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280 games like They Always Run

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01 Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans

84%

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 Bud Spencer and Teren...

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They Always Run

84% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Fighting Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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02 Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint Cover

2023 · Switch, PC

Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint

84%

Embody a hard-boiled detective seeking bloody justice. in an old-school, Korean-style beat-’em-up. Plow through the criminal underworld to find and punish those responsible for his sister's death...before his mind unravels and his vengeance completely destroys...

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They Always Run

84% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Fighting Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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03 Dogurai Cover

2019 · Linux, Switch, PC

Dogurai

81%

Dogurai is a retro-styled platormer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!

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They Always Run

81% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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04 Creature in the Well Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Creature in the Well

77%

Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired hack and slash dungeon crawler. As the last remaining BOT-C unit, venture deep into a desert mountain to restore power to an ancient facility, haunted by a desperate Creature. Uncover and upgrade powerful ge...

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They Always Run

77% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Fighting Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode
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05 Advent Neon Cover

2025 · PC

Advent Neon

75%

Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!

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They Always Run

75% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Fighting Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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06 Jitsu Squad Cover

2022 · Switch, PC, PS4

Jitsu Squad

75%

4 Player Co-op Beat 'Em Up that's all about insanly fast paced action with colour 2D graphics.

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They Always Run

75% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Fighting Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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07 Streets of Rage 4 Cover

2020 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Streets of Rage 4

64%

Streets of Rage 4 is a side-scrolling beat 'em up that continues the series following the original trilogy. Players fight through Wood Oak City using a mix of returning and new characters, each with their own combat styles and special moves. The game builds on...

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They Always Run

64% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Fighting Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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08 Solar Ash Cover

2021 · Switch, PC, PS4

Solar Ash

62%

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…

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They Always Run

62% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode
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09 Broforce Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Broforce

57%

When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the o...

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They Always Run

57% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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10 The Eternal Castle: Remastered Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

The Eternal Castle: Remastered

57%

The Eternal Castle: Remastered is a remake of the original "Eternal Castle" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design. Numerous outlets have questioned the title's "...

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They Always Run

57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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11 Zapling Bygone Cover

2022 · Switch, PC, PS4

Zapling Bygone

57%

Murder bosses, collect and equip their skulls. A pixel-perfect platformer focused on exploration and hard but fair combat.

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They Always Run

57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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12 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

55%

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman in sin...

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They Always Run

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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13 Blasphemous Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Blasphemous

55%

Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use...

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They Always Run

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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14 Guacamelee! Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

Guacamelee!

55%

"Guacamelee! is a Metroid-vania style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters. Guacamelee! builds upon the cla...

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They Always Run

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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15 Super Metroid Cover

1994 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES

Super Metroid

54%

The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the dead...

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They Always Run

54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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16 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Cover
54%

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game for the Nintendo Switch and the fifth main entry in the series. It features every playable fighter from previous installments alongside new additions such as Inkling and Ridley. The game includes faster c...

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They Always Run

54% Spannender Match
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Fighting Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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17 Crash Bandicoot: Warped Cover

1998 · PS1, PS3, PSP

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

54%

Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game in the Crash Bandicoot series and the first to feature Coco as a playable character. The player takes control of Crash and Coco Bandicoot, who must travel back and forward in time and gather 25 crystals before Uka Uka...

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They Always Run

54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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18 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Cover
54%

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the fourth console-based entry in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games. With an even larger roster of fighters than its predecessors and the introduction eight player battles, Smash for Wii U continues to add to...

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They Always Run

54% Spannender Match
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Fighting Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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19 Metroid Dread Cover

2021 · Switch

Metroid Dread

54%

Join intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in her first new 2D Metroid story in 19 years. Samus’ story continues after the events of the Metroid Fusion game when she descends upon planet ZDR to investigate a mysterious transmission sent to the Galactic Federa...

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They Always Run

54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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20 Hollow Knight: Silksong Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight: Silksong

53%

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to you...

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They Always Run

53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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