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296 games like Ninja Gaiden

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01 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

62%

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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Ninja Gaiden

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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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02 Rabi-Ribi Cover

2016 · Switch, PC, PS4

Rabi-Ribi

62%

Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collec...

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Ninja Gaiden

62% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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03 The Messenger Cover

2018 · Switch, PC, PS4

The Messenger

61%

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan's survival. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as an 8-bit action pla...

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Ninja Gaiden

61% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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04 Jump King Cover

2019 · Android, Switch, PC

Jump King

60%

Jump King is a platforming challenge about struggling upwards in search of the legendary smoking hot babe! This lonely adventure to reach the top will demand full mastery of the technique of jumping. Just try to remember, with each fall there is a lesson to be...

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Ninja Gaiden

60% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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05 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

59%

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...

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Ninja Gaiden

59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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06 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Cover

1987 · fds, 3DS, NES

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

59%

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second major installment in The Legend of Zelda series and the direct sequel to the first game. Like its predecessor, it features dungeons that must be located in the overworld and searched for an item that will prove use...

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Ninja Gaiden

59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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07 Volgarr the Viking Cover

2013 · DC, Linux, Mac

Volgarr the Viking

59%

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 meticulous design -...

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Ninja Gaiden

59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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08 Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

57%

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series. Focusing on gameplay, melee combos, dodge mechanics, travel forwards in the search to save everyone. With your trusty leave, find a varie...

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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09 Salt and Sanctuary Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Salt and Sanctuary

57%

Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D action role-playing game developed by Ska Studios and released in 2016. It combines side-scrolling combat with mechanics inspired by action RPGs, including stamina management and character builds. Players explore a dark, interconnect...

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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10 Cave Story+ Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Cave Story+

57%

A young amnesiac hero discovers a hidden land and vows to protect the defenseless creatures who live there! Can he stop the mad doctor and learn the truth about his own past? Highly polished and addictive, Cave Story+ uses retro-game stylings to deliver an all...

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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11 Kingdom: New Lands Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Kingdom: New Lands

57%

"Tales spread of far off isles with mysteries waiting to be discovered. Rulers will need all the strength of their subjects to sail away and find new kingdoms in these New Lands. Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom...

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Arcade Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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12 Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures Cover

2013 · 3DS, PC, WiiU

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

57%

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in hi...

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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13 Grime Cover

2021 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Grime

57%

Explore a surreal world obsessed with proportions and anatomy, in this 2.5D Metroidvania action RPG, where you will find out what you're made of... and break everything else apart.

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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14 Cloudberry Kingdom Cover

2013 · Switch, PC, PS3

Cloudberry Kingdom

57%

Cloudberry Kingdom is a platform game created by Pwnee Studios. The game uses a set of algorithms developed by Jordan Fisher to create procedurally generated levels that can be adaptive to player skill level, in game character abilities, and alteration of game...

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Ninja Gaiden

57% Spannender Match
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15 Trine Cover

2009 · Linux, Mac, PC

Trine

56%

Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics – each character's different abilities and tactics can be...

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Ninja Gaiden

56% Spannender Match
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16 Code Vein Cover

2019 · PC, PS4, XONE

Code Vein

56%

Code Vein is set in the not too distant future where a disaster has brought the world to ruin and vampire-like beings battle for dominance.

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Ninja Gaiden

56% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Challenging Game feel
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17 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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Ninja Gaiden

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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18 The End Is Nigh Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

The End Is Nigh

55%

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 stress levels rise as yo...

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Ninja Gaiden

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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19 Bloody Trapland Cover

2013 · PC

Bloody Trapland

55%

Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at o...

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Ninja Gaiden

55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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20 Risk of Rain Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Risk of Rain

54%

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, either alone or wit...

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Ninja Gaiden

54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel
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