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Games like Ghosts n' Guns

Games like Ghosts n' Guns

Looking for games like Ghosts n' Guns? Here are top arcade platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Super Mutant Alien Assault, Pixel Gladiator or Zombie Kill of the Week: Reborn.

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  1. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    "Taking up arms solo or with a friend, you must dance with death in a brutal and addictive arcade platformer shooter inspired by Super Crate Box and stuffed to the brim with unlockables. Fight through rapid fire single screen levels each with a random combination of platform layout, objective, vending machines and enemies. Dodge and weave amongst the aliens to stay alive but don’t leave them stan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Mutant Alien Assault.

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  2. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 243 reviews

    Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Gladiator.

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  3. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    88% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Zombie Kill of the Week: Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! And when we say fast, we mean breakneck, flat-out, adrenaline fuelled fast! What’s different from the other shooters is your goal isn’t to run through levels and finish the game, but to survive for as long as possible under increasingly frantic conditions (we say as long as possible because ultimately you will die!)… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Kill of the Week: Reborn.

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  4. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    73% User Score Based on 371 reviews

    DSP is side-scrolling, roguelike, shoot 'em up set in the Starr Mazer universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starr Mazer: DSP.

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  6. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 177 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 2 reviews

    Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog! Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines.

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  7. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    73% User Score Based on 94 reviews
    Critic Score 59%Based on 2 reviews

    Retro action "save-them-all" platformer including advanced physics combined with unique rendering pipeline for a consistent retro feel while still using modern lightning. Complete several rescue missions in which you will have to lead companion NPCs to the closest base station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moons Of Darsalon.

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  8. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    90% User Score Based on 282 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure. Use gateway technology to leap from one place to another, change size to explore small passa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gateways.

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  9. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, character development
    93% User Score Based on 274 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    Something mysterious is happening in the pumpkin patch this Halloween! You control Pumpkin Man, a humanoid pumpkin thing animated by occult forces on a quest to discover why things are so creepy. And you vomit candy corn. Adventure through five weird, spooky worlds in search of your destiny. Face ten challenging bosses! Unlock hidden playable characters! 30+ Steam Achievements! Meet chainsaw mani… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Halloween Forever.

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  10. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 398 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Cyborg.

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  11. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    98% User Score Based on 643 reviews

    Lightning strikes again!! Xenotilt, the sequel to the cult hit, Demon's Tilt. Get ready for another pinball fantasy. Xenotilt shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    93% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TROUBLE JUICE.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    85% User Score Based on 129 reviews

    You are a space trooper. Somehow you got to the enemy territory, and you should wait for your squad to get out of here! But only God knows when will they arrive to you! They will send you bonuses for killed enemies to longer your life till they arrive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Attack.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    83% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Welcome to the world of Trash TV. Cast away into a recycling center, you play an outdated tube television animated to life with a singular goal – find your remote control and become fully functional again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trash TV.

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  15. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 538 reviews

    The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can in the single player, or the competitive multiplayer, or many challenges to help build your skills. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 9,314 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 1 reviews

    You died? So what? Tuck your guts back in and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CULTIC.

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  17. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 1,432 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 17 reviews

    In addition to the full game, the Valfaris Digital Deluxe Edition includes the following content: - Valfaris - Digital OST - Valfaris - Digital Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valfaris.

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    26%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    26% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    Mars is under attack! An unknown enemy is dropping bombs on the peaceful red planet. It is up to you to fight off the onslaught so the innocent can escape in this stylized shooter from Linclo Games. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Martian Law.

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  19. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    67% User Score Based on 258 reviews

    Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge.

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  20. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, stability
    94% User Score Based on 1,861 reviews

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.Unlike most top-down shooters, which give multiple players a shared pool of lives or continues, Jamestow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jamestown.

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  21. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    87% User Score Based on 4,012 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can. Prepare for an arcade delight with tight controls, refreshing game mechanics, cracking retro art and a terribly hip… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Crate Box.

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  22. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    The Destructivator Returns! Take on the role of a tiny little super solider decked out in lime green and blast and insta-melee your way to victory! Unapologetically old school, forget the last... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Destructivator 2.

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  23. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, story
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Shoot, dash, and smash enemies in this fast-paced tower defense platformer. Build turrets to aid in your defenses and find the deadliest combination. Protect the toaster -- at all costs! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toaster Defense.

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  24. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 119 reviews
    Critic Score 59%Based on 8 reviews

    Godstrike is a time based twin-stick shooter where you must face ruthless bosses in intense 1v1’s. Play as Talaal, the last Herald, hunted by her sibling. Time is your currency and health, use it to create ability combos and fight for glory on the highscores! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Godstrike.

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  25. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Explore the avian world of Eagle Island with Quill and one of his loyal owls, Koji. Discover lush forests, treacherous caverns and uncover the ruins of long lost civilizations. Finally, confront the gargantuan deity, Armaura, in a desperate attempt to rescue Ichiro from her clutches. With its falconry-based gameplay within uniquely generated worlds, Eagle Island is set to a beautifully modernized… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eagle Island.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    88% User Score Based on 139 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 3 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Moth DX.

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  27. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, monetization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    81% User Score Based on 238 reviews

    Minimalist Tower Defense game set in cyberspace. Defend servers from nasty bugs! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Data Defense.

