Games like Project X: Light Years
Looking for games like Project X: Light Years? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Platypus Reclayed, Contra: Operation Galuga or Steredenn.
1 99%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, grinding99% User Score 473 reviewsFree movement ship control while the screen advances automatically. Single fire button. Collect stars to obtain temporary special shots. Collected fruits award points that can be converted into extra lives. Modes: practice, score attack (single life), adjustable difficulty
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymonetization, stability90% User Score 516 reviewsA new entry in the legendary Contra series is here! Contra: Operation Galuga is a thorough reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the '80s, featuring modern graphics and sound, new stages, new enemies and bosses, new play mechanics, an updated weapons system, and explosive co-op combat for up to two players in Story Mode or four players in Arcade Mode! When the Red Falcon ter…
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87%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, grinding88% User Score 609 reviewsCritic Score 82%1 reviewsSteredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival. Steredenn is at the crossroads between a shmup and a rogue-like. Enjoy the infinite replayability of the game with its unforgiving gameplay, intense boss fights, (almost) ran…
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85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyreplayability, grinding85% User Score 468 reviewsBuilt for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies. Deftly maneuver over twenty unique ships, each with different abilities for you to harness. Backed by an all-new chip-emulated soundtrack by the psychoacoustic artist Rainbow Kitten, Enemy Mind features an adaptive story system as innovative as its gameplay. Are you ready to unlock the secrets of Enemy Mind…
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77%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, grinding77% User Score 526 reviewsCritic Score 64%2 reviewsR-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
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84%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystability90% User Score 852 reviewsCritic Score 82%3 reviewsBlazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel. Players can choose between Mavra, the badass human resistance, soldier or Doyle, the groovy rebel robot, to kick some metal ass.
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89%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, grinding89% User Score 727 reviewsSTEREDENN: BINARY STARS is an award-winning mashup of a classic shmup and a rogue-like, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Fly solo or co-op with a friend, fighting off the worst scourges of space in a never-ending struggle for survival. STEREDENN: BINARY STARS is the hugely expanded version of the acclaimed Steredenn. Enjoy infinite replayability and unforgiving gamep…
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89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, optimization94% User Score 1,537 reviewsCritic Score 84%20 reviewsFully Voiced Action Platformer
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94%Game Brain Scoremusic, storyatmosphere, stability94% User Score 1,861 reviewsPlease note: we've recently released Jamestown+, a remastered version of this game with more content, better performance, updated visuals, and a remastered soundtrack! This page will likely be delisted soon. -- Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly…
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98%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, atmosphere98% User Score 347 reviewsIron Meat is a run-and-gun shooter with an onslaught of mechanics ripped from arcade and console classics.
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