Games like The Messenger
Looking for games like The Messenger? Here are top arcade platformer recommendations with a comedy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Blasphemous, Owlboy or Cyber Shadow.
1 84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability91% User Score 27,205 reviewsCritic Score 78%30 reviewsBrutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash set in the world of Cvstodia.
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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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83%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, replayability86% User Score 1,182 reviewsCritic Score 80%37 reviewsThe world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow on a journey to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin. Slash through the techno hordes, leap past traps, and nimbly navigate the ruins of Mekacity.
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability91% User Score 2,254 reviewsCritic Score 79%6 reviewsPixel art action-puzzler
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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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92%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability92% User Score 1,483 reviewsDiscover Shinobi: Art of Vengeance for PS5 and PS4 on the official PlayStation website. The iconic SEGA series returns in a 2D action platformer with a hand-drawn look created by the team behind Streets of Rage 4.
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability85% User Score 518 reviewsCritic Score 79%1 reviewsHorace is a story-driven, pixel-platform adventure peppered with nostalgic, popular culture references which will bring a smile to any gamer who enjoys the 8 and 16 bit era!
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93%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygrinding, optimization94% User Score 17,746 reviewsCritic Score 88%2 reviewsFight bosses, reap souls
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability95% User Score 12,363 reviewsCritic Score 84%5 reviewsimmerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond. At your disposal is the mythical Blade of Ahrah, capable of turning its wielder into an unstoppable force of nature, and the blade's diminutive guardian, Fidget. Battle dozens of enemie…
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84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization94% User Score 17,744 reviewsCritic Score 74%36 reviewsThis bundle includes the critically acclaimed indie RPG CrossCode and all DLC content.
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