Games like Big Guns [Weekly Game Jam 122 Version]

True_RetroDEV's entry into Week 122 of the Itch.io WEEKLY GAME JAM. The theme of this jam was "One Action". Hence, the creation of "Big Guns" "Big Guns" is a 2D action platformer with heavy inspiration from classics such as Super Meat Boy and Contra (Probotector). The game has a kinetic pace and tough-as-nails platforming sections akin to those of the classics from the early 90s. To fit the "On…

83%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

grinding, optimization

87% User Score Based on 853 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And i…

96%Game Brain Score

music, story

96% User Score Based on 168 reviews

Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.

86%Game Brain Score

music, gameplay

grinding

90% User Score Based on 370 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 20 reviews

In the distant future, a mad scientist and his army of darkness seek to enslave the people of Earth. Hope for all humanity rests with The Resistance, but are they enough? Enter Kei, a rookie hero who is transformed by mysterious Orb energy into BERSERK BOY! With high-speed action and the power to defeat evil, BERSERK BOY must face off against the diabolical Dr. Genos and his army of Dark Energy m…

82%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

grinding, emotional

85% User Score Based on 150 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 6 reviews

Blast Brigade is a colorful 2D action-adventure that combines intense platformer gameplay with metroidvania exploration. Assemble the team of superspies and run’n’gun through a tainted paradise island to take down the evil genius Dr. Cread and his army of monsters.

91%Game Brain Score

gameplay, music

grinding, character development

91% User Score Based on 323 reviews

Seek out new weapons and equipment to delve deeper into the dangerous world of Cypher-X72! Be warned, you aren't the only one seeking the forbidden technology known as Zexion! It will take cunning and valor to succeed in this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

83%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 1,217 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 8 reviews

Cavern of Dreams is a mysterious, surreal adventure game inspired by N64 classics. You play as a young dragon who's just lost all of his unhatched siblings! You have to explore the Cavern of Dreams and the many strange worlds it's connected to, solving puzzles and facing adversity to rescue them...

88%Game Brain Score

story, music

grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 7,404 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 32 reviews

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

90%Game Brain Score

gameplay, music

story, grinding

96% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

It is the year 198X. Big hair is hot, and the war with the Soviets is colder than a refreshing glass of New Coke. RAD RAYGUN must travel the world fighting communist robots, and save the 1980′s by shooting his way through the decade in a totally fresh, expanded version of the original XBLIG game.

77%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

grinding, replayability

79% User Score Based on 198 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

Lunark is a 2D cinematic platformer in the vein of '80s and '90s classics. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through mysterious alien ruins, a flying penitentiary, a high-tech megalopolis, and a majestic forest.