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Looking for games like Meltdown? Here are top platformer recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Squeaky Squad, Bio Fail or FailFactory.

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  1. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Squeaky squad is a Roguelite platformer in which you have to defeat an army of rodents plaguing your ship. Explore 5 various areas in any order you want with their unique quirks and ennemies. Upgrade your character with equipment and weapons to find new ways to fight back the Squeakers. The Ship: This gigantic procedurally generated labyrinth is composed of 5 unique areas with their unique traps … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Squeaky Squad.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    100% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Bio Fail is a dark 2D platformer where you play as a biological anomaly—a monster that possesses humans. Control their bodies, fight your way through levels, solve puzzles, and destroy everything in your path. One body—one chance If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bio Fail.

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  3. Start at level entry → Avoid hazards with jumps/jetpack → Collect Datacores → Reach the exit alive → Unlock next level ️ No Saves. No Checkpoints. Just Pure, Fast-Paced Fun. FailFactory isn’t about grinding hours for progress — it’s about skill, rhythm, and the thrill of the run. Designed for short, intense sessions, the game features: Quick-to-restart levels — die once, restart instantly… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FailFactory.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 304 reviews

    Rot Gut is an action packed platformer set in America’s 1920’s Prohibition era. You take control of an agent who, to uncover their mysteries, goes on a mission to fight the city’s underground armed to the teeth organizations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rot Gut.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    59% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grimind.

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  6. 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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  8. 37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    37% User Score Based on 284 reviews

    Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a medroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradox Soul.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    64% User Score Based on 67 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    Exile's End is an homage to early 90's action-adventure PC games like Flashback and Another World, but with a Japanese flair. The core of the game is from Australian game maker Magnetic Realms with art, cutscenes, and music provided by legends of the 8 and 16-bit eras from Japan. It draws its thematic influence from the science-fiction films and anime of the 80's and its gameplay from classic Amig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exile's End.

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  10. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    64% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    Enter Digiton is a challenging open world metroidvania filled with a variety of unique environments and characters. Armed with only a shield, you are tasked with banishing the four demon lords and saving the beautifully pixelated world of Digiton! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Enter Digiton.

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  11. 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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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    70% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    BlackEye is an adventure game, and its main character is the inhabitant of the world of Koyte. This mysterious world is divided into two - upper and lower ones. No one inhabitant of the upper world would voluntarily go down to the lower world. However the main character has to reach the bottom! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BlackEye.

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  13. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 86 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 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.

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  14. Do you have the courage to sneak into a deadly facility to save the woman you love? In the cold corridors of the underground lab, you’ll face not only complex puzzles but also terrifying creatures. Every step has a price, every bullet has a limited life. Tell me, how far would you go for love? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where Is Lena?.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 7 reviews

    Warning: This game contains 8-bit pixel art representations of blood and gore. Rusty Flesh is a sci-fi horror puzzle platformer for the Game Boy Color where you switch gravity instead of jumping (guess you could call it a VVVVVV-like!). Explore the different areas of a derelict spaceship putting together all the pieces of its lovecraftian mistery, and enjoy its retro-futuristic aesthetics. In th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rusty Flesh.

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  16. CYNOROID FORSAKEN is a free aim platformer that uses the mouse to aim and It is a free aim platformer where you aim with the mouse and move with the WASD keys. With multiple weapons, a laser chainsaw that can be used by right-clicking, and the ability to eat enemy carcasses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CYNOROID FORSAKEN.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    A New Adventure in Classic Metroidvania Style Beholgar II is a pixel-art Metroidvania platformer inspired by the spirit of the '90s. Explore a vast interconnected world — from shadowy dungeons and cursed forests to forgotten temples and the very edge of hell. Key Features: Ancient Powers & Magic: Unlock powerful abilities and spells to grow stronger. Mysterious, Layered Levels: Every corne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beholgar 2.

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  18. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    98% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a warrior, a werewolf, or join the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Volkolak: The Will of Gods.

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  19. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    98% User Score Based on 287 reviews

      Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. You play as a Bird, fallen from the sky, working to hatch your egg. With a drill for a beak you dig deep for precious ores, and bring them back to to empower your Egg and upgrade your abilities. Outsmart monsters, upgrade your drill, and don’t let night catch you too far from home. DIG DEEPExplore underground… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drill Bird.

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  20. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    99% User Score Based on 273 reviews

    Kaela Kovalskia of Hololive ID has gone missing! Play as her army of assistants, the Pemaloe, and set off to explore caves, dungeons, and mazes and discover the truth about Kaela's whereabouts! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kaelaverse: Pemascape.

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  21. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Disoriented, you wake up locked in a shipping container. A 100% physics-based dirt bike game, designed to break the human spirit… or prove it’s still alive If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MotoTrials.

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  22. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    75% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to explore, and enemies to dismantle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oirbo.

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

    A short & sweet adventure. Dive into the fevered dreams of a young boy, where his boundless imagination conjures a shadowy underworld teeming with gallant knights, sinister skeletons, and untold mysteries. Navigate a cunningly crafted, interconnected labyrinth that pulses with secrets waiting to be unearthed. Scour the darkness for vital items to unlock hidden paths, each step a dance with danger … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winslow.

