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261 games like Cyber Shadow · 1983 – 2026
Alawar Premium · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Become 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.
76 rating1 list6.5 h main storyOften paired
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
When an old woman's computer system is taken over by a fascist virus bent on total annihilation, you assume control of an ordinary software program transformed into an elite combat machine. Retake the system and build your character into a
50 rating3 lists3 h main storyOften paired
Mechanical Head Studios · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Dash, slice, and leap through masterfully designed levels filled with sharply honed ninja platforming action. Authentic 8-bit presentation with hand-crafted sprites, a detailed pixel aesthetic, and perfect controls. Modern touches like flui
75 rating2 listsOften paired
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
74 rating5 lists4 h main storyOften paired
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Alien Pixel Studios · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
Unbound is an atmospheric 2D Puzzle-Platformer where the main character, Soli, can conjure magic portals to travel between different realities in order to learn more about the catastrophe that ravaged his world. Inside certain portals, the
76 rating3 lists6 h main storyOften paired
Tribute Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Flinthook is a fast action-platformer with “roguelike” elements. Become space’s greatest pirate with your hookshot, pistol and slowmo powers!
80 rating5 lists19 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
TurtleBlaze · Switch, Windows
In Kunai, you take control of Tabby the tablet. An elite kunai wielding robot fused with ancient warrior souls.
69 rating2 lists7.5 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
An artful reimagining of Pong, qomp2 picks up the story where the delightful indie platform-puzzler qomp left off in 2021. Control a Pong ball aching to break free of its life stuck between two paddles. Explore a dangerous, minimalist worl
79 rating2 lists2 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
86 rating2 lists6 h main story
Switch, PS4, Wii U +4
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeat
72 rating5 lists5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Dead Mage · Android, Linux, Switch +3
Shadow Blade: Reload is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path withou
75 rating1 list3.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.
76 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Switch, PS4, Windows +2
A side-scrolling Metroidvania-style underwater shooter focused on hunting boss monsters in post-apocalyptic ocean.
78 rating3 lists4 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Paul Helman · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Horace 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!
79 rating2 lists14 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
IzanagiGames · Switch, PS5, Windows +4
A "dream team" adventure game with scenario written by Zero Escape series creator, Kotaro Uchikoshi, and Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka as creative director. Twelve 12-year old kids go on a 1,200 km journey. A new type of action-adventure g
67 rating5 lists11 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Inti Creates · Nintendo 3DS, Switch, PS4 +3
"The 2D high speed, old-school style side-scrolling action that you remember from Azure Striker Gunvolt is back! In this game, Gunvolt's rival Copen from the first installment returns to the fray as a playable character!"
78 rating3 lists5 h main story
Trinity Team · Android, Linux, Switch +5
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 B
71 rating2 lists3.5 h main story
Terahard · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Punch and claw your way through forty fast paced levels of pure mayhem, while honing your Ninja Cat skills, in order to rescue your Master from the evil claws of an unknown enemy.
50 rating1 list12 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Vivid Image · Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +5
A 2D action-platforming game that begins in a mystical representation of feudal Japan but travels all over time. It was originally released on European home computers, though Kemco's 1993 SNES port was published worldwide.
73 rating1 list2 h main story
The Brotherhood · Linux, Switch, PS4 +2
A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world you have never seen before. The Penrose appeared without warning. One day the sky was empty, and the next it was filled by an impossibly shaped monolith. Tragedy hit home for Mark and Don Le
73 rating2 lists11 h main story
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +2
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
76 rating3 lists8 h main story
Timed SNK exclusive
SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +4
Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy is a side-scrolling platform video game developed by SNK for its Neo Geo Arcade system, which was released in 1994. It was later released for Neo Geo CD, and much later for the Wii virtual console. The game has bee
70 rating5 lists
JoyMasher · Switch, PS4, PS5 +1
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge.
