Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it
278 games like Shadow Blade: Reload · 1990 – 2027
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +4
Slay the enemies in the silence of the moment. Run through the world of Shinobi full of monsters and ninja actions. Grab Oborozuki, the legendary sword, and slay evil once more. Your clan and the world are counting on you.
89 rating6 lists9 h main storyOften paired
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Android, Browser, Nintendo 3DS +7
League of Evil is an action game where you, as a bionic super agent take on the mission to defeat the League of Evil. Use your acrobatic skills to punch your way through levels filled with deadly traps and defeat your enemies. The world is
63 rating1 list1.5 h main storyOften paired
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 storyOften paired
Capcom · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +4
Mega Man returns in 2027 with a brand-new entry in the classic action platforming series! Override challenges and blast down legions of robots while springboarding across a new array of futuristic frontiers!
5 listsOften paired
SouthPAW Games · Android, Linux, Switch +5
Skul: The Hero Slayer is an action-platformer that boasts rogue-like features such as everchanging and challenging maps. It will keep you on your toes, as you will never know what to expect. Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take
74 rating1 list21 h main storyOften paired
PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Spartan is an epic 2d platformer powered by UE4. Featuring silky smooth animations, pixel perfect controls, challenging gameplay, huge non linear levels and an awesome original soundtrack , Spartan is taking classic platforming to the next
2 lists14 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
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +2
If there were another me, Observing myself from the perspective of a spectator, How would I regard another me?
65 rating1 list4.5 h main story
Inti Creates · Nintendo 3DS, Switch, PS4 +3
“Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon” is packed with the retro charm that made the legendary 2D action games of the 80s so enjoyable. Take control of one of four characters that can be interchanged at any time during gameplay: The sword-swingi
79 rating6 lists2 h main storyOften paired
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Yooka and Laylee are back for a brand new adventure! Get ready for the ultimate challenge - the Impossible Lair! Capital B has created a Hivemind device and used it to enslave the toughest bees in the Royal Stingdom - the Royal Beettalion
78 rating5 lists13 h main story
Switch, Windows, Xbox One
"Double Cross is an adventure-game style investigation crossed with an intense action platformer. Players are also free to customize Zahra’s play style in order to become the top RIFT agent."
62 rating1 list5.5 h main story
Atari 2600, Linux, Switch +5
Mr Run and Jump draws you in with precise level design, free-flowing gameplay, and formidable challenge. Silky controls encourage players to run, jump, dash, double jump, and roll to clear levels with style, making it a speedrunner’s dream.
78 rating4 lists5 h main storyOften paired
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
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Edmund McMillen · Linux, Switch, PS4 +2
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control of Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the "end of the world." Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stre
79 rating3 lists8.5 h main storyOften paired
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, Windows +2
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fea
2 lists
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Help Dr. Fetus create the perfect Meat Boy clone in a unique new twist on the tile-matching puzzle genre. In classic Meat Boy fashion, an endless cavalcade of devious and deadly traps stand between you and victory in this hardcore puzzle ga
50 rating2 lists5.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Hexage · Android, BlackBerry 10, Linux +5
Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG. War broke between the industrious Imperium and the savage tribes of Wilderness. Demons and carrions have returned
66 rating1 list12 h main story
White Owls Inc. · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Why did Emily go missing? What is going on in this world? Why does she suddenly have these strange abilities? A profound story of regeneration and self-discovery. This is a title by Swery, the creator of Deadly Premonition and D4.
75 rating2 lists
Seedy Eye Software · Switch, PS4, PS5 +2
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is a new interactive animated adventure, where players must help Arzette save the Kingdom of Faramore from the evil demon king, Daimur. It is a spiritual successor to a pair of infamous fantasy adventure title
79 rating4 lists3.5 h main story
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 lists8.5 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Traveller's Tales · SNES
Mickey Mouse gets a chance to go down memory lane and walk through the timeless adventures he has lived. Mickey Mania is a platformer where all the levels are based on Mickey's most famous cartoons. The levels range about 75 years, starting
81 rating2 lists
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Atmos Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Peet who slept peacefully in a coma. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a nightmare.
74 rating1 list4 h main story
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer adventure mixing action sequences with puzzle elements, all wrapped in an engaging story. It is a game about a girl travelling from the future into the past to save her family a
62 rating4 lists6 h main story
Android, Linux, Switch +4
It's a metroidvania-style action RPG with fishbowl-powered medieval robots! Explore a huge medieval world, improve your combat skills by smashing a lot of mechanic creatures and talk to other robots using unique animated dialogues.
