Games like Manos: The Hands of Fate
Looking for games like Manos: The Hands of Fate? Here are top arcade platformer recommendations with a horror and comedy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with 8BitBoy, Halloween Forever or Kero Blaster.
1 68%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicreplayability, stability68% User Score 943 reviewsCritic Score 65%1 reviewsBig 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.
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91%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsatmosphere, character development93% User Score 274 reviewsCritic Score 83%2 reviewsSomething 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…
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87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, character development96% User Score 1,344 reviewsCritic Score 75%8 reviewsA classically-styled 2D side scrolling action game packed with adventure. You are a bipedal frog and a master of the Custodial Sciences, charged with the unenviable task of ridding your company's teleporters of strange black creatures. Fight for your life through a menagerie of unique monsters while getting your hands on exciting new tools of the trade.
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74%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, stability74% User Score 1,572 reviewsCastle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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88%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory88% User Score 321 reviewsIn 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 wit…
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75%Game Brain Scoremusic, storycharacter development, grinding74% User Score 234 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsRosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
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67%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstability67% User Score 258 reviewsUltionus 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.
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86%Game Brain Scoremusic, humorstability, grinding89% User Score 3,840 reviewsCritic Score 75%2 reviews"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.
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78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, replayability78% User Score 182 reviewsCritic Score 79%1 reviewsHop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
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79%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplayreplayability, optimization78% User Score 309 reviewsCritic Score 81%2 reviewsCursed 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 …
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