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  28. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    Botlike - loot and shoot your way through hordes of robots or die trying. Play as S.I.R. - a grumpy old warbot on his path to revenge. Use your ever-growing arsenal of weapons, upgrades and powerful items to defeat an evil and totalitarian robot league. Grab your top hat and let the rampage begin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Botlike: A Robot's Rampage.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    97% User Score Based on 208 reviews

    A difficult, 1980's inspired permadeath rogue-lite where every play through is different. Trade, gamble, and fight your way through progressively challenging levels. Increase the power of your weapon by collecting parts that merge to give new and unique properties. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Null Vector.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    53% User Score Based on 135 reviews

    Metrocide is a relentless top-down single-player arcade stealth-shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopia where everyone wants you dead. As legendary contract killer T.J. Trench, you’ll have to negotiate a fierce and brutal city replete with gangs, vigilantes, cops and more, taking out the trash one contract at a time. While cop drones circle overhead, you’ll be sticking to the alleyways with a variety… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metrocide.

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  31. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 128 reviews

    ZR is an action packed horror survival game where you must use your wits and surroundings to survive the apocalypse! Purchase a huge array of weapons, from Dual Pistols to a Tesla Assault Rifle! All in your own home, survive the end of the world in this visually stunning VR experience! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Riot.

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  32. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 707 reviews

    Command your Toy Soldiers in multiplayer or co-op with Toy Soldiers: Complete! Bring your toys to life in this action-packed, strategy-based game bundle with the original Toy Soldiers, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, and its DLC's – Kaiser's Battle, Invasion, Napalm and Evil Empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toy Soldiers: Complete.

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  33. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 113 reviews

    The year is 20XX, the earth has been ravaged by nuclear wars and our only hope is the research shuttle Nostrami. Unfortunately the ship has been incommunicado for 48 hours now. That's were you... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Scumbags.

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  35. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 136 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    It's the 1980's and an evil alien race has invaded Earth, turning all vegetables into crawling, bawling, mauling abominations. You are about to join Department Radical, the grooviest police force on Earth. Are you a rad enough dude or dame to smite these ravenous creatures? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Walking Vegetables.

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  36. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    77% User Score Based on 120 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    HEYHEY! The full version of Luckslinger is now also on the new gamejolt marketplace. Gamejolt: this link! Steam: this link! Luckslinger is a hip-hop infused spaghetti western action platformer... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luckslinger.

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  37. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    68% User Score Based on 1,095 reviews

    Paranautical Activity combines the classic FPS action of games like Doom and Quake, with the randomness and difficulty of modern roguelikes like Binding of Isaac and Spelunky. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition.

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  38. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 309 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 2 reviews

    Cursed is an action platformer with a compendium of myths from medieval Spain and the spirit of a mid-to-late '80s arcade game. Run, jump and throw your weapons as you move through decadent medieval landscapes full of dangers and monsters. Learn about each situation and enemy pattern in order to progress. Open chests and hit hidden spots for bonuses, weapons and equippable objects. Find the five … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Castilla.

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    23%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    23% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Humanity Asset.

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  40. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    79% User Score Based on 101 reviews

    The Madness of Little Emma is a difficult action platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring over 250 items with insane synergies, varied enemies, and numerous secrets and mysteries to discover. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Madness of Little Emma.

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  41. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    84% User Score Based on 402 reviews

    “METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to METAL SLUG 2.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 773 reviews

    A dark and arid hellscape inspired by the likes of Metroid Prime and Dark Souls, Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania set in an interconnected and nightmarish world. Explore a land that has been plagued with an eldritch infection, a horrible fog that blankets the world and turns it’s denizens into wretched mutants. Delve deep into the ruins of this plagued world and find a cure for this horrid bligh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vomitoreum.

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  43. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    90% User Score Based on 852 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

    Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel. Players can choose between Mavra, the badass human resistance, soldier or Doyle, the groovy rebel robot, to kick some metal ass. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blazing Chrome.

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  44. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 191 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Weapon of Choice.

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  45. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    98% User Score Based on 608 reviews

    This is a demo. The full game is still in development. Please help support the game's development by donating: https://paypal.me/SemagGamesApS Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vibrant Venture.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    69% User Score Based on 277 reviews

    Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games. Hopefully this should wet your appetite for re-living the good ol' days. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jet Gunner.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 287 reviews

    BLOOD VIAL is a vampiric, retro-inspired FPS with a leaking health bar. Swim through the blood of your fallen enemies to keep your vial full. The Holy Ones have gained control. Reach the sacred source of power draining you of your energy, and destroy it. Features: Dive through spilled blood to climb walls, swim through grates, and leap over gaps. Learn to harness your blood powers to their maximum… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Vial.

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  49. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 46 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

    Take down hordes of alien invaders with your Power Shot, Truxton Beam, Thunder Laser, Homing Shot, Star‑mine Shot, and more! Don't forget to breathe as you face off against gigantic bosses in the ultimate battle for humanity’s survival! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Truxton Extreme.

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  50. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development
    100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    This is a demo of Blastermancer, the full game will be out later this yearPlease check it out and wishlist on steam it would be super appreciated! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3811020/Blastermancer/ Blastermancer is a crunchy, lo-fi platform arena shooter. You are a robot that must turn space monsters into stardust. Beginning as a mix of 80s arcade and rogue-like, the game transforms int… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blastermancer.

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