Games like Mighty No. 9

AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingCombat-based platformerAction

Step into the boots of a vengeful Red Riding Hood in this short, twisted fairytale platformer. Explore a gorgeous 2.5 D fantasy universe controlled by an evil Woolfe, puzzle together the pieces of truth behind Red's father's mysterious pass

55 rating1 list2 h main storyOften paired

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ActionAction-adventureAdventurePlatformerRetro

Remember when games were tough? Return to the Golden Age of arcades with an all-NEW hardcore action experience that pulls no punches. Volgarr the Viking possesses all the hallmarks of the true classics - simple controls, high challenge, and

75 rating9 lists9.5 h main storyOften paired

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Action-adventureAdventurePlatformerScienceShooter

The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown

78 rating1 list3.5 h main storyOften paired

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Action-adventureAdventureArcadePlatformerScience

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 storyOften paired

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AdventurePlatformerActionIndiePuzzle

Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist. It tells the story of Bob, an unlucky narcoleptic who has a tendency of falling asleep in his boring office and then proceeding to sleepwalk into the dangers of the big city. L

69 rating2 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired

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AdventurePlatformerAction-adventureActionSide view

A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones

92 rating13 lists16 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureShooterMoving platformsActionScience fiction

Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16­-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much gra

85 rating8 lists5 h main storyOften paired

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ActionAdventurePlatformerRetroAction-adventure

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 hav

80 rating5 lists1.5 h main story

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ActionAdventurePlatformerRetroSide-scrolling

A Platformer like nothing seen before in games, explore this open-world puzzler in multiple dimensions on a journey to find your maker. Humanity has been extinct for centuries, leaving their robotic creations behind to fend for themselves.

63 rating2 lists3.5 h main story

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ActionAction-adventureAdventureShooterBeat 'em up

A member of an ancient witch clan and possessing powers beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, Bayonetta faces-off against countless angelic enemies, many reaching epic proportions, in a game of 100% pure, unadulterated all-out action. O

86 rating17 lists10 h main storyOften paired

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PlatformerAdventureSide-scrollingCombat-based platformerAction

Step into the boots of a vengeful Red Riding Hood in this short, twisted fairytale platformer. Explore a gorgeous 2.5 D fantasy universe controlled by an evil Woolfe, puzzle together the pieces of truth behind Red's father's mysterious pass

55 rating2 lists

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AdventureActionSide viewPoint-and-click adventurePuzzle

Every world needs its heroes. However unlikely they may seem. Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventásia. Help them fulfill their destiny. A destiny as yet unwritten.

81 rating8 lists20 h main storyOften paired

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ActionPlatformerShooterRetroSide-scrolling

The classic series takes a leap forward in visual presentation in Mega Man 11 with a 2.5D design direction introducing beautiful, completely hand-drawn characters and environments. A freshly redesigned Mega Man takes on Dr. Wily’s berserk m

79 rating7 lists5 h main story

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ArcadePlatformerAction-adventureSuperdeformationAction

You are Sarah, princess of the peaceful realm of Kaleiya. The quiet life of your kingdom was lost the day your father was seduced and then kidnapped by Lilith, a demon mistress. Travel through ice castles, cold dungeons, lava caves and much

55 rating1 list3 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingCombat-based platformerAction

An explosive homage to SNES-era platformers mixed with a modern physics-puzzle twist, Explodemon is non-stop action mayhem like you've never seen before. Players use Explodemon's self-destructive nature to combat enemies and fly through the

70 rating2 lists5 h main story

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ActionArcadePlatformerScienceRetro

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

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AdventurePlatformerActionSide viewIndie

Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! After three highly successful outings with Shantae, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Shantae and her friends finally get a full HD console-based sequel! Boasting v

81 rating10 lists9.5 h main story

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ActionPlatformerScienceShoot 'em upSide-scrolling

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is the first chapter in a full featured episodic hardcore action packed side scrolling platformer, in the traditions of retro classics, where you play as Ares, a combat robot created for the sole purpose of savin

46 rating3 lists2.5 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingSpiritual successorUnderwater gameplay

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environment

89 rating9 lists3.5 h main story

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AdventureArcadePlatformerSide viewHorror

There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noise

49 rating3 lists3.5 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerScienceSide-scrollingAction

Discover the truth behind an enigmatic AI striving to reach the Singularity, a theoretical “event horizon” in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence and all bets about the future will be off. How will you play your pa

74 rating5 lists8 h main story

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ActionScienceRobot protagonistScience fictionIndie

RoboBlitz is a humorous, physics-based action game full of inventive gizmos, weapons, characters, and environments. Players take on the role of Blitz, a multi-talented robot who must activate an aging Space Cannon to save his world from a b

60 rating2 lists3.5 h main story

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ActionAdventurePlatformerShooterAction-adventure

