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Games like Haunted by the Light

Games like Haunted by the Light

Looking for games like Haunted by the Light? Here are top arcade platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Ghoul Kid, Soul Reflex or Squish.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    75% User Score Based on 102 reviews

    Play as Ghoul Kid, a mischievous ghost who possesses household objects to scare visitors to death. In this wave based game, Ghoul Kid cannot be seen by humans. Use your wits and abilities to manipulate household objects so you can scare people to death! Happy haunting! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghoul Kid.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Master 50 fast-paced levels and train your Soul Reflex in a high-speed, Rhythm-Action 3D Runner centered on a journey toward Spiritual Awakening. Try, try, and try again as you visualize your mind's state and practice reaction time. Every run is a reflection of your focus, presence, and mastery. Master the flow, transcend the limits of the physical, and chase the Light to awaken your true potent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul Reflex.

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  3. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    93% User Score Based on 14 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 1 reviews

    A spoopy, squishy, and fast-paced party game where you and up to three gooey friends rave it up in an underground crypt as it collapses down on you. You must push blocks, dodge, and jump to survive the rave and squish your opponents. Last Skelegoo standing takes it all! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Squish.

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  4. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, character development
    79% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    Step into the shoes of Freudia Neuwahl, a cool and collected young woman on a mission to save her best friend from an Imperial witch hunt. "Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel" is the sequel to "Rosenkreuzstilette", a level-based 2D side scrolling action game for PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel.

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  5. 45%Game Brain Score
    45% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    Celeste Classic is an iconic platform game, originally developed by Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry, for the Pico-8 fantasy console (link).  They later developed Celeste, a highly acclaimed game that any platformer lover should play (link). This is a remake for the Spectrum Next, made with the intention of being as faithful as possible to the original. It is NOT an official version. I asked Noel Ber… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celeste Classic for ZX Spectrum Next.

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  6. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Viva Hexagon! Is a tile-matching versus puzzle game, where you have to match hexagonal cells by controlling a small playable platforming character on the board to pick up and move pieces. Test your wit and reflexes across three highly configurable game modes, either alone, with a friend, or against an artificial intelligence player! This is only a demo version! A "minimum viable product", if you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Viva Hexagon! Feat. Ipulo.

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  7. 10%Game Brain Score
    10% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    DILEMMA OF A CANDLE: HAVE you ever thought about how HARD life must be for a candle? For its entire life, we—candles—lie in the darkness of your old toolbox, waiting for a SINGLE MOMENT for which we were born — to light up and quickly burn down. Sounds depressing? But not all candles are ready to accept this horrific fate, at least I'm NOT! You can call me Shine and I'm a candle. Please, help me t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Time To Shine.

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  8. Begin your adventure with your new friends! Explore the amazing world of box, from the wilderness, desert, to super duper cold snowy mountains! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Babol the Walking Box.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Midway upon the journey of our life… In Canto I, you take control of Dante, the Sommo Poeta, in a small adventure that reimagines the first canto of the Divine Comedy as a videogame. Finding yourself in the Forest Dark, you’ll need to use all abilities at your disposal to traverse it!Features Spread your wings and overcome every obstacle, bounce on magical books, dash through spike traps and defe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Canto I.

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  10. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    Play Abathor Atlantis Landing and relive the glory of arcades in this action platformer for up to 4 players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abathor: Atlantis Landing.

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  11. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    68% User Score Based on 485 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 15 reviews

    In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones.

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  12. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    78% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Erra: Exordium.

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  13. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 611 reviews

    "Fortune Summoners is a side-scrolling, real-time Action RPG made from the mold of some of gaming's most famous and beloved classic side-scrollers and combined with modern design sensibilities. In it, you will guide Arche Plumfield and her friends through great adventures to uncover the secret of something Arche has discovered - and maybe engage in some Real Heroics on the way!" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fortune Summoners.

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  14. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    81% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Beeftacular is a fast-paced platformer where you have to clean levels from rotten meat chunks as fast as possible. Jump your way through the level and use your attacks to hack all of them into pieces. Compare your speedruns with your friends and the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beeftacular.

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  15. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 426 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Windjammers 2 will combine everything fans love about the classic title with entirely hand-drawn 2D animations to create the ultimate windjamming experience. The coming sequel will bring new stages and players, surprising and amazing new power moves and enhanced gameplay mechanics! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Windjammers 2.

