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Games like Old School Musical

Looking for games like Old School Musical? Here are top arcade action adventure recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Evoland, Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets or Rift of the Necrodancer.

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  1. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 1,226 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game. Inspired by many cult series that have left their mark in the RPG video gaming culture, Evoland takes you from monochrome to full 3D graphics and from active time battles to real time boss fights, all with plenty of hu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evoland.

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  2. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    95% User Score Based on 620 reviews

    Can you stop King Sugar Daddy? Rhythm Sprout is a fast-paced rhythm action with original music and a wacky story mode. Step to the rhythm / Fight to the beat Remix levels with modifiers Follow a quirky self-aware story in between Every music track goes together with a unique and detailed 3D environment designed around its theme and story beat. Keep an eye out for little events and easter eggs thro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets.

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  3. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 3,158 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

    The NecroDancer's back in a brand new rhythm game spinoff! Help Cadence navigate the modern world while repairing the rifts that have torn her life apart. Do rhythmic battle via rift mode, minigames, and boss battles! All to the beat of a brand new soundtrack from Danny Baranowsky & friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rift of the Necrodancer.

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  4. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    87% User Score Based on 1,208 reviews

    Before the Echo combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before the Echo.

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  6. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 306 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 8 reviews

    Packing in a fully-fledged story mode with a colourful cast of musically-empowered heroes and villains, The Metronomicon sees you take control a party of eight newly graduated masters of the “rhythmic combat arts” to wage musical warfare against a multitude of dance-mongering fiends. By switching between four concurrent hero-controlled tracks on-the-fly, you’ll select and activate a wide array of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Metronomicon.

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  8. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 19,114 reviews
    Critic Score 92%Based on 9 reviews

    Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his lost beloved. He wields a Shovel Blade: a multipurpos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shovel Knight.

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  9. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 21,026 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 12 reviews

    A chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Just Shapes & Beats.

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  10. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 8,102 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 31 reviews

    As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Messenger.

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  11. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 2,679 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 35 reviews

    Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST, a DRAGON, and MORE in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee! Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities in unexpected ways to unlock and complete even MORE challenging quests. Explore a vast overworld - on your own or with a friend online - while clearing sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nobody Saves the World.

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  12. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 1,656 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 45 reviews

    Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacate is forced to don his luchador mask again to face a new threat - this time to the very fabric of space and time. Punch your way through a whole new Metroid-vania style world and try to save the Mexiverse! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guacamelee! 2.

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  14. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 1,975 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 6 reviews

    Runner2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award winning BIT.TRIP RUNNER.,In the style of the BIT.TRIP series, Runner2 is a rhythm-music platforming game.,Players will run through fantastic environments, using brand new moves, to brand new soundtracks as they run, jump, slide, kick, and soar toward the goal of tracking down the Timbletot and thwarting his evil plans to destroy not o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.

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  18. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 807 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 21 reviews

    Turn up the volume and take rhythm gaming to new heights, all the way into space. Fly solo or party with friends in a split screen race, as you join spacepilot Stella on her journey from one stunning world to the next. Each hit song you play offers on the note level design and three difficulties to master. In an exclusive collaboration, Invector features superstar Avicii, one of the world’s bigg… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AVICII Invector.

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  19. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 4,778 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

    Freedom 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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Freedom Planet.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 3,055 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

    140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 140.

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  21. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 1,045 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a platform game developed by Black Forest Games for Microsoft Windows. It is the successor to the 1987 Commodore 64 title The Great Giana Sisters and sequel to the 2009 re-imagining Giana Sisters DS. The game was funded through crowdfunding website Kickstarter, reaching its goal of $150,000. In addition to the Windows release, a console port has been released on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams.

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  22. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    96% User Score Based on 1,344 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 8 reviews

    A 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kero Blaster.

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  23. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    79% User Score Based on 567 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventures of Shuggy.

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  24. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 2,256 reviews
    Critic Score 86%Based on 6 reviews

    The golf game for people who hate golf. A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd they will make you go: What the golf! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WHAT THE GOLF?.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 1,126 reviews

    Get ready for an electrifying mix between a bullet game and a typing hell! Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of Ray Bibbia! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Textorcist.

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  26. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 499 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    It’s 1986 in California and a group of friends will live the summer of their lives after a mysterious discovery in woods outside their quiet town. By uncovering an artifact whose powers they don’t fully understand, these remarkable kids will defy the laws of nature and somehow interact between two planes of reality: life and death. Their curiosity will trigger a series of unexpected events that wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crossing Souls.

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  27. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 1,455 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 11 reviews

    Defend the free world from tyrannical titans in FULL METAL FURIES – a team-based brawler where cooperation is the key to victory. An abstruse allegorical action adventure about atonement, allusions, and alliteration awaits all at an alternate age around Athens’ ashes. FULL METAL FURIES will challenge you to think like a team, and to rethink what a brawler could be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Full Metal Furies.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    91% User Score Based on 524 reviews

    64.0 is a minimal rhythmic arcade game, where you shoot the bad guys at the rhythm of the music. The bad guys are the ones that have the same color as the background, but since the background is constantly changing, everyone can be a bad guy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 64.0.