Traverse the perilous lands of a dying world in this bullet-hell inspired metroidvania! Strong enemies emerge from distant lands as the iron inventions of men succumb to the decay of rust and time. Use a trusty grappling hook and uncover ne

75 rating4 lists7.5 h main story

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AdventureShooterAction-adventureActionBeat 'em up

Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's m

71 rating8 lists7.5 h main story

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ActionAdventureArcadePlatformerScience fiction

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 lists8.5 h main story

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ActionArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c

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ActionAdventureShooterAction-adventureScience fiction

When technology meets Cthulhu! Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, as imagined by author, H. P. Lovecraft. You are Dax, one of seven Magrunners selected among the elite to parti

58 rating3 lists8.5 h main story

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PlatformerAction-adventureIndiePuzzle2.5d

Contrast is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaud

57 rating6 lists3 h main story

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AndroidsActionScience fictionSide viewAction role-playing

NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

88 rating10 lists22 h main story

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AdventureArcadePlatformerScienceShooter

Jump between planets, fight weird creatures, and save the galaxy alone or with a friend. Robonauts combines familiar arcade shooting gameplay with a unique possibility to switch gravity. Colorful graphics appeal to both younger and adult p

58 rating2 lists3.5 h main story

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ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrolling

In this SNES sequel to the arcade R-Type shooters, you are the R-9, Earth's most advanced form of defense against the evil BYDO Empire. There are seven stages you must go through, picking up power-up items to defeat the stage bosses which h

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AdventureActionFightingBeat 'em upMartial arts

The Legend of Korra is a third-person action beat 'em up video game. Players control Korra, the series' heroine. Korra can switch between four different elements on the fly, each with its own combat styles and special moves.

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AdventureArcadeShooterActionScience fiction

Follow Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison's, bomb technician turned mercenary for hire, quest for redemption as she fights through surreal alien worlds to rescue the President and save Earth using a growing array of special skills. With her own te

37 rating2 lists6 h main story

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AdventureArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

Fast Striker is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by NG:DEV.TEAM, which was released in Japan in 2012D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring originally developed for NEO·GEO. The game lets the player choose between 3 game

61 rating3 listsDescribed alike

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ActionPlatformerShooterSide viewPuzzle

Mighty Switch Force! is a puzzle platformer developed by WayForward Technologies for Nintendo 3DS. It is the third game in WayForward's Mighty series, following Mighty Flip Champs! and Mighty Milky Way. The game was released on the Nintendo

76 rating3 lists3 h main story

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Action-adventureAdventurePlatformerActionSide view

The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a

87 rating7 lists8 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerAction-adventureSide-scrollingAction

SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. When an old trading town is struck by mysterious earthquakes, it’s up to a lone steambot and her unlikely companion to uncover what trembling terrors l

86 rating8 lists7.5 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerRetroSide-scrollingAction

Chasm is a procedurally-generated RPG Platformer for PC (Win, Mac, & Linux), Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Taking equal inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, it will immerse you in a proce

69 rating2 lists9 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingActionScience fiction

Nine Sols is a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer set in a science fiction world influenced by Asian fantasy and Taoist imagery. The game follows a vengeful protagonist on a quest to defeat the nine Sols, the rulers of a ruined realm once inha

87 rating1 list19 h main story

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ArcadePlatformerRetroMoving platformsAction

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 rating2 lists

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ActionAdventureArcadePlatformerScience

Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!

79 rating1 list7 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerScienceShooterAction

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses,

81 rating8 lists4.5 h main story

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ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterSide-scrollingAction

Zero Wing is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game, notable for a poorly translated English version for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) that spawned the "All your base are belong to us" Internet meme. Gameplay includes novel features such as

70 rating4 lists1 h main story

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AdventurePlatformerAction-adventureUnderwater gameplaySide view

A massive ocean world, teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater dweller in search of her family, as she explores the depths of Aquaria. She'll travel from hidden caves, shrouded in darkness, to beauti

83 rating2 lists16 h main story

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ActionAdventureShooterSide-scrollingSide view

Late one night, the malevolent Thump enters the Gadget Kingdom's castle and steals the Gadget King's gem. The king wakes up the next morning to find that his gem was stolen. The king then summons Bop and Bump to reclaim his stolen possessio

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AdventurePlatformerScienceAction-adventureAction

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith,

80 rating5 lists11 h main story

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ActionAdventureBeat 'em upMartial artsNinja

Dive into an exciting, action-packed adventure and relive the incredible scenes from the Hollywood blockbuster 'Kick-Ass 2'. A ominous threat is hanging over New York City and only Kick-Ass can stop it. Fight countless hordes of enemies! Pu

40 rating4 lists3 h main story

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PlatformerAdventureArcadeMoving platformsAction

Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixe

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