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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    67% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Embark on a journey through a hand-drawn world of Bleeding Deities inspired by ancient tribes and their beliefs. Unveil dark secrets, face ruthless challenges, and confront evil deities as you search for the Legendary Baktun Stone. Will you restore peace to your people? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bleeding Deities.

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  25. A thrilling ninja action game based on the hit original anime “NINJA KAMUI”! Play as a shadow named Tsukumo as you slash and shoot your way through hordes of henchmen and deadly ninjas, discovering origins untold in the anime with this exhilarating 2D ninja action side-scroller.   Power up with your special "TYPE 0" boost gear to unleash hell on anyone foolish enough to resist! But b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS.

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  26. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 121 reviews

    INAYAH - Life After Gods is a thrilling action-platformer with metroidvania elements. Immerse yourself in a story with multiple choices, explore diverse biomes, face more than 20 bosses, and develop your character with a unique progression system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inayah: Life after Gods.

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  27. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    72% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    BREAKER: INITIATING is a short 3D game featuring platforming and puzzle-solving elements. You step into the role of El, a robot equipped with electrical discharge abilities. Navigate through a desolate world, using El's unique powers to overcome obstacles and explore mysterious environments. In a post-apocalyptic world, humans entered cryogenic facilities to hibernate, and the abandoned machines … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BREAKER: INITIATING.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    A fast-paced, bloody, gothic, and stylish platformer video game about saving the mortal realm from the wrath of Hell's armies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eldabyss.

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  30. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 97 reviews

    A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 230 reviews

    Don't ask, just parry!deflect is the core combat mechanic in 'Deviator' allowing you to turn the enemy's fierce attacks into nothingness with precise timing. Practice diligently, my friends; if you're too slow, you'll be defeated. You wouldn't want to take a hit from an enemy, after all. Master the art of parryEvery battle is a tense and thrilling game of wits. When attacks and deflect succeed, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEVIATOR.

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  32. Evil creatures took your dog! They have taken over the kingdom and are threatening all the inhabitants. Can you pass the obstacles, uncover all the secrets and save them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Revenguard.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    When a group of unsanitary chefs threaten all that is good and just in Cakeland, it's up to Cakeboy to serve up punishment. Fight your foes with pastry-themed items in this bite-sized 2D platforming adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Cakeboy.

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  34. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    66% User Score Based on 200 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 7 reviews

    Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outbuddies DX.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kohate.

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    45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    50% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    The future came. You'd think that means the apex of the progress and science, but no. After the epidemic spread all over the world in 2022, 95% of the whole population mutated into horrible creatures without any moral values or humanity and started hunting everything that moves. The planet became empty. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASTRAL.

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  37. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 930 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 11 reviews

    Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Max: The Curse of Brotherhood.

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  38. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    92% User Score Based on 96 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

    Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Dungeon.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    100% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    Get the game on Steam today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999140/ Thanks to your high resilience and your even higher scores on the Universal Weapon Handling Assessment, you were lucky enough to get hired as a security guard for top secret Project EXTRANEÜM (pronounced ex-strain-yum). You had no idea what this project was all about, but you certainly didn't sign up for a total overrun of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Extraneum.

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  40. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    78% User Score Based on 23 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Hunter DX.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    72% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    OST for sale: https://raininglamppost.bandcamp.com/album/enhanced-ost After what must have been a wild party, Security Personnel H wakes up in the Holding Bay, the deepest areas of the secret... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EnHanced.

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  42. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    50% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    Up-tempo adventuring and family drama ensue when the survivors of a disastrous charity project return to the dead ships in the former Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. Residue tells a personal story by letting you explore a larger-than-life, ridiculously detailed rendition of one of our world's most fascinating (and horrifying) locations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Residue: Final Cut.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    90% User Score Based on 136 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 3 reviews

    Biota is a 2D metroidvania inspired shooter set on a wild and dangerous sci-fi, pixel-art planet. Get ready to face hostile alien life forms and investigate a mysterious mining colony as a group of ragtag heroes from the future, all in glorious 4-color palettes and detailed 8-bit visuals. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Biota.

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  44. Axizon Labs: Zombies is a 2D Sci-Fi themed Platform Zombie Shooter Game based on the story of the sudden outbreak of ZMB Virus which affected 30% of the population around the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Axizon Labs: Zombies.

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  45. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    66% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing. In 2002, a nuclear conflict engulfed the entire world. The surface of the earth became temporarily uninhabitable, all the survivors organized life underground. The government announced t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sovietpunk: Chapter one.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 427 reviews

    Muri is a DOS-style shooter from Remar Games and Ludosity. After the colonization of Mars, a team of scientists design an armor suit of cataclysmic power, sparking a conflict between several factions. When Mars suddenly vanishes, one woman sets out to discover the fate of humanity. Inspired by the games of its time, Muri is an authentic '80s experience, with the focus often changing between run-a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MURI.

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  47. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    93% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Philophobia is a platformer in which love is literal Hell and all of the enemies are hearts. The game is fast-paced and the player needs to navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Philophobia: The Fear of Love.

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  48. 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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  49. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer game where you use lights to scare away shadows creatures that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In The Shadows.

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  50. 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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