Games like Nefarious
Looking for games like Nefarious? Here are top arcade platformer recommendations with a comedy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Owlboy, Pumpkin Jack or Iconoclasts.
1 85%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability83% User Score 4,036 reviewsCritic Score 87%34 reviewsOwlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hood. Things spiral from bad to worse with the sudden appearance of sky pirates. What follows is a journey through monster infested ruins, with unexpected encounte…
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2 87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, grinding90% User Score 3,950 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsPumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
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3 84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization83% User Score 2,478 reviewsCritic Score 84%26 reviewsJoin renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith, purpose and whether the world is really worth saving.
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4 84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability87% User Score 878 reviewsCritic Score 77%4 reviewsA mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
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5 78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyoptimization, grinding89% User Score 309 reviewsCritic Score 46%3 reviews"Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island is a passionate revival of the legendary 3D platformer genre with classic gameplay, playful gadgets, and a lighthearted story set in a gorgeous, colorful world reminiscent of our childhood adventures. Go on an action-packed adventure, collect gadgets helping you explore a beautiful paradise and save it from destruction. It’s up to Skylar Lynxe, our nimbl…
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6 73%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding71% User Score 502 reviewsCritic Score 86%1 reviewsBecome Aidan, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.
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7 91%Game Brain Scorestory, musicstability, grinding96% User Score 4,778 reviewsCritic Score 80%3 reviewsFreedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force. There's trouble around every turn, from insects to giant robots to sheer explosive destruction, but you'll have a variety of special fighting abilities to blast your way through each stage. As Lilac, you can use Dragon powers to whip enemies with your hair, spin like a…
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8 92%Game Brain Scoremusic, storystability, optimization92% User Score 1,007 reviewsSpark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle. You play as Spark, an electric jester frustrated by the loss of his job! On one beautiful day, robots decided to take over the world. Seeing as Spark’s job was taken by a robot, he decided this was the perfect opportunity for his revenge! Spark will have to …
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9 88%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability91% User Score 7,404 reviewsCritic Score 79%32 reviewsExplore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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10 47%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsgameplay, grinding47% User Score 409 reviewsYou are Akane, a Kunoichi ninja secretely loving her master Goro, a noble samurai. One day Goro is kidnapped by the evil Hiromi - you have to rescue him, but it won't be an easy task!
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