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  16. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    68% User Score Based on 50 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    "88 Heroes is a chaotic 2D platformer where each level completed or untimely death brings a new hero into the action! With just 88 minutes to complete all 88 rooms you'll need every one of the 88 Heroes to stop Dr. H8 destroying the Earth!" "The "88 Heroes" - eighty-eight of the strangest and seemingly most pointless superheroes ever to grace the face of the earth. 'They called the best, but the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 88 Heroes.

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  17. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    77% User Score Based on 83 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

    Never Standby in this fast-paced, precise platformer and get out of the glitched world! Can you do it faster than anyone? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STANDBY.

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  18. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Jump in the shoes of Jack B. Nimble and master the whip in this cute, retro auto runner. Leap and dash across spooky hilltops, gothic cityscapes, dank dungeons and more! Whip candles to multiply... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jack B. Nimble.

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  19. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    41% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Welcome to Accapella!When Joey and Gina arrive in the musically starved town that outlawed groovy tunes, a chance encounter with the music hating tyrannical ruler of the town (and local butcher) sends them flying. Now lost in the wilderness outside town, Joey and Gina have made it their mission to return to Accapella and put an end to The Butcher’s reign of silence. To make it back they’ll need to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BeatBlasters III.

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  20. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Drive with precision, jump and speed up your way on this exiting conveyor-belt platformer. Explore with care and close attention, the handcrafted puzzles filled with the hardest challenges. Rolling adventure is a *VERY HARD* highly-addictive hard-core tight platformer with a unique twist, you drive over a conveyor belt with a beautiful procedurally generated environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rolling Adventure.

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    42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    54% User Score Based on 39 reviews
    Critic Score 20%Based on 1 reviews

    Groovy is a robotic sphere that exists in the abstract and crazy world of mechanisms. The game world is divided into two modes - Arcade and Survival, each of them filled with a unique environment, challenges and enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GROOVY.

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  23. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    57% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Shadowcrypt is an arcade-style dungeon crawler with tactical sword & shield combat. Find the Necromancer and defeat his horde of undead warriors through a series of labyrinthine rooms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadowcrypt.

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  24. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    88% User Score Based on 416 reviews

    In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws. A group of bandits have kidnapped Mayor Johnsons daughter and are spreading havok across the land. Only Gunman Clive can bring order to the west and save the girl! Jump and shoot your way across 16 diverse and challenging levels and fight massive bosses. Gunman Clive is an old-school sidescrolling platform game set in the old west with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gunman Clive.

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  25. A fun and colorful game about a little dude who loves to play the ape in his day-to-day life by sliding on inclined surfaces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smile'N'Slide.

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  26. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    RELIVE THE CLASSICS OF OLD...…in this 80s-inspired action platformer! Standing in the tradition of beloved arcade greats, “Dragon Dragon Fire Fire Deluxe” sends you through more than 200 handcrafted stages packed with collectibles and legions of enemies. Armed with your fiery breath, take on the challenge and chase the high score, either solo or together with a friend in local cooperative play. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon Dragon Fire Fire Deluxe.

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  27. Enjoy a deep chess experience – solo or online – with Just Chess! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned player, Just Chess has everything you need. Sharpen your skills against a smart AI in a modern 3D environment, test your tactical vision with over four million chess puzzles, or challenge the world with comprehensive Lichess integration. Key Features: Built-in Chess Engine – Play offline… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Just Chess.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    TinyShot is a 2D arcade shooting game where you play as this little creature who signed a deal with the devil to get him his lost horn and earn love and fame in return. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TinyShot.

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  29. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Guide to creating and streaming game contentFeel free to stream it, post it on YouTube~! If you have any other requests or questions, please feel free to contact us :) [email protected] About the Game " That’s why I’m here—to smash it all. Till not even a speck of dust is left. " In an age when humanity gave up on happiness—just to escape unhappiness—and became nothing but b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KILL THE WITCH.

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  30. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    96% User Score Based on 707 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    The Elephant Collection remasters ten of jmtb02’s classic blue elephant games into one mammoth-sized package! From puzzle platformers to rapid-fire arcade games, this collection of ten Armor Games classics is tied together by a new overarching metanarrative. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Elephant Collection.

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  31. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Charge Kid is a game where each jump is a puzzle, described by some players as some kind of child between Portal and Super Meat Boy. You have limited resources to make each jump, and finding out how to use them in order to make it is a puzzle. Experimentation, creativity, and some platforming precision will be necessary. It started as a submission for gmtk2019 game jam, and you can play that firs… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge Kid.

