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Built for the Game Maker's Toolkit 2017 Game Jam Description: This game is "Run Away, Robot!". You're a defective robot trying to escape from a factory plant without getting caught by the other robots. The controls are WASD to move (a joystick will work as well, but is not guaranteed, as most of testing took place with the keyboard). Moving decreases energy, the yellow bar on the left. When your e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Run Away, Robot!.

Built for the Game Maker's Toolkit 2017 Game Jam Description: This game is "Run Away, Robot!". You're a defective robot trying to escape from a factory plant without getting caught by the other robots. The controls are WASD to move (a joystick will work as well, but is not guaranteed, as most of testing took place with the keyboard). Moving decreases energy, the yellow bar on the left. When your e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Run Away, Robot!.

35%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

44% User Score Based on 32 reviews

The Fleets of Sol is an strategy-survival meets fleet management game where you command a group of capital ships as you jump from sector-to-sector engaging a persistent enemy, rescuing civilians, and trying to grow your fleet to improve your survival odds. Launch fighters, perform missile strikes, direct turret bombardments and more as you order your ships to either engage the enemy or flee. Betwe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fleets of Sol.

Ace Pilot Pacific is my 3rd game and I have been working on it for around a year and a half. The action takes place during World War 2 in the Pacific. You will fly one of the six different aircraft available against the Japanese. You will be dog fighting against Zeros, Ki43, Ki49, G4M, G4M2, Hk8K2, Nakajima Kikka, J8M Shusui, and Shinden. Choose between 5 missions: - Atoll - Pearl Harbor - Wake … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ace Pilot Pacific.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

87% User Score Based on 8,560 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 11 reviews

Players will find themselves deep behind enemy lines, attempting to destroy their most coveted assets, while dealing with various hazards such as flak guns, enemy radar, weather and dreaded Ace Pilots. Recruiting, training and guiding the right crew, and keeping them alive, is vital in turning the tides of war and achieving success on your bombing campaign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bomber Crew.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

83% User Score Based on 777 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 4 reviews

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Capsized.

GCS: Salvage Rat is a gritty, first-person space sim with permadeath and immersive salvage contracts. Explore a procedurally generated universe of hostile factions, dangerous asteroid fields, and derelict stations. Pilot a fully customizable ship, mine valuable resources, fight for control, and descend into abandoned hulks on foot in tense FPS missions. There are no second chances — your legacy is… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GCS: Salvage Rat.

About: This is a simple short 2D pixel-art platformer with a premise that fall damage now exists and in game it is explained by your character having glass-like fragile knees. Your goal is to get out of the cave you are in by traversing a number of levels you find. Each level was hand created and holds a special feature about it. What is that feature? Is it shortcuts, punishing routes or misdirect… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Knees.

New Update! Story You are a samurai with a family. After being falsely accused of treason you are sought out by the feudal lord of this land. You must do everything you can to protect your family and reach safety by heading towards the nearby river where you have a few fishing boats that can be used to escape. Combat You, the player take control of a samurai noble with his trusted katana. Use your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai's Choice - New Update!.

An old-style pixel 2D platformer who becomes an apprentice swordsman, confronts dragons and rescues princesses. You can easily enjoy your adventure with simple operations such as jumping and dashing attacks. Enjoy the world of charming enemy characters, items that grow apprentice swordsmen, and a simple and nostalgic game world. ◆ Story ◆ This is a certain kingdom. The jewel that contained the d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRAGON'S TOWER.

A giant alien crashed into Planet Holevo and you need to rid this monster before you fall off of it! Holevo's Bound is a 2.5D Side-scroller based in outer space featuring an interesting idea of run in and out of space. The players can utilize a Freeze Flame Thrower to help them with their journey and the final boss battle! Enemies will shoot at you even when they miss, your ground will disintegrat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOLEVO'S BOUND: PLANET MELTDOWN.

Towering Competition:After some very unlikely course of events happened (it's not like there would be spoilers, there just isn't in-depth lore yet), the world became a barren wasteland (save for a few big cities where most of the population now lives). The entertainment industry was at its all-time low, that was until Towering Competition became a thing. The idea is simple: select two commanders (… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Towering Competition.

42%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

42% User Score Based on 62 reviews

B.A.D is an intense and enjoyable Shoote'em up game that captures the feeling of controlling a mass-produced humanoid robot (Battle Armor) piloted by a single soldier while keeping the realistic fast-paced action in a dramatic large scale conflict, from various Factions of Earth and Mars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to B.A.D Battle Armor Division.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

82% User Score Based on 3,357 reviews

Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Receiver.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story

51% User Score Based on 420 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 1 reviews

Stable Orbit is a highly realistic space management simulation game. Set in 2034, an unprecedented ‘All Nations Space Coalition’ has been formed around a shared desire to rebuild mankind’s permanent presence in space. But space is a dangerous place. The only things between survival and your crew suffocating, blood boiling and radiation overdose are the thin walls of the space station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stable Orbit.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

71% User Score Based on 376 reviews

"It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Design its rooms and corridors to make your crew feel at home. Receive hundreds of visitors who are hungry for the most amazing products in the galaxy. Explore 30 star systems and more than a hundred planets -- all randomly generated for every game. Complete missions and discover new a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 749 reviews

Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VoidExpanse.

