UnderMine 2.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

83% User Score Based on 444 reviews

Uncover the dark secrets of a cave with an endless supply of monsters and loot! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Enchanted Cave 2.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 275 reviews

Even without experience in shooting games, you can easily enjoy the unique danmaku art and experience the thrill of bullet-hell battles! "Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III" is a bullet hell shooting game with a distinctive, glamorous presentation style. It is the third game in the Touhou Makuka Sai series. The strange moon seems to hide a new conspiracy. Charge in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

97% User Score Based on 183 reviews

Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding, and not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterplace.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

87% User Score Based on 23 reviews

D.A.M. Champion is a comedic monster tamer game inspired by video games and TV shows during the age of GBA and GBA SP handheld gaming. The story of D.A.M. Champion is set in a dystopian world where most of the world’s economy is connected to technology that involves creating and managing artificial copies of the wild monsters in their world. Humans have been learning more about the monsters in the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to D.A.M. Champion.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 175 reviews

THE GAME IS CORRUPTED. DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED? Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG suffering from corruption. Playing this game means you accept the responsibility of cleansing Corruption from its system. You control Will, a sick little boy who has been bedridden for most of his life, but must now fight against reality-breaking monsters as he struggles to understand the depth of his own au… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Free Will.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

A miasma consumes Garden. The decay brings lawlessness and madness to the land. Rogues, cults, and evil plantlife rule the realm. Crop and Claw is a classic-style JRPG centered around dragons in a lush realm known as the "Garden". The plantlife has gone awry, bringing a time of decline and stress across the realm. One dragon sets out on adventure, for reasons only known to themselves, to se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crop and Claw.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 74 reviews

No Delivery is a procedurally generated CRPG, pizzeria simulator where you are the newest in a long line of employees for a local decrepit pizza parlor. Despite the rumors, shady history, and missing persons cases, you sign up for the night shift because it pays slightly more and all the kids’ birthday parties should have ended by then… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Delivery.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 139 reviews

Searching the Amazon for the elusive razorback dolphin, Nora discovers more than she bargained for. Created in one month for Thalassophobia game jam. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Orange.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

81% User Score Based on 239 reviews

Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord is a refreshingly fun strategy title that marries a tabletop wargame with elements of RPG. The game features a huge variety of units, a novel hex-free battle system, morale, and multiplayer. Play as a manipulative succubuss or a brutal orc warchief in two story driven campaigns! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

95% User Score Based on 30,483 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Binding of Isaac.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Evil Wizard is a humor-filled action RPG featuring metroidvania elements and carefully crafted pixel-art environments. As a defeated villain who barely survived a tough fight, you’ll have to face an army of so-called heroes to recover what’s rightfully yours. Rediscover your powers, infiltrate your own castle, unleash devastating spells, and purge your ancestral home of these miserable excuses for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evil Wizard.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

96% User Score Based on 673 reviews

Craft, explore, fish, farm, and more in this sequel to the hit game Crashlands! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crashlands 2.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

89% User Score Based on 35 reviews

ABOUT THIS GAME With over a decade of oldschool wargame fantasy adventure under its belt, the AGE OF FEAR series is standing the test of time... and there's much more on the way! Our fans know it well: series-wide updates of content & features are what we do. By supporting AOF Total, you're showing us in a big way that you want more, and we're excited to deliver.YOU ASKED AND WE LISTENED! By popu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age of Fear: Total.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

96% User Score Based on 234 reviews

Age of Fear 3 gameplay sets itself apart from other tactical combat games thanks to its incredibly deep combat system, perfected over the last five years and based on community feedback. Every hero and type of unit have its own skills tree, which is also very customizable as they level up. With close to 200 unique units and over 250 different spells and skills, no two players will have the same a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age of Fear 3: The Legend.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

91% User Score Based on 319 reviews

Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, graphical, turn-based, role-playing roguelike game. Your goal is to delve deep into a dungeon, find a portal to a mythical place called the Zorbus where a mere mortal can ascend to demigodhood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zorbus.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

59% User Score Based on 17 reviews

War has started! Rangok Skies is a vertically scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the genre classics. Highly replayable with 4 different characters, each with their own unique ship, weapons, and bombs. Includes 2-player local co-op. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rangok Skies.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 276 reviews

My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, but my sister. Play as Luzia in her quest to return home. After Luzia and her older sister Sombria are abducted by strangers, it is up to Luzia to help her and her sister home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Big Sister.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 3,472 reviews

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action adventure RPG of space exploration, ship building and fast-paced tactical combat. Enter a vast open-world universe filled with alien factions vying for power, strange worlds to explore, mysteries to investigate, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an ancient power.Explore Explore a fully-open world universe with over a hundred star systems filled… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starcom: Unknown Space.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Treasure Adventure Game is a freeware open-world, platform adventure game developed by Stephen Orlando. It includes a 1 hour original sound-track composed by Robert Ellis If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Treasure Adventure Game.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

88% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Bloody Rally Show: Prologue is an introduction edition of Bloody Rally Show game. Race against other players in Daily Challenge - an asynchronous multiplayer event with daily leaderboards Play through first 3 weeks in Campaign Mode - you can do this with your friends in local split screen co-op or vs Have quick races and battles in procedurally generated environments Experience the full … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloody Rally Show: Prologue.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 151 reviews

Easy difficulty level for free About the GameYou are inside a multi-level dream. No one knows when it is over and you wake up in reality. Observe your surroundings and inspect everything. All around you is just a dream if you spot something strange. Kill yourself. It's the only way to Wake up. If you think that everything around you is the reality then try to survive until the time-out. However,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock Harder.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 228 reviews

Ouroboros presents a bright, cheerful world in which something is horrifyingly wrong. The hero has a princess to save and a quest set before him, but there are unsettling signs that all this has happened before. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ouroboros.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

You are a burnt out fellow living an aimless life. Your grandpa lives in a mansion in town, but long ago kicked you out because of your various personal problems. The townspeople of Punyville, fixated on the treasures of a nearby cave, ventured inside with innocent hopes of fortune. But there were creatures inside. These creatures captured the townspeople of Punyville, locking them in dungeons. It… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saving Punyville.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

87% User Score Based on 440 reviews

A bullet hell roguelike game. Players can utilize characters with different abilities, collect and assemble powerful items. Dance through an unending barrage of bullets to save both yourself and Touhou Gensokyo from the darkness that is engulfing everything. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Touhou Endless Dream.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

84% User Score Based on 1,269 reviews

ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic and flexible combat. The Steam version adds various Deluxe features like achievements, difficulty level customization and various play modes (e.g. a story mode allowing to save and restore games, a weekly challenge game, an explo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery).