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687 games like Blade Chimera · 1989 – 2027

  • Old Moon · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3

    IndieMetroidvaniaPlatformer2dAction

    On the desolate moon of Lorian V, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abil

    74 rating1 list10 h main storyOften paired

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  • Mobirate · Windows, PS5, Switch +3

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionScience fiction

    Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of

    0 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Disafter Games · Windows

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaScience fictionSide view

    Hargrave finds himself inside the walls of a mysterious labyrinth filled with strange robots. Find the way out, or find what's hidden deep inside.

    0 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Scumhead · Windows

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionScience fiction

    Moonlaw is a mini-micro-metroidvania about a heroic knight's adventure to destroy a horrible monster on the moon!

    0 lists0.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionSide view

    Queen of treasure isle is a simple, small-scale metroidvania that mainly consists of bomb throwing and jumping. You can retrieve the treasure hidden in various places and return home in a balloon when you are done.

    0 lists11 h main storyOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusive

    ASTRO PORT · Windows, Dreamcast

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaAction

    Fly through the sky! Rain down fire on the enemy forces from above! Enjoy solid combat and simple non-linear exploration in this high flying side-scrolling action shooter!

    0 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Atari exclusive

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Sega Genesis, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD +2

    ActionMetroidvaniaPlatformerSide-scrollingSide view

    You are Todd, the explorer of new worlds. It's your adventure to travel deep into Slime World, the gooiest, drippiest place around. There are scary blobs to shoot and lots of objects and weapons to find. "Link up" with up to seven of your f

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  • Xbox console exclusive

    Cat Nigiri · Android, Linux, macOS +3

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionScience fiction

    A full-blown adventure played with only two keys. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised. Necrosphere is where you go when you

    77 rating0 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusive

    Riot · SNES, Switch, PS4 +2

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Psycho Dream is a side-scrolling action platform game developed by Riot, a division of Telenet Japan, for the Super Famicom. Set in a virtual-reality medium called D-Movie, the story follows two agents, Ryō Shijima and Maria Tobari, who ent

    70 rating4 lists1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Black Wing Foundation · Windows

    PlatformerIndieSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    Chaos Domain is a run 'n' gun action platformer about shooting bad people in the face. The game is highly influenced by games from 8-bit and 16-bit era. Players can upgrade and purchase weapons and special items that can boost their perform

    40 rating0 lists4.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Derek Yu · Windows

    IndieMetroidvaniaPlatformerBoss fightAction

    Eternal Daughter is a free action-adventure game inspired by Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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  • finalbossblues · Windows, Switch, PS4 +3

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaAction

    Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.

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  • Sumo Digital Academy · Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dSide-scrollingAction

    Get ready to earn while you learn in Oil Strike ’75, a fun, exciting, and educational new game from Cadal Corp! Run an oil rig and discover new oil deposits at the bottom of the sea – no matter the cost. Who knows what you’ll find!

    0 lists0.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Imagineering · NES, Game Boy

    Platformer2dSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a platformer game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and later ported to the Gameboy. It was developed by Imagineering and based on the children's cartoon Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Anim

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  • ExoGenesis Studios · Windows, Xbox Series, PS5

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionSide view

    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

    76 rating0 listsOften paired

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  • Orphan

    2018

    Windy Hill Studio · Windows, Linux, macOS

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaAction

    Orphan draws inspiration from the classic 2D games of gaming's golden era. Orphan focuses on immersive gameplay, visuals and atmosphere and channels classics like Another World, Blackthorne and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysey, with a touch of Journ

    60 rating0 lists5.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaBoss fight

    Deepening Fire is a soulslike horizontal scroll action single-player game. You'll take a solo adventure in the Rhost Kingdom to challenge the powerful enemies, choose a variety of weapons, put on strong armor, and defeat the most terrifying

    0 lists9 h main storyOften paired

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  • Windows

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionScience fiction

    A flourishing civilization had sunk into the sea. The night never dawns...... and a sense of apocalypse hangs over the world. You'll land on an island in such a world, and as you explore the town and ruins, you'll come into contact with fra

    0 lists4 h main storyOften paired

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  • Studio Pico · Windows, Switch, PS4 +2

    PlatformerIndie2dSide-scrollingAction

    Shinobi alert! Use your 7 shinobi weapons to survive the bloodshed! Introducing a hard core 2D ninja action game by Hyper-retro graphics.

    0 lists5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Studio Pico · Windows

    Indie2dSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    It is the year 2048. Tokyo Police Department’s notorious 9th Mobile Unit, “The Scramble Vice” is ready to fight high-tech robot crime! Clad in an armed exoskeleton suit, police officer Sakuragi Kei of the 9th unit stands to fight robot crim

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  • PolyEx Software · MS-DOS

    PlatformerMetroidvaniaSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    Essentially a Super Metroid clone, but for DOS. The player assumes the role of Killian Jaraad, a space mercenary searching for his kidnapped daughter.

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  • Powerhoof · Linux, macOS, Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dActionSide view

    Battle Death Centipedes in the melting psychedelic void. Slower, more intentional side-scrolling combat, with an emphasis on positioning and improvisation.

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  • Most likely no reason for hysteria · macOS, Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaAction

    Cliff Kingdom is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure, inspired by the nordic fauna, myths and it's dark winters and long summers, where you play as Mothboy, tasked with finding the lost light of the cliff.

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  • Izbot

    2015

    Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dActionScience fiction

    Izbot is fast paced, double jumping, wall sliding, edge of your seat platformer that delivers delicious bite sized challenging platforming levels while always keeping you in the action.

    65 rating0 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusive

    GCM · Windows, Switch

    PlatformerIndie2dActionScience fiction

    A boy and a girl, who have a mysterious weapon, a drone, set out on an adventurous journey from their small underground village to the vast world, aiming for a new world. Enjoy "Momibosu," a high-tempo road movie-like 2D action game that wi

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  • rdein · Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaAction

    "Momodora II is the second installment in the Momodora series. This sequel is much more polished and improved in every aspect. It also abandoned the previous arcade-like progression for a more explorational gameplay. Cover artwork was draw

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  • VS/Studio · Windows

    PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaActionScience fiction

    Among the Waves is a science fiction metroidvania with platforming elements. Explore the dark corridors of the Alatyr-M fortress, diving into mysteries of religion and ancient technology. Manipulate physics with unique abilities, uncover hi

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Odyssey Software · NES

    ActionPlatformerSide-scrollingScience fictionScience

    Moon Ranger is an Action game, developed by Odyssey Software Inc. and published by Bunch Games, Inc., which was released in 1990.

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  • Hako Seikatsu · Windows

    Platformer2dSide-scrollingActionSide view

    PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK is a single-player action game starring Xiamy, Yuez, and a lost newborn baby they happen to find. Follow the trio in their chaotic but heart-warming adventure!

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  • Sega console exclusive

    Rainbow Arts · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +9

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets

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  • Sega console exclusive

    Graftgold · Amiga, Atari ST/STE, MS-DOS +6

    Platformer2dSide-scrollingActionSide view

    Fire & Ice: The Daring Adventures of Cool Coyote is a platform game released in 1992 for the Amiga and later ported to other systems. Players control Cool Coyote, navigating levels filled with enemies, hazards, and collectible items. The ob

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  • Sega exclusive

    Kai Magazine Software · Sega Genesis

    Platformer2dSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

    Life on Earth: Reimagined is a run-and-gun action/platform game released in 2023 by Kai Magazine Software. It combines fast-paced side-scrolling combat with influences from Contra, Shinobi 3, and Rolling Thunder. The game features three dif

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusive

    Heart Machine · PS4, PS5, Windows +3

    IndiePlatformerActionScience fictionAdventure

    Journey through a surreal, vivid and highly stylized world filled with mystery, wild high-speed traversal, endearing characters, and massive enemy encounters. The Void beckons…

    77 rating4 lists6 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Tokai Communications · NES

    MetroidvaniaPlatformerBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Clash at Demonhead is an open-ended platformer. The player takes control of Billy "Big Bang" Blitz, who is capable of running, jumping, and shooting. He is initially armed with a handgun, though various upgrades can be purchased from a shop

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  • rdein · Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dMetroidvaniaAction

    "Momodora I is the first game in the Momodora series. It's very old and really unpolished, so it's advised to play the sequels instead. It's meant to be challenging like an "arcade" game. I hope you enjoy it! Cover artwork was drawn by Te

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  • PlayStation exclusive

    Wild 9

    1998

    Shiny Entertainment · PlayStation

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of

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  • Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dActionSide view

    Faroda is a challenging 2D platformer game with colorful pixel-art graphics and chiptune soundtrack. Travel across the 5 islands of a remote archipelago, completing over 100 levels, collecting treasure chests and many hidden gems along the

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Color Dreams · NES

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionSide view

    Menace Beach is a video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Color Dreams in 1990. Like all Color Dreams games, Menace Beach was not officially licensed by Nintendo. It was also re-released as part of the Maxivisi

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  • feelplus · PS3, Xbox 360

    PlatformerSide-scrollingActionScience fictionSide view

    At the dawn of the 22nd century, an evil power brought inanimate objects to life, and they turned on humanity. Bridges, automobiles, cities – the whole of humanity’s creations were all made to turn on their makers. Mankind’s fears of apocal

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  • LIFUEL · Windows

    PlatformerIndie2dSide-scrollingAction

    OVIS LOOP is an Action Roguelite with Fluid Pixel animation and Skill-Deck Building. Step into and be a sheep armed with a sci-fi greatsword, carving a path through wolves. Modify your skills within the desolate worlds of a sci-fi apocalyps

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  • Starflower Games · Linux, macOS, Windows

    PlatformerMetroidvaniaSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    A young boy is out doing his daily jogging in the forest when suddenly he steps on a hidden trap and falls headlong down a hole and passes out. When he wakes up two hours later he finds himself in an abandoned well. Now he has to find his w

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  • Xbox exclusive

    Xbox 360

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Rad Raygun is an Xbox Live Indie Game designed to look like an original Game Boy game.

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  • Grimhelm · Windows

    PlatformerSide-scrollingScience fictionSide viewHorror

    Alien Quest: EVE is a side-scrolling platform game. It's inspired by Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion but also has RPG status system. When your character levels up, you get the Stat Points that be used to power up your character like Diablo

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  • Gamer's Edge · MS-DOS, Apple II

    Platformer2dSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    Life is difficult enough without having Dr. Nemesis as your arch-villain. Why does he have to pick on Dave’s little brother, Delbert, so much? Not only does he snatch the already kidnapping-prone Delbert, but he hides him away deep in the b

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  • Rainbow Arts · Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Atari ST/STE

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightActionScience fiction

    The odd robot couple, Heavy and Metal, both have a slight glitch in their operating systems. Instead of working in the Lithium-Mines on Mars, they are running through underground caverns, searching for adventure, thrills and a new high scor

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  • Titus Interactive · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +5

    Platformer2dSide-scrollingBoss fightAction

    Prehistorik is a side-view platform game. You control a neanderthal who must march through hostile pre-historic environments seeking food and keeping himself safe. Some food can be found in caves, but it mainly exists in living animal forms

    70 rating2 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusive

    Color Dreams · NES

    ActionPlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightShooter

    A splendid adventure of terror, struggle, and danger! The evil demon King Kull has created a machine to transplant the souls of demons into the body of machines. With his army of ROBODEMONS he has cast a dark shadow over the region of Earth

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