79 rating3 lists7.5 h main story
Sega console exclusiveTiertex Design Studios · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +6
Strider II is a European-developed sequel to the original Strider, originally released for various computer platforms. The game is still plagued by shoddy programming and uninspired gameplay, product of the higher-ups being only interested
6 lists
ZeDrimeTim · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1
Dive into the adventure with Darwin, an octopus as endearing as he is ingenious, torn from the ocean and trapped in a vast and mysterious industrial complex. Harness his unique talents and abilities to help him overcome the many dangers and
76 rating4 lists
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
Bonus Level Entertainment · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
"Fox n Forests is a 2D 16-Bit style action platformer with adventure and puzzle elements, empowering you to switch seasons on the fly! Set within a mystic forest and its surroundings, Fox n Forests is a stunning fable offering pixel perfec
71 rating1 list7 h main story
GalaxyTrail · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
The sequel to the 16-bit platformer by GalaxyTrail. Lilac, Carol, and Milla must stop the water dragon Merga from resurrecting the ancient super-weapon Bakunawa. It is the second entry in the Freedom Planet franchise.
84 rating7 lists2 h main story
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Why did Emily go missing? What is going on in this world? Why does she suddenly have these strange abilities? A profound story of regeneration and self-discovery. This is a title by Swery, the creator of Deadly Premonition and D4.
75 rating1 list5.5 h main story
Xbox console exclusive
Haruneko Entertainment · Windows, Xbox 360, iOS
You are Akane, a Kunoichi ninja secretely loving her master Goro, a noble samurai. One day Goro is kidnapped by the evil Hiromi - you have to rescue him, but it won't be an easy task!
50 rating1 list2 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
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 lists
Switch, PS5, Windows +1
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs! In this game, you play as a bomb-wielding caterpillar, progressing through stages by cleverl
91 rating4 lists2 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Android, Switch, PS4 +5
9 Years of Shadows is an emotionally-driven Metroidvania, enhanced by healing music that tells the story of Europa, a young woman of noble birth tasked with ending the curse that plagues her people and restoring color to all lands.
62 rating2 lists7 h main story
PS4, Wii U, Windows +1
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
62 rating2 lists14 h main story
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +2
From the creators of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley comes a heartwarming new adventure inspired by the beloved Moomin stories by Tove Jansson. This time, join Moomintroll himself on a charming but cold winter journey.
81 rating2 lists4.5 h main story
Douze Dixièmes · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Shady Part of Me is a narrative puzzle game. It tells the story of a little girl, frightened by the light, and her shadow. Together, they try to get out of the dreamlike world in which they are locked.
89 rating1 list5 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
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
Cypronia · Android, Switch, PS4 +4
A block building open-world survival game originally for the Wii U, later ported to a variety of systems.
64 rating3 lists
Inti Creates · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +2
Experience the apeX of 2D action! A new era of 2D action begins now! Get ready for high-speed, stylish 2D side-scrolling action like never before. Inti Creates presents the ultimate in classic 2D action with "Luminous Avenger iX"!
81 rating6 lists3 h main story
Digital Dreams V.O.F. · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Metrico+ is an input-driven game in a world of infographics. All the bar charts, line diagrams and pie charts react to what the player is doing. The player has to rethink all he knows in order to solve all the puzzles and explore every part
70 rating2 lists3.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Data Design Interactive · PS2, Wii, Windows
Ninjabread Man is a 2005 platform game developed and published by Data Design Interactive for the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. A port for the Wii was released in September 2007 in Europe and Australia, and on 3 October 2007 in North
65 rating1 list
Swing Swing Submarine · Linux, PS4, Windows +2
Seasons after Fall is a game about adventure and exploration, crafted with gorgeous two-dimensional visuals. The spirits of the four seasons are gone. Something is definitely happening in the forest, something that never happened before. I
71 rating3 lists4 h main story
Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Treadnauts combines frantic group combat with a kiss of physics-based finesse. Players fight as colorful tanks in bright, tactical playgrounds. By moving with chutzpah, pilots can pull off spectacular acrobatics, soaring through the air and
77 rating2 lists10 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
4 Player Co-op Beat 'Em Up that's all about insanly fast paced action with colour 2D graphics.
1 list3 h main story