Notice: Web build is outdated at the moment, it is the 1.1 version, it still plays fine but I made a few bug fixes in version 1.2. If the web build did not work for you, try using firefox. If all fails you can download the files and play locally. I highly suggest downloading the 1.2 version of the game as I fixed some annoying bugs. Controls: - press left and right to move in that direction, you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Falling Sky.

About the Game Welcome to Last Roach Glory – a thrilling survival game where your objective is to be the last cockroach standing among 100! Navigate through hazardous environments, grab power-ups, and outlast the competition in this intense battle for survival. My Journey This game is special to me as it's the first one I've created myself. Just a week ago, I started learning game development, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last roach glory.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you crossed a Pokémon (RPG) style game with Overcooked (Cooking), of course you haven't but we did it anyway. Prepare to see why these genres combined make a confusing game with far too many systems to build and Art to draw in 72 hours. Changelog (Post Jam Bug Fixes) V1.01 - Hotfix (WebGL build only): Fixed the Web Build requiring the F1 Key to work as t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Culinary Creature Combat.

Made for Chill jam (2023 Jan 5  - Jan 19)Themes I tried to use: In the dark, Winter, Robot takeover, 1 bit (ish), Platformer without jumping.EDIT: I actually made a built-in map system, that shows the discovered rooms, connection of rooms, items to search, the two upgrades, and the terminals. I also draw a background tileset to make the place less empty looking. I made a small intro.Years after th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Search & Destroy.

Your objective is to collect the balls with the color indicated in the top-left label. Note that a mouse is required to play this game. You'll need to point the cursor to the balls. This is an extended version of a game made for Ludum Dare 31. Original version: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=46558 Source code at PlayCanvas: https://playcanvas.com/project/333967Post-Mo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ora Bolas!.

Future Fronts (working title) is a custom-mecha action game built in the Godot Engine, in this early playtest copy you can build your mech from a selection of playtest parts and weapons and play through five missions as well as three challenge arena fights. Your part choice effects your stats and the handling of your mech. Here's a gameplay video recorded by a playtester of one of the missions of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Future Fronts (EARLY PLAYTEST COPY).

/!\ Please make sure to read the following description before playing as I didn't have enough time to add an in-game tutorial T_T /!\ Controls Arrow Keys: Turn Left / Turn Right Spacebar: Activate Nitro R Key: Respawn if you get stuck B Key: Brake to drift!!!!! Thanks to the GMTK Jam staff for the incredible work! TAXI LOOPER Developed for the 2025 GMTK Game Jam! Welco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taxi Looper.

Introduction Our solar system has been invaded by an unknown alien force. Much of humanity has been wiped out by this relentless alien threat. Omega protocol has been initiated. The surviving greatest minds of humanity have come together in a last attempt to save humanity from total annihilation. You have been chosen to pilot the most advanced ship man-kind ever created to deal with the alien thre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omega Protocol: Sole Defender.

Oh my god, we're finished? Overview As General Bear, you have begun your seasonal war upon the camper snack supply. These 2 legged intruders bring various tasty treats that you just can't help... helping yourself to. Unfortunately for you, you are a giant bear and campers tend to take notice of that. Instead, command volunteer wildlife to stealthily recover the snacks and bring them back to the c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crunchy Tactics.

DOWNLOAD NOW About Armored Souls Survivors is our submission for the GMTK Game Jam 2024. What you are about to play is a derivative work from the game we are developing, Armored Souls, reflavoured in a "Survivors" style for fun. Please enjoy this little experiment of ours, and if you are curious about Armored Souls, please take a look at it. Thanks, and have fun! PS: The game s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Armored Souls Survivors.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

100% User Score Based on 41 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 10 reviews

A super fast-paced ARCADE TOWER-DEFENSE. Build turrets and shoot your way through hordes of alien scum as you protect multiple rooms simultaneously! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spacejacked.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

72% User Score Based on 134 reviews

Inspired by Aztec legend, this action/rpg side-scroller will casts you into the middle of a war between the Gods and Mankind. As Huitzilo, heir of the Sun God, skilled in both the arts of combat and magic, only you can save your people from the wrath of the Aztec Gods by reuniting the seven phonograms. Accompanied by your faithful companion Ayopha - trapped in the form of a hummingbird by a magica… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aztaka.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 748 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 15 reviews

Sublevel Zero - Redux is a first-person roguelike six-degree-of-freedom shooter set in a universe where reality is falling apart. Take control of a lone gunship pilot whose mission is to loot and craft ancient technology. Descend into a vast underground facility, fighting through procedurally generated zero gravity environments to recover the technology you and your clan need to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sublevel Zero Redux.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