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  29. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 155 reviews

    Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inside My Radio.

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  30. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 2,633 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Bit.Trip Runner is the fastest, most exhilarating music/ rhythm-platformer to hit Steam! Race across the Moon, kicking down crystal walls and sliding under chomping moon-slugs! Bound through the Robotic Mines and face off against the MinerMech! Dash through the Big City on a quest to find friends and defeat the final boss together! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bit.Trip Runner.

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  31. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 458 reviews

    Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in their first virtual adventure. Slaps And Beans is a co-operative or single player scrolling beat’ em up game with the addition of platform elements and mini-games in which you'll interpret the characters of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans.

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  32. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 283 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 4 reviews

    Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse! Navigate deadly enemy waves and un-fire attacks in Retro/Grade, a mind-bending rhythm game by 24 Caret Games. Pick up a gamepad or a guitar controller and help Rick Rocket restore the continuity of space-time, before a temporal anomaly rips the universe a new time-hole. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retro/Grade.

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  33. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 706 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 13 reviews

    "Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game about shooting, dodging, reflecting bullets, slowing time, and lots and lots of bosses. The player controls a young girl named Wryn -- the world's greatest (and only remaining) hero. Together, they must battle an invading force of villains and live up to her title as the Greatest Hero of All Time!" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bleed 2.

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  35. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 715 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians.

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  36. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    92% User Score Based on 1,242 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams and she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like! Bleed is an action-platformer focused on stylish, acrobatic dodging and fluid, challenging gameplay. There's no filler, just you and your skills ag… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bleed.

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  38. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 253 reviews

    Explore a dangerous island filled with dungeons, and defeat the eight archangels to bring order to a glitched-out kingdom in this top-down Zelda-like action-adventure game. Playable in 8-bit and 32-bit pixel art styles! Features - Team up with a friend. Make peace with Shadow Lenna to enjoy the game in local co-op multiplayer! - Play again (and again). With two graphical styles, multiple endi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lenna's Inception.

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  39. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 55,522 reviews

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Hat in Time.

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  40. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 9,559 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion.

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  41. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 698 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Say hello to a fantasy themed action arcade brick breaker! Featuring cute characters, powerful magic, crazy bosses, and even local 2 player co-op mode! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strikey Sisters.

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  42. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 585 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 7 reviews

    The Angry Video Game Nerd has been sucked into Game Land! It's up to you to guide him through three terrible and treacherous retro game worlds! Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures and Angry Video Game Nerd II: Assimilation come together for the ultimate Nerd experience! This is the definitive way to play the series... and more! This deluxe collection brings you every stage from both of famously tou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe.

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  43. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 2,811 reviews
    Critic Score 93%Based on 9 reviews

    The Glade of Dreams is in trouble once again! The nightmares multiplied and spread, creating new monsters even more terrifying than before! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rayman Legends.

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  44. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    98% User Score Based on 347 reviews

    Iron Meat is a run-and-gun shooter with an onslaught of mechanics ripped from arcade and console classics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron Meat.

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  45. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    93% User Score Based on 1,944 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 13 reviews

    Fight’N Rage is a brand new old-school side-scroller beat’em up. Inspired by the classics from the “golden age”, and with an art style that mimics the aesthetic from the 90's arcade gems, this game pays homage to all classic gameplay features that makes this genre one of the best from its time! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fight'N Rage.

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  46. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,227 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 12 reviews

    Slipstream is a racing game influenced and inspired by the OutRun series, SEGA games in general, Initial D, Vaporwave & Synthwave aesthetics and the spirit of 90s arcades. It uses a real pseudo3D engine to provide an authentic retro experience in a modern shell. After being funded via kickstarter in 2016 and delayed more times than the developer would like to admit, it was released independently f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slipstream.

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  47. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 249 reviews

    WISHLIST OUR NEW GAME About the GameSynopsisSlime-san: Superslime Edition includes all three major campaigns as well as some brand new levels and features! Mama’s Madness: You’ve been swallowed by a giant worm! Your goal is to platform yourself through its intestines back out its mouth before you get digested! Blackbird’s Kraken: You were about to take a vacation with your family and got eaten… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slime-san: Superslime Edition.

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  48. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 917 reviews

    Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Khimera: Destroy all Monster Girls.

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  49. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 211 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 9 reviews

    Rhythm Sprout is a handcrafted fast-paced rhythm action with original music and a wacky story mode. Enjoy chill Lo-fi walks and fight bosses to K-POP, EDM and Hip-Hop inspired tracks. Features a quirky story, 30 handcrafted levels, and various EX-modes to refresh your gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rhythm Sprout.

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  50. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 1,400 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 1 reviews

    Twin brothers Billy and Jimmy have been kicking butt and taking names for 25 years. Join them in this bodacious re-imagining of the classic beat 'em up that started it all, Double Dragon Neon. Battle through glass-jawed goons, deadly teleporting geishas, scientific abominations, and more as you hunt down the evil Skullmageddon and save the love of your life, Marion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Double Dragon Neon.

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