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  32. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    84% User Score Based on 63 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 6 reviews

    A baby-fresh take on retro-inspired gameplay, featuring a unique co-op design, where kids and parents need to stick together to win! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland.

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  33. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    68% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    A small andventure metroidvania game, where you playing as our-time teenager, who was summoned by wizard in fantasy world! And that wizard gave him a quest - return stolen king's treasures! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland.

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  34. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 202 reviews
    Critic Score 59%Based on 9 reviews

    A sidescrolling stunt game, based on Pumped BMX 2 for mobile platforms, Pumped BMX+ is retooled for consoles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pumped BMX+.

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  35. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    92% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    Have fun destroying your enemies in a reinterpretation of games from the 80s! To the sound of a mixture of unique musical genres, complete missions, improve your ship, be precise in your shots. All of this without worrying about GAME OVER! Play alone, in cooperative mode or challenge a friend in PVP mode, here competition is what counts! Regardless of how you choose to play, the fun has no limits… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Geometric Feel the Beats.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 165 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Transcend the material realm and enter into a world teeming with bubbling psychedelia. Assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by a quest to rescue a litter of its missing offspring from an endless population of misshapen and malformed enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spinch.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    68% User Score Based on 943 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Big classic platformer with tons of power-ups and 12+ hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration. 8BitBoy is a tribute to all the greatest platformers of the 80s and 90s and a symbol of my endless love and passion for gaming. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8BitBoy.

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  38. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Dark Water' a story about the adventures of Gran Gran and her Granddaughter who are trying to save their town from an attack by the cursed slimes. Use your trusty bow, diverse actions and jump mechanics to defeat foes and overcome traps to save the village from this crisis. Attack : Acquiring a specific ability will allow you to attack in slow motion in mid-air. Teleportation Arrow : Ai… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Water: Slime Invader.

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    38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    38% User Score Based on 487 reviews

    Inspired by games such as Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball, Rolling Sun takes advantage of the latest version of CRYENGINE, with best in class physics, lighting and water effects. Discover ancient magic as you guide your Sun Stone through lost Incan and Mayan civilizations. Take control of a defeated Sun God trapped on Earth. Use the last of your powers to guide a stone across and ancie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rolling Sun.

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  40. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    45% User Score Based on 173 reviews

    A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Valley Without Wind 2.

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  42. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Extreme! Multitasking Run and Gun with a colorful twist! Team up with PixelBot, shoot up everything in your way and master an unique color-based destruction! Show what you've got and help the Bot breaking out of the Forbidden Factory! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to pixelBOT EXTREME!.

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  43. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    79% User Score Based on 39 reviews

    A retro side-scrolling action martial arts game inspired by classics like Kung Fu Master and Shinobi with RPG elements! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon Climax.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Star Tank is a tribute to the arcades of the early 1980s (Galaxian, Galaga, Space Invaders, Missile Command) and games from the early 1990s (Operation Wolf, Cabal). Show your skills with the controls and become an outstanding pilot of a Startank. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Tank.

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  45. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    56% User Score Based on 32 reviews
    Critic Score 45%Based on 1 reviews

    Redneck Ed: Astro Monsters Show is an energetic, colorful arcade-style beat 'em up that follows the misadventures of Ed, a simple mechanic, in the world of intergalactic show business. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redneck Ed: Astro Monsters Show.

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  46. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 227 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 16 reviews

    A malevolent force known only as Lina is devouring data from a vast, interdimensional network of servers overseen by sentient computers called ”motes.” In desperation, the motes summon heroes from a variety of parallel game worlds to face off against each other in one-on-one combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blade Strangers.

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  47. 19%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    27% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NightmareZ.

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  48. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    It is cute but extremely hard!!! The immortal girl keeps to be reborn any number of times even if she gets beaten. It is an action game that includes puzzle-like elements by learning the movement and timing of the enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nosferatu Lilinor.

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  49. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    53% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Evil mists have corrupted the people. Chaos is everywhere. Can you make it in time to the source of the chaos before everything gets consumed by evil? On your way there will be many obstacles and rogue ninja's. Dodge these obstacles and get to the source of evil so that it can be stopped! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow Ninja: Apocalypse.

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  50. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 132 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    A simple, accessible twitch platformer. Play as a tiny robot named Blitz, and escape the factory where it seems everything is trying to break you. The gameplay is as simple as it is satisfying. Blitz can only jump, and perform an air dash in one of 4 directions. Upon colliding with an object that doesn't break you, you are free to dash again. Use this to navigate the challenges ahead and reach th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blitz Breaker.

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