78 rating1 list3 h main story
One More Level · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
Ghostrunner II is a hardcore FPP slasher set in a post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk world. Featuring everything fans loved about Ghostrunner plus incredible boss fights, new interactive story, thrilling motorbike levels, improved skills, and more
78 rating3 lists9 h main story
Sonic Team · Android, BlackBerry OS, Ouya +6
The sequel fans have waited 16 years for is finally here - Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I! Featuring enhanced gameplay elements, including the classic Sonic Spin Dash, and the versatile Homing Attack, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I picks up
67 rating12 lists2.5 h main story
Timed Sega exclusive
MicroProse · SNES, Sega Genesis, Windows
Once there was peace in the Galaxy. Then the evil Grim Squidge stole all the stars, threatening to hurl the Galaxy into a horrible Cosmic Void. Who will save the stars before it's too late? Tinhead, Defender of the Edge of the Galaxy of cou
59 rating1 list3.5 h main story
Green Lava Studios · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Fenix’s village was decimated by a huge explosion, leaving only our hero and the mysterious Oktarus. As Fenix, track down this shadowy villain through nine worlds, defeating brutal bosses and hundreds of minions bent on your destruction. F
71 rating2 lists5 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
HAL Laboratory · Switch
Kirby is back in this new title coming to the Nintendo Switch console in HD. Recruit enemies as helpers, use Kirby copy abilities such as Sword, Fire and Water, and join forces with up to three friends for a different kind of team-up action
72 rating5 lists
Brainwash Gang · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Laika: Aged Through Blood is a western-inspired motorvania set in a post-apocalyptic desert. It is the story about a tribe oppressed by occupant forces, and the personal story of a mother coyote warrior who descends on an endless path of ve
82 rating5 lists18 h main story
Xbox console exclusive
Coatsink · Android, Windows, Xbox Series
Replaced is a 2.5D sci-fi retro-futuristic action platformer where you play as R.E.A.C.H. - an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body against its own will. Replaced combines cinematic platforming, pixel art and free-flow action com
84 rating2 lists8.5 h main story
Dinamic Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +6
The game has two parts. First is a side-scrolling beat'em up, with thugs coming at you constantly, and a few moves to use on them. You must cross the dangerous streets of Manhattan, which have become over-run by feral thieves. On second p
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Switch, PS4, Windows +1
A 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 artifact
83 rating4 lists13 h main story
Studio Koba · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
The retro-futuristic pixel game Explore and fight in a retro-futuristic world. Swim deep into a oneiric, poetic and unique experience across dimensional planes. The aesthetic of the game was inspired by retro pixel adventures (Castlevania
76 rating3 lists7 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Tails of Iron is an Adventure RPG-lite game set in a charming and brutal world. Playing as Redgi the Rat, you are heir to the throne when your kingdom is raided by the Iron Frog. Players face challenging, tactical and stunning combat encoun
82 rating4 lists10 h main story
Four Circle Interactive · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +4
10 SECOND NINJA X is a blisteringly fast, satisfyingly difficult and surprisingly methodical sidescroller which tasks you with completing each level in ten seconds or less. No lengthy checkpoint gaps. No cluttered control scheme. No hand ho
71 rating6 lists2 h main story
Nintendo console exclusiveVivid Image · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +5
A 2D action-platforming game that begins in a mystical representation of feudal Japan but travels all over time. It was originally released on European home computers, though Kemco's 1993 SNES port was published worldwide.
73 rating4 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
JoyMasher · Linux, Switch, Windows +1
When a global war nearly decimates humanity, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a sm
80 rating1 list3 h main story
Hi-Bit Studios · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
198X is not just a beat ’em up, a shoot ’em up, a racing game, a ninja game and an RPG. This is a love letter to the golden age of arcade games – yet with a scope that was never possible in the actual 1980s. It’s a story about finding yours
63 rating3 lists1.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Pixpil · Switch, Windows, Xbox One +2
Eastward is a beautifully detailed and charming adventure RPG, from Shanghai-based indie developers, Pixpil and published by Chucklefish. Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an excit
85 rating2 lists20 h main story
PS4, Windows, Xbox One
As far back as anyone can remember, humanity has been at war with itself. For generations, kingdoms have fought amongst themselves while the real threat loomed in the distance. Legend calls them the Ravenii, encroaching armies of bloodthirs
42 rating2 lists7.5 h main story
Nintendo exclusiveTitus Interactive · SNES
In the year 5069 A.D., an alien invasion has devastated the planet, nearly killing the entire population and leaving the major cities of the world in ruins. Out of this chaos, Earth's last hope has arisen with a Biomech cyborg that travels
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Timed Xbox exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Rogue Legacy is back! But now it's got a 2 on the end of it! Rogue Legacy 2 is a genealogical rogue-lite. That means it has all the trappings of a typical rogue-like (randomized runs, changing characters, and more), but with persistent upg
84 rating4 lists26 h main story
Traveller's Tales · Nintendo 3DS, Switch, PS4 +3
The alien monster invaders have left Bricksburg in ruins. It is now up to Emmet and a host of heroic characters to go beyond their world and save their friends from the strange inhabitants of the Systar System. Players can journey into oute
59 rating2 lists5.5 h main story
Windows, macOS
Ninja Senki is a 2D action platform video game created by Canadian indie developer Jonathan Lavigne. It was inspired by classic NES games such as Ninja JaJaMaru-kun and Mega Man. The 8-bit style game has the same resolution as Game Boy cons
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PlayStation exclusive
Bandai Namco Entertainment · PS2
The Space Sheriff Spirits, is an action game for the PlayStation 2. This game is based on the popular Japanese live-action TV series Space Sheriff trilogy produced by Toei Company.
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Stamper brothers · ZX Spectrum
Tranz Am is a ZX Spectrum video game released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. The game was one of the very few Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2. The game involves driving around a post-apocalyptic
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Windows
The future is now, the year 2044 to be exact and the world has changed dramatically. Male civilisation is on the verge of extinction. Genetic engineering has made human reproduction possible without the need for man's involvement. Women hav
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Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
In this exploration-heavy 2D action game, use your demon sword to interfere with the past, create platforms, and shield yourself from danger to explore a dystopian cyberpunk world depicted in gorgeously animated pixel art.
81 rating1 list7 h main story