61% User Score Based on 248 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

Super Mustache is a vintage styled platformer, filled to the brim with 8 bit pixel art juice! Join Captain Super Mustache in a journey to save the planet Uranus. If you enjoyed classic platformer games from the golden era of video games, then you’re going to love this. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Mustache.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

85% User Score Based on 290 reviews

Be the stalker of this new realm. Explorative, random world challenges in the setting of an exciting vertical world of beanstalks. With the Blade Slammer become more than a new hunter. Hunt creatures and adapt to a new way of vertical life. Evolve, create, develop to be the most skilled among all. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bean Stalker.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

62% User Score Based on 74 reviews

A Squirrel rages through the end of its dying world in this chaotic depiction of the beginning and the end. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Osk.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

82% User Score Based on 90 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Sixed.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

82% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Intelligence reports indicate that a man calling himself Dr. Mangle is responsible for the mutants and the destruction of Metro. You will have to battle your way through levels packed with evil mutants and robotic guards to finally infiltrate Mangle's fortress and defeat him. You think to yourself that this will be the most dangerous mission of your life. Snake Logan is a weapons expert, and uses… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bio Menace.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

51% User Score Based on 770 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

A Sci-Fi First Person Shooter with Base Building, Resource Management, and elements of Survival. You play as an AI Overseer sent from Earth entrusted with the future of humankind, and tasked with establishing a habitat that can sustain human life on a mysterious alien world.​ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost Zero.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

78% User Score Based on 182 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panzer Paladin.

28%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

28% User Score Based on 87 reviews

Sector is a simple hardcore classic shooter game that you play the role of Dimitri, he and ​​another scientists made fail biological tests and the infected enemies took possession of technology evolution. Survive at this severe place, fighting against creatures and solving problems, now you need to place the order. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SECTOR.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

68% User Score Based on 1,070 reviews

Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Players will need to survive in a hostile galaxy with their own custom designed and constructed starship. Space is vast but you wont have to face it alone, other players will be able to join your ship and help out, or build their own rival fleet and fight you across the galaxy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Rift.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

61% User Score Based on 67 reviews

Sky Mercenaries - Fast paced action overdose with rpg elements If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sky Mercenaries.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

78% User Score Based on 76 reviews

Embark - if you dare - upon a desperate battle against the unknown horrors of the beyond; featuring roguelike elements, including procedural generation and permanent death, Cthon seamlessly blends visceral combat with strategic character building. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CTHON.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

52% User Score Based on 226 reviews

The challenge is Project Mercury. The power is Raxasoft. Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Mercury.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

68% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

FOX n FORESTS is a 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by the glorious days of 16-bit! Switch between various seasons on the fly, shoot and slash with your magic melee crossbow and snatch valuable loot to unveil the mystery of the 5th seasons. A thrilling pixel art fable with rewarding super secrets, screen filling bosses and thriving exploration. This is 16-bit how you remember it!5 S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FOX n FORESTS.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

75% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 5 reviews

Gigantic Army is a heartfelt tribute to 16-bit era mech shooters, finally available for the Nintendo Switch. It’s the 21st Century, planet Earth is at war with the Ramulons - an Alien race determined to stop humanity’s advance into space. War has now reached planet Ramulon, and it’s up to you to pilot the ‘GMR-34 SALADIN’ - a Manned Combat Robot - a mech amor that make effective stormtroopers and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GIGANTIC ARMY.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

85% User Score Based on 2,187 reviews

Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter computer game where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Executive Assault.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

46% User Score Based on 201 reviews

Kivi, Toilet and Shotgun is a single player top down action game where your goal is to reach the end of the desert by avoiding all kinds of obstacles and fighting the desert raiders. Go up against foes in your vehicle and on foot. Take on powerful bosses, but make sure you're quipped for the fight! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kivi, Toilet and Shotgun.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

44% User Score Based on 219 reviews

The ultimate space capital ship combat compendium is the evolution of hard core space combat sims. The only game of its kind currently in existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Universal Combat CE.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

77% User Score Based on 86 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 6 reviews

[Media 3738411] [Media 3636391] In a long-devastated world, only one city remains intact. Protected by a glass dome, the city of Endeavor rises above the wreckage of the past. Inhabited solely... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retro Machina.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

42% User Score Based on 55 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

A sci-fi co-op twin-stick shooter, with a progression system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trident's Wake.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Savannah College of Art and Design - Student Capstone Game 2025 This is a short game created over 6 months by our team of 5 undergraduate students Featured at GDC 2025 - SCAD Booth Fight your way through Sanctus and Malum, the Realms of the Afterlife. Simultaneously play as the Mage and the Warrior, split from a soul torn between the two worlds, as you attempt to relink your soul back together… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